Tuesday, July 11, 2006

i was juz browsing on the net and i found this website. it amazes me how crazy ppl can be. though the site's fictional but its a blasphemy to God.

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Get a Free Playstation 2 - Landover Baptist Church

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Landover Baptist Church - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Landover Baptist Church is a satirical web site that serves as the home of a fictional Baptist church based in the fictional town of Freehold, Iowa. The Landover Baptist site and its associated Landoverbaptist.NET forum is a parody of fundamentalist Christianity and the religious right in the United States of America.

The site proclaims, for example, that the King James Bible as written is the literal word of God. It also has beliefs unique to its church; for example, that holding different religious beliefs from those endorsed by Landover Baptist is grounds for being damned to Hell (a parody of Westboro Baptist Church, the congregation of noted anti-gay activist Fred Phelps, who believes that opposing his church and its members is grounds for damnation); that sissy boys should wear signs that say "I'm a Sissy Boy Who Plays With Dolls"; that men who wear thin, colored underwear are either European or homosexual, "and in America there is no difference between the two"; that the spherical Earth model was a hoax perpetrated by "someone in a communist rocket ship"; and that George W. Bush was appointed directly by God to the office of President of the United States of America to do battle with heathens and other un-American individuals. The site also says that it upholds very racist views. It says that it believes that Native Americans were the first terrorists in American history, and that African Americans (on Landover Baptist called "Coloreds" or "Negroes") should still be slaves and be segregated from whites. It also says that it holds strong anti-Catholic and anti-Muslim beliefs.

The website also has its own giftshop for the purchase of "Christian" products (such as thongs and bumper stickers promoting the church, even gifts for the "unwelcome heathens"), as well as a section that features hate mail from people who have been offended by the material on the site. While some letters are from individuals who do not realize that the site is a parody, others are from people who are offended by the site's portrayal of fundamentalist Christianity.

The Landover site was created by Chris Harper (head writer and Chief Editor, aka "Pastor Deacon Fred"). Mr. Harper has used his "Pastor Deacon Fred" persona when giving public speeches for organizations such as American Atheists and Houston Atheist Society. No part of the site was meant to be taken seriously. There is even a link at the bottom of every page that brings you to the Terms of Service. It states "Landover Baptist Church is a complete work of fiction. It is a satire/parody."

The first book from Landover Baptist writers will be released on September 12, 2006 from Time Warner Books. It is called Welcome to Jesusland (Formerly the United States of America): Shocking Tales of Depravity, Sex, and Sin Uncovered by God's Favorite Church, Landover Baptist.