QUEST: A Spiritual Voyage of Faith
(4 Americans Killed by Somali Pirates)
An evangelical existentialist does not advocate meaninglessness
but merely observes it
and does not really find amusement in meaningless death
even if the dearly departed deserved it
It would be most unwise to gloat
After all, with the Adams Family, with the Fish Lady of Florida
we are all in the same boat
We could likewise get seasick
and upchuck a stomach full of Hot Tamales
then spot a Skull and Crossbones
on the flag of a Roger who is strangely Jolly
and be killed similarly and sillyly by Somalis
Reality is an absurd hell-hole at its innermost core
It is probably perverse that an existential evangelical
should feel compelled to roam from town to town
shouting this truth from rooftops
and nailing the thesis onto every door
Dear Departed, Delusional Ones:
Your spiritual Quest begs the Question:
If you could answer from your watery grave
If you could contemplate the gruesome end
of your own ill-fated Quest
Would you still be as inclined to suppose
that God had really loved you the best?
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A Meditation on the Evangelical Existentialist Political Crisis
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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/22/americans-aboard-yacht-
captured-pirates-reportedly-killed/#
Four Americans aboard a yacht hijacked by Somali pirates were
gunned down by their captors Tuesday.
U.S. forces responded to gunfire aboard the yacht Quest at
approximately 1 a.m. Tuesday, but discovered all four hostages
had been shot by their captors. Despite attempts to save their
lives, all four hostages died of their wounds.
The Quest is owned by Scott and Jean Adam, a couple from California.
The Adams have been sailing the world with a yacht full of
Bibles since 2004.
The Adams -- who are members of the Marina del Rey Yacht Club in
Marina del Rey, Calif. -- run a Bible ministry, according to
their website, and have been distributing Bibles to schools and
churches in remote villages in areas including the Fiji Islands,
Alaska, New Zealand, Central America and French Polynesia.
The remains of the four Americans were taken aboard the aircraft
carrier USS Enterprise
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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11054/1127305-82.stm
Before their retirement, Mrs. Adam was a dentist in Marina Del
Rey, a graduate of dental school at the University of California,
Los Angeles. He worked as a film production manager, on such
films as "The Goonies" and "Deliverance," before leaving the
business to attend divinity school; he received a master's of
divinity in 2000 and a master's of theology in 2010.
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The Wheel of Fortune is a game of Roulette
The vagaries of Life are a crapshoot
where crap is mostly what you can expect to get
You are not being punished for any sin
The game is rigged by the rotten rules
written in the basic design an indifferent Universe
and there simply exists no real way to win
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http://www.dailybreeze.com/latestnews/ci_17445874
A friend and a former professor of a Marina del Rey man whose
yacht was hijacked by Somali pirates said Scott Adam wanted to
combine his love of adventure with his faith by spreading Bibles
around the world.
Professor Robert K. Johnston of Fuller Theological Seminary in
Pasadena told The Associated Press that Adam - who last year
earned a master of theology degree from the school - had sent
friends e-mails detailing his international sailing trip. But
Adam went silent Feb. 12 to avoid revealing the location of his
yacht, the Quest, to pirates.
"He was sailing around the world and serving God, two of his
passions," Johnston said.
"They are good, sane people," he wrote.
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http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/the_addams_family.pdf
Both Mr. Adam, 70, and Mrs. Adam, 66, were in relatively good
shape, though Mrs. Adam battled with intense bouts of
seasickness.
"She certainly didn't let that stop her," Mr. Savage said,
adding with a laugh, "It's kind of bizarre."
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http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/the_addams_family.pdf;
GOMEZ
Tutti a bordo, fratello mio!
(gesturing to the
water)
The sea - your second home.
Fester boards the gondola gingerly, looking queasy.
FESTER
Ship ahoy
BALLROOM
Moonlight streams in through the floor-to-ceiling windows,
revealing the true enormity of the ballroom.
