tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post8432407288923893676..comments2024-03-18T19:36:10.480-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Bitter ClingersAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-30347170807620494642018-12-25T08:11:11.526-05:002018-12-25T08:11:11.526-05:00It occurred to me we ought to pray for Xi's re...It occurred to me we ought to pray for Xi's redemption. After all, the prayer would be to a God who can easily ram a camel through a needle's eye without damaging either.<br /><br />BTW, a way to remember his surname is that it's a rising-tone version of "shchi", Russian cabbage soup (complete with the same softer version of "sh" at the beginning).Kororahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208444799799287420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-73931788406017206952018-12-24T16:07:06.794-05:002018-12-24T16:07:06.794-05:00To reign in Hell rather than serve in Heaven?To reign in Hell rather than serve in Heaven?Kororahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208444799799287420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-21465009499887119282018-12-24T14:59:32.649-05:002018-12-24T14:59:32.649-05:00Grim. I wonder what entices leaders to try to bec...Grim. I wonder what entices leaders to try to become god-kings. Even Henry VIII only wanted to be pope.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-50725748205736100462018-12-24T12:01:46.600-05:002018-12-24T12:01:46.600-05:00A good discussion of the factors leading to increa...A good discussion of the factors leading to increased persecution of Christians in China. Avi's wife<br />https://www.opendoorsusa.org/christian-persecution/stories/3-major-factors-crackdown-church-china/<br />Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-64251911842590688912018-12-23T11:42:43.760-05:002018-12-23T11:42:43.760-05:00"I'm your church now. You understand -- y..."<i>I'm</i> your church now. You understand -- you've got to do what <i>I</i> say!" -- Simon Legree, <i>Uncle Tom's Cabin</i>.Kororahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208444799799287420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-50704226559667900042018-12-22T22:59:24.021-05:002018-12-22T22:59:24.021-05:00Unlike tyrants in fictionUnlike tyrants in <a href="http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html" rel="nofollow">fiction</a>jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com