The Religious Bent

I Was a Cannibal

Posted by Alfred Armstrong
Sat, 08/27/2011 - 15:12
Author(s): 
Bro. Yhugm, Rev. W. V. Grant
Publisher: 
Grant's Faith Clinic

I Was a CannibalBrother Yhugm's tale is an exciting one. Escaping from a life of primitive savagery, he came to the USA and found Jesus. Who could fail to be moved by such an astonishing and true story?

Elvis: The Messiah?

Posted by Alfred Armstrong
Sun, 05/24/2009 - 15:19
Was the King of Rock'n'Roll really the King of Kings?
Author(s): 
Jack D Mallay, Warren Vaughn
Publisher: 
TCB Publishing
Edition / Year: 
1993

This book asks a simple question: was Elvis the Messiah? Plainly, he wasn't but the authors do their best to find evidence pointing in the opposite direction. Unsurprisingly, they don't really find any: what they do instead is supply a number of anecdotes relating to Elvis's "spiritual qualities" which depict him as just about qualified to run a gift shop in Glastonbury.

Supernatural Visions of the Madonna (1981 to 1991) London

Posted by Alfred Armstrong
Sat, 05/02/2009 - 17:16
Author(s): 
Sofia Marie Gabriel (Sister Marie)
Publisher: 
The Author
Edition / Year: 
1993

Supernatural VisionsThose of you who read UK national newspapers in the early 1990s may remember the strange full-page adverts that appeared from time to time in the name of someone called Sister Marie, prophesying doom and cataclysm if its author's words were not heeded.

The Animals and Birds Redeemed from Death

Posted by Alfred Armstrong
Sun, 08/24/2008 - 18:36
Their Eternal Glory
Author(s): 
A Carr
Publisher: 
The Author, San Francisco
Edition / Year: 
1958

Animal-lovers who are also Christians often find the Church doctrine that life after death is reserved for human beings an uncomfortable one. Surely in any Heaven worthy of the name little Snookums will be there, licking his celestial testicles in his transcendental basket?

Such is the central idea of A Carr's little book; a heartfelt, though not altogether coherent, plea for the recognition of the rights of animals in this world as well as that beyond. While his or her argument may sometimes lack logic, who could fail to be swayed by the sentiment of lines such as these?

How the Devil Spread AIDS to Woods Valley

Posted by Alfred Armstrong
Sun, 04/20/2008 - 13:21
Author(s): 
Frank Aymer
Publisher: 
Vantage Press
Edition / Year: 
1992

How the Devil Spread AIDS to Woods ValleyIt was not always so, but nowadays it is more than respectable to appreciate Naive Art. Good prices are paid for works by the untrained and clumsy; and by the trained and deft who can mimic the style. There has been no parallel development in writing as yet, but when the day comes that Naive Literature is finally given its due recognition this book will no doubt achieve a similar level of acclaim for its perfect artlessness.

The Gospel by Signal

Posted by Alfred Armstrong
Sat, 01/19/2008 - 17:59
Author(s): 
A W Webster and Wm Dryburgh
Edition / Year: 
1904

I remember as a small boy attending the family service at our local church and seeing the vicar illustrate his sermon with a box of washing powder; the image has clearly stuck with me, but nothing of the message he was attempting to convey. That this rather desperate style of Biblical analogy is part of a venerable tradition is evidenced by this century-old little book, which is intended to provide useful material for the beleaguered Sunday School teacher, to help to impart the gospel to his or her restless charges. In this case, by waving coloured flags at them.

Parables From Stamps

Posted by Alfred Armstrong
Sat, 01/19/2008 - 17:59
For Old and Young
Author(s): 
T. Christie Innes
Publisher: 
Pickering & Inglis
Edition / Year: 
1939
Parables From Stamps for Old and Young
T C Innes and daughter

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Why Jesus Was a Man and Not a Woman

Posted by Alfred Armstrong
Sat, 01/19/2008 - 17:59
Author(s): 
Sidney C. Tapp
Publisher: 
The Author
Edition / Year: 
1914

Sidney Tapp, who wrote this curious book, was a lawyer. Having read it, I assume his principal weapon of the courtroom was the interminable repetitive monologue, by which means he would bore his listeners into submission.

The Atomic Bomb in Prophecy

Posted by Alfred Armstrong
Sat, 01/19/2008 - 17:59
Author(s): 
Rev. Ralph C. Nelson
Edition / Year: 
1949

The Atomic Bomb in Prophecy

Murdered Heiress... Living Witness

Posted by Alfred Armstrong
Sat, 01/19/2008 - 17:59
Author(s): 
Dr. Petti Wagner
Publisher: 
Huntington House
Edition / Year: 
1984

Kidnapped, tortured, murdered... yet she lives today!

Wagner's account of her kidnapping and miraculous escape is a sort of fairy story for the soft of head.

Born into a wealthy family, she became a successful businesswoman in her own right with her Herbagere hydroponics and Menotti permanent wave products. In 1971, though, her life was changed utterly as she underwent the terrible ordeal which is the central subject of this book.

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