By the time you read this,
What is left of my brain should be permanently in la-la-land!
I am so oxygenn starved that the brain just is not working!
No long term memory,
Short term went out this morning,
I puff
I wheeze,
I cough,
and NO doctor understands my need for oxygen!
I also find myself limited to a single thought at a time!
So, frustrating.
Not sure how to keep blogging when a single sentence is all i have at any given timr.......
Showing posts with label Cult. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cult. Show all posts
July 1, 2019
June 4, 2019
Stepping Carefully
So, crazy mother called up on Friday to invite me to a Baptism service being held for her at the local Mormon Ward.
I told her to tell me the place and time, and I would be there .....
My mother's family has a long history with the Latter Day Saints. Stretching back to the its expansion into Wales 1849 and Scotland 1852!
Those families migrated to America and then walked to Salt Lake City.
With hand trucks filled with all their earthly goods.
Many died:
Struck by lightening
Drown in floods
Killed by falling trees
Yeah, America was a dangerous place for the naive.
Mother, once she graduated from college, was to foster a hate-hate relation with the Mormons.
My great grandmother Spencer was a missionary to the Umatilla Indian Tribe, outside of Le Grande, Oregon for 40 years!
So, although I was raised an atheist, I was well schooled in Mormon thought!
And now mother is willing to bury her demons and join them?
Huhmmmmmmmm ..... Okay .....
On the one hand mother is 82 and quite lonely.
The Church members have been visiting her regularly.
Mother's trailer needs real work.
The young men have been helping her rebuild it.
Mother wants to belong to a church.
They pick her up, take her to the various functions.
So, she has joined them!
(what ever!)
I always said she was a Southern Baptist, not a Christian - same as most Baptist's I have known!
So, she is still not a Christian, sigh ...
The baptism went well.
Certainly she is one of the oldest members of the church!
Afterwards, I hosted a luncheon for her at the local Mexican place.
I have to admit the ones I met are probably not the good Mormons,
As their views were very reformation based.
But, once the Book of Mormon was brought up, it was company line the whole way!
I really liked one of the guys,
I dare say we will be friends,
If he can live with a non-believer around him!
I told her to tell me the place and time, and I would be there .....
My mother's family has a long history with the Latter Day Saints. Stretching back to the its expansion into Wales 1849 and Scotland 1852!
Those families migrated to America and then walked to Salt Lake City.
With hand trucks filled with all their earthly goods.
Many died:
Struck by lightening
Drown in floods
Killed by falling trees
Yeah, America was a dangerous place for the naive.
Mother, once she graduated from college, was to foster a hate-hate relation with the Mormons.
My great grandmother Spencer was a missionary to the Umatilla Indian Tribe, outside of Le Grande, Oregon for 40 years!
So, although I was raised an atheist, I was well schooled in Mormon thought!
And now mother is willing to bury her demons and join them?
Huhmmmmmmmm ..... Okay .....
On the one hand mother is 82 and quite lonely.
The Church members have been visiting her regularly.
Mother's trailer needs real work.
The young men have been helping her rebuild it.
Mother wants to belong to a church.
They pick her up, take her to the various functions.
So, she has joined them!
(what ever!)
I always said she was a Southern Baptist, not a Christian - same as most Baptist's I have known!
So, she is still not a Christian, sigh ...
The baptism went well.
Certainly she is one of the oldest members of the church!
Afterwards, I hosted a luncheon for her at the local Mexican place.
I have to admit the ones I met are probably not the good Mormons,
As their views were very reformation based.
But, once the Book of Mormon was brought up, it was company line the whole way!
I really liked one of the guys,
I dare say we will be friends,
If he can live with a non-believer around him!
December 3, 2018
I Hate Bigots
I guess that makes me a bigot too?
Since all of my time will be tied up in December by either caring for GG or in dialysis - so I took mother shopping!
(I will explain about GG tomorrow.)
Mother of course was in rare form!
She decided to finally read my Spencer Family history, 20 years after I gave it to her.
And, then, only because her brother told her that I said their grandfather was black.
Given that both of them are outright ugly bigots - she exploded all over me!
Back home, I dug out my copy of the book and tried to see her viewpoint.
Of course, the only reference to anyone being non-white was in a section discussing the problem of relying on the Mormon data records.
They have an error where they took the name of mother's great-grandfater, born in Kentucky and confused him with a man born in Alabama!
Same name, same dates, same children!
But, one is non-white.
And I only know this because I ran down a picture of him!
Fine by me.
I have no bigoted bones in my body.
But, good Lord, my mother!
So, I read the section to her and pointed out that in English, she is transliterating, not reading the text.
KABOOM!
How dare I correct her?!!!!!!?
So, she is going off to the local Morman library to see whom can correct this error.
What-ever .....
It just sickens me that people in this culture are so separatist leaning.
Of course she was born into a Latter Day Saint missionary family.
So they should have lots of documents already.
I told it her it is only an entry error.
But OH NO!
He is not black!
And that is the point .......
