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Blessing New Robe

Ms. Ruth blesses each robe before sending them off. Here, she is holding a new, red satin robe against her chest as she blesses it. Continue»

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Dear Ruth, please take the time to say a special prayer and bless my robe, as I will treasure it and remember you always, because it will serve it's main purpose when the time come for me to be "BURIED IN IT!!!" may GOD BLESS YOU & YOURS and keep you in his loving arms forever... "AMEN"

Posted by: "BO" regard on 04/22/08 at 9:54 PM  Respond

Hmmmmm, blessing a Klan Robe...hmmmmm; the word OXYMORON comes to mind....

Blessing a symbol of hatred and intolerance...yeah, that'll work real well.

Sounds almost like Bush logic...

peace,


bill

Posted by: Bill on 05/01/08 at 10:20 AM  Respond

Don't be hatin'!

Posted by: B-rad on 05/07/08 at 2:16 PM  Respond

Sick.

Posted by: Tabitha on 05/08/08 at 6:32 AM  Respond

As a Afro-American I wish that more folks would aspire to excellence and pride of workmanship as this woman has. Her work is immaculate. As for her religion, well that does leave something to be desired. I pray the Lord's will be done in her life. Keep praying Honey!

Posted by: RevGQ on 05/10/08 at 3:04 AM  Respond

Bless it sister! And may you burn in agony forever in hell!

Posted by: Hakori on 05/11/08 at 5:39 AM  Respond

The ones who condem this woman for doing what she does are just as close to hell as she is...lol..leave her alone. these people obviously think they still in the 1800's. Lucky for us they cant get away with their shit any more. thats why they stay in da woods. Let them stay there, watch them come out to the city, they wont last....

Posted by: Ana on 05/11/08 at 7:42 AM  Respond

come to mother [deleted] queens harlem or the bronx and were 1 of them mother [deleted] blak hatin robes and u would last aprox 2 minute. i would love 2 see you and your little white followers squerm in your blood when a blak male pierces your skin with a ak 47 bullet point blank range

yours truly BLAK MAN

X X

Posted by: Anonymous on 05/13/08 at 5:37 AM  Respond

Ditto to Hakori!

I think the workmanship is beautiful, from what I can see. The symbols are beautiful also. The pyramid-within-a-pyramid was obviously inspired by the pyramid on the Great Seal of the United States on the reverse of the dollar bill, which itself was taken directly from the ancient Egyptian pyramids. (By the way, the all-seeing-eye-of-God on the Great Seal was also taken from the ancient Egyptians.) It is interesting that these traditonal Christians use universal symbols adapted from ancient pagan sources, sources which so inspired our Founding Fathers, who were planning for a future nation that would take the best from the World's great civilizations including European ones such as Romans and Greeks, and the advanced Egyptian dynasties at the boundary of Africa and Asia. America was the first country to attempt a cross-cultural pollination in this way, and it is ironic that one of the symbols of the Ku Klux Klan was derived from these foreign artists who lived thousands of years ago.

Posted by: R. Lobsang on 05/14/08 at 7:39 PM  Respond

Problem is, in Mississippi they are NOT just staying in the woods. They are coming right out in the open. I haven't heard of a local Klan rally here since about 1978. Now, with racism beginning to show it's ugly face again, the Klan seems to feel more brave.

Posted by: Snoo on 05/22/08 at 8:35 PM  Respond

It goes to show you that even in-bred hicks have talent.

When people breed within their families, 3 things can happen.

#1. They are completely normal.

#2. They become genetically inferior

#3. They have a higher than average I.Q,


I believe this woman has 2 of the 3 symptoms of an inbred.....and #1 is not included.

Posted by: Cee Mi Agen on 05/28/08 at 4:41 AM  Respond

Yes.. god bless the person who wears the robes... i mean god is all about blessing people who hate their fellow man, who was also created my god.. how can they call them self christians... pitty this fools, stupid people in its prime!

Posted by: Tiago on 05/29/08 at 3:08 AM  Respond

Very disturbing,very disturbing indeed.This woman is vary sick.Blessing a robe of hate,well,what can I say?

Posted by: A.W.S. on 05/31/08 at 10:08 PM  Respond

Very sad indeed, my sympthy for
Ms. Ruth & her ignorance.

Peace,

SN


Internal peace is an essential first step to achieving peace in the world. How do you cultivate it? It's very simple. In the first place by realizing clearly that all mankind is one, that human beings in every country are members of one and the same family.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Posted by: Sharon Nelson on 06/11/08 at 12:27 PM  Respond

Hrmm.... it seems to me the god Xians worship is indeed about hate or at least killing lots of people; read exodus, even if we overlook the parts about the firstborn of Egypt, directly after recieving the ten commandments Moses is commnaded to go to Cainan and kill every man, woman, child and beast there

Posted by: Anonymous on 06/14/08 at 12:51 PM  Respond

In ancient Scotland the clans would burn a cross as a sign for all the clans to gather. Ancient Scots were Pagan, thus the Pagan symbols. I can see the KKK wanting to keep the Aryan race pure white just like Asians don't want their sons to have children with white girls.. Ask me about it, I KNOW. Not into the killing or harm, but I do have to admit my grandmother was secretary of the KKK in a small PA town back in the '20's. It was the thing to do to keep out the Catholics and the Europeans (white by the by) who were coming to America and taking jobs in the steel mills.

Posted by: Southern Gal on 06/29/08 at 8:10 AM  Respond

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