California starves

There’s somebody urging people to pray for those living in California to be saved, as well as having to stock up on available food supplies as California might face both a serious drought and famine, to the extent that it’s going to affect certain products and byproducts. This includes almonds which are currently mostly grown in America and more specifically in California, that if such a natural disaster were to destroy Californian farms, then either one must stock up the remaining almond milk cartons and almond chocolate bars in their refrigerators and pantries, turn to more stable substitutes like macademia chocolate bars and soy milk cartons instead, or even pray that such almond farming would be allocated to other countries like Iran instead. If such an earthquake were to destroy California for its sins, that it would be wiser to pray for other people (family members, friends and even celebrities) to bother evacuating the place before it gets destroyed at all.

I have done this before to my own family members, as well as organisations and celebrities, to leave California before the going gets unnecessarily tougher than it should be. Especially if they happen to either live or work there, that they would need to leave in order to survive in any way that’s possible. Let’s us Jane’s Addiction as an example and this sounds really odd given one of their members was in a band whose album used an Aleister Crowley related symbol for their first album, but even if they do bad things every now and then you might have to pray for them (or even other people you hate, I kind of struggle with this due to trauma). Pray that they repent and turn to God for as long as they live for now, pray that they read the Bible and attend church to listen to sermons there. Pray that they and their families turn to God and move elsewhere for safety, it could also be done to other celebrities whether if you like them or not. Let’s not forget that Jane’s Addiction were part of a generation of 1990s rock bands that had something of an alternative sound, hence the moniker of alternative rock and one of its members was really into 1980s punk music before.

It would take time for the Jane’s Addiction members to get used to living in another country for good, but if it means being safe from harm should an earthquake ever come to California, that going past the border for safety and protection would be their best chance at survival. As for almond farming one would have to wonder what could be a safe spot to cultivate almonds with, now that California’s going to get seriously hit by an earthquake sooner than ever. It might as well come to full circle if it becomes more feasible to do almond farming in countries like Iran, Turkey, Syria and Lebanon, where these were first domesticted in there. Even some of their own locales have climate favourable for almond farming that it becomes more practical to do this then, if not almonds then countries with warmer, more moist climates like the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam would have no other choice but to cultivate macadamia nuts in their place instead. The flavours aren’t exact but if they provide a similarly nutty quality to chocolate bars, then they would do and might fare well in our tropical climates.

African countries like Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda might follow our example, but if almond farming shifts production to their more northernly neighbours like Morocco and Tunisia, then they’ll still get their almond chocolates after all but in a new way. Even then the physiogeographical destruction of America (and the whole North American landmass) would reroute farming from then on, where if it’s no longer feasible to farm or cultivate crops in America at least in the short-term, then production would have to move elsewhere and others would have to stock up food supplies in their pantries and refrigerators should such a natural disaster happen in the very near future. One might wonder if other crops like soybeans and macadamia nuts might prove resilient to such a natural disaster this way and production of these two could easily be allocated to East Asia instead, where it would help boost local livelihoods from then on. Goya might have to replace the almonds with macadamias in its chocolate bars instead, the flavour wouldn’t be the same but it still imparts a nutty character to said chocolate.

Logically it might be more practical to make an entire industry out of macadamia milk in countries like Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia, since this is a crop that can grow reasonbly well in these countries’ climates and easier to import within East Asia itself. With a destroyed North American landmass that it would be really hard to import almonds from then on, that it would have to be offshored to African and West Asian countries instead from then on. If it becomes feasible to even do almond farming in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, then these are where both Goya and Meiji would be getting their almonds from then on. It’s been speculated that a certain area in Central Asia might be the fabled Biblical Garden of Eden after all, though it’s not the case anymore due to desertification but when America gets seriously hit by such a monstrous earthquake that almond farming would have to be offshored to where these crops were first domesticated in. It’s still horrifying to think that America has everything it takes to become the ultimate superpower, yet it’s prophesised to be brought down by its enemies that it could also become the ultimate failed state.

One that’s going to morph into a proper dictatorship, even though it’s been suspected whenever Trump’s around at all, but America becoming a copy of Nazi Germany but with a much worse economy is terrifying yet also not too far-fetched given its role as Mystery Babylon, the country that corrupts the entire world with its filth and will be brought down by its enemies and God himself. California seems like a fun state to be in, pardon the pun, because it’s got land amenable to farming and the showbiz industry, but it’s also a kind of Hell on earth if it weren’t for a porn industry coexisting with the regular showbiz industry. And these two coexist with a Christian organisation known as Cru, which makes for a really embarassing association at times. Given there’s talk of America being the current headquarters of the Devil on earth that if Cameroon’s described as Africa in miniature, then America can also be described as Hell in miniature too. Even world-famous cities like Los Angeles (which should be called Los Demonios as demons are really fallen angels) and New York have a hellish quality to them, though Las Vegas would be a pretty close call as are San Francisco, Miami and wait for it, Seattle.

