OHMYGAWD - A fundie is praying for me because of my review of a book!!

[LynneSin]

From time to time I post snarky comments about certain books out there and I'm so tired of how all these xtians are jumping on the Ashley Smith bandwagon. For those who don't know who Ashley Smith is - she was held hostage by an escape convict. To save her life Ms. Smith read to the convict from the bible, from "A Purpose Driven Life" and them um, gave to him from her Crystal Meth stash since she had no marijuana to offer him. Fundies are, for some bizarre reason just eating this up.

Personally, knowing that I can't even buy a damn bottle of Nyquil without filling out a form and showing ID, I have little respect for Crankheads. And knowing that the recovery rate from addiction is in the single addictions, I personally feel this book is nothing more than an attempt for Ms. Smith to fund her tweaker ways.

So I guess my review has my home email address on it (which btw, I'm going to fix) and I received this email today from an Xtian fundie.


Hi,

I'd like to tell you that I think you are a self-righteous you-know-what.Your review of Ashley Smith's book was unbelievable. I think you need to find out what being a Christian is all about. God Bless you. I'm praying for you.

To accept this invitation, please follow the link below and click on the Accept Invitation button:

_______________________________________________

[tjdee]

1. Wow, some of these people really need to read their new testaments.

What is he/she praying? That you'll stop being a "self-righteous you know what"? Isn't he/she being one because he/she is doing the EXACT THING THEY ACCUSE YOU OF?

Oh lord.

[LynneSin]

3. I wasn't the most christian person

I mean I just basically called Ashley Smith what she is - A lying crankhead who is using the sytem to profit off of her addiction

This is what I posted:

The girl offered him CRANK - hardly an angel, October 16, 2005

Reviewer: LynneSin (Delaware) - See all my reviews
Yesterday I had to go to the drug store to get some Nyquil because of a cold I've been dealing with for the past week. In order to purchase this medicine I had to give the pharmacist my driver's license and sign a form. All this because of crankheads like Ashley Scott who are a plague on our society. Common cold medication has to be regulated to prevent crankheads like Ashley Scott from furthering their drug addiction.

Everyone thinks she's some sort of hero and a good Christian. Well what the heck is a Christian doing with Crystal Meth (aka Crank) in her home. I mean, I'm glad that she could use it to save her life but she is not a hero nor is she an angel. She is a plague on our society with one of the fastest growing addictions in this nation (and one of the most highly addictive). And don't kid yourself about recovery - recovery from addiction to Crystal Meth is around 6% success.

It's sickening that the media treats her like some sort of hero. Crank users are not heros - they are zeros - losers that plague our society. Buying this book is basically a way to support her habit. As the saying goes with drug users - you know when they're lying because their lips are moving

[tjdee]

7. You're right, though...

It's so weird that they're glazing right past the "SHE GAVE HIM CRANK"ness of it all. Especially considering it's way worse than the weed the guy wanted! I guess that's fine because he's a criminal?

But the person who's "praying" for you--very hypocritical and silly, really.

[Lavender Brown]

2. I'm praying for you too, LynneSin

O8) :P

[Dave Reynolds]

4. But,

is not the part about "self-righteous you-know-what" somewhat judgemental? Is there not some xtian rule about that? Judge not, blah blah blah?

Some of the untrue believers talk a good game, but it seems sometimes that they omit the rules they wish others to live by from their own lives.

But, it's nice that this person will think of you....:D

[LynneSin]

5. I think it's because I'm not very forgiving of Ashley Smith

But I have known a few crankheads in my lifetime and trust me - you want to keep them very far away from you! I just think this book is the biggest scam out there and Xtians (not Christians like us normal people are) think this is the greatest book next to the Bible & The Purpose Driven Life

[GirlinContempt]

8. crank is powdered, very low grade, meth

most meth addicts will smoke lith before crank... meth is the crystal higher-grade form. they aren't synonymous.

