I wonder if that was lit by lightspheres?

Hmmm...fashion commentary by Gary Fong...now that's funny!! 

That picture gave me the chills.

Good to know they'll be gone soon.

Pleated pants have been out of style for over a year too.

@ShooterSteve - and that picture was taken several years ago.... 

So what is going to drive any traffic to this blog after November 4th?  Two girls and a cup again?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/223708.php

Watch this...this is what we are dealing with in this country. We are going through an amazing economic situation and these people are just lowering themselves to the lowest common denominator. wow

Its the skull and bones.... the symbol of the Catholic Church and Illuminati!

the similarities are clear... 

http://www.pastdeadline.com/images/2007/05/15/sopranos_5.jpg

@jacksonwholephoto - 

I meant to comment earlier about the complaints about your profile pic... I think that would be a great opportunity to educate people (children) that the actual christ's appearance was most likely NOT an aryan mashup of Dan Fogelberg and Dennis Wilson.

The Real Face of Jesus

Beliefs are the result of blind submission to authority - an accumulation of second-hand information. People are nothing else than their beliefs. When those precious beliefs and illusions fall, there is nothing left. Intutively people know this, so they cling to them ready to fight for them, even risking death, no matter how true or wrong they could be. Imagine, thoughts (ideas, beliefs, values, certitudes) are powerful enough to have people killed. For humans, killing or taking one's own human life is not a natural thing. Yet, it keeps happening - just because of thoughts.

If anything has been proven "immortal", it's the physical body. With the brain, dies all beliefs, myths, opinions, feelings. The physical body gets transformed from one form of energy to another. That is observable by those who live longer than the deceased body. Sperm and egg transfer DNA codes. The body, instinctively wanting to biologically transfer itself into new life, reproduces itself with some changes (new combinations of male & female), unless cloned. That we know. The rest (mind fabrications) is speculation and mass or self-hypnosis, at best. I know, it's fun to argue and try to prove who is right or wrong.

Problems persist because of false solutions or premises. What should be questioned, if anything, are goals, beliefs, and suppositions.

As an exemple, deep neurosis makes it that the same people who are against abortion or birth control will vote for people who decide to bomb and destroy thousands of lives, and give very little help to famine and poverty, even in its own land, for its own people. Yet, those people are very visible on the streets.

So-called Messiahs have left behind them suffering, wars, desolation, polarization of ideals and beliefs, and overall world misery.

So to wonder how Jesus may have looked like is rather interesting, to say the least...:)

enlightening.

Fjblau - exactly why I chose this image.

Because you liked the idea of Dan Fogelberg flipping me off? :)

"As an exemple, deep neurosis makes it that the same people who are against abortion or birth control will vote for people who decide to bomb and destroy thousands of lives, and give very little help to famine and poverty, even in its own land, for its own people. Yet, those people are very visible on the streets."

Ah, here we go again with the "christians and the people they elect don't actually help people." We've been through this before, haven't we? George Bush, for all his faults (which are numerous), has more than tripled US aid to Africa during his presidency. Christians around the world help people ... but you don't want to admit it, because it flies in the face of your Bill Maher talking points.

If you want to judge a faith based on the way people have distorted it for power and gain over the years, be my guest. But that would be like me trying to convince you to be a christian because of the good things christians have done over the years.

Fjblau - that is funny. I guess he does look like Fogelberg. Nah, I just thought it was a cool picture that might upset/make uncomfortable the Christian zealots on this board.

@erikdungan - 

I don't listen to Bill Maher. I barely know him. I may have zapped a few moments a few years back while surfing TV. So, I don't know if I'm quoting Maher. I'm taking my information from other sources.

I did not know about Africa, so I've just done a little research that appears below. However, I did see how fast (or rather how slow) help came for post-Katrina victims in your own backyard. They pretty well had to help themselves, and it's far from over.

I admit that Christians, as well as people from other religions and NGOs help people around the world. As I've said before, it's not a Christian invention nor an exclusivity. I'm also aware that a least one village was refused help from a Christian organization because the villagers did not want to embrace the Christian faith, which was a condition to get help from that particular Christian organization.

"Samanthapettai, Jan 16 (ANI): Rage and fury has gripped this tsunami-hit tiny Hindu village in India's southern Tamil Nadu after a group of Christian missionaries allegedly refused them aid for not agreeing to follow their religion." (http://www.physicsforums.com/archive/index.php/t-60813.html)

On another link, "In an e-mailed weekly newsletter called "Falwell Confidential," which was obtained by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the evangelist said: "Hundreds of thousands are in dire need of medical attention and personal counselling. And in this heavily Muslim part of the world, millions have never even heard of Jesus Christ."

(NOTE: That cannot be true, because if they are Muslims, they had to hear about Jesus. Quote: "Muslims are required by God to believe in all of the Prophets. These include Jesus and John the Baptist peace be upon them. The Quran, the Islamic holy book, also instructs Muslims to believe in the books revealed to every Prophet as well. The book given to Jesus is called Injeel in the Quran." Just show how ignorant some Christians can be about commonalities between religions. If they only took some time to see similitudes rather than differences.)

