-------------------------------------------------------------- Permission granted by author for anyone to distribute this writing free of charge (including translation into any language)...under condition that no profit is made therefrom, and that it remain intact and complete, including title and credit to the original author. Ezekiel J. Krahlin http://surf.to/gaybible -------------------------------------------------------------- MY LATEST APPEAL TO PAGANS/SHAMANS/WICCANS (to be distributed ASAP to all relevant gatherings) © 2004 by Ezekiel J. Krahlin (Jehovah's Queer Witness) Date: November 10, 2004 Subject: My prophecies fulfilling To: alt.religion.shamanism,alt.religion.wicca, alt.religion.druid,alt.pagan Hello again, sister/brethren pagans/shamans (and alternative/ progressive spiritual groups and believers in angels, unicorns, faeries, trolls and things that go "Doh!" in the night): Some of you are already familiar with who I am: Zeke Krahlin, gay activist who regards himself as a gifted shaman of the Pagan tradition. (The only form of Christianity I regard as worthwhile, is the Gnostic variant...that is: those Christian groups that regard other religions and world views as equally valid and reverential as their own.) In past years, I've told of my visions, describing a fascist takeover of the United States, with a rapid evolution into starting an anti-gay holocaust. These visions came to me as a direct impact of Clinton signing the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 1996. But until recently, my visions were regarded by most as sheer fantasy. (There were a few, however, who respected my statements, and understood where I was coming from. To those online amigos I say: "Thank you from the bottom of my heart; for you sustained me when others denied me even a crumb of bread or drop of water.") FYI: You need not take my word for my claims of accurate predictions. I've posted them to newsgroups on a regular basis, since 1997. And used Google's handy usenet database, to create a record of all my usenet participation since that year. Here's the URL: http://www.gay-bible.org/usenet So it will be a simple procedure to track down when I originally posted my visions. With absolute faith in my visions, I put my reputation on the line, by freely reporting them in various relevant newsgroups. Now, I've returned to not say "I've told you so" (which I just did, neenerneenerneener), but to remind folks that some of my shocking predictions have come true. Look at who our president is! A president who's first action will be to outlaw gay people by pushing an amendment to the Constitution, to ban gay marriage. Is holocaust still an outrageous likelihood, to you? Civil war? Which I've predicted as a direct result of sexual minority issues. Gay Rights shall be the belwether of change across this globe. Allow me to give a quick encapsulation of my predictions for the near future: Bush will likely pass the anti-gay marriage amendment around Thanksgiving. This will read as a green light for homophobes everywhere, to cast us from our homes, our jobs, our towns, and so on. Dubya will declare sexual minorities an imminent danger to Amerikan Hetero Fambly Valyooz. Thus begins the Holocaust II, with gays the primary target. Quickly followed up by Jews, Pagans, Handicapped, etc. etc. But they are also partly to blame, by not standing up--often enough or numerous enough--against homophobia within their own ranks, when they should have.) The sane part of the world will see the US an immediate threat to this planet's survival...knowing that once a dictator starts bashing gays, it's not long before he begins blowing up bombs around the world. So these sane nations (which may include China, Russia, Brazil, and Cuba) will group together quickly, and become vastly more powerful than the US. They will dismantle our government, that the USA will be no more; this grand experiment gone awry, and become too hazardous to allow to strive further. With that, new nations shall be carved out of the former USA...including Athenia, world's first gay nation (with me for their first President). What may then happen, is the restoration of Amerika piece by piece...with Athenia remaining a nation unto itself...a beacon for sexual minorities to follow if they seek refuge. I now witness my visions of dictatorship and civil war/holocaust unfold. Which affirms their truth, and the resulting success of sexual minorities, shown in the visions that follow. And: Pagans shall also play a major, major role in world revolution...bringing sanity, compassion, and diversity to Amerika. (But they do still have a problem with their own homophobes, which they must do their best to condemn, or even drive out of their groups. And that is why I make my gay presence known from time to time, in pagan/shaman groups.) And women's rights. But it will be the Gay Issue that will trigger global revolution, which then will open doors of liberty to pagans and women. The only "flaw" in my prophesies, seems to be that I have my time line too compressed. The visions can be so empowering, that in my enthusiasm to see them manifest, I want to believe they'll happen much sooner than the visions really show. I thought the anti-gay holocaust would start the same year I had my first vision of it: 1996. But now, it's obvious that should this holocaust go down, it is likely to be started by Dubya in the beginning of his second term. Every minority needs to do all it can to cleanse its people of homophobic attitudes. This is a most urgent karmic matter; yet those homophobes remain that smirk at my declaration, in their attempt to discourage others from considering my words. Which only proves my point: that Pagans are not immune to homophobia. Indeed, it's still a major infection for them (as it is for most other non-queer groups). Albeit, a lesser percentage of homophobes identify as Pagans, than as Christians...say: 35% for Pagans and 85% for Christians. But that 35%, while smaller than Xian zealots, is nonetheless too large a number to be acceptable within any civilized organization. Any (non-queer) person or group that persists in maintaining homophobic viewpoints--or continues to look the other way when other members speak anti-gay slurs--or pretends they have no problem with gays, they just don't want them around...will soon wind up paying a terrible price for this bigotry. Evil people--and this includes any and all homophobes--are soon to get a taste or their own medicine. So to our Good Faery-Folke: Despair ye not, for surprises await the Religious Reich. Some will fall into bear traps, while others dine-a-mite. What can good Pagans do to lessen homophobia within their circles? Speak out against it, on a regular basis. Include a no-queer-discrimination clause in your articles or bylaws. Demand the same penalty for anti-gay slurs and actions, as you do for expressions of racism, female bashing and child molestation. Some of you will be derided, even ostracized, for your courageous stand. There will be kindred souls out there, likewise treated, that you may form new bonds and circles free of heterocentric dogma. Which dogma BTW, extends to hatred of women, progressives, pagans, artists, and so on. Their homophobia is, however, their foundation upon which they build...thanks to the majority of citizens TACITLY approving anti-gay laws and behavior. You break this chain of evil by smashing the anti-gay link. All other (non-queer) prejudices will then dissipate. In closing: I realize anti-gay marriage is the trump card to wipe out all the rights of sexual minorities. And I don't think any other (non-queer) minority or political group can make any progress at this point, without wholeheartedly defending and incorporating LGBTQ issues...even above and beyond any other civil right, for some years to come. Defending and liberating QueerFolk is the key to liberating everyone else. This is my conviction, by which I strongly stand. Sinqueerly, Zeke Krahlin -- "Many are called but few are chosen; Step right up for your lederhosen." - Big Gay Brother [ gay-bible.org ] --finis ---end of my message