John Masters, Author at Deep Something

Letter to Bishop Kiesey of the Michigan Area

July 20, 2015July 20, 2015 B. John 1664 Views 1 Comment Cassopolis United Methodist Church, Bruce Toms, Ken Carter, Rev. Benjamin Hutchison, Deborah Lieder Kiesey, Palma Ceia United Methodist Church, Michigan Area Annual Conference

This entry is part 24 of 54 in the series Daily Douche-Bag

Recently, a small church in Michigan, Cassopolis United Methodist, had their church Pastor, Rev. Benjamin Hutchison, taken away from them. Was it because of poor attendance, hardly, he had quadrupled the membership since being appointed. He saved the church from dying according to many members. His crime, he was in a long-term committed relationship with another man. Just after that, nearly 30 United Methodist pastors joined in a celebrating a wedding ceremony for Rev. Hutchison and his husband, and now, to further hammer home her distaste for love, Bishop Deborah Lieder Kiesey has picked out nine of them for prosecution under church law. Here’s my letter to Bishop Kiesey:

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National Box Cutter Association

June 26, 2015 B. John 1046 Views 0 Comments 9/11, Gun Control, NRA, Box cutters, Charleston

I find common ground with the Ammosexuals as they try to use a snarky graphic, and all it does is make the point in favor of reasonable gun control.

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A Brief Comment on Rachel Dolezal’s Story

June 16, 2015June 16, 2015 B. John 438 Views 0 Comments Gender, Race, Rachel Dolezal, Catlyn Jenner

Talk about one’s 15 minutes of fame. This Rachel Dolezal has created quite the discussion, and perhaps it is a worthwhile discussion. I heard one African-American woman say that Dolezal wasn’t qualified to be a leader in the black community, because she hasn’t “lived the life.” Well, most certainly she didn’t live the life of an African-American in her early years, but it seems she’s identified as African-American for some time, and did so well enough to fool pretty much everyone. So, perhaps she does have some experience in that life.

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An Open Letter to Franklin Graham

June 15, 2015September 29, 2018 B. John 568 Views 0 Comments Bryan Fischer, Franklin Graham, Robert Jefress, Tony Perkins, Maggie Gallagher, Brian Brown

It’s time we had a little talk, you and me. I know this whole idea that gay people (and all the LBT rest of them) might be starting to get some equal rights bothers you tremendously. I can’t figure out any sort of leap of logic that makes this such a big issue for you, unless, of course it somehow affects you directly. At some point, you’ve got to meet God halfway. You can’t create him in your image, nor imbibe him with your character flaws. If God hates all the same people you do, you have created a god in your own image, and are not worshiping the God of Abraham.

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Another Cause of Homosexuality Unveiled

June 14, 2015June 15, 2015 B. John 1400 Views 3 Comments Immunizations, evangelicals, LGBT

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Causes of The Gay

Based on a comment in response to a Facebook post, ” There are those who think it is a side effect of some childhood immunizations or combinations thereof.” This has to be one of the most unique I can think of. Let’s start with a number of problems with this, from the most recent working back into time.

Movies

Movie Review – Fox Catcher

June 7, 2015June 6, 2015 B. John 1616 Views 0 Comments Dan Futterman, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Drama, Biography, Mark Ruffalo, Sport, Steve Carell, Bennett Miller, E. Max Frye

Based on true events, Foxcatcher tells the dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers. When Olympic Gold Medal winning wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) is invited by wealthy heir John du Pont (Steve Carell) to move on to the du Pont estate and help form a team to train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics at his new state-of-the-art training facility. This is one to watch if you haven’t already.

Culture Movies

Movie Review – Mad Max: Fury Road

June 7, 2015 B. John 614 Views 0 Comments Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Action, Josh Helman, Adventure, Nathan Jones, Sci-Fi, Zoe Kravitz, Rosie Huntingon-Whiteley, Tom Hardy, George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris

An apocalyptic story set in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is fighting for the necessities of life, especially water. I was surprised at how much I actually liked it. I was set for the disappointment that sequels usually bring. However, Mad Max: Fury Road is a visually stunning work by George Miller.

Movies

Movie Review – Ex Machini

June 6, 2015June 6, 2015 B. John 480 Views 0 Comments Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Drama, Sci-Fi, Oscar Isaac, Corey Johnson, Alex Garland

Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world’s largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world’s first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl. Watch this movie, it’s weird, it’s claustrophobic, it will suck you in, and it will make you stop and think.

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Movie Review – Interstellar

June 6, 2015 B. John 527 Views 0 Comments Jonathan Nolan, Ellen Burstyn, Mackenzie Foy, Adventure, Matt Daymon, Sci-Fi, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Christopher Nolan, Matthew McConaughey, John Lithgow

In the near future, Earth has been devastated by drought and famine, causing a scarcity in food and extreme changes in climate. When humanity is facing extinction, a mysterious rip in the space-time continuum is discovered, giving mankind the opportunity to widen its lifespan. A group of explorers must travel beyond our solar system in search of a planet that can sustain life. I watched this one afternoon a few weeks ago on Amazon Streaming. I would like to have seen it in iMax. It was a very good movie. Well worth watching.

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An Open Letter to the UMC General Conference Commission

May 13, 2015May 14, 2015 B. John 777 Views 1 Comment Robert Mugabe, United Methodist Church, GC, General Conference, UMC, Zimbabwe

It seems the Commission on the General Conference for the United Methodist Church, meeting last month, decided to hold the first quadrennial General Conferences outside the United States . The original choice had the GC going to Zimbabwe in 2024, and the Philippines in 2028. Fortunately, an ever-present advocate for LGBT people within the Church was there, and raised a few concerns, including the fact that Amnesty International has declared Zimbabwe one of the most dangerous countries for LGBT people. The years were switched.

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An Open Letter to Conservative SCOTUS Justices

May 5, 2015September 29, 2018 B. John 1197 Views 0 Comments john roberts, supreme court, Antonin Scalia, SCOTUS, marriage equality

This entry is part 5 of 35 in the series Gay Marriage

Yes, this is a bit behind, but I had to make comments about some of the discussion points put forward