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Raymond Aguilera’s Team of Crybabies
Looks like I’m gonna have to sound my bullshit alarm twice in one day. Oh well. Some days are like that I guess. A while ago I posted a very brief piece on a “Christian” “prophet” named Raymond Aguilera. I’m actually kind of embarrassed that this piece got as much attention as it did, because it wasn’t an especially thorough piece of investigation on my part, and much of the article actually consists of a quote from somebody else who introduced me to Aguilera’s work.
In any event, this poorly put together piece of mine elicited some angry confused responses from people who are followers of Aguilera’s work. They can be viewed here at a forum called Prophecy Link. Here are some of the better comments left by these people about what I wrote:
Personally its an attack agaisnt God.
If only he knew what door he was opening. But im sure he wont be the last to attack Ray.
[…] I have no comphrehension of what Ray experiences daily through emails, spiritual attacks, etc… the list is long. But do know he must be doing something right for people to post such garbage.
Why do people always think that something must be “right” if people react negatively towards it? Since when is that proof? And how is what I wrote an attack on God? I simply wrote maybe these images aren’t public predictions from god, but private symbols which people should use to transform their lives. Shit’s totally crazy. If it’s really an attack against God, don’t you think he can defend himself? Obviously, you think I’m attacking you by criticizing something you believe in. Don’t confuse yourself with God.
Another person wrote:
I felt like that the site was being to rude and blaspheming the Holy spirit .
Is that really what people think? This is like having my own private focus group. It’s actually kind of useful to see, in a way. Another commenter offered the following, which is at least kind of sweet:
I’ll pray for this guy. He obviously has no clue.
That’s awesome! I’d love it if you wanted to pray for me. I could use all the help I can get. Somebody from Hawaii posts the real kicker at the end though:
I went to his site to see what all the fuss was about. I only need to read his intro and I felt a rebuke. I was kinda disgusted with what he wrote. I feel that he himself doesn’t believe we are in judgement. Won’t he be surprised when he sees the mushroom cloud. Then he will remember what he read and regret every word he said.
Yes, won’t I be surprised when I see the mushroom cloud! And what are you going to be, you fucking dipshit? Are you going to be happy that you were right and that you worship a good and just God who would fucking drop atomic bombs on people just to jack himself off? How’s that for a rebuke, you feeble-minded asshole?
Seriously though, show me where in the Bible Jesus says anything about atomic bombs and that it’s worthwhile to get worked up over some internet prophet’s predictions. If you can do that, I’ll cut off both my legs and eat them while you and your friends dance around in a circle and piss on me and chant the name of your wonderful and righteous God.
This whole incident teaches me a couple things though, besides the fact that these people are idiots who haven’t read the Bible and who misinterpreted Jesus’s message of unconditional love and universal salvation. Firstly, I’m gladly that I’m in the process of revising the presentation of this site, and dropping the “occult investigator” aspect into the background. Obviously, a lot of people really aren’t prepared to handle using those terms. Second, the next time I decide to mount an “attack” on some internet prophet or other, I will do a much more thorough job of looking at their work, and proving how it’s not consistent to it’s own scriptural and spiritual tradition. Even though it’s cathartic to swear at them and call them names, scripture’s the only language these people speak. More than likely though, even if I spoke in that language, they still wouldn’t listen. And frankly, what do I care? I’m not here to save anybody from themselves. I’m just making my own way through the world and keeping a public record of that process. People are welcome to interact with it in whatever way they want. But just don’t be surprised when I react back.
August 31st, 2005 at 4:49 pm
“Foosball is the Devil!” -Waterboy
Heheheh
remember Kathy Bates character saying to the Waterboy?
Anyway, they probably think that “you work for the devil” HAHAHAHA!
Idiots! Friggin Hypocrites! I think you should change your into more generic
like “Tim Boucher: Meta-Physical Investigator” some thing like, hehehehe
Weird thing about it i grew up conservatively catholic and i used to believe on
those prophecy bullshit! Anyway, a wise quote that really motivated to study the truth about christianity and gnosticism is a quote from Helen Blatavsky (who is a still quite murky to me)
who said,
“There is no greater religion than truth!”
Amen to that!
I may not trust Blatavsky character but what she says is the truth
I knew better after investigating the truth on the origins
of christianity which led to this predicatement.
It’s idiots like these people just make me want to wish that the whole rapture bullshit would come true and make them (all of them hypocritical idiots) to just suddenly disappear in the face of this earth! My apologies if im ranting. Nobody told me that truth and enlightenment could be such
a bitch!
August 31st, 2005 at 5:32 pm
lol kick ass come-backs, i remember when i used to think like they did, but then I got a “divine” bitch slap and god said cut it the fuck out. and besides if they dont like your website why are they wasting their energy on a “stupid” site. Its obiously important enough to them to complain about. i like your site and your takes on the different topics even if i dont agree sometimes, thats what makes life kick ass, variety! -^_^-
August 31st, 2005 at 6:03 pm
I enjoyed your Occult Investigator branding quite a bit. It sounded daring and intellectual with a dash of humor, which it turns out is pretty much what you do.
Also, write for yourself. Focus groups, no matter how inadvertant, only gravitate toward the mediocre.
August 31st, 2005 at 10:42 pm
I’m new here, but I really like the name “Occult Investigator.” I don’t think it needs to be limiting. What you seem to be doing is prying beneath the surface, looking for the truth that’s hidden under appearances–and isn’t that what occult means? And the negative connotations of the word shouldn’t matter. After all, anyone who thinks the occult is satanic or whatever obviously wouldn’t be interested in what you do here, anyway.
For what it’s worth.
August 31st, 2005 at 10:50 pm
Thanks Jim, Sean… I’m working on a modification of that idea which will be live in the next couple days, so sit tight!
September 1st, 2005 at 9:50 am
Why do people always think that something must be “right” if people react negatively towards it?
Buggered if I know, but that’s the way it seems to go. I seem to recall a friend of mine at university saying you shouldn’t persecute Christians, because you’ll only make them even more certain that they’re right. There was some truth in that statement.
As for it being an attack against God, well, God has clearly picked out this Raymond character for whatever unfathomable reason, so the slightest aspersion against his chosen one is obviously a criticism of God’s taste in prophets. Or something like that.
September 1st, 2005 at 9:11 pm
i think, personally, and this is just my opinion mind you, don`t be offended but, the only way to understand that type of mumble is to have a substantial part of your cerebelum removed with a hockey stick, or optionally some sort of chemical spill or possibly a tragic accident at birth, or by being gifted with imbiciles for parents.
something interesting linguistically, as an aside, the word but tends to negate anything that preceeds it in a sentence.
September 1st, 2005 at 9:16 pm
and i get a picture of the man standing there, resplendent in his mother`s swimcap, a bedsheet for a cape and an old pair of two colour y-fronts with the letter “r” sewn onto the front, y`know, for that hometown, dimwit superhero look. a man to be followed……by fuckwits.
September 2nd, 2005 at 3:29 pm
HAHAHAHA this is killing me.
If you’re “saved,” you’ve nothing to fear, and this guy, unlike a certain Mr Boucher, is saved. Apparently.
Solid gold.