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No man with a sense of humour ever founded a religion
October 10, 2013 at 1:02 pm
Whether or not Colonel Ingersoll (my favourite quotable nonbeliever) was right in this assessment, some of the faithful do seem determined to exhibit their total lack of even the most basic of human empathy as something of which to be proud. Exhibit A - "JOKES AND HUMOR AT THE EXPENSE OF THE BIBLE AND THE GODHEAD" by Pastor Steve Van Nattan:
Quote:I don't understand it, but I have been receiving piles of trashy jokes about Jesus, Peter, heaven, and all sorts of perversions of the Bible and its teachings. I am also convinced this is the result of the lightweight approach to holiness we now find in the Charismatic movement and some Fundamentalists. Holy laughter and other manifestations have bred followers who think joking about the Godhead and the Word of God is OK. Their pastors lead them in this. One noted evangelist from South Africa, Rodney Howard Brown, makes cheap jokes about all things Christian in his performances. Thus the saints feel free to make foolishness of the things of God and His Church.
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Some folks think that a big loud jesting mouth is the mark of a great person. This kind of fool is a big pain in the posterior to the Lord's Church. They are always hanging around waiting for the spiritual and God honoring conversation to lull so that they can tell their latest Peter-at-the-pearly-gates joke. Bah! Get out of my life you sleazy creep.
Apparently, the word "amuse" is derived from the Latin "A Muse" and means "against thinking". Silly etymologists, spreading the lie that the word is actually "late 15c., "to divert the attention, beguile, delude," from Middle French amuser "divert, cause to muse," from a "at, to" (but here probably a causal prefix) + muser "ponder, stare fixedly" (see muse (v.)). Sense of "divert from serious business, tickle the fancy of" is recorded from 1630s, but through 18c. the primary meaning was "deceive, cheat" by first occupying the attention." Have they never heard of the Fundy Word Redefinition Project?
So, if you're a xtian and you have ever told a joke, even a one-liner, about anything to do with your magic book, you are a blessing to Satan and can expect to be part of your god's vomit. Doesn't that make you feel good about yourself!
I'll leave the last word to Pastor Joke:
Quote:Did you hear the one about the preacher who made jokes about the Bible and God's holiness?
He went to hell and burned forever.
What's wrong? No one is laughing.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm.
No, because that was shit.
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RE: No man with a sense of humour ever founded a religion
October 10, 2013 at 1:14 pm
(October 10, 2013 at 1:02 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Quote:Did you hear the one about the preacher who made jokes about the Bible and God's holiness?
He went to hell and burned forever.
What's wrong? No one is laughing.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm.
It made me laugh!
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RE: No man with a sense of humour ever founded a religion
October 10, 2013 at 3:51 pm
"No man with a sense of humour ever founded a religion."
You're lucky Pastafarianism doesn't have a hell, because boy howdy, you'd have an express ticket.
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RE: No man with a sense of humour ever founded a religion
October 10, 2013 at 4:04 pm
Religion is a joke to me. (Oh, I'm so original!)
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
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RE: No man with a sense of humour ever founded a religion
October 10, 2013 at 4:06 pm
I have to paraphrase Joker from Mass Effect, because how he describes Garrus can be applied to (some) religions as well. They have mighty sticks up their butts and the only time they pull them out is to beat others to death with it.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
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RE: No man with a sense of humour ever founded a religion
October 10, 2013 at 4:06 pm
(October 10, 2013 at 3:51 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: "No man with a sense of humour ever founded a religion."
You're lucky Pastafarianism doesn't have a hell, because boy howdy, you'd have an express ticket.
I thought pastafarianism had a big pot of boiling water?
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RE: No man with a sense of humour ever founded a religion
October 10, 2013 at 4:11 pm
Whoever thought of starting the jedi religion must have had one.
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RE: No man with a sense of humour ever founded a religion
October 10, 2013 at 4:12 pm
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(October 10, 2013 at 4:06 pm)Minimalist Wrote: (October 10, 2013 at 3:51 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: "No man with a sense of humour ever founded a religion."
You're lucky Pastafarianism doesn't have a hell, because boy howdy, you'd have an express ticket.
I thought pastafarianism had a big pot of boiling water?
Shit - I was wrong.
Quote:however, the prevailing and traditional view of Hell as defined by the gospel of the FSM is that it, like Heaven, has a beer volcano and stripper factory. The difference being that the beer is warm and stale, the strippers have STD's, and there are penguins everywhere.
May his noodliness have mercy on all our souls.
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RE: No man with a sense of humour ever founded a religion
October 10, 2013 at 4:15 pm
(October 10, 2013 at 4:12 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Shit - I was wrong.
Quote:however, the prevailing and traditional view of Hell as defined by the gospel of the FSM is that it, like Heaven, has a beer volcano and stripper factory. The difference being that the beer is warm and stale, the strippers have STD's, and there are penguins everywhere.
Meh, sounds like a Friday night at my neighbourhood bar 
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RE: No man with a sense of humour ever founded a religion
October 10, 2013 at 4:21 pm
That guy must be a riot at parties.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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