The GAF Factor

 

By Jim Culp

 

It has become increasingly apparent to me these days that the quality of people in general has gone way down in the past decade. Of course, I do not speak for everyone. There are always positives and negatives, good and evil, honest people and downright lying mother fuckers.

So if this blog topic offends you, you might be someone I am talking about.

I’ve noticed in my day to day life that people in general nowadays are simply in one big fucking hurry to do everything for themselves; and could care less about their fellow man, even though they certainly pretend to do so.

Way back in my military years, I started utilizing an acronym called GAF. That stands for Give a Fuck. The GAF factor goes from zero (you don’t care one damn bit) to ten (it matters very much to you). If your GAF factor is on the low side, especially zero, you aren’t going to put any effort at all into fixing something that is broken, picking up a piece of trash that has been laying in your yard for two weeks, or tell your lady that she is the most beautiful woman on the planet. You’re going to ignore the broken item, walk past that piece of trash, and let your lady wonder if you care the least bit about her.

I have been guilty of having a very low GAF factor. When I returned home from the invasion of Iraq in 2004, my GAF factor was at zero. I just didn’t give a flying fuck about anything that happened anywhere for at least two months. But I can give you a hundred reasons why my GAF factor was that low, and some of them would make you wonder how I am still sane, if in fact I am. Good friends and good family dug me out of that hole, and I was back to seven or eight pretty fast.

However, I notice that some people don’t give a fuck about anything or anyone but themselves most of their lives. I observe people on a daily basis, and notice that about half of them could care less about anyone or anything except what they can gain from the situation. They don’t hold the door for you, pick that piece of trash up, and never, ever, have one kind thing to say about something you did. The big problem is that some of these assholes are in charge of hundreds of people. Their decisions affect people’s lives on a daily basis. Some of these stupid fucks are in charge of states, governments, and even entire countries.  Some of these “people” look at one thing: the bottom dollar line, and could give twenty fucks less about the human factor of an employee, a city, or the invasion and occupation of a country.

So I’ve said all that to say this. Please GAF. Give a fuck about things and people around you. Tell your friends how important they are to you. Tell your lady how beautiful she is, and how much you worship her. Tell people who DO NOT GAF to stay out of your life. Tell them you do not need their bullshit or their drama. You’ll notice that after doing these things, your GAF factor will increase significantly.

 

 

Apostles Bashing Gays

OK, so I did some research on this Ron Carpenter fellow.

I was prompted to do this because I heard that he said a person that is gay has an “evil sickness”, and it takes Jesus to “get it out of them.”

Okey Dokey.

So, this fellow is based out of Greenville, South Carolina.

He has a “mega church” that claims the Pentecostal faith, an offshoot of Christianity that has about 200 branches and none of them agree with each other.

Anyhow, this guy is a new actor in an old parking lot of phony crusaders.

He claims that he has actually spoke with God, that homosexuality is an evil sickness that only Jesus can take away, and that his wife that has banged everybody but the tax collector has a mental illness.

He preaches that the Bible has 66 books (true) and that all of them are the infallible Word of God. Nothing new there.

He claims that everybody needs to follow ALL OF THE TEACHINGS in the Bible (all the stuff in 66 books).

Ok, so starting with his latest rant, let’s check the Bible. You have to choose one, there are 20 versions of the same book out there right now. Oh, you’re afraid of mistranslation? Don’t worry, the early dates that the Bible was translated from Latin, it container 55,000 translation errors, so that should tell you something.

So, Old Testament first.

 

 Lev. 18:22

‘You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination."

 

Lev. 20:13

"If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them." (NASB)

 

Pretty damn clear. So tomorrow Christians, God has ordered you to slaughter every single person who is gay on this Earth. Get busy. Oh, you don’t want to do that? I didn’t think so. It would be absolutely horrific and barbaric, and we as a civilization are way beyond such nonsense these days. Or are we?

 

So, let’s see what Jesus changed.

 

New Testament on being a homosexual:

 

Romans 1:26-27

 

For this reason God gave them up to passions of dishonor; for even their females exchanged the natural use for that which is contrary to nature, and likewise also the males, having left the natural use of the female, were inflamed by their lust for one another, males with males, committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the recompense which was fitting for their error.

