(January 2, 2012 at 5:50 pm)SleepingDemon Wrote: The Bible refers to bats as birds, whales as fish, and the sun and stars as different celestial bodies. For FSM's sake, while SuperJeebus was strolling around speaking in circles and reanimating corpses, the rest of the world had long since discovered mathematics, astronomy, basic physiology, basic neurology, sanitation and agricultural practices that work, basic medicinal practices, naval engineering, amazing architecture, not to mention art from the period. But none of that shit comes from the holy Land. Your god basically landed in the midst of the dumbest group of people on the planet and taught them nothing. The Egyptians built the pyramids, a feat almost unbelievable even today, some 1500 years before God incarnate walked among us?
I'll be very surprised if this hasn't been posted before, since it's not exactly a recent article; however it does seem relevant for some reason:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/sumeria...worl,2879/
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