It's straight out of a ROCOCO palace. A lofty unsupported
dome ceiling is DECORATED with figures worthy of Dante.
The black marble floor glistens. The furniture and banquet
tables are FUNEREALLY SHROUDED. Like some primeval sea,
the shrouds undulate in the breeze admitted through the
open doors.
Gomez steps up to Morticia and embraces her. They begin
to dance.
FESTER
(condescendingly to
Wednesday)
The Bermuda Triangle is such a
large and mysterious place. You'd be
surprised at all the things you don't know.
MORTICIA
She certainly would. Wednesday adores
the Bermuda Triangle. She studies it.
Death at sea - she's hooked.
WEDNESDAY
Ask me anything.
FESTER
And I was thinking about Christmas...
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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11054/1127305-82.stm
And now: Angkor Wat! And Burma!" Mrs. Adam wrote just before
Christmas, her blog post bustling with characteristic excitement.
United States naval forces had been shadowing the hijacked yacht,
called the Quest, and as soon as they saw a burst of gunfire on
board, American Special Operations forces rushed to the yacht in
assault craft, shot one of the pirates and knifed another. But
all four hostages were already dead or fatally wounded.
Few people who travel the high seas these days are unaware of
the dangers from pirates, though it seemed a risk the Adams were
willing to take in the spirit of adventure and excitement. "She
said to us, 'If anything happens to us on these travels, just
know that we died living our dream,' " said Richard Savage, Mrs.
Adam's brother-in-law from her first marriage. "They were aware
that this kind of thing has risks. But they were living their
dream."
Indeed, for the Adams, this was as much a voyage of faith as it
was one of adventure. They would load the Quest up with tons of
Bibles and distribute them as they traveled the world.
"They would stop in these small islands and connect with the
church there, which were in isolated places and really welcomed
them," said Richard Peace, a professor of ministry at Fuller
Theological Seminary. "Scott would preach at times for them and
being a doctoral student, he would teach in Bible colleges. This
was really a major part of their travels."
Still, friends said that the Adams were not on a mission of
proselytization.
"They were very much in love and shared both a love of the sea
and a love of God's word," Samantha Carlson, a fellow sailor,
said in an e-mail to friends. She added: "They were NOT
proselytizing or converting anyone."
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http://www.hvk.org/articles/1100/30.html
The Ethics of Proselytizing
Author: Rajiv Malhotra
Publication: The Infinity Foundation
We have heard numerous talks at this event about the human
rights problems related to White Supremacy groups, but do we
have the courage to examine the possibility that there might be
Christian supremacy groups as well, often camouflaged as
proselytizers?
Let me start by listing the following phrases that are commonly
used by proselytizers in describing their non-Christian target
prospects: 'sinners', 'condemned', 'damned', 'heathen', pagan,
etc. If it were not done in the name of religion, would this
have been declared as hate speech? Does such talk, even if
disguised or deferred until a later stage of a proselytizing
campaign, build communal tension? Is this responsible for
negative eruptions in India between Hindus and Christians who co-
existed peacefully for centuries before the arrival of the
proselytizers
John Adams said: "This would be the best of all possible worlds,
if there were no religion in it."
* During Adams' administration, the Senate ratified the Treaty
of Peace and Friendship, which states in Article XI that "the
government of the United States of America is not in any sense
founded on the Christian religion."
All the symbols on the $1 bill are Freemason symbols. There is
not one Christian symbol to be found.
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owned-by-american-couple-jean-and-sc/
The Adams were unhappy being "dirt dwellers" so they took to the
sea on their yacht, distributing Bibles around the world, their
website said. Photos show a smiling couple who delivered Bibles
to remote villages "from New Zealand to Alaska
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http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/19/somali-pirates-hijack-yacht-
owned-by-american-couple-jean-and-sc/
"We seek fertile ground for the Word and homes for our Bibles,"
the website said
The site offered little specific information about the couple's
background, although it identified Jean Adam as a retired dentist
Jean Adams described herself on the website as someone who "has
always had an interest in the biological sciences and the
natural world around us all (otherwise known as God's creation).