[LynneSin]

14. I my neck of the woods Crank = Meth

It's all the same around here but point well taken!

[GirlinContempt]

15. Ok

Thats kinda odd... maybe people only sell the lowest grade crap? Weirdness...
But it IS pretty telling when addicts would rather smoke a paste made from battery lithium than crank (eeeeeeek)

[Dave Reynolds]

11. I saw bits and pieces of interviews with her,

she seems to be playing this whole thing up nicely.

Good for her if she is really clean, but the cynic in me thinks she will just purchase meth from a higher-priced neighborhood.

[Az]

6. Eh, I've been exorcised online

Until you have a pack of fundies trying to expell the demons in you by typing "The power of Christ compells you" not much else really gets your attention any more.

[youthere]

32. ..

:spray:
Online excorcism?! ROFLMAO!


T-H-E P-O-W-D-E-R O-F-F K-R-Y-S-T K-O-M-P-E-L-L-S- Y-O-O

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Atlas Mugged]

40. That is SO COOL!!!

In a sick way, I'm jealous.

[Jade Fox]

9. First they call ya a you-know-what....

then they pray for ya. I gotta wonder what's in those prayers!
(smite her, oh mighty Smiter!)

I wouldn't accept that invitation if I were you. :)

[Jamastiene]

10. I really hate it when they do that.

They do it to me all the time. I cannot stand the thought of right wing wacko xtians praying to their god about me. That's probably why I have such bad luck. I need to get more liberals praying to the liberal version of God for me to counteract the bad luck I am getting from the right wing bible thumpers.

[LynneSin]

13. I would be happy to do that to you

I'm an extremely liberal Christian.

My opinion is simple - if Ashley Smith really wants to clean her self from Meth then she should use this new found money and enter rehab. Outside of that I think she's using the public to fuel her habit

[Jamastiene]

23. Thank you.

Maybe if I can see it the way I mentioned, that there is a liberal God too, I can overcome this hideous luck I seem to be having in life. Having good people with good hearts praying for me to counteract the mean ones that support Bush and other evil may actually work. I believe it's highly possible. I appreciate it a lot. I need it.

I want to be free. I want to become an engineer despite my math malfunction. I want to build a modest home to live in and build a little personal economy music studio one day.

I want my aunt to live longer and get well from her congestive heart failure too. She has ms and isn't doing well lately. I worry about her, but she doesn't want me to worry despite the fact that I think she needs better medical care than the VA gives her. They are woefully lacking under the Bush admin. When Clinton's admin ran the VA, it was much better and they had capable people working there. Now, all they do is refer you endlessly to other people. Now, they want to take my aunt's social security check until her co-pay for meds is paid up after they promised that if we paid them $20 a month they wouldn't do that. I know it's been paid every single month without fail for the last 2 years, because I send it in and make sure of it. We both need strength and all the help we can get to hold up under this pressure. Too much is piling up and weighing us both down.

[Initech]

12. To contrast your review of the Ashley Smith book, you should...

Give an equally flattering review of The Purpose Driven Life and see if the same fundie gives you any more crap.

I swear (and I've been saying this for a LONG time, this Ashley Smith stuff only confirms what I've been saying) - Rick Warren is a cult leader.

[XemaSab]

16. Don't take it personally

Fundies and tweakers run in the same circles.

[JanMichael]

17. Oh! You got my email! I was wondering, since you didn't reply!

;)

Stephanie

[LynneSin]

18. Awwww, that was you - you can be my amazon buddy

Of course your real name must be Sandy and you must run a Unix lab at the University of Buffalo (I know this since I googled the name that you emailed me)

:D

[JanMichael]

20. Yep...that crap "we" gave you in DC about being from NC

and stuff was just so we could go around collecting HEATHEN'S emails.

Lemme tell ya, "we've" been busy since then too!

