Religions > Atheism > In the News: Vanuatu islanders await their messiah to return with the navy
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05 Feb 2006 01:10:23 AM |
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In the News: Vanuatu islanders await their messiah to return with the navy |
From the article:
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By Peter Carlson - Washington Post
Posted Sunday, February 5, 2006
On the South Pacific island of Tanna, beneath a volcano that rumbles
and smokes, a guy wearing a fake U.S. Navy uniform raises an American
flag. Then 40 barefoot men march past, carrying fake rifles made of
bamboo, their brown chests decorated with red paint spelling out
“USA.”
Later, a group of men slinging fake chain saws sing a homemade hymn:
“We’ve come from America to cut down all the trees so we can build
factories.”
This isn’t a protest or a piece of performance art. It’s a religious
ceremony held every year on Feb. 15 – John Frum Day, the high holy day
of a South Pacific religion that worships a messiah who is, as Paul
Raffaele writes in a wonderfully weird story in the February issue of
Smithsonian, “an American god no sober man has ever seen.”
Raffaele traveled to the nation of Vanuatu – formerly known as New
Hebrides – to check out the John Frum religion, one of the last of the
famous “cargo cults” that sprang up in the South Pacific in World War
II.
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Read it at
http://www.news.vu/en/news/InternationalMediaCoverage/060206-Vanuatu-islanders-await-their-messiah-to-return-with-the-navy.shtml
or http://tinyurl.com/bgwcx
J. Spaceman
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Vanuatu islanders await their messiah to return with the navy |
05 Feb 2006 02:50:50 AM |
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On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 02:10:23 -0500, Jason Spaceman
<notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote:
- Refer: <439bu1dam4tb3e26p3cv5pnmn53nahvadd@4ax.com>
From the article:
-----------------------------------------------------------
By Peter Carlson - Washington Post
Posted Sunday, February 5, 2006
On the South Pacific island of Tanna, beneath a volcano that rumbles
and smokes, a guy wearing a fake U.S. Navy uniform raises an American
flag. Then 40 barefoot men march past, carrying fake rifles made of
bamboo, their brown chests decorated with red paint spelling out
“USA.”
Later, a group of men slinging fake chain saws sing a homemade hymn:
“We’ve come from America to cut down all the trees so we can build
factories.”
This isn’t a protest or a piece of performance art. It’s a religious
ceremony held every year on Feb. 15 – John Frum Day, the high holy day
of a South Pacific religion that worships a messiah who is, as Paul
Raffaele writes in a wonderfully weird story in the February issue of
Smithsonian, “an American god no sober man has ever seen.”
Raffaele traveled to the nation of Vanuatu – formerly known as New
Hebrides – to check out the John Frum religion, one of the last of the
famous “cargo cults” that sprang up in the South Pacific in World War
II.
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Read it at
http://www.news.vu/en/news/InternationalMediaCoverage/060206-Vanuatu-islanders-await-their-messiah-to-return-with-the-navy.shtml
or http://tinyurl.com/bgwcx
I like the end bit:
"Raffaele said to the chief: “John promised you much cargo more than
60 years ago and none has come. Why do you still believe in him?”
Chief Isaac smiled and uttered an irrefutable answer: “You Christians
have been waiting 2,000 years for Jesus to return to Earth,” he said,
“and you haven’t given up hope.”"
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| User: "wbarwell" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Vanuatu islanders await their messiah to return with the navy |
05 Feb 2006 11:03:23 AM |
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Michael Gray wrote:
On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 02:10:23 -0500, Jason Spaceman
<notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote:
- Refer: <439bu1dam4tb3e26p3cv5pnmn53nahvadd@4ax.com>
From the article:
-----------------------------------------------------------
By Peter Carlson - Washington Post
Posted Sunday, February 5, 2006
On the South Pacific island of Tanna, beneath a volcano that rumbles
and smokes, a guy wearing a fake U.S. Navy uniform raises an American
flag. Then 40 barefoot men march past, carrying fake rifles made of
bamboo, their brown chests decorated with red paint spelling out
?USA.?
Later, a group of men slinging fake chain saws sing a homemade hymn:
?We?ve come from America to cut down all the trees so we can build
factories.?
This isn?t a protest or a piece of performance art. It?s a religious
ceremony held every year on Feb. 15 ? John Frum Day, the high holy day
of a South Pacific religion that worships a messiah who is, as Paul
Raffaele writes in a wonderfully weird story in the February issue of
Smithsonian, ?an American god no sober man has ever seen.?
Raffaele traveled to the nation of Vanuatu ? formerly known as New
Hebrides ? to check out the John Frum religion, one of the last of the
famous ?cargo cults? that sprang up in the South Pacific in World War
II.
