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Sunday, June 19, 2005

[General] Scott Takes the Bishop by the Horns

ED: Hee hee, sorry I just realised that I said Brian Tamaki had horns in the title of this post. Complete accident I assure you (if you will, fate guided my hand).
The following post was actually an email written to me by Scott (ethicist, brother-in-law, way smarter than me) and has been published here with no permission being asked let alone given. Please enjoy.



Just some interesting bunch of announcements this weekend:

Brian Tamaki has decided to be a bishop:
I dunno why not Pope. It wouldn't be the first time the world has had two popes. Guess he needs something to work up to. Maybe he needs to "rescript" some more traditions before that. Meanwhile, his church wants to publish a video explaining the gay community to us (I still laugh every time I think of Murray Deaker talking about Lesbians "infiltrating NZs institutions". Paranoid Schizophrenics should not smoke weed whilst channel browsing from sky porn to the news).

Almost funny sidenote. Bishop Tamaki's first address after ascending to bishophood? 11PM, EST (I kid you not. They use EST), "First Fruits Service from our newly ordained Bishop Tamaki." I would have thought pope would be first fruit. Bishop should only be second or third fruit. Oh well.

Meanwhile TVNZ and RNZ can no longer really be taken seriously in terms of investigative reporting, as they can't do it in secret. Nice parting shot from ACT to ruin state owned journalism (Unless my Big Two predictions come to pass (ACT will stay in parliament using Nixon-esque escapades (Nixon-esquepades?), and National will win the election)).

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nice. Very much like the West Wing speech where Martin Sheen embassesses a radio personality. Note also that Brian says there is no biblical problem with having lots of money. Jesus said (Mark (10:17-27)) that it is easier for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. So being rich is NOT a virtue. It is something that can be overcome, with patience and hard work. It may be forgiveable. But it is a vice. But Brian doesn't now, nor has he ever believed the bible. He believes whatever works. If he could make as much money as a buddhist, he'd be there (the buddhists can all give a collective "whew, dodged a bullet there"). So, Destiny Churchgoers, when Pope/Bishop Tamaki asks you to drink the cool-aid, take a pass.