 

1 Corinthians 6:9-10[edit]

 

Wycliffe Bible (1382): "Whether ye know not, that wicked men shall not wield the kingdom of God? Do not ye err; neither lechers, neither men that serve maumets [neither men serving to idols], neither adulterers, neither lechers against kind, neither they that do lechery with men"

 

King James Version (1611): "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind"

 

Amplified Version (1987): "Do you not know that the unrighteous and the wrongdoers will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled): neither the impure and immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who participate in homosexuality"

 

1 Timothy 1:9-10[edit]

 

Wycliffe Bible (1382): "..and witting this thing, that the law is not set to a just man, but to unjust men and not subject, to wicked men and to sinners, to cursed men and defouled, to slayers of father, and slayers of mother, to manslayers [witting this thing, that the law is not put to a just man, but to an unjust and not subject, to unpious men and sinners, to cursed men and defouled, to slayers of fathers, and slayers of mothers, to menslayers] and lechers, to them that do lechery with men, lying-mongers and forsworn, and if any other thing is contrary to the wholesome teaching."

 

King James Version (1611): "Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine"

 

Amplified Version (1987): Knowing and understanding this: that the Law is not enacted for the righteous (the upright and just, who are in right standing with God), but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinful, for the irreverent and profane, for those who strike and beat and [even] murder fathers and strike and beat and [even] murder mothers, for manslayers,[For] impure and immoral persons, those who abuse themselves with men, kidnapers, liars, perjurers--and whatever else is opposed to wholesome teaching and sound doctrine.

 

Crap, them gay folks are fucked. Jesus’s biographers said that Jesus said so.

 

Well, we know now that you better not be gay, or Christians have been ordered by Moses and Jesus to kill you.

 

But wait a minute Ron- your wife is an admitted adulteress; multiple times, multiple partners.

Uh-oh.

Let’s see what the good book says about that.

 

Old Testament:

Exodus 20:14. ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery.”

 

Leviticus 20:10: “If a man commits adultery with another’s wife, both of them shall be put to death.”

 

Lev. 18:22

‘You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination."

 

Lev. 20:13

"If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them." (NASB)

 

New Testament:

Matthew 5: 27-30

 

27"You have heard that it was said, `Do not commit adultery.' 28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell."

 

Well, that tears it Ron.

So you either have to do what Moses wants, and that’s kill the bitch, or you have to do what Matthew said that Jesus said, and cut her genitalia off (because that’s the part of her that sinned, right?”

 

I’d say cut your losses and stop your warmongering bullshit right now. Adulterers commit a crime according to our laws, which are illegally based on Religion.

Homosexuals, however, haven’t committed a crime, they are just doing what feels right to them.

So, in conclusion, this guy’s a psycho fucktard that people keep giving money to.

He claims to have actually spoken to God. Yep, so did a lot of serial killers.

 

Last thing. If Jesus can take the gay out of a person, why can’t he take the horny out of your wife? Why do you need to call on T.D. Jakes to do it? Probably because that guy does the same bullshit you do. He lies to people about who and what God is. He’s made 18 Million doing so. Yet there are still thousands of homeless people around you and him. Jesus commanded Christians to “get rid of their wealth and give it to the poor.”

I still don’t see a single Christian doing that. They’re too fucking worried about gay people living peaceful lives.

 

 

Burning the Flag

I reserve my keyboard strokes for all of you stupid idiots out there burning flags. Here is a little education from me, a concerned citizen as well as a veteran of two wars.

Our nation’s flag is not a symbol of the corrupt government in Washington that resides in an area called the District of Columbia. It is wholly symbolic of the fifty states of the United States of America, a union of 50 states that are joined together for safety and continuity across a section of a continent. That’s the “stars” part.

The 13 stripes are for the original 13 British colonies that decided that they had enough of British tyranny, tyrannical theocracy, and a government telling them that they can’t be armed.

That’s why the First and Second Amendments to the Constitution of those states’ Union say that A) the government can’t make a national religion, B) you are free to speak your mind in a peaceful manner, and finally C) you can keep and bear arms.

These three pieces alone made sure the Founding Fathers and the 330 Million citizens of that union 200 years later could worship whatever gods they want, OR NOT; you can speak out all you want even if you’re not rich; and you can own and carry a gun when and where you want.

The Federal Government in the District of Columbia has, at different times, messed with those rights, and the Constitution keeps shooting them down.

When I went to combat zones in 1990 and 2003, I did so not for the government in the District of Columbia, but for the states of Kansas and New Mexico (where my loved ones lived) so that those loved ones would stay protected and lay down and night knowing they were safe. I did so because I believe in this great Union, a Union of 50 states that make up a great nation.

So, my advice is, if you want to burn something, burn a cigarette, a hot dog, or your hand because you were telling a joke and grabbed the hot grill handle without the heat mitten.

Don’t burn the flag. It just makes you a punk, and we’ve no more room for punks.