[LynneSin]

22. I could set Sandy up for a Hannidate

:D

http://www.hannity.com/hannidate/

[JVS]

19. Judge not the Meth addicts, for they too are the children of God.

[LynneSin]

21. Wow, I missed that part in the bible

thanks for pointing me down the righteous path

:hugs:

[KamaAina]

24. A bottle of NyQuil? Wee-ha!

In most places, only pseudoephedrine in tablet form is regulated. Supposedly the liquid form is nearly impossible to convert to meth.

At that point I would seriously consider crossing into PA or MD.

[LynneSin]

26. Actually MD is worse than DE

Especially since there are a ton of meth labs in the northeast corner of the state. And I'm sure PA will be locking them up soon since Bucks County was like once the biggest producer of meth.

[Giant Robot]

25. Hey LynneSin

where did you hear she gave him meth? I'm just curious because I don't remember any news reports I read saying that. Although to be honest, I never really paid that much attention to the story to begin with. Just curious.

[LynneSin]

27. From the local paper in Atlanta:

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/gwinnett/0905/28ashleysmith.html

DA: No meth charges against Ashley Smith

By LATEEF MUNGIN and JENNIFER BRETT
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 09/28/05

Ashley Smith does not have to worry about police arresting her during her book tour.

Gwinnett District Attorney Danny Porter said he will not press criminal charges against Smith even though she admitted to giving crystal methamphetamine to alleged courthouse killer Brian Nichols the night she was held hostage.

In her new book released this week, Smith said she offered Nichols some of a small stash of the drug she had at her Duluth apartment after the March 11 Fulton County Courthouse shootings

[Giant Robot]

29. Thank you.

n/t

[AntiCoup2K4]

28. Lynne, remember the mentality of these fundies

They see the name "LynneSin" and it doesn't matter WHAT else you say. You're automatically the evil one on the basis of that name alone. Ashley What'sherass might be a tweaker, but they're picturing YOU with horns on your head, typing out your reviews with cloven hooves and a pointed tail. -->:evilgrin:<--

[GreenPartyVoter]

30. Oh, Lord. *lol* Self-righteous? Hmm somebody needs to review

the verses about the speck and plank in the eye. :rofl:

[LynneSin]

42. no, read the letter: Self-Righteous you-know-what

I think I'm going to reply back and ask her what a 'you-know-what' is because I'm not sure what she is saying there.

And I really want to draw out this message!

[tanyev]

31. Tell her you just chanted her name in a pentagram 666 times.

:evilgrin:

[DanCa]

33. Wow are you sure there not on crack?

That was just as bad as the time my sisters christian book club went nuts when they cut me readding tolkien. I think they were just jealous because I didn't need help pronuncing the big words.

[RFK LIVES ON]

34. Religion is the crank of the people !!!

While I am not a Marxist, he got this one right. That's for sure.

[NMMNG]

35. Oh, the horror

To be prayed for by a fundie wingnut :puke:. I hope you have a speedy recovery :hug:.

It amuses me how the nutjobs can gush over a meth addict but have no tolerance for someone who dislikes her book. :eyes: What a bunch of hypocrites.

[LynneSin]

36. I hate to say this - but what if Ashley Smith was a minority....

...and not a white, blonde woman.

They accept her because on the surface she fits in with them.

:grr:

[Lisa0825]

38. BINGO!

That is exactly what I was thinking.

Plus, she's cute, relatively well-spoken, and has a pleasant demeanor. It's all surface stuff though. They are so hypocritical. They can overlook the fact that she's on drugs, but put someone in that role who didn't fit their image, and they wouldn't touch 'em witha 10 foot pole!

[Borgnine]

37. Wait, wait, wait.

So does the Purpose Driven Life COME with crystal meth? Because if so, I can understand why that's been on the Bestseller List for so freaking long.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

39. I once had holy water

sprayed on my choir seat because I was friends with and GASP supported the gay choir director.

