Cry, the beloved (and belabored) vuvuzela

May the horns of hell, nay, the horns of God, the "Hand of God", the Feet of God, the Head of God and what have you, be there for Ghana and Ivory Coast during their matches at this World Cup.

The vuvuzelas' buzz keeps me from watching the World Cup games. I find them annoying even thousands of miles away through the TV. And, yes, I used to live in South African, and yes, I care about its people's well-being. But vuvuzelas... good lord, they're cheap plastic irritating buzz-toys.

"The Vuvuzela sound is the cry of a people dying to be seen and heard. It is a plea to be heard differently and seen differently - to be heard and seen in positive light."
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It's annoying noise. Yes, you will be noticed by acting a pest but don't expect a positive reaction.

If "God expects us to blow the trumpet in offering praise to him" then why don't you blow the damn things in church instead of at the World Cup?

Every time you say, "church" or "God" I want to throw up.

When you are you ignorant cretins going to realize you have ZERO CLUE about any god, or gods, or spirits, ghosts, saints, angels, or any other childish make believe baloney?

You religious are the anchor on the ship of humanity. Amend the Constitution, eliminate freedom to teach lies to children, make religion go the way of astrology and alchemy.

lol @ the person above who says he/she isn't watching the games because of the vuvuzelas.

try turning the sound off, genius?

I must respectfully dispute the good Reverend Maluleke's assessment. He had best be careful with his contentions, lest they fall on God's ears and He causes the walls of the soccer stadium to come tumbling down a la Jericho at the buzz of the vuvuzelas.

And he needs to give a good listen if he considers their sound to be a "roar". It strikes me more as the sound of a swarm of bees simultaneously emitting flatulence. Since SA is the original home of the "killer bees", perhaps he should leave the honeybee symbolism to the Mormons.

I'd side with the Reverend on the historical-roots question if his congregations were blowing the horns of the springbok, gembok, kudu or Cape buffalo. These would be legitimately indigenous, like the shofar of the Israelites. But an overpriced plastic Chinese toy? Heathenish!

Lastly, the only thing lamer than a military commander mixing sports analogies into war talk is a religious leader conflating sermonizing and sports similes.

From ghoulies and ghosties, and fake plastic beasties, and horns that go buzz in the night, Good Lord deliver us!

The "vuvuzela" has absolutely no connection with a ram's horn, aka a shofar, played by Levite priest in the Bible.

It has no connection with the Trumpet nor the resurrection of the dead at Christ Jesus' return for his own in the New Testament books either.

I refuse to watch the soccer games on TV because the horns LITERALLY sound like being inside a large swarm of bees.

And, I do know what swarming bees sound like in person, too.

AIPACiswar wrote "eliminate freedom to teach lies to children, make religion go the way of astrology and alchemy."

It's true that there are many false religions. There is only one true religion and it's not man-made. It's a gift from God.

"not that of yourselves, it is the Gift of God.." (Eph 2:8)

Here is one false religion that should be dismantled at once because of its PURE LIES and endangers this world towards Doomsday -- THE MONKEY RELIGION.

There are THREE valid reasons why evolution is false. I hope all evolutionists read this so I don't keep on repeating myself.

Reason no. 1 -- it is impossible that a single-celled bacteria can become or transform into a two-celled bacteria or into a multiple-celled organism. There is no available science to explain such a fairy tale. This is the myth of evolution.

Reason no. 2 - soil and water existed before any living thing existed. It is impossible that those brainless substances (soil and water) can form by themselves a very complex matter called plants and animals. There is no available science to explain that such a transformation is possible. This is the myth of evolution.

Reason no. 3 -- Science is the study of nature. Engineering is part of that kind of science. Engineers took many years to extract energy from sunlight and even at this moment they are still scratching their heads how plant leaves have been doing it for eons already. The level of intelligence nature demonstrates is just beyond human intelligence. The only probable explanation is the existence of a Supremely Intelligent Creator.

With these THREE valid reasons, I don't think I mentioned faith or religion. EVOLUTION IS A MYTH BASED ON REASON.