That’s actually less surprising in hindsight as one of the first sexualised restaurant chains (Hooters) came from Seattle, as well as arguably bands like Nirvana because Kurt Cobain was so anti-God that he even had the audacity to blaspheme him and so did his contemporary Chris Cornell from Soundgarden. Seattle’s best known son Bill Gates had an affair with one of his employees, looking back I listened to a sermon that despite his habit of setting up charities he’s not a good person. His act of marital infidelity/adultery confirmed this in a way, since it’s one of the things forbidden in the Ten Commandments. It’s even sadder still that Kurt Cobain was briefly a Christian himself when he was with a friend before, as if he came to reject God so vehemently that he met his end the way Anaias and Sapphira did. I’ve done something similar before multiple times over, well in a misguided attempt to keep calm, and it didn’t go well for me either. There’s somebody who said something similar but with Michael Jordan, the basketball player, because his mother’s also a Christian and has been praying for him to come back to God. But since he keeps on rejecting him that he too would meet his own untimely demise.

So America would get judged for things like bringing out so many abominations on this planet as to warrant ending as a nation-state for good, before truly disappearing from the planet forever.

Space Jam

Celestial recently posted a video about how some athletes, especially somebody like LeBron James, aren’t who you think they are. While it’s true not all basketball players are involved in Freemasonry and the occult, but a good number of those in the NBA are. If there’s at least one study about Cameroonian footballers being involved in the occult, despite not all footballers and even other Cameroonian footballers being this involved either, then this would be the same for their counterparts in basketball. It’s not necessarily wrong to like basketball, football, animation, cats, dogs and fashion for as long as you don’t make them into idols.

It’s not wrong to play basketball or football or any other sport, if these bring you joy and happiness then power to you. But when it comes to LeBron James calling himself ‘King James’ as in the other King James who at least cowrote the Bible, it seems as if he’s not only blaspheming God but is also so arrogant as to esteem himself higher than he should be. Admittedly, I’m prone to pride from time to time and this is hard for me to admit. It’s not necessarily wrong to like basketball, but the problem lies with turning basketball and basketballers into idols, which is the gist of her message.

(Interestingly, LeBron James starred in the box office flop Space Jam 2, the sequel to the original Space Jam film.)

I feel this should also serve as a warning to many Filipinos, because of how popular basketball is in the Philippines The Philippines is a Christian nation but it shouldn’t be serving idols, in fact it shouldn’t be idolising basketballers much either and in particular. If it’s bad enough that its favourite nation America has been indulging in so much idolatry as to warrant packing away from God, it’s really horrible that the Philippines would rather follow its disastrous missteps. So much so that the Philippines will suffer some of the same problems that America will be facing, because both of them disobeyed the Lord.

Not to mention it’s very, very tolerant of homosexuality, which is a sin to the Lord no matter how a lot of countries (and especially Christian majority countries) legalise it. It’s like this song by Sean Paul called ‘We Be Burning’ with the lyrics ‘legalise it, time to recognise it’, which is what many Christian-majority countries ended up doing with homosexuality. If it’s more natural for women to be attracted to men, it should be logical that they should find men attractive. But the world has distorted this, to the point of purposefully engineering more lesbians and bisexual women than it should be by the Lord.

I even said that if a woman is struggling with her same-sex attraction, then people should do a better job at making her defeat these impulses if she doesn’t want to act on it anymore. But this involves taking away the offending materials that might entice her into doing it again, something that she doesn’t want to do anymore. All this ‘women are sexy, so women find them sexy’ has created far more lesbians than even sports ever has, especially when it comes to sexual attraction then it’s unnatural for women to be attracted to other women, which is what she’s saying.

Then we move onto idolatry, another affront to the Lord. I even think DC and Marvel are very guilty of enabling this onto unsuspecting people in their formative years, that if you’re exposed to a lot of DC and Marvel stories in your childhood that there’s a chance they’ve groomed you to idolise the characters they have and the stories their writers tell. It may not be the case for other people but this is particularly so for a good number of DC and Marvel fans, where you have these people growing up with these characters and then writing pornographic stories about them in some way. I could’ve done something similar before, mind you.

It’s not hard to see why I believe geek fandoms are basically all forms of concentrated idolatry, especially with all the time that could’ve been spent on worshipping God is wasted on cartoon characters. It’s not necessarily wrong to want to catch up with something, since it’s like that with me when it comes to devotionals and Bible verses. But there’s something off about the way DC and Marvel engineer things as a way to deepen fans’ devotion to their characters and brands, that it comes off as spiritually unhealthy and unsound. The Backstreet Boys are very guilty of this, made worse by that Brian Littrell never bothered finding a way to share the Gospel or his faith with fans that isn’t music.

