Intro - Why this blog?

The purpose of this blog is to be a dedicated vehicle for comment and observation of the Catch The Fire Ministries site. Check it out. It's a scream. Tragic and comical at the same time.

I am an atheist and a long time poster to the newwsgroup alt.atheism under the handle of Meteorite Debris. I have become increasingly disturbed by the rising influence of the religious right in social policy formation. It is high time that the secular foundations of Australia were energetically and passionately defended.






Unlike Daniel Nalliah of the CTFM I will not be censoring comments critical of this blog. One thing we should remember about about the kingdom of God as awaited by Daniel and his eke is the 'kingdom' part, an absolute monarchy come dictatorship. One reason I wouldn't want to go there even if it existed. Omniscience means nothing has be be decided democratically. What's the point? Everything is known and anyone who disagrees with Pastor Daniel is obviously a minion of the devil.

While my comments would not be welcomed on Pastor Dan's site they will be posted here. BTW Dan you're perfectly welcome to post here because I do not live in an absolute monarchy nor do I look forward to migrating to any such place in my after-life. Can you imagine migrating to a country where the national emblem is a man being tortured to death on a crucifix?


So who are the Catch The Fire Ministries? On his bio and vision page we have this.

The Initial Vision - RISE UP OR PAY THE PRICE!

“Dear Family in Christ,

On April 9, 2000 at 5:00am while in Ethiopia the Lord Jesus Christ woke me from sleep and spoke about Australia. He very clearly told me, “Son, if my people will rise up and be proactive, they will stop the disaster which is coming on the land. But if my people sit back, relax and be reactive they will pay a heavy price to take back their land spiritually.” He then spoke to me through (The Bible) 2 Chr. 7:14 and said, “Gather my people across the land together and tell them to humble themselves, repent, pray and seek my face in one accord, then I will heal their land.” This was the start of RISE UP AUSTRALIA prayer meetings.

You get the picture. God will bring disaster upon us all but he desperately tugs at Pastor Dan to get enough people to plead with him to stop what he has the power to stop by himself. Either the god has MPD or is into some weird psychological game playing.

Pastor Dan likes to get his hand in practising every logical fallacy possible. Take for example his post Prayers answered - Brisbane river did not reach its expected peak. The infamous Brisbane flood did not reach the expected peak of 5.5 metres. Pastor Dan tells us God had answered his prayers. If the peak had exceeded the expected peak Pastor Dan would've told us that God was showing his displeasure. Here Pastor Dan shows us what is meant by unfalsifiable. In an earlier post. Are the QLD floods the result of Kevin Rudd speaking against Israel?, Pastor Dan explained that the comments by Kevin Rudd on Israel had caused the floods.

To buy into the matterings of Pastor Dan one has to put away their brain and latch onto whichever logical fallacy Pastor Dan has used to rarify his imaginary revelations from an imagined god.