There is nothing culturally redeeming about them. They are cheap pieces of plastic that have been banned in stadiums the world over because they are annoying and detract from the game. Ritual female genital mutilation is practiced throughout Africa and the muslim world. Should we celebrate that too?

Evolution is a fact. The theory part only relates to the mechanism. Evolution is all around us. Just look at the microbes. Denying evolution is simply willfull ignorance.

So the horn blowers are members of the Nazareth Baptist Church in South Africa. Such a shame the Baptist missionaries successfully "converted" these South Africans. Wonder if they're behind the turmoil over Gays in Jamaica too?

"The vuvuzela is a biblical instrument; it is a trumpet, and God expects us to blow the trumpet in offering praise to him," Jacqueline Chireshe of Botswana told the Mail and Guardian.

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That above statement is quite "extraordinary". I never knew before that God expect or want us to blow horns on Its behalf before.

The South Africans blowing horns, or their own horns for their continent, country and team is fine.

We'll get our "revenge" when an Asian country host a World Cup in bringing out all sorts of drums from the Middle East to East Asia.

We'll call it the "Sound of the Wrath of God" and create a racket that blast and stink to high heaven.

I really miss the singalongs by supporters of national teams at this World Cup, especially by supporters of England, but not English football hooligans.

spidermean, the sanitation engineer, is at it again with his anti-science, 5th century, religious fanaticism.

As I've said before, I feel sorry for anyone who has to deal with spidermean in person. You don't often encounter people as lying, hateful and delusional as him.

Religious symbol or no, it's all about the hearing loss for me. I have had the unfortunate displeasure of being surrounded by those god-awful horns during a soccer game. My ears hurt for two days.

and as we overpopulate the earth and destroy our environment, with our last gasp of air as we succumb to the microbes and arthropods, them maybe those who quote the Bible as scientific evidence can say gee maybe God created evolution too!

plus those horns are annoying. Like the airhorns, they should be eliminated. They affect play on the field

I hope the world cup is never brought to the US. Imagine how many third world spectators will stay when the games are over.

rcubedkc: "I hope the world cup is never brought to the US. Imagine how many third world spectators will stay when the games are over."

Wow, you're SO not going to like it in heaven! Full of "those people"!

Heaven?

What heaven?

Those people have turned their own little heavens into hell and are doing it here.

mikelemm "Evolution is a fact. The theory part only relates to the mechanism. Evolution is all around us. Just look at the microbes. Denying evolution is simply willfull ignorance."

Adaptation is different from evolution. When microbes adapt to the environment or antibiotics, it's not called evolution but adaptation.

Haven't you guys heard that they are still called microbes? They would never evolve into a brain unless you guys think that your brains are full of microbes.

Nature means efficiency and the most efficient organism in nature is a one-celled organism. If you think a one-celled organism will choose to become a multi-celled organism trhu evolution, you are going against nature.

Isn't that what stupidity means - going against nature or what is normal?

Evolutionists are idiots.

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Concerning the horn, I like to hear them on TV. Not sure if I'd like hear them when you're at the stadium. I think it would be more fiestive if there is an opposing horn with a different tune so those rooting for the other team can also be heard.

Along with the insane violent crime rate, those horns are a reason to never travel to the craphole country.

I firmly believe in evolution and am convinced that, if you go back far enough, you can find a common ancestor that Spidermean shares with humans.

Sally Quinn's mind is a vuvuzela, and she still has some kind of a column at the Washington Post. I guess the vuvuzela has just gotta marry the right guy.

vuvuzela?

Does it has anything to do with Venezuela?

LOL

Another ignorant article by the On Faith crowd of non-journalists. This is not about faith, but about an inability to find a thoughtful topic for a Sunday morning.

And will you anti-evolution guys please get over it?

Stupidity and evolution are great partners. For as long as there are stupid people, there are fans to evolution. They always go together.

The 7 plagues of World Cups :

1. vuvuzela blasts
2. no goals in games
3. botched expectations in games
4. hooligans of any nationality
5. hideous costumes, headgear and panted faces on national supporters
6. dogdy referee calls
7. Associating God with vuvuzela (South Africa) and the hand (Maradona)