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#1191314
Krimzon Flygon
PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!
8/11/2010 2:00:53 PM
#1191326
myheadhurts
If you have to impersonate god to get to children.... you are fucked up.
When the kids realize parents lie about Easter bunnies, Santa, and now the Voice of God.... dangerous waters there.
8/11/2010 2:54:32 PM
#1191327
Canadia
All the better to brainwash them with.
8/11/2010 3:01:16 PM
#1191338
solomongrundy
Old Testament God used to speak to people in person. Why does he now need a telephone?
Oh yes, because we now have ways to deal with people who hear voices in their head telling them to do stuff like kill their children a la Abraham.
If as Kirk said 'What does God need with a starship?' how much less should he need a phone.
Despicable.
8/11/2010 3:37:18 PM
#1191339
This is fundie how?
8/11/2010 3:38:19 PM
#1191340
solomongrundy
^^^
That's almost worthy of a quote itself. Impersonating God to deceive children isn't fundie?
8/11/2010 3:41:54 PM
#1191343
Godbuster
I read this as christians just getting desperate.
8/11/2010 3:46:19 PM
#1191348
Xotan
So god is a kind of cousin to Santa Claus?
8/11/2010 3:58:58 PM
#1191355
TheJebusFire
Why didn't this "God" call me?
8/11/2010 4:31:59 PM
#1191360
Wandering Discordian
I guess it's kind of appropriate that it happened at a place named after St. Nicholas of Myra...
8/11/2010 4:39:22 PM
#1191362
Nowonmai
This is just scary. And worse, the parents of these children are ok with this.
8/11/2010 4:41:32 PM
#1191363
Starscream
Wow. Just wow. This is at least 7 kinds of fucked up. Probably more.
8/11/2010 4:41:52 PM
#1191367
Moondog
I heard about this on the Center of Mass podcast. It just goes to show that this idiocy can be found north of the Mason-Dixon line.
I saw Santa Claus at Worcester Center Galleria when I was 5. I learned the truth- the guy in the red suit in Worcester was just an act. These kids will figure out the phone call was just an act, too, and they won't be too happy about it.
8/11/2010 4:46:45 PM
#1191369
steve
I think this is a desperate tactic by the parents of these children who see the difficult task of raising their children to have the same beliefs as them in a world that os increasingly less religious .they are afraid their kids will turn their backs on faith when they are older.. its the same fear that drives places like "Jesus camp" to the extremes .
I think these types of efforts backfire on a lot of kids and turn them away instead and perhaps resent their parents in the end , or so I hope .
8/11/2010 4:54:14 PM
#1191370
Kat S.
I'm a Christian, and even I believe this is an unethical way of keeping kids to believe in God. If anything, this might be the spark that makes them lose faith in God.
8/11/2010 4:54:39 PM
#1191388
The Jamo
Right, so an omnipotent god god could not speak to these children in person or communicate telepathically, as he usually does, but this time he chose the telephone.
Next week, on Bible Camp, children will speak with god through internet webcam chat!
8/11/2010 6:31:31 PM
#1191390
What'd I Do
How weak must their faith be if they have to resort to petty tricks and out-and-out lying to entice children into their religion.
8/11/2010 6:34:18 PM
#1191396
xMX
That's fucked up.
8/11/2010 7:11:21 PM
#1191414
SpukiKitty
Ah, the ol' "Santa Claus/NORAD" school of evangelizing!...
....St. Nicholas of Myra Church...how fitting!
8/11/2010 7:59:49 PM
#1191416
SpukiKitty
I...AM...GOD!...THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE!...uh...PLAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN ON THE TELEPHONE!.....
8/11/2010 8:02:37 PM
#1191430
GodotIsWaiting4U
Remember, it's okay to blatantly lie to impressionable children when it's for the sake of your cult.
8/11/2010 8:59:39 PM
#1191465
Hasher
Oh, come on! It was funny as a prank in the Dead Poets' Society, but this is just sad! It reduces God to the level of a department store Santa. The kids will realise they were had in just a few years!
8/12/2010 12:52:09 AM
#1191467
John_in_Oz
A miracle? Or proof God has always been a fraud?
8/12/2010 1:00:37 AM
#1191471
Haseen
Things like this make me wonder, if they *really* believe in their religion, why would they have someone pose as God? Wouldn't they be afraid that the god they believe in would be pissed off that some joker is posing as him making phone calls to kids that don't know any better? Is there some sort of exemption in the Bible that I don't know about, like "thou shalt not pretend to be the LORD (unless it's done to brainwash children)?
8/12/2010 1:05:10 AM
#1191502
aaa
That is some weird shit.
8/12/2010 2:32:32 AM
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