alt_edLester: If you don't stand for something you will fall for any thing.
November 7th 2008 23:21
"If you don't stand for something you will fall for any thing" is a quote from fellow Orbler Lester Caudill and is found on his roundpolitics blog.
Lester recently posted God reaches out to man. in which he states the following:
The original email accompanying this hoax image
Now, it is not uncommon for the religiously inclined to spot what they interpret as tangible signs of their faith in natural phenomena, especially in times of turmoil or distress. However, the image displayed above is not a genuine case of a photographer's capturing something remarkably like God-in-the-clouds in the aftermath of a disaster, as claimed in the accompanying text - this picture was circulation long before Hurricane Charley hit the Florida peninsula in August 2004, and it is a digital reworking, not a genuine photographic representation of something seen in the skies.
The original image however, looked like this:
Many viewers have noted the picture's similarity to a very graphic image made notorious by the goatse.cx shock site (which has since been closed). A reader of snoopes . com has written to them claiming credit for the doctored photo and said he did indeed intend it as a homage to the goatse site:
Wikipdedia have a great article on the goatse site, and describe the homepage and the image that inspired 'God's hands' as follows:
Lester Caudill, WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR?
Lester recently posted God reaches out to man. in which he states the following:
My sister in law sent me this picture, it is amazing. Many people in other states have seen the same thing. This picture was taken in Kentucky, and goes to show that this is God's country. You may ask how does this have anything to do with politics? Well Christians will like it and liberals will not believe, and say it's not true.
This photo was taken by Cara Winship in London, Ky.
This photo was taken by Cara Winship in London, Ky.
The original email accompanying this hoax image
Cara Winship sent this out it is called: God's hands.
I took this picture on Hwy 30, traveling to London, KY. It has given me strength in the times of trouble. I feel I should share it with the rest of the world. I hope it is an inspiration to you. It just goes to show what we already know.... We have a God and he's watching over us. I e-mailed this picture to News Channel 36. I was contacted by Meteorologist John James. He said that this picture of the sky is showing up, in all states, around the world. He wanted to know where I was from and where I took it. He saw a similar picture taken in Texas.
He said this is amazing to him!
Source: snoopes . comI took this picture on Hwy 30, traveling to London, KY. It has given me strength in the times of trouble. I feel I should share it with the rest of the world. I hope it is an inspiration to you. It just goes to show what we already know.... We have a God and he's watching over us. I e-mailed this picture to News Channel 36. I was contacted by Meteorologist John James. He said that this picture of the sky is showing up, in all states, around the world. He wanted to know where I was from and where I took it. He saw a similar picture taken in Texas.
He said this is amazing to him!
Now, it is not uncommon for the religiously inclined to spot what they interpret as tangible signs of their faith in natural phenomena, especially in times of turmoil or distress. However, the image displayed above is not a genuine case of a photographer's capturing something remarkably like God-in-the-clouds in the aftermath of a disaster, as claimed in the accompanying text - this picture was circulation long before Hurricane Charley hit the Florida peninsula in August 2004, and it is a digital reworking, not a genuine photographic representation of something seen in the skies.
The original image however, looked like this:
Many viewers have noted the picture's similarity to a very graphic image made notorious by the goatse.cx shock site (which has since been closed). A reader of snoopes . com has written to them claiming credit for the doctored photo and said he did indeed intend it as a homage to the goatse site:
I created that picture for www.shacknews.com. it was indeed an homage to goatse.cx. I even had a version where I put a gold ring on one of the fingers, but I think I lost it.
The original forum post where I posted the picture was lost in a shacknews.com database crash, but I still have the file hosted on my webspace at
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Since the post was lost in the crash, I can't link you to the original picture, but it was just the hole in the clouds. It took me literally 2 minutes to use a clone tool in Photoshop and create the 2 hands opening it up.
The original forum post where I posted the picture was lost in a shacknews.com database crash, but I still have the file hosted on my webspace at
Really Long Link
Since the post was lost in the crash, I can't link you to the original picture, but it was just the hole in the clouds. It took me literally 2 minutes to use a clone tool in Photoshop and create the 2 hands opening it up.
Wikipdedia have a great article on the goatse site, and describe the homepage and the image that inspired 'God's hands' as follows:
Goatse.cx was an Internet shock site. Its front page featured a picture, hello.jpg, showing a naked man stretching his anus to a large size with both hands, with the inside of his rectum clearly visible. Below his gaping anus, his dangling penis and scrotum were visible, as well as a ring on the ring finger of his left hand.
This cartoon should give you a clearer idea
This cartoon should give you a clearer idea
Lester Caudill, WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR?
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Take your pick, anal play or baby spiders?
Morgan, I'm still in shock myself, but hey, with all the ATV ridding he does he's probably got a god like behind lol
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But why can't people just let other people believe what they want to believe?
It's fairly simple: If you don't like their blog, don't read it.
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I know you love to rattle their cages but sometimes you do cross the line. And you deserve a good spanking but you'd like it to much hahahaha.
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Morgan, 'whatever!'
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Well this makes you look just as you are immature, and lacking any sense of common decency. You have a few readers hear that seem to agree with you, with exception of Garrett Mickley, I can't believe that Cheryl J, and Morgan Belle actually read and condone this kind of stuff.
I understand you don't like me, I am ok with that, I don't like what you stand for and how you have acted toward others. I trusted the person sending me that email, maybe I should have checked anyway but I didn't, but that doesn't give you the right to slander my character like you have here.
Personally I could care less what you think as your opinion is perverted, and are lacking in any morals or common decency anyway.
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To quote your post...
Urh, and where have I tried to make myself look grown up???
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Jon.