Did I ever mention that she is quite insane?
Since all of my time will be tied up in December by either caring for GG or in dialysis - so I took mother shopping!
(I will explain about GG tomorrow.)
Mother of course was in rare form!
She decided to finally read my Spencer Family history, 20 years after I gave it to her.
And, then, only because her brother told her that I said their grandfather was black.
Given that both of them are outright ugly bigots - she exploded all over me!
Back home, I dug out my copy of the book and tried to see her viewpoint.
Of course, the only reference to anyone being non-white was in a section discussing the problem of relying on the Mormon data records.
They have an error where they took the name of mother's great-grandfater, born in Kentucky and confused him with a man born in Alabama!
Same name, same dates, same children!
But, one is non-white.
And I only know this because I ran down a picture of him!
Fine by me.
I have no bigoted bones in my body.
But, good Lord, my mother!
So, I read the section to her and pointed out that in English, she is transliterating, not reading the text.
KABOOM!
How dare I correct her?!!!!!!?
So, she is going off to the local Morman library to see whom can correct this error.
What-ever .....
It just sickens me that people in this culture are so separatist leaning.
Of course she was born into a Latter Day Saint missionary family.
So they should have lots of documents already.
I told it her it is only an entry error.
But OH NO!
He is not black!
And that is the point .......
Did I ever mention that she is quite insane?
August 17, 2018
Creffield, Vigilantes and Discernment
Walked into my local bookstores, rather - the ONLY bookstore left within 8 miles of my house!
There was a book on display called, The Vigilante Newspapers.
The jacket seemed to pose many questions.
Is murder ever justifiable?
What do you do when justice is failed by the law?
Woah! Meaty questions there!
The book is oddly written.
It just does not flow well.
However:
A man named Creffield arrived in Corvallis, Oregon about 1903.
He was a bit of a lunatic and managed to convince many that he knew the truth about life, the universe and everything.
He quickly gathered a following of mostly teenage girls and bored housewives.
From there, it went straight downhill into a living Hell for everyone.
If you ever heard the term "Holy Rollers", he is where this came from.
As the point of his "services" revolved around scantily clad young women rolling on the floors in "ecstasy", while, he being nude joined them!
The community of Corvallis tolerated him right up until his latest revelation from God, "You must burn all of your possessions!"
Free sex is apparently one thing, but burning all you own - in a poor community, was intolerable.
He was jailed frequently.
And as stories of what went on spread, there was reasonable outrage!
The story centers on a 15 year old girl, Esther, whom he seduces - as well as her older married sister, whom also is prey for this sex predator.
At one point, 5 men in Corvallis are all gunning for Creffield, intending to kill him for his debauchery on sight!
But, no one succeeds.
Creffield flees to Seattle, but no one knows where he went.
Just that he is gone.
Only, the married sister is seen boarding the train for Portland.
Then older brother gets a gun and decides to defend his sister's honor.
Everyone ends up in Seattle with the trial of the new century!
Brother does succeed in killing Creffield on a Seattle street in broad daylight.
Which in itself was unusual.
But the following trial for the young man was national news.
The court had to address some weighty questions:
Are women easy swayed in their judgement?
Is it the obligation for family to protect its own?
Is it reasonable that a sexual predator be dispatched?
Is an insanity plea reasonable in this situation?
And the answer was a resounding "Yes", to all of the above!
Yeah, read that list of questions again ......
Young man is released and told to go home.
Esther crosses his path and tells him good-bye.
In final terms.
He commented that he wished it was not so.
And she shot and killed him on the spot!
A little police work revealed that older sister was behind this revenge killing.
Although, Esther felt no remorse over it at all!
Both were jailed.
Older sister commits suicide while in jail.
Esther is found incompetent to stand trial and sent to an asylum for 5 years.
On release, she returns to Corvallis, marries.
And then commits suicide as well!
(my comment: that poor family! 3 members dead! and the story does not end here!)
The turn of the century was not a great time.
Religion had been attacked, based on Darwin's observations on a trip around the world.
And lost.
Workers were in rebellion in various industries.
And the government had its problems.
Newspapers were the major communications tool.
And as they had learned in the prior century, yellow journalism sells!
Ignore facts, ignore law, just tell people what you deem necessary!
And that was how the whole disaster which swirled around Creffield went!
Calling for action, will yield action.
Calling for violence, will lead to tragedy.
And, where was the real church in all of this?
Well, not in Corvallis!
Even to this day this town is lacking in a true Christian community.
Borderline cults are popular.
And yes, I am familiar with the state of faith in Corvallis ...
Back in the day, this was a Friends community.
I know the Friends very well.
Nice people.
But, the tolerance shown outright sin is a real problem.
Yes, they jailed Creffield.
Tarred and feathered him even.
But only when the damage was already done!
And no one had the nerve to drive home the point,
"You are not wanted here. Return and you will die!"
Train ticket to Kansas, good bye, sorry about the broken knees ......
Ask me how I really feel about predators sometime.
Unfortunately, his lies created an environment which did not die when he was killed.