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Read it at
http://www.news.vu/en/news/InternationalMediaCoverage/060206-Vanuatu-islanders-await-their-messiah-to-return-with-the-navy.shtml
or http://tinyurl.com/bgwcx
I like the end bit:
"Raffaele said to the chief: ?John promised you much cargo more than
60 years ago and none has come. Why do you still believe in him??
Chief Isaac smiled and uttered an irrefutable answer: ?You Christians
have been waiting 2,000 years for Jesus to return to Earth,? he said,
?and you haven?t given up hope.?"
I wonder if anybody has every told those guys about
John Von Neumann's Santa Claus machine?
--
The first law of the false prophet has
always and ever been "Don't laugh!"
Cheerful Charlie
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Vanuatu islanders await their messiah to return with the navy |
07 Feb 2006 11:04:34 AM |
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On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:03:23 -0600, wbarwell <wbarwell@mylinuxisp.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
Michael Gray wrote:
On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 02:10:23 -0500, Jason Spaceman
<notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote:
- Refer: <439bu1dam4tb3e26p3cv5pnmn53nahvadd@4ax.com>
From the article:
-----------------------------------------------------------
By Peter Carlson - Washington Post
Posted Sunday, February 5, 2006
On the South Pacific island of Tanna, beneath a volcano that rumbles
and smokes, a guy wearing a fake U.S. Navy uniform raises an American
flag. Then 40 barefoot men march past, carrying fake rifles made of
bamboo, their brown chests decorated with red paint spelling out
?USA.?
Later, a group of men slinging fake chain saws sing a homemade hymn:
?We?ve come from America to cut down all the trees so we can build
factories.?
This isn?t a protest or a piece of performance art. It?s a religious
ceremony held every year on Feb. 15 ? John Frum Day, the high holy day
of a South Pacific religion that worships a messiah who is, as Paul
Raffaele writes in a wonderfully weird story in the February issue of
Smithsonian, ?an American god no sober man has ever seen.?
Raffaele traveled to the nation of Vanuatu ? formerly known as New
Hebrides ? to check out the John Frum religion, one of the last of the
famous ?cargo cults? that sprang up in the South Pacific in World War
II.
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Read it at
http://www.news.vu/en/news/InternationalMediaCoverage/060206-Vanuatu-islanders-await-their-messiah-to-return-with-the-navy.shtml
or http://tinyurl.com/bgwcx
I like the end bit:
"Raffaele said to the chief: ?John promised you much cargo more than
60 years ago and none has come. Why do you still believe in him??
Chief Isaac smiled and uttered an irrefutable answer: ?You Christians
have been waiting 2,000 years for Jesus to return to Earth,? he said,
?and you haven?t given up hope.?"
I wonder if anybody has every told those guys about
John Von Neumann's Santa Claus machine?
It's been held up by the Frito Bandito®.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Vanuatu islanders await their messiah to return with the navy |
05 Feb 2006 09:14:42 PM |
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On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:03:23 -0600, wbarwell <wbarwell@mylinuxisp.com>
wrote:
- Refer: <11ucbrik3g0o435@corp.supernews.com>
Michael Gray wrote:
On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 02:10:23 -0500, Jason Spaceman
<notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote:
- Refer: <439bu1dam4tb3e26p3cv5pnmn53nahvadd@4ax.com>
From the article:
-----------------------------------------------------------
By Peter Carlson - Washington Post
Posted Sunday, February 5, 2006
On the South Pacific island of Tanna, beneath a volcano that rumbles
and smokes, a guy wearing a fake U.S. Navy uniform raises an American
flag. Then 40 barefoot men march past, carrying fake rifles made of
bamboo, their brown chests decorated with red paint spelling out
?USA.?
Later, a group of men slinging fake chain saws sing a homemade hymn:
?We?ve come from America to cut down all the trees so we can build
factories.?
This isn?t a protest or a piece of performance art. It?s a religious
ceremony held every year on Feb. 15 ? John Frum Day, the high holy day
of a South Pacific religion that worships a messiah who is, as Paul
Raffaele writes in a wonderfully weird story in the February issue of
Smithsonian, ?an American god no sober man has ever seen.?
Raffaele traveled to the nation of Vanuatu ? formerly known as New
Hebrides ? to check out the John Frum religion, one of the last of the
famous ?cargo cults? that sprang up in the South Pacific in World War
II.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Read it at
http://www.news.vu/en/news/InternationalMediaCoverage/060206-Vanuatu-islanders-await-their-messiah-to-return-with-the-navy.shtml
or http://tinyurl.com/bgwcx
I like the end bit:
"Raffaele said to the chief: ?John promised you much cargo more than
60 years ago and none has come. Why do you still believe in him??
Chief Isaac smiled and uttered an irrefutable answer: ?You Christians
have been waiting 2,000 years for Jesus to return to Earth,? he said,
?and you haven?t given up hope.?"
I wonder if anybody has every told those guys about
John Von Neumann's Santa Claus machine?
That's OK, if they crave endless supplies of imaginary tape.
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