Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Leo: Vanessa Carlton - Paradise



Once upon a year gone by
she saw herself give in
every time she closed her eyes
she saw what could have been
well nothing hurts and nothing bleeds
when covers tucked in tight
funny when the bottom drops
how she forgets to fight... to fight

And it's one more day in paradise
one more day in paradise

As darkness quickly steals the light
that shined within her eyes
she slowly swallows all her fear
and soothes her mind with lies
well all she wants and all she needs
are reasons to survive
a day in which the sun will take
her artificial light... her light

And it's one more day in paradise
one more day in paradise
it's one more day in paradise
one last chance to feel alright... alright

Don't pretend to hold it in just let it out
don't pretend to hold it in just push it out
don't you try to hold it in just let it out and
don't you try to hold it in you hold it in

[chorus]

Once upon a year gone by
she saw herself give in
every time she closed her eyes
she saw what could have been

Leo: Rob Bell - Nooma and Rob Lacey - the word on the street


Nooma

Here is a series of short films looking at modern day Christianity, with a short clip of each movie, I'm not sure how relevant it'll be but its there for any one whose interested

For a full versions of the movies try Rob Bell on Google Videos

And for any one else interested in him talkin about spirituality;

Everything spiritual 1
Everything spiritual 2
Everything spiritual 3
Everything spiritual 4
Everything spiritual 5


Rob Lacey

This is the site for the street bible i shall bring in for anyone who wants to look through it

Posted by Lisa

A VILE gang of devil worshippers has killed and eaten four Russian teenagers in a sickening ritual.

The Satanists stabbed each of their victims a terrifying 666 times before dismembering their bodies and cooking them on a bonfire.

Russian cops discovered the teenager's limbs, hearts and scalps in a pit in the Yaroslavl region around 300 miles from Moscow, along with the dead body of a small rodent crucified on an upside-down cross.

The victims, three girls and one boy, all aged 16 and 17, disappeared from their homes in June.

But police only discovered the remains of Anya Gorokhova, Olga Pukhova, Varya Kuzmina and Andrei Sorokin last month.

The four pals – described as "Goths" – were lured one by one to a country cottage and were allegedly forced to get drunk before the revolting ritual began.

Hair from the victims was apparently found in the embers of the bonfire.

Cops arrested eight Satan worshippers in connection with the killings after finding out that all four victims had telephoned Nikolai Ogolobyak, the alleged leader of the Satan gang. His apartment lies just 250 metres from where their remains were discovered.

One of the arrested Satanists said: "Satan will help me to avoid responsibility, I made lots of sacrifices to him."

Gravediggers

Another suspect – Alexander Voronovic – said the gang had previously dug up a dead girl's grave and eaten her heart and a third suspect said he turned to Satan because praying to God did not make him rich.

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He said: "I tried to turn to God, but it didn't bring me any money. I prayed to Satan, and things improved."

Teachers of the alleged Satanists said all had been moody at school and of lower than average intelligence.

Ogolobyak had previously been in his local church choir, according to his grandmother. All the dead knew Ogolobyak and other members of the Satanist gang.

The distraught father of victim Andrei Sorokin said: "My son said he knew some Goths, and that he had Goths and Satanists among his friends.

"I wasn't scared. I thought 'Well, let him spend his time sitting around in a cemetery, there's not much harm in that is there?'"

Some more links for Beslan

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Xf2P92fS8

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=TwqYRAtyc0c&feature=related

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=GteQ2M0pSkE&feature=related

Monday, September 29, 2008

Week 1 Research Tasks

Conduct some individual research into one of the following.
  1. The Beslan Siege
  2. Men who kill their partner and children (Kate Hilpern article)
  3. The Heaven’s Gate Cult
  4. Contemporary martyrs (people willing to die for their beliefs)
  5. The Bridgend Suicides

Be prepared to give a brief verbal presentation to the group, summarising what you have learnt and your reaction to the material.

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Keep in touch with what the rest of the group is up to

Relevent Websites

Dead Soldiers - Beslan


Stills montage Beslan


Anti-Islamic site


Official site of suicide cult Heavens Gate


Initiation tape – Heaven’s Gate


David Cass Article


Christopher Foster Article


Diarmuid Flood article


Brian Philcox


Die-4-Christ

Paradise Found Introduction



Ever believed in something so much it was worth dying for? If you could create paradise would you be willing to sacrifice those who stood in your way? If you had power over the future, what world would you create? Are you the centre of your own universe?

Paradise Found looks at belief systems and convictions and imagines what world we could create if we had the power of a God – or all the resources of humanity. The creative starting point will be personal desires, fears and leaps of the imagination. The initial research task will be to look at recent attempts to define and create paradise: looking at extreme actions motivated by intense convictions such as the Beslan siege, religious fundamentalism and personal relationships.