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RE: Hell Houses (AKA: Hallelujah Houses, Heaven or Hell, Christian Haunted House, etc.)
December 3, 2014 at 12:27 pm
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The difference in the Hell Houses being, of course, that parents take their children there to present them with what they consider the truth, not just a short horror show or Halloween distraction.
Pointing to a teen burning in hell in front of your 5 or 6 year old and telling them with pure conviction that they will end up there too if they consider having an abortion (or any 'sin' being depicted at the Hell House) can be pretty fucking damaging.
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RE: Hell Houses (AKA: Hallelujah Houses, Heaven or Hell, Christian Haunted House, etc.)
December 3, 2014 at 12:31 pm
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(December 3, 2014 at 12:10 pm)Strider Wrote: I think the takeaway here for why Christians might condone these gruesome events is that nothing is off-limits if it means converting a person to one of their number. I also think the advertising as a kind of haunted house is to lure kids in with the idea of having fun; a blatant lie.
You're absolutely right, but I think that is the inevitable result of an ideology that says you are going to receive an eternity of punishment if you don't conform. If you believe others' eternal souls are at stake, the ends will always justify the means.
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RE: Hell Houses (AKA: Hallelujah Houses, Heaven or Hell, Christian Haunted House, etc.)
December 3, 2014 at 12:37 pm
Jesus is a dick....but he's a schlepper compared to his followers.
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RE: Hell Houses (AKA: Hallelujah Houses, Heaven or Hell, Christian Haunted House, etc.)
December 3, 2014 at 12:55 pm
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Never considered this topic from the noted negative aspects before. I'd always secretly wanted any local fundy franchise, if they were doing one, to ask me to be a 'top' in their diorama of the depredations of homo-ism.
I'd ham it up, make a show of putting on a really scary looking french tickler and full leather accoutrements of course, and then do my famous reach around technique, it's important for the bottom to climax at the right time.
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RE: Hell Houses (AKA: Hallelujah Houses, Heaven or Hell, Christian Haunted House, etc.)
December 3, 2014 at 1:00 pm
(December 3, 2014 at 12:55 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Never considered this topic from the noted negative aspects before. I'd always secretly wanted any local fundy franchise, if they were doing one, to ask me to be a 'top' in their diorama of the depredations of homo-ism.
I'd ham it up, make a show of putting on a really scary looking french tickler and full leather accoutrements of course, and then do my famous reach around technique, it's important for the bottom to climax at the right time.
Would they supply the altar boys?
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RE: Hell Houses (AKA: Hallelujah Houses, Heaven or Hell, Christian Haunted House.)
December 3, 2014 at 1:17 pm
Re OP: Wow. I'd heard tell of these xtian fapfests, but never had the misfortune to encounter one. You kept your cool far better than I might have done.
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RE: Hell Houses (AKA: Hallelujah Houses, Heaven or Hell, Christian Haunted House, etc.)
December 3, 2014 at 1:24 pm
I've never been to one or have I heard of one, but it sounds pretty sick. It doesn't surprise me in the least, coming from that lot. Scare them young and they're yours for life. It's physiological rape and abuse at its worst.
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RE: Hell Houses (AKA: Hallelujah Houses, Heaven or Hell, Christian Haunted House, etc.)
December 3, 2014 at 1:32 pm
Christian morality: The ends never justify the means . . . unless it's our ends.
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RE: Hell Houses (AKA: Hallelujah Houses, Heaven or Hell, Christian Haunted House, etc.)
December 3, 2014 at 1:45 pm
Never heard of these before, since I'm from Europe. Our branch of crazy usually doesn't go the extra mile.
That said, I had my own experiences when I was 6 or 7. It was at school and I have a little explaining to do, for you to get what I'm saying. Here in Austria, when you're baptised into a certain faith group, you automatically get mandatory religious "education". It isn't as mandatory as it may sound, since your parents can at any time pull the plug and you're out. Also, once you're 14, you can pull the plug yourself. That's what I did at that age.
But I was in. Not that I blame my parents for it, since they were mild catholics and didn't know what was going on. I certainly didn't talk about it. We had our own version of the hell house, so to speak. I remember vividly that elderly woman teaching the religious stuff saying, that if you misbehave, if you sin, god will take what's dearest in your life. Can you imagine what that means for 7 year old kids? I virtually was in tears, fearing for the lives of my parents and it's still haunting me to this day. It was implanted in me at a very early age and it's oe of the superstitions I sometimes can't get rid of, even if I take my joy in blaspheming.
In short, we learned about all the ugly things, religion had to offer. Hell, punishment, that heathens, jews and muslims are excluded. It was only to instill fear and for me, when I grew a little, it was the first stepping stone to leave religion behind for good.
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RE: Hell Houses (AKA: Hallelujah Houses, Heaven or Hell, Christian Haunted House, etc.)
December 3, 2014 at 2:04 pm
(December 3, 2014 at 1:00 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: (December 3, 2014 at 12:55 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Never considered this topic from the noted negative aspects before. I'd always secretly wanted any local fundy franchise, if they were doing one, to ask me to be a 'top' in their diorama of the depredations of homo-ism.
I'd ham it up, make a show of putting on a really scary looking french tickler and full leather accoutrements of course, and then do my famous reach around technique, it's important for the bottom to climax at the right time.
Would they supply the altar boys?
I figure the pastor would jump at the chance. Take one for the team, so to speak.
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