Nor with the death of his 2 most ardent followers!
Fifty years later, their rituals were still in full swing!
Police did raid after raid on homes along the Willamette River.
"Holy Rollers" filled the news on Saturdays.
"Oh my!", mother would exclaim!
Little did she realize that maybe I could not talk, but I understood her younger brother barely escaped by the skin of his teeth!
Yeah, he would not have liked that on his record!
As it was, he left to join the Navy.
Once he graduated.
It would not surprise me if this pagan worship is still celebrated today.
Sex sells and is a strong lure.
Just as it was in Jesus' day.
So, sad that the church lost its witness in this society.
These are people whom need reached.
Obviously they are searching.
And they substituted the lie of sex for truth of Jesus ...
There was a book on display called, The Vigilante Newspapers.
The jacket seemed to pose many questions.
Is murder ever justifiable?
What do you do when justice is failed by the law?
Woah! Meaty questions there!
The book is oddly written.
It just does not flow well.
However:
A man named Creffield arrived in Corvallis, Oregon about 1903.
He was a bit of a lunatic and managed to convince many that he knew the truth about life, the universe and everything.
He quickly gathered a following of mostly teenage girls and bored housewives.
From there, it went straight downhill into a living Hell for everyone.
If you ever heard the term "Holy Rollers", he is where this came from.
As the point of his "services" revolved around scantily clad young women rolling on the floors in "ecstasy", while, he being nude joined them!
The community of Corvallis tolerated him right up until his latest revelation from God, "You must burn all of your possessions!"
Free sex is apparently one thing, but burning all you own - in a poor community, was intolerable.
He was jailed frequently.
And as stories of what went on spread, there was reasonable outrage!
The story centers on a 15 year old girl, Esther, whom he seduces - as well as her older married sister, whom also is prey for this sex predator.
At one point, 5 men in Corvallis are all gunning for Creffield, intending to kill him for his debauchery on sight!
But, no one succeeds.
Creffield flees to Seattle, but no one knows where he went.
Just that he is gone.
Only, the married sister is seen boarding the train for Portland.
Then older brother gets a gun and decides to defend his sister's honor.
Everyone ends up in Seattle with the trial of the new century!
Brother does succeed in killing Creffield on a Seattle street in broad daylight.
Which in itself was unusual.
But the following trial for the young man was national news.
The court had to address some weighty questions:
Are women easy swayed in their judgement?
Is it the obligation for family to protect its own?
Is it reasonable that a sexual predator be dispatched?
Is an insanity plea reasonable in this situation?
And the answer was a resounding "Yes", to all of the above!
Yeah, read that list of questions again ......
Young man is released and told to go home.
Esther crosses his path and tells him good-bye.
In final terms.
He commented that he wished it was not so.
And she shot and killed him on the spot!
A little police work revealed that older sister was behind this revenge killing.
Although, Esther felt no remorse over it at all!
Both were jailed.
Older sister commits suicide while in jail.
Esther is found incompetent to stand trial and sent to an asylum for 5 years.
On release, she returns to Corvallis, marries.
And then commits suicide as well!
(my comment: that poor family! 3 members dead! and the story does not end here!)
The turn of the century was not a great time.
Religion had been attacked, based on Darwin's observations on a trip around the world.
And lost.
Workers were in rebellion in various industries.
And the government had its problems.
Newspapers were the major communications tool.
And as they had learned in the prior century, yellow journalism sells!
Ignore facts, ignore law, just tell people what you deem necessary!
And that was how the whole disaster which swirled around Creffield went!
Calling for action, will yield action.
Calling for violence, will lead to tragedy.
And, where was the real church in all of this?
Well, not in Corvallis!
Even to this day this town is lacking in a true Christian community.
Borderline cults are popular.
And yes, I am familiar with the state of faith in Corvallis ...
Back in the day, this was a Friends community.
I know the Friends very well.
Nice people.
But, the tolerance shown outright sin is a real problem.
Yes, they jailed Creffield.
Tarred and feathered him even.
But only when the damage was already done!
And no one had the nerve to drive home the point,
"You are not wanted here. Return and you will die!"
Train ticket to Kansas, good bye, sorry about the broken knees ......
Ask me how I really feel about predators sometime.
Unfortunately, his lies created an environment which did not die when he was killed.
Nor with the death of his 2 most ardent followers!
Fifty years later, their rituals were still in full swing!
Police did raid after raid on homes along the Willamette River.
"Holy Rollers" filled the news on Saturdays.
"Oh my!", mother would exclaim!
Little did she realize that maybe I could not talk, but I understood her younger brother barely escaped by the skin of his teeth!
Yeah, he would not have liked that on his record!
As it was, he left to join the Navy.
Once he graduated.
It would not surprise me if this pagan worship is still celebrated today.
Sex sells and is a strong lure.
Just as it was in Jesus' day.
So, sad that the church lost its witness in this society.
These are people whom need reached.
Obviously they are searching.
And they substituted the lie of sex for truth of Jesus ...
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