He never bothered finding a way to pique people’s interest in something Christian (adjacent), even if he’s called to evangelise to people and find a way to get them worshipping God instead. But he’d rather be of the world where it’s easier for him to indulge in his fans’ adulation of his band and himself, rather than dedicating himself to actually making them read something Christian related even if it takes baby steps. If it took baby steps for me to get back to God by reading up on those been to hell testimonies, articles and monasteries and animals and eventually devotionals, then Littrell could’ve easily done this to his fans in some way. It’s probably a good thing Hanson lost some of their fans, given they were brought up to be Christian.

Better to risk losing face in front of your fans when dedicating yourself to God, than it is to keep fans and lose face in front of God. So Zac Hanson ended up doing something far greater as a preacher than he would as a musician, given he was brought up in a Christian household that it’s better for him to dedicate his life to the church than make people worship him. So Hansongate is a blessing in disguise to get Zac Hanson back on track when it comes to worshipping the Creator, than being worshipped by fans a lot. If God could find a way to bring people back to him, he’ll find any means of making it happen when he sees fit.

It’s like that with me where I backslided a couple of times, before becoming really addicted to those been to hell testimonies on Seek First, articles about animals in Christianity and then reading a lot of devotionals later on. It’s not an easy path, but it’s worth getting back to God. Anyways this is my commentary on what Celestial has been saying in her vlogs, since she doesn’t seem to be blogging at this point. In lieu of posting further links to her blog posts, I’ll be posting links to and then commentating on her sermons and prophecies instead.

Racism and Sports

When it comes to sports and racism, there are some stereotypes to unpack and deconstruct in here. It’s like stereotyping blacks to be good at sports, even if not all of them are athletes regardless of their DNA. While many West Africans have the DNA to be sprinters, not everybody becomes a sprinter and others are practically very sedentary. Many East Africans have the DNA to be marathon runners, but not all of go on to chose that career. Likewise there are athletic Asians out there, not just in sprinting but also football and rugby.

It gets more complicated when you realise that while blacks are stereotyped as good at sports, they’re not commonly found in things like ice hockey and swimming due to stereotypes about them. If they’re considered to be good at sports, why doesn’t it include hockey and swimming? There are certainly black people who do well in hockey and swimming, but when they do they confront hazing and racism. Actually they also confront racism in other sports like football where they get called all sorts of mean names.

There’s this one rugby player of part Japanese descent who had to contend with racism in Australian rugby where he got called Chinese regardless of his actual cultural upbringing, he’s also proof that Asians can do well in sports other than martial arts (which’s the thing they’re stereotyped for). There’s also Yao Ming and the fact that basketball’s very popular in the Philippines and China proves that Asians can play and like basketball. But the shadow of racism remains, often hurting those who want to play those sports.

It could hurt any Asian who wants to play sports in general or blacks who want to play hockey and swimming for instance. This has to stop and we must encourage those who want to play those sports, I also think sports needs to be more inclusive and supportive when it comes to these characters. They may not always play the sports we expect them to do, but it’s something they gravitate to so we must support that.

Fairness to sports fans

There are actually Christian athletes and coaches out there where if you look hard enough or by chance, the most well-known example that I can think of’s Tim Tebow but he’s also not the only one around as there’s the report of athletes having sermon before playing sports.

There’s also a correlation between sports and Christianity, with regards to football being introduced to Goa along with Christianity. There are also cases of nuns playing sports, where in something I recall there’s a report or document of nuns playing basketball so sports fans and athletes alike are in good company.

I can’t be a jerk

I did have my fair share of bashing but now I will not bash people anymore, especially certain people who have animals or don’t have children it’s not always their fault where let’s say somebody has a dog due to allergies to cats that unless if there are situations that demand cat tolerance, that’s the case but to be fair there are dog people who do give cats a chance allergies or not.

Likewise there are actually some sensible cat people out there, though from my experience reading about those characters they’re often farmers and monks who have cats (and dogs) for sensible, practical reasons that they can’t be faulted anymore for making a moggy or mongrel hunt vermin in the place. Some people are called to be celibate, some are sterile due to medical conditions.

To the point where they can’t be faulted for being childless, just as some people can’t be faulted for being into sports out of boredom that it would be wrong to blame an unemployed person for playing basketball when they really want a way out of a bad life that they can’t be faulted anymore.

Not necessarily unique

Like I said before, there are certain cultural beliefs, customs and practises that aren’t necessarily unique as much as they’re apparently more prevalent elsewhere among certain places and communities. Canine witchcraft’s not unheard of in Nigeria but it’s more common outside of it like Ghana and Cameroon. In the same manner vulpine witchcraft’s not unheard of in Europe at some point but are either more common or persistent in East Asia.

Similarly enough, on a milder note, Disney comics do have readers in America but they’re far more popular in Europe. Witch and Monster Allergy comics were originally made in Italy that were republished here in the Philippines. Or that African mail order brides in general aren’t entirely unheard of but that Cameroonian ones are more extensively documented and remarked.

While basketball’s not entirely unheard of elsewhere, it’s eclipsed in popularity by football around the world. However, it’s more popular among Americans and Filipinos. Ad infinitum where certain things are either more common or popular elsewhere.