It didn't work. I'm still mean.

[LynneSin]

41. Did the Holy Water burn a hole in your ass?

Wait - there was one there already wasn't there

:rofl:

Ok, that was my bad joke of the day - I'm at work and my exchange server is down. Might as well go home if I don't have email :cry:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

53. Oh, is THAT where that come from?

[noonwitch]

43. You guys are being really hard on someone who was a crime victim

I don't care if she was a drug addict, she didn't deserve to be held at gunpoint by a man who had just killed a bunch of people. She must have been terrified.

Some people do get the living crap scared out of them and respond by straightening out their lives. Some people do that by attending church and having a spiritual awakening.

I would never try to limit the possibility that perhaps God did work through her to get the killer to turn himself in. If God had to rely on only perfect vessels to do his work, well, he'd be hard put to find them.

"My grace is sufficient for thee, for My strength is made perfect in weakness" 2 Corinthians 12:9
God works through our weaknesses as well as our strengths. Ashley's weakness gave her something in common with this guy, that made her a trustworthy person in his eyes.

[LynneSin]

44. You're absolutely right but....

...there are thousands of crime victims everyday and 99.9999999% of them don't get massive book deals & talk show. I open the paper everyday and read about the Ashley Smiths of the world and their heroic struggles to survive terrible ordeals. But they might not be blonde & white like Ashley or maybe they didn't try using the Bible and a cult book like "Purpose Driven Life" to save their lives. But ultimately what won her over with her captor was the fact that she gave him Crystal Meth, one of the most highly addictive drugs out there (6% recovery rate from addiction). She's a drug addict and I know when addicts are lying because their lips are moving.

You want to read about heros - read your local newspaper - the stories are in there. I'd rather give my $20 to help one of those people out than to give it to some hyped up Crankhead who probably is still using to this day.

[Ellen Forradalom]

47. Lynne, is that what really won the guy over?

or was it just one of the things she thought of trying?

In either case, mind you, my attitude is Whatever Works in that immediate situation.

[Ellen Forradalom]

45. Points taken

but I think LynneSin's complaint lies more with Ashley's fan base.

I think she was in her own way very resourceful and I respect that. But her fans are not interested in a real woman who used everything she could think of to save her life, they want a poster girl for Jesus. Meth is inconsistent with that. The Purpose-Driven Life stays in the picture, and meth goes.

If anything, it's a measure of lack of faith in God that they feel compelled to deny some facts and play up others. If you believe a miracle occurred, and meth was part of that, but you deny the meth, then aren't you, in effect, quibbling with God about how He pulled it off? Leave it to a fundy to second-guess God.

[LynneSin]

46. If I win the Powerball, I'm hiring you as my new Publicist

Since the PB is worth $340mil, I could probably pay you about $500k/year plus perks

[Ellen Forradalom]

50. works for me

I'll do some computer programming for you too at that rate.

[Dukkha]

48. she's just another attention whore

If she's sincere about getting cleaned up then she needs to get off the talk show circuit and pundit shows and get some rehab! Pushing your fundy dogmatic religion onto the public won't cure you.

I know, as a former meth user. Clean for about 7 years now.

[LynneSin]

49. Congratulations!!

That's a tough habit to break but I'm glad you are doing so well

:hug:

[Dukkha]

51. thanks I quit smoking about the same time too

5 years 10 months 19 days cold turkey. 2 pack/day to 0 overnight. The cravings are always there! Not to mention the weight gain that naturally followed so I had to change my diet and join a gym. The result made me MUCH healthier and stronger that I've ever been!

Oh and I'm surprised you didn't get a virus emailed to you. A few "Christians" have done that to me in the past. Yeah, that's what Jesus would do. :eyes:

[LynneSin]

52. I know where the dingbat works

I got her complete name (Mine is listed only as LynneSin) so I know where she works, what department and position and oh, it's her work email address.

Can we same 'Dumbass'