Comments on: The King of Guyana, via The Cleve http://www.microkhan.com/2009/07/14/the-king-of-guyana-via-the-cleve/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-king-of-guyana-via-the-cleve Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:29:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brendan I. Koerner http://www.microkhan.com/2009/07/14/the-king-of-guyana-via-the-cleve/comment-page-1/#comment-1501 Brendan I. Koerner Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:45:55 +0000 http://www.microkhan.com/?p=2222#comment-1501 @scottstev: I always get a kick out of seeing those guys getting ready for their services on 124th Street btw. Madison and Park. They pull up in minivans with their families, then put on their golden robes and headdresses in front of the podiatry school on that block. Makes them seem slightly less bonkers somehow. @scottstev: I always get a kick out of seeing those guys getting ready for their services on 124th Street btw. Madison and Park. They pull up in minivans with their families, then put on their golden robes and headdresses in front of the podiatry school on that block. Makes them seem slightly less bonkers somehow.

]]> By: scottstev http://www.microkhan.com/2009/07/14/the-king-of-guyana-via-the-cleve/comment-page-1/#comment-1500 scottstev Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:41:37 +0000 http://www.microkhan.com/?p=2222#comment-1500 OMFG! - these guys (or someone stealing their playbook) have a Public Access show down here in Richmond. I remember watching them for about 10 minutes and they were performing a close reading on some Old Testament verse. They were really down on the Sodomy and homosexuality. It's eh, um... reassuring to know that their NYC brethren have the same outlook. OMFG! – these guys (or someone stealing their playbook) have a Public Access show down here in Richmond. I remember watching them for about 10 minutes and they were performing a close reading on some Old Testament verse.

They were really down on the Sodomy and homosexuality. It’s eh, um… reassuring to know that their NYC brethren have the same outlook.

]]> By: Brendan I. Koerner http://www.microkhan.com/2009/07/14/the-king-of-guyana-via-the-cleve/comment-page-1/#comment-1498 Brendan I. Koerner Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:33:37 +0000 http://www.microkhan.com/?p=2222#comment-1498 @scottstev: Fascinating question, and one I can only speculate about. I think there's an undercurrent of Ethiopian mythology in all of these cults--that is, the tale of how the Ark of the Covenant was spirited away to Ethiopia, thus transferring the whole Chosen People moniker to the citizens of that nation. But there's also the whole "Lost Tribe of Israel" narrative at work here--the same narrative that underpins Mormonism, as well as other, less prominent religious groups. Because the tribe is lost, pretty much anyone can claim lineage without being proven wrong. So it's a great leaping-off point for folks looking to develop their own faiths. As an aside, I live a few blocks away from the NYC headquarters for these guys, who are on something of a Yahweh ben Yahweh groove: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv1wbWGds2s @scottstev: Fascinating question, and one I can only speculate about.

I think there’s an undercurrent of Ethiopian mythology in all of these cults–that is, the tale of how the Ark of the Covenant was spirited away to Ethiopia, thus transferring the whole Chosen People moniker to the citizens of that nation.

But there’s also the whole “Lost Tribe of Israel” narrative at work here–the same narrative that underpins Mormonism, as well as other, less prominent religious groups. Because the tribe is lost, pretty much anyone can claim lineage without being proven wrong. So it’s a great leaping-off point for folks looking to develop their own faiths.

As an aside, I live a few blocks away from the NYC headquarters for these guys, who are on something of a Yahweh ben Yahweh groove:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv1wbWGds2s

]]> By: scottstev http://www.microkhan.com/2009/07/14/the-king-of-guyana-via-the-cleve/comment-page-1/#comment-1494 scottstev Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:17:34 +0000 http://www.microkhan.com/?p=2222#comment-1494 I wonder if there is tend from criminal cults to take on pseudo-Semitic trappings like Yaweh ben Yaweh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh_ben_Yahweh. Or if they just stand out in memory more. I wonder if there is tend from criminal cults to take on pseudo-Semitic trappings like Yaweh ben Yaweh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh_ben_Yahweh. Or if they just stand out in memory more.

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