We have to wait until he/she decides it is time to slay Satan and protect their children

Many of his followers believe the same thing.

There are cults that think human suffering is a GOOD thing. That notion is repulsive.

Helps if you are heterosexual and American I think.

At least, that is the usual answer I get

Of all the puke-inducing, non-rhyming, tuneless, groveling, butt-kissing, generally loathsome songs in the "Xian Rock" genre, this Cleveland Steamer has to be one of the worst.

Rich Mullins apparently wrote it in about 5 minutes. Probably during an exorcism gone bad when the exorcisee had cleft Rich's skull open with a large crucifix and his few remaining brain cells fell out.

Which, of course, means that it's now a standard in the genre. Well, it does have the obligatory reference to Sodom. But other than that, it makes the Awesome God sound like a cranky pro wrestler on a losing streak.

Ladies and germs, I give you "Awesome God." Take it away, Rich! Far away, preferably some place like the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone:

Fuck, what an awful song.

to most religious people...and indeed to the authors and devisers of the original religions.... is they own back yard and little else.

Lucifer: "Prove that you are God's son by turning stones into bread."

JC: "It doesn't work that way. Creating bread would be futile because man also needs spiritual nourishment."

Lucifer: "Fine. Proof that you are God's son by tricking him into performing a miracle. Let's say, by saving you when you jump off a roof."

JC: "It doesn't work that way. Testing God is against the rules."

Lucifer: "Tell you what: Come to my side and you get a welcome-present."

JC: "Fuck off!"



And according to the Bible this exchange means that JC triumphed over the devil.

Really, they've got nothing.

Monotheism is brutal. You've gotta worship a sociopath.

Cuzz the bible yells me so .