Sunday in San Diego
was the largest earth day gathering in our nation. About 60,000 tree hugging,
peanut eating, whale saving, anti capitalist, hairy arm pit female baby killers
that hate SUVs came to hear us preach and walk in the sunshine too. After
this event was over, all I wanted to do was get into my new Ford Expedition SUV
and eat a dead carcass of any kind, spotted owl, Eagle anything that once lived
and ate, with me at the end of the food chain. Then drink out of a Styrofoam
cup, with a table that overlooks a smokey oil refinery. What else could a man
and a few of his friends want, after Christian male bonding together all day?
After parking in two slots, we grabbed our gear (sandwich signs, banners, Bible
and tracts) and walked into the park and who was the first booth we bumped into
you ask? The hare Krishnas and I began to preach that you know you are in
a cult when they have you walk around in pajamas in the daytime and they give
you a haircut that resembles the rear of a horse. To which they sang Krishna, Krishna, Hare Krishna
faster and louder, dancing around, working themselves into a frenzy. I
explained to the crowd that if you wish to see the fruit of this religion, just
travel to India
and see all those starving children with puffed up stomachs and flies around
them. Why, because they choose to worship the cow rather then eating it and
even the animal dung is considered sacred. I say if you serve a cow, put it in
between to buns with onions and tomatoes. We were there only a few minutes when
the event security, park police and San
Diego police showed up watching
behind the large crowds watching everything. Now our attorneys faxed the park,
police department and city attorney a seven page Do Not Touch letter
Friday around noonish. So now it was time for the infantry to hit the beach.
We stopped at Buddhist, gurus,
unification, spiritual healing, psychic, new age, political, atheist and Muslim
booths making no small stir as the police followed in golf carts and horse.
They had almost anything one could want to hug tree kind, there was a dog
psychic booth and who could forget the new
city wanted where automobiles and
trucks are not welcomed or the no border booth. There were petitions to stop
this or start that, most there hated our President, government and capitalism
in general. But what do I except for having an event like this on May first,
MAY-DAY.
My main theme was to noise that Christians are concerned about polluting the
land too, but the instrument which does this is sin. Sodomy, abortion,
adultery, murder and on and on the list goes which not only pollutes the land
but destroys the land. Why honor the creatures and not the creator and when
someone would toss our tracts on the ground. We made a big issue over it for
littering on Earth Day, now heres a tip from your uncle Ruben. If you wish
to give a tree hugger a tract, make sure you tell them its written on
recycled paper and they will take it.
Having a preach circuit be it on campus
or events for years you can get to know people. Last weekend while in San Diego,
we had a large crowd of people follow us going from booth to booth and
listening to debate. I talked with a fellow that worked with placing all
the booths around earth day. He wanted to get me a booth for next year,
anywhere I wanted to promote what he called my agenda. After we
finished, I noticed a girl in her late twenties standing around for over an
hour and so I asked her if she had any questions. She said yes and asked what
I thought regarding religion, and to her surprise I told her it was the worst
thing created by mankind. If I were not a strong Christian, that
would be my excuse to toss out the baby with the bathwater, but I do not blame
God for the mess mankind has done. She told me that he has witnessed us
preaching at earth-day and the sodomite parade in San Diego
for years and noticed that we never promoted a particular Church. We
talked a number of times thought out that day and each time she had another
question regarding religion. She said we talked once years ago during
earth day, but could never get next to me during gay pride day, due to the
police protection around us. Her name was Jennifer and did not resemble
most lesbians, she had a religious upbringing and for unknown reasons walked
away from Christianity. The more we talked I studied her eyes and
countenance, concluding that God is moving in her life. After the event
and ready to drive off, I prayed for the day and the ears that heard, favor
with the police and this Jennifer. Since then I have continued to pray
for her and even told my wife that her face is engraved in my mind and if I see
her again in June during the sodomite parade that my wife could walk into the
large crowd and spend some time with her.
Over the years the San Diego
police have been favorable to us, contacting my home if I am coming to town and
once in town, there is a police presence. I talked with officers
during earth day that has stood in front of us during gay pride day and they
asked if I brought my extension cords to earth day? The officer in charge
told me that months prior to earth day, attorneys were arguing about us being
mobile in the park and going from booth to booth, even considered having it
removed from Balboa Park to a
stadium where they can have a bit more control on the event. It was this
officer that told me, that the park wanted me arrested for multiple complaints
but he has not witnessed any law being broken. He told me that if liberal
people ever get into power to change laws, they would become beyond
totalitarian. It is they that would become the ultimate dictator,
he thanked us for being cooperative and noted that the only free speech stopped
was ours.
Countless other conversations last weekend,
from those that have observed us preaching in public for years. Also that
weekend in Southern California Cher was in concert and there was a big porno
convention in town that was covered.
From the WATCHTOWER: Ruben Israel
