# Florida Healing Outpouring: You give Christianity a bad name **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 10, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462 "2008-06-10T16:50:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ducktail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@Ducktail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ducktail)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462/21 "2008-06-11T03:00:22Z")
The “Ignited Church”? Man, these people are just _begging_ for a lightning bolt, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462/22 "2008-06-11T03:09:56Z")
[QUOTE=TroubleAgain] [Oh, and thanks so much, other Floridopers, for your solidarity against those who like to laugh at Florida. :rolleyes:] [/QUOTE] Look, you’re the official sacrificial lamb. Make the necessary changes and move on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462/23 "2008-06-11T13:09:02Z")
[QUOTE=TroubleAgain] But I love you anyway. 😛 [/QUOTE] Hey, it’s the Pit! Aren’t you supposed to tell me to do obscene things with a rabid porcupine or something? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462/24 "2008-06-11T13:33:33Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Hey, it’s the Pit! Aren’t you supposed to tell me to do obscene things with a rabid porcupine or something? 😃 [/QUOTE] Post pics. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462/25 "2008-06-11T15:28:21Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Look, you’re the official sacrificial lamb. Make the necessary changes and move on. 😃 [/QUOTE] Fiiiiine. ::goes off in a huff:: :mad: 😉 [QUOTE=ivylass] Hey, it’s the Pit! Aren’t you supposed to tell me to do obscene things with a rabid porcupine or something? [/QUOTE] I can’t. I’m terminally nice. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![E72521](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@E72521](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E72521)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462/26 "2008-06-11T16:40:42Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Sorry, sweetie, but when my husband managed a Domino’s in Auburndale, his store got shot up by the local chapter of the KKK because he hired a black man as a driver. [/QUOTE] I had to work in Lakeland. I learned that Auburndale was what people from Lakeland make fun of. [QUOTE=ivylass] I will defend Florida, but there are some pockets that make me shake my head… [/QUOTE] God, I know what you mean. Tallahassee in particular. If you really want to have fun, go visit [this little gem](http://www.theholylandexperience.com/), up I-4, just past Universal Studios! I heard Jews get in free. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462/27 "2008-06-11T19:37:56Z")
[QUOTE=E72521] If you really want to have fun, go visit [this little gem](http://www.theholylandexperience.com/), up I-4, just past Universal Studios! I heard Jews get in free. [/QUOTE] Oh, yes, that one. I think there was some kerfuffle over it because the owners claimed tax exempt status or something. That said, at least we don’t have a Creationist Museum 'round these here parts. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462/28 "2008-06-11T19:58:34Z")
[QUOTE=E72521] If you really want to have fun, go visit [this little gem](http://www.theholylandexperience.com/), up I-4, just past Universal Studios! I heard Jews get in free. [/QUOTE] Jesus Chri… ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462/29 "2008-06-11T20:17:43Z")
Let’s face it: Florida was founded on bogus claims of miraculous healing. Ponce de Leon didn’t come here looking for the Fountain of Ordinary Water. For that matter, it’s probably no coincidence that the Church of Scientology HQ is located in the Sunshine State. The humidity makes you crazy, and in the throes of heatstroke all manner of claims suddenly seem more plausible. It’s far too late to start complaining about it now; snake oil is integral to the state’s financial well-being. It’s our backup plan for when rising gas prices finally kill off tourism. You may not feel like spending thousands of dollars to visit Disney World; but you WILL give us your money when your child contracts leprosy and only our holy alligator-grease miracle tonic can save her. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462/30 "2008-06-11T22:44:11Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t Call Me Shirley] Many. Every single one pretended to know what happens to you after you die. Every single one made a living by passing a basket around for contributions. Have you ever met a pastor that didn’t pretend that he knew what happens after you die? [/QUOTE] Most Pastors don’t relate this as cause-and-effect though. Filling the basket is not a requirement for eternal life. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462/31 "2008-06-12T00:09:10Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] It’s far too late to start complaining about it now; snake oil is integral to the state’s financial well-being. It’s our backup plan for when rising gas prices finally kill off tourism. You may not feel like spending thousands of dollars to visit Disney World; but you WILL give us your money when your child contracts leprosy and only our holy alligator-grease miracle tonic can save her. [/QUOTE] …and as Floridians, it’s up to us to get tourists to keep coming here in order to infect them with leprosy. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462/32 "2008-06-12T01:42:05Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] …and as Floridians, it’s up to us to get tourists to keep coming here in order to infect them with leprosy. [/QUOTE] **WELCOME TO FLORIDA GAS & LODGE! GIFTS \* SOUVENIRS \* ORANGE JUICE DISCOUNT THEME PARK TICKETS STOP AND PET OUR ARMADILLOS** ---
**Author:** ![A\_Priori\_Tea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@A\_Priori\_Tea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Priori_Tea)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462/33 "2008-06-12T03:06:54Z")
[QUOTE=E72521] If you really want to have fun, go visit [this little gem](http://www.theholylandexperience.com/), up I-4, just past Universal Studios! I heard Jews get in free. [/QUOTE] Oh, I have _got_ to go there, with as large a group of my friends’ families (especially children, the smaller the better!) as I can muster. Then we can play “debunk the myth” with real exhibits right there to show what comes from provable historic fact, and what’s just crap somebody made up along the way. It’ll be fun. 😃 “See, kids? The Scriptorium is just like a regular library - it’s part real books, and part fiction! But it’s even better, because you have to play detective to sort out which is which! Now, who can tell me which one of these events actually happened?” FIELD TRIP! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462/34 "2008-06-12T11:49:35Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Oh, yes, that one. I think there was some kerfuffle over it because the owners claimed tax exempt status or something. That said, at least we don’t have a Creationist Museum 'round these here parts. [/QUOTE] You may be thinking of [Dinosaur Adventure Land](http://www.dinosauradventureland.com/aboutDAL.php), in Pensacola, “_a theme park and science museum that gives God the glory for His creation. It has rides and fun-filled events and activities, each involving a physical challenge, a science lesson, and a biblical truth._” Its founder, [Kent Hovind,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Hovind) is currently serving a 10 year sentence in federal prison for numerous counts of tax and structuring related crimes. I enjoy visiting his blog, where Dr. [sic] Hovind transcribes insane rambling conversations that he has with god, in which god always assures him that he is wonderful and perfect and will be released from prison soon, following which his supporters post a couple of encouraging comments before digging in and flaming each other over such riveting topics as who is using the correct bible translation and whether women should be allowed to speak before being spoken to, along with tax, 9/11, and Titanic conspiracy theories. It really is a great chance to see christianity at its best. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462/35 "2008-06-12T14:49:16Z")
[QUOTE=A Priori Tea] Oh, I have _got_ to go there, with as large a group of my friends’ families (especially children, the smaller the better!) as I can muster. Then we can play “debunk the myth” with real exhibits right there to show what comes from provable historic fact, and what’s just crap somebody made up along the way. [/QUOTE] For true entertainment, get your best Satanist friend to apply for a job there: [http://www.theholylandexperience.com/abouthle/employment.html](http://www.theholylandexperience.com/abouthle/employment.html) ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462/36 "2008-06-12T16:59:50Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] Let’s face it: Florida was founded on bogus claims of miraculous healing. Ponce de Leon didn’t come here looking for the Fountain of Ordinary Water. [/QUOTE] Hmmmm. You have a point there… 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-healing-outpouring-you-give-christianity-a-bad-name/452462.md?page=1)