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Wed 30 Apr, 2008 04:30 pm
The response from The Messiah Michael Travesser, issued this statement;
Quote:In the present controversy against our church, and particularly against myself, by the beast and his followers, there is one outstanding root of the battle at hand. I read a news story about the controversy in one of the newspapers this morning. The article stated that Child Services told them that lying with the virgins was the entire issue. I will say this, it is not the issue at all.
I, the virgins, and others, have clearly given our testimony to the earth. The things that have happened here have been public and documented over the last seven plus years. Nothing has been secret. We were always open and clear with anyone who asked, and we even published material that no one asked about. The congregation was always told of each issue and what it meant and there were always more than two witnesses to document the events.
There was never any child molestation, or adult molestation by anyone, including myself. There has never been "sex with minors" or anything remotely approaching that, and, I was never the initiator in any of the events. The Father in heaven came down upon each one who came to me to ask of me what they had been given to ask. And I never did what was asked, until the Father in heaven instructed me to do what had been asked of me, as well.
So why are the hundreds of State employees coming against us, and especially me? The answer is simple. It has been true from the beginning: The people do not believe that there is a God. They believe that Wayne Bent just made it all up, as they believed Jesus made it all up when he appeared to men.
Looks like he had all his bases covered, as a good messiah should...
Uh, yeah. He didn't do it, and only because God told him to.
(whining) Why doesn't God ever tell me some neat thing to do with virgins? I always get the voice of something in my head telling me not to eat that chocolate donut.
I need to sign up in a church where the God will tell me to have three wives (at least) and (wait. I only need two wives, a man can only do so much after 60) that they be unsullied and 15 years old. (Wait. How about nineteen years old and they need to be able to discuss the nuances of the post-modern artworld and not say "Whatever" after listening to anything I say?)
Anyway.
Joe(oh yeah. They need to have jobs that earn more than $80,000 a year.)Nation