(tumbleweeds)
Yeah it's been awhile. I've had enough people tell me I shouldn't abandon this thing (not that I was going to), but the muse seems to have struck me again. I've been busy though and I do have my other blog. Most of the time, I've been posting the incredibly stupid shit i find on the tubes on Facebook...but the longform is not without its charms.
Anyway, meet Mark Driscoll. The rootin'est tootin'est hipster god fearing pastor ever to walk the mean streets of Seattle. Turns out he's been around for awhile, but finally came across my radar. As much as you'd think otherwise, Mark doesn't actually work for the Hurt Locker producers, but is in actual fact convinced that Satan makes movies like Avatar so you don't worship god, but rather the whole hippie dippie nature trip Avatar is all about.
After this video, I did some researching on Mark and found out he's some sort of calvinist hipster pastor who says dirty words and attracts a shitload of would-be stoners and goth kids to his church which happens to be a former nightclub. He's made a lot of fans over at Seattle Weekly...which has spawned a lot of amusing editorials. I've long since had a theory that mega church pastors end up saying controversial things because they thrive on the attention. This guy is no different...but ya gotta give him credit, his whole "MY JEEBUS AIN'T NO FAGGOT!!" schtick is nothing if not original. Point of Fact: when you preach about how there's a devil that is constantly trying to get you to worship false idols and follow false icons all while wearing a Mickey Mouse T-Shirt , you've reached some sort of pompous-ass event horizon. Can't really go anywhere after that.
