Fits of madness

[dreamer_easy]

Friend crack_news. There's not enough pain in your life.

There are Esperanto editions of two Chick tracts: La Eta Fantomo (The Tiny Ghost) and Jen Via Tuta Vivo (Behold Your Whole Life, ie "This Is Your Life!"). Esperanto being what it is, I can read them without difficulty after about three and a half lessons. Try it for yourself: Jesuo diris, "Mi estas la vojo kaj la vero kaj la vivo." (This is all your fault, ashamel.) Why do the kids pray by prostrating themselves and covering their faces? They look as though they're ducking and covering.

ETA: Jon asked if there were any in Klingon. Not yet.

Comments

[jvowles.livejournal.com]

Ah, the good Pastor Chick. His pointless and ill-informed attacks against D&D and Halloween are both a source of amusement and a scary reminder that, good grief, people are dumb enough to believe that shit.

As for why the kids pray by hiding their faces from God -- remember that (to these morons, at least) we are supposed to be unworthy scraps of cosmic dust, fit only to prostrate ourselves in abject worship to any old divinity who's into that sort of mindless sucking-up.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

I got that it intended awe and respect, but I wondered at the origin of it - I've never seen it except in Chick tracts. (To my mind there's an abyss between Chick's nightmare, faceless sadist God, and the one who sees every sparrow fall.)

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine called Him 'The big sky bully' :D

[jesusandrew.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's related to when Moses wanted to see God, but was only shown his back - I think the reason given was that the glory of God's face would be too much for his frail mortal form.