Jeremy Thompson Catholic PhD in Biblical Languages, Programmer, Runner

So, I just realized this idiot judge who would not marry an interracial couple is in my hometown.  And, according to Jim West I should stand in front of his office with a sign and demand his resignation.  Chances are he won’t be in tomorrow though.  And, chances are I won’t be able to get leave from work to do that any day next week.  But, I feel I can rest assured we have some very good people in office here in Tangipahoa Parish who will handle this situation appropriately.

Shamefully, racism is still alive and quite well here in South Louisiana.  And, it is alive and well among religious people many of whom are probably nodding their heads along with everything that this moron says.  It is just sad that these people are too stupid to realize things like Jesus was Jewish (i.e. not a white American of Jewish descent), along with just about every other major religious figure in the Bible after Abraham.   Not that this should matter that much really since no one derives their dignity from a religious text.    But, in the area in which I live one would assume that people would at least allow their religious texts to inform their thinking (though this assumes that they have the ability to think at all of which I am not convinced).

HERE is online article about how swine flu is in the Bible.  You’ll have to read it for yourself to see the sheer brilliance, but the logic goes something like this:

1. The Bible talks about pestilences;
2. Swine flu is a pestilence;
3. Therefore, swine flu is in the Bible.

Well, there you have it folks proof that the Bible is inspired and inerrant.  It predicted swine flu 2,000 years in advance.  And, not only that.  Since end time passages are ones that talk about pestilences the world is probably going to end.

PS – If you can’t see the faultiness of the logic here you may want to check out:

There has been a lot of controversy lately about whether or not Barack Obama is the Antichrist.  Here are a few links to  blogs that have dealt with the issue in recent days: Anumma -Brooke Lester (the post I originally linked to), Ecce Homo – Mike Whitenton, Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth –  Nick Norelli, among others who have linked to these posts.  I wanted to put all of this to rest today.  Barack Obama is definitely not the antichrist … I am.  I became convinced of this only recently, but let’s look at the evidence:

My name is Jeremy Paul Thompson.  Don’t worry.  I know there’s a lot there, but we’ll take this piece by piece.

1. My first name is Jeremy, which is related to the Hebrew word rum.  This word means “be high, exalted.”  But, notice that my parents conveniently omitted the divine element in my name by God’s foreordination.  In other words, it is not “Jerem-iah,” which would mean that God exalted me.  Who exalts me then? Obviously, I exalt myself because I am the antichrist.  Can my first name be a coincidence?  I think not.  But, if you require more proof please read on.
2. My middle name is Paul.  This should be obvious.  Paul knew about the antichrist.  And, God ordained that my middle name would be Paul in order to warn you and remind you to read the writings of the apostle Paul.  Especially, he wanted to remind you to read places like 2 Thes. 2.3, which reads “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;” could it possibly be any clearer.  Why else would my middle name be Paul?  Let’s keep going.
3. The first three consonants in my last name are t-h-m, just like the consonants in the Hebrew word tehom meaning “deep” or “abyss.”  This reflects that my everlasting home will be in a “lake” (i.e. “deep”) of fire.  At this point, I’m not sure that I must go one, but I will.
4. The final part of my name is “son,” which signals God’s shift to a preference for the English of the King James Version.  So, we can just work from the English here.  And, I think the meaning becomes readily apparent.  We are talking here of God’s son who will put me in my place in the everlasting “deep.”  With that the case is rock solid.
5. Let’s recap.  My name reflects that I exalt myself, the apostle Paul warned you all about me, my abode will be an everlasting deep, and Jesus the divine son of God will put me there.

If there was any doubt, rest assured that Barack Obama is not the antichrist.  I am.  I have only recently begun to dig into all of this myself.  It wasn’t until I watched the Obama – Antichrist video that I began wondering whether I myself might be the antichrist.  And to be honest, I have not really come to grips with all that it means to be the antichrist yet.  I have normally considered myself a decent person, but there is certainly no denying the Biblical evidence.  Please forward this blog post along, tweet it, facebook it, whatever you need to do so that your friends and family can be safe if they ever meet me, Jeremy Paul Thompson.

I am not sure where to go from here.  But, if you would, please give me a week or so before you contact me for interviews.  I am sure that a lot of people have a lot of questions about what the devil and I are planning for the tribulation and so forth.

All the best to you and your families.
Yours,
The Antichrist (AKA Jeremy Paul Thompson)

I hate to label someone an idiot, but John Piper (I will henceforth call him Dr. Piper because it makes me feel a bit better about not having finished my doctoral degree yet) is at the very least being idiotic.  Doug Chaplin and Drew Tatusko have already gone into detail about this, and I whole-heartedly agree with them.  Dr. Piper has recently written a blog post in which he interprets the meaning of a recent tornado in Minnesota (though if you actually read the news story linked to below you will realize it was in no way limited to that area).  Here is his conclusion (to give a little background, part of the reason the ELCA was meeting was to discuss the issue of homosexuality):

The tornado in Minneapolis was a gentle but firm warning to the ELCA and all of us: Turn from the approval of sin. Turn from the promotion of behaviors that lead to destruction. Reaffirm the great Lutheran heritage of allegiance to the truth and authority of Scripture. Turn back from distorting the grace of God into sensuality. Rejoice in the pardon of the cross of Christ and its power to transform left and right wing sinners.

I think Chaplin could have just answered with this the one-liner without going into any more detail: “Has Piper noticed that Minneapolis is not far outside the commonly presumed boundaries of Tornado Alley, and Minnesota has a long history of tornados?”

I am not sure how much I could possibly add to that, but I will say a little if for no other reason than to vent.  Does Dr. Piper think that the ELCA was the only group of people affected by a natural disaster as significant as a tornado?  In fact, there are reports now that 18 tornados may have touched down in the midwest yesterday.  What of the people all throughout the rest of the midwest?  God must be a very poor marksman indeed to have to strike that wide of an area just to warn the ELCA!  Better yet, what about every terrified five-year-old child wondering if they would ever see their mother of father again?  I guess according to Dr. Piper these little demons need a warning too since they are all totally depraved.

All I can say is – How callous!  To take something like this and to use it for a theological agenda.  As Chaplin says, this brings out his “inner Dawkins.”  If this brings out his inner Dawkins, I can only imagine what it stirs in Dawkins himself.