The Pope Out of Limbo! Just in time for Earth Day?

After centuries of sending unbaptized infants to an imaginary place called "limbo", now all Catholics can rest easy. Pope Benedict has waved his wand and poof! No more limbo. See article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070420/ap_on_re_eu/vatican_limbo

You gotta love a religion where they just make it up as they go! So now, baptized infants go strait to heavenly bliss as always, and non-baptized also get to experience "the beatified vision".

While it's nice anytime a completely made up superstition is relegated to the dust heap of history, it's obvious that the Pope and the rest of the religions of Christendom will continue on with a blind spot regarding man's final destiny - Earth!

Yes, the good earth. It's earth day, but that didn't jog the Papal imagination to suggest that maybe, just maybe, all the infants and the rest of the dead, baptized or not, will find a resurrection on earth! That's what Jesus directly taught. Why not try it on for size? If you won't take a direct lesson from the Son of God Himself, why not take a lesson from earth itself? Look at the lilies of the field and see how they bloom and grow after a long winter's sleep. Gee, resurrection, huh? D'ya think?

Act 24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

If everyone goes to heaven right at the moment of death, what good is a "resurrection"? Where does that fit in? Ah that Apostle Paul, what a kidder!
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Celebrate "Earth Day" with Octaman's vegetarian rant at http://www.myspace.com/octaman8 This is a song recorded some time ago, where I wanted to create a dichotomy between the usual image of "Tofu eaters" portrayed in the media (as wishy washy super-sensitive slightly effeminate tree-hugging liberals) with a vocal performance that is really something quite different. It may lend support to the belief my estranged family holds that I'm really a very dangerous person. ;)

"Quit picking on all the chickens!
You've got to change!
The only chicken here is you!
Just think about the zoo...
It's the only place left where you can see an animal alive!
In the Day without Meat, this is the Day without meat..."

Seriously, earth cannot be "saved" by the efforts of man! The earth has one Savior, and that is the aforementioned Son of God. Those who seek the earth's welfare (and that of it's people and animals) would do well to forget their pet causes and fund-raisers and all the tree-branch trimming around earth's problems and follow the advice of the Lord of Glory - CONSECRATE to the Most High God of Israel! This is the heart of God's Plan to restore all Creation.
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Music update:

Every day I enjoy being Octaman. It's nice to be able to hand your CD to old friends you run into at the store, and then to hear from old friends when they place orders for it online. (Buy now, buy now!) http://www.octaman.com/cdbuy.html

It's nice to have a creative outlet to speak about issues that concern us all. This morning I am studying C-span's coverage of Autism. It's an area of personal interest, as I have donated time in free performances to the local center for autism, and I toured with an autistic man in the group RV, with one band-mate taking care of autistic people for a living. I've shared the stage with the autistic, having them play instruments and sing and it was a wonderful experience. I believe it's SO important to treat these people the same as you would anyone else, never talking down to them like they are children. They are not. It's one of the more frustrating things to see someone raise their voice in patronizing tones, asking a person that you know to be a brilliant mind, "HOOW AAARE YOUUUU???"

It is frustrating to see so many conflicting theories as to the cause of autism. My personal view is that it is environmental, meaning it comes from food, medicine and/or toxic substances around us. I think if they focused their attention there they may do more good. If they were to all consecrate they would do one better.

Oc