The newsletter, which is distributed by Jerry Falwell Ministries, said donations would be used to distribute food and Gospel tracts in the region." Mining expedition. What about unconditional love and giving?

About Bush helping Africa. Bush has increased direct development and humanitarian aid to Africa to more than $4 billion a year from $1.4 billion in 2001, according to the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. And four African nations -- Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt and Uganda -- rank among the world's top 10 recipients in aid from the United States."

NOTE: Let's see why the Bush administration would want to be so generous with African countries.

SUDAN: Natural resources: PETROLEUM; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower.
Economy - overview: Sudan's economy is booming on the back of INCREASES IN OIL PRODUCTION, high oil prices, and LARGE INFLOWS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT. GDP growth registered more than 10% per year in 2006 and 2007. From 1997 to date, SUDAN HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE IMF TO IMPLEMENT MACROECONOMIC REFORMS, including a managed float of the exchange rate. SUDAN BEGAN EXPORTING CRUDE OIL IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 1999.

(NOTE: If the IMF is involved, for sure the country will mount such debts that the big Oil companies (US-led, probably) will be able to get oil quite cheap in exchange for the debt. That's the way it usually works. A whole country can be economically enslaved that way. Of course, you've got to give them some food, because you need workers.)

ETHIOPIA: ECONOMY The current government has embarked on a cautious program of economic reform, including privatization of state enterprises and rationalization of government regulation. While the process is still ongoing, so far the reforms have attracted only meager foreign investment, and the government remains heavily involved in the economy.

(Note: just a question of time for it to need to borrow, and sell exploitation to foreign companies FINANCED BY THE IMF). Other resources with potential for commercial development include large potash deposits, NATURAL GAS, iron ore, and POSSIBLY OIL and geothermal energy. Although Ethiopia has good hydroelectric resources, which power most of its manufacturing sector, IT IS TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON IMPORTS FOR ITS OIL. (NOTE: Who's the seller?)

EGYPT: In 2007, Egypt produced 664,000 barrels of OIL per day (bbl/d) continuing its fall from a high of 950,000 bbl/d in 1995.

UGANDA: By the early 2000s, Uganda was seeking domestic PETROLEUM RESERVES in response to rising oil prices. In September 2002, Heritage Oil Corporation of Canada announced the first exploratory well, in Block 3, located in the Semiliki Valley in western Uganda, in the hopes of confirming seismic studies showing 1.2 billion barrels (190,000,000 m3) of oil in the basin.[2] In June 2006, Hardman Resources of Australia discovered oil sands at Waranga 1, Waranga 2 and Mputa. President Yoweri Museveni announced that HE EXPECTED PRODUCTION OF 6,000 to 10 million BARRELS PER DAY (1,600,000 m³/d) by 2009.[5] He further announced that a mini-refinery would be set up to produce diesel, kerosene and heavy fuel oil.[6]

It helps to develop friendships...:) What's a few billions well invested in countries that become indebted to you for much more ROI?

The biggest scam ever: religion. I've been studying different religions since age 14, but more so in my twenties. All major faiths have used religion to gain political power and money. Yes, money to God, tax-free. However the "brokers" of that money to God, somehow skimmed some of it for Real Estate, lavish lifestyles, investments, wars, torture, deception, political, and military control, brain-washing people into believing in hell, heaven and rapture. It's still working after 2,000 years for Christianity. They have succeeded in convincing every faithful Christian that what was supposedly predicted in the Apocalypse some 2,000 years ago, will ACTUALLY occur in the faithful's own lifetime...

Jesus told us that a house divided against itself cannot stand. Explain to me why there are so many Christian denominations? Denominations are based on disagreements over the interpretation of Scripture. Can't agree on the interpretation of the Bible? How many? Hundreds? Thousands?

Many! (http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/Faiths_and_Practices/Christianity/Denominations_and_Sects/)

You mention "the good things christians have done over the years". What about a human being doing good things to other human beings without putting a religious label on it?

Eventually, the big religion delusion will blow like a balloon: myths, fear, distinctions - poof! Hopefully, what will remain will be other human beings who have realized their common links to other human beings and their relationship with their biological nature with earth. Eventually, we'll come to our senses. You can only cry "wolf" so many times...

But, hey. If you feel good about believing what you believe, why not!...:)

Mr Powell has candle sticks growing from the side of his face....Ms Rice has an object growing from the top of her head...any way one cant blame Ms Annie...some subjects can be intimidating during the ritual of composing a good portrait...
Memorable picture though....
Muyiwa Osifuye
Lagos,Nigeria

@jacksonwholephoto - 

You're probably right. I keep thinking that some people need long explanations to understand, but I suspect that the ones who really need to read them, as an answer to their claims, don't bother reading it...:)

I love Richard's posts!

@jacksonwholephoto - 

I only hope you get what you deserve, you are going to give an account to the almighty God of heaven and earth for what you have said and have done. Mr. Fong if you had any character you delete this fool.

@isawthelight2 - 

YAJC

(Yet Another Judgmental Christian)

Some of us prefer our accountability right here on earth... rather than letting centuries of oppression, bigotry and hatred get swept up into some mythical "do-over".

But hey, all your stuff is mine as soon as you rapture. What's taking you so long?