Leinaala Fruean spoke at the Religious Right’s May 1 rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, “May Day 2010: A Cry To God For A Nation In Distress.” I was at the event and videotaped what can only be describes as a zealously zany sermon by Fruean.
Fruean represents Island Breeze Ministries in Hawaii. The woman next to her in the yellow shirt is the infamous televangelist Cindy Jacobs.
Enjoy the show! It’s Nutapalooza!! (And they call us crazy??)
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Wayne, you should have just went up to her and offered her a hanky and said to her “hey now, everything is going to be just fine. All you have to do is come out of that Palin induced stupor and join Team Obama.”
I was too scared, Ray. I’m not a believer in demons. But you must admit, she looked possessed.
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Let’s stop making fun of the way people express themselves culturally/spiritually. I know we all do not have the same belief systems, backgrounds etc. but you know she is apparently native Hawaiian and some of the way she was behaving was cultural based not just spiritually based in her Christian faith. I watch Bill Maher on his show sometimes completely belittle people that have faith views because he is an avowed atheist. It doesn’t make the people that he is trying to look dumb for their beliefs look less intelligent by his attitude. Two will win out but being arrogant about how people express their beliefs will not win people over. There are a lot of GLBT folks out there that are practicing all sorts of spiritual walks of life and you may be offending some of you base.
This only confirms what I had thought. The US is going to hell in a handbasket. In my 80+ years I have never seen or heard such lunacy. In the 20′s and 30′s it may have been going on unnoticed because the means of communication in those [happy] days was much less than it is today.
I can understand the craziness of an individual but when I hear applause I know that the nut case is not alone, and that is frightening.
Don said “Two will win out but being arrogant about how people express their beliefs will not win people over.”.
It may not win some people over, but it does win others over. I’ve regularly encountered former believers on atheist blogs who say it was the constant ridiculing of their religious beliefs that made them realize it really was nonsensical.
Was she crying? Damn how pathetic was that? Sorry crazy no god out there to hear you cry. I believe it was the crying of a baby losing the fight!
I too used to make these horrible sounds on a monthly basis due to the pain that I was suffering. Menopause saved me and perhaps it will save her.
For me, what’s telling here is not necessarily the unusual and and provocative way Fruean expresses her remorse for sin but that 1) she does so for others (“we repent”) and 2) when she’s done, she simply packs up the performance and moves off the stage. Invites the question, how real was that, even for her? Maybe she got the “wrap it up sign” from her god.
@Don Your comments were not lost on me, I understand exactly where you’re coming from. Instead of making juvenile attacks on her behavior, we should be focusing on the futility of her theology. Otherwise, we will be making just as much sense as she is, and being just as effective.
Outside of the fact that I couldn’t understand a word she was saying outside of the crying, imagine how much she and her ilk could accomplish if they actually DID “repent” from their actions: Preaching hate disguised as “love” in the name of God. Amazing.
I was still wondering where Ricky, Ethel and Fred were during this Right Wing Rally. LOL
I am not a religious man but I am a spiritual man. And I believe everyone should be able to express themselves in whatever way they feel appropriate. What I have trouble with (as in this video) it lumping me in with their praying for or repenting to their god for me. I am an American living in America and I don’t need/want/desire anyone else’ prayers for my lifestyle or any other part of my life. Pray for yourself, your followers, your friends, family but don’t pray for me.
Why do we think that this one area (spiritual beliefs) should somehow be beyond mockery or criticism? I believe that if things are ridiculous they should be mocked. I’m sure that if the woman was an atheist or was expressing a political belief and people made fun of her there wouldn’t be this sort of righteous indignity. Somehow, people’s religious beliefs are supposed to be beyond criticism–I don’t think that should be true. It’s a sad double-standard.