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The old woman - The old woman was born the daughter of a Pope.
She has experienced the death of a fiance, rape by pirates,
slavery, and cannibalism in wartime.
Her misfortunes have made her cynical about human nature, but
she does not give in to self-pity. She is wise, practical, and
loyal to her mistress
The Grand Inquisitor - The Grand Inquisitor is an important
figure in the Portuguese Catholic Church and represents the
hypocrisy of religious leaders. He uses the threat of religious
oppression to force the Jew Don Issachar to share Cunegonde
with him.
Pangloss - Pangloss is a philosopher and Candide's tutor. His
optimistic belief that this world is "the best of all possible
worlds" is the primary target of the novel's satire.
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Wolf Pangloss's Fish Taco Stand: Mayday Poem
- The Ballad of ...Wolf Pangloss's Fish Taco Stand.
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Kou. No. I pray you oblige me with an account of it.
Cu-Su. The Chaldean priests had taken it into their heads to
worship the pikes of the Euphrates, pretending that a famous
fish called Oannes had formerly taught them divinity; that this
fish was immortal, three feet in length, and a small crescent
was on the tail. In veneration of this Oannes, no pikes were to
be eaten. A violent dispute arose among the divines, whether the
fish Oannes had a soft or hard roe. Both parties not only
fulminated excommunications, but, at several times, they came to
blows. To put an end to such disturbances, King Daon made use of
this expedient. He ordered a strict fast for three days to both
parties, and at the expiration of it, sent for the sticklers of
the hard-roed pike, who, accordingly, were present at his dinner.
A pike was brought to him, three feet in length, and on the tail
a small crescent had been put.
"Is this your god?" said he to the doctors.
"AH! Pangloss, Pangloss! Ah! Martin, Martin! Ah! my dear
Cunegonde! What kind of world is this?" said Candide, when he
was safely on board the Dutch vessel.
"A very mad one, and altogether abominable," answered Martin.
"You are acquainted with England.
Are the people there as mad as in France?"
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http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=
1057&context=masters
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
HESITATION: AN ANALYSIS OF CANDIDE
A MASTERS THESIS SUBMITTED TO
THE FACULTY OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF
MASTERS OF ARTS IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES
BY
JARED T. MINK
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA
Candide tries to understand how fulfillment or happiness is
possible for anyone, ever. He pauses in his quest for self-
fulfillment and considers the importance of human anti-agency
itself; he investigates the possible lesson in failure-as-failure.
Bonneville argues that with the destruction of metaphysical
connections, Candide is "a man dehumanized" when "after
literally a lifetime of body- and soul-rending experience he is
repulsed by the very object of his quest
Candide's Existential Question
Candide works, but he does not demand that this work have
ultimate meaning yet. He hesitates to claim that his work is
either "for the best" or "a complete waste of time."
Candide's body brings rationality to his world. He reaches the
limit of his knowledge and there he focuses on the performance
of a habit. His body will answer his epistemological questions.
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VOLTAIRE - THE BEAST OF PIRATE'S BAY LYRICS
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Voltaire - The Beast Of Pirate's Bay lyrics
Send "The Beast Of Pirate's Bay" Ringtone to your Cell
Gather weary travelers,
I have a tale to tell.
It might just save your lives but only if you listen well.
'Cause there before the breakers
And just around the way,
There's a sign that says,
"Beware The Beast of Pirate's Bay!"
Some say he's a guppy a kid threw in the sea.
He ate so many sailors, now he's bigger than a tree.
His teeth are sharp as scissors
His claws, they are like knives.
And if you think he's ugly, wait 'till you see his insides!
(Chorus)
Oh, don't you sail and don't you row and certainly don't you swim,
'Cause if you aren't careful you'll end up inside of him.
He'll eat you up, he'll spit you out. You'd better stay away.
Just read the sign that says, "Beware the Beast of Pirate's Bay!"
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