[CS-FSLUG] Fwd: FW: FW: Untimely deaths

[EnzoAeneas]

LOL. I knew that there was a reason I kept you guys around. I get
stuff like this all of the time; just thought I'd share the pain. :-)

--Kevin

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Ed Hurst <ehurst at asisaid.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:23:00 -0500, EnzoAeneas <enzoaeneas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Subject: FW: Untimely deaths
>
> Oh noes!!!
>
>> It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7):
>
> The context indicates the "sowing" refers to giving to support the Lord's
> work. Not sure it can be stretched to cover what follows.
>
>> John Lennon (Singer):
>
> The quote is not quite accurate, and John Lennon later indicated he did not
> intend to say the Beatles were in any way more important than Christ. In
> fact, he expressed a great deal of grief about the way people took it.
>
>> Lennon, after saying that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus
>> Christ, was shot six times.
>
> Shot by a deranged man who *did* claim Christ. Yeah, that's a good witness.
>
>> Tancredo Neves (President of Brazil):
>
> This is really very complicated, simply because it's politics and it's
> Brazil. It seems the people dearly loved him because he was the one hope
> they had getting out from harsh authoritarian government. Chances are quiet
> good the quote is bogus, spread by his opponents.
>
>> Cazuza (Bi-sexual Brazilian composer, singer and poet):
>> He died at the age of 32 of LUNG CANCER in a horrible manner.
>
> Nah. Two different guys there by that name, both famous. One died of AIDS,
> the other seems to have died from a politically motivated assassination.
>
>> The man who built the Titanic
>> 'Not even God can sink it'
>
> No record to prove he said that, though a crewman seems to have said it.
> Testimony indicates he went down with the ship trying to save others, though
> I can't find much else to indicate his character of faith.
>
>> Marilyn Monroe (Actress)
>> She was visited by Billy Graham during a presentation of a show.
>
> No, she wasn't. Billy never got to see her, so she didn't say that. There is
> some evidence her death was not entirely due to mere depression, and may not
> have taken the pills voluntarily.
>
>> Bon Scott (Singer)
>> 'Don't stop me; I'm going down all the way, down the highway to hell'.
>
> It might be pretty easy to see a lot of rock stars using similar language
> while hardly embracing Satan. I'd say most of it was simply a rejection of
> mainstream society, and I can agree with that. Still, Bon Scott was a pretty
> low-life sort in particular.
>
>> On the 19th of February 1980, Bon Scott was found dead, he had been
>> choked by his own vomit.
>
> Baloney. It was plain old alcohol poisoning.
>
>> In Campinas , Brazil a group of friends, drunk, went to pick up a
>> friend.....
>
> Not a single case of this sort exists in police files.
>
>> Christine Hewitt (Jamaican Journalist and entertainer)
>> said the Bible (Word of God) was the worst book ever written.
>
> A Howard Stern wannabe, and he's still alive, having said worse things than
> she did. Her death appears to have been connected with making some other
> flakes upset.
>
>> 'Jesus'
>
> His name could as easily been translated Joshua. I'm not sure I like the
> "magic" tinged intent of messages like this one. Oh-so popular, loaded with
> some of the worst, most primitive and unbiblical nonsense.
>
>
>> I'M TOLD THIS WORKS!!!!! Bishop T.D. Jakes '8 Second Prayer.' Just
>> repeat this prayer and see how God moves!!
>
> Ah, yes! Here's magical God-is-my-ATM claim. Pass this 8-second prayer on to
> 8 people..... um, no. Not the God of the Bible.
>
> --
> Ed Hurst
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