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No man with a sense of humour ever founded a religion
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No man with a sense of humour ever founded a religion
October 10, 2013 at 1:02 pm
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.'
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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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"Anyone wanting to believe Jesus lived and walked as a real live human being must do so despite the evidence, not because of it."
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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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October 10, 2013 at 4:12 pm (This post was last modified: October 10, 2013 at 4:13 pm by Jackalope.)
(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 Big Grin
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 4:21 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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