The dogs of war drop it on your lawn

How about some videos for the weekend?

My little traipse through old Daniel Amos lyrics has brought us to the 11th track on Vox Humana, which supplies the title to this post. That song, “Incredible Shrinking Man,” also seems serendipitous, as it seems relevant to our recent discussion of Owen Strachan and the Bro-formed theology that serves as Cialis for the Council on Biblical Manhood.

From wells of power
You take a drink
You drown in it
It’s bigger than you think

A world accountable –
Among the stars a grain of sand
You’re incredible
Incredible shrinking man

That’ll preach.

Speaking of preachers, here’s the trailer for a new documentary on longtime radio preacher and lifelong member of the National Religious Broadcasters, Harold Camping:

Camping, you’ll recall, said that the world would end on March 21, 2011. (Note: It did not.)

Admirers of the National Religious Broadcasters should also appreciate another documentary tracing the activity of many of its non-controversial members in good standing, “God Loves Uganda.”

The concluding line in that trailer is appropriately presented as ominous and terrifying: “We do believe that God wants the righteous to rule.”

If I could fix just one error, it would be that one. “Righteous” and “righteousness” in the Bible almost never means what that guy thinks. It doesn’t mean abstaining from impurity. It doesn’t mean piety. It means justice. There is no such thing as righteousness without justice.

Those who pursue some notion of purity or piety will want to rule — to reign over others. But those who pursue justice do not want to rule. They just want to see justice — which means no one reigns over others.

On a lighter note, here’s the final trailer for the kickstarter-funded live action adaptation of a classic Jack Chick tract, “Dark Dungeons.” I am very happy to see this archetypal piece of Satanic baby-killer fundamentalism brought to life on the screen, although to really do it justice, it probably ought to be a musical. (Maybe even an opera.)

I’m not sure which is the more outrageous delusion there: Jack Chick’s Satanic Panic occult fantasies, or the idea that Dungeons & Dragons was a cool game that all the popular kids were playing.

And, finally, if you haven’t seen this yet, this made me smile, a lot: