teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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"Laughing At Religion" Meme Thread
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"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)
It was magic rain.
40 days of rain?? Move to England!
The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will fly to the stars.
Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!
I was recently leafing on archive.org through "The Children's Bible" from 1965 written by catholic theologians.
And I can tell you, Jesus was one bleached guy. Which makes sense because if you want to be famous you better bleach your hair - everyone know that from Jesus to Brittney Spears and even Taylor Swift occasionally. Can you guess by just looking at this drawing who is the one good guy among bad ones? And then the ending is my favorite: the new Jerusalem - the very last image in this book of over 600 pages This is grownups explaining to kids of what they can look forward to when they die. Jesus is back in his kingdom of white and gold waiting for you to die. He has taste in decoration like Trump. The blue background is because the city is floating in the sky. Also notice double defense walls and many turrets. They are expecting some evil armies to attack them from the outside. Heaven is basically a fortress. Not to mention a moat between the walls. What kind of crocodiles live there, I wonder. But I guess there is also a major flaw with this design because, since it is in the sky, the opposite army can just fly from below. Then there is also the inner fortress at the center, also with double walling - probably for God himself. He doesn't trust the outer walls that much and probably doesn't trust the people who live there either. There is also an arena. Perhaps for gladiator games. Maybe to punish those who try to break into God's central castle. Or when they capture enemy soldiers they can let them fight till death for fun.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
(June 21, 2023 at 6:52 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: 40 days of rain?? Move to England! Why...when Seattle is much closer to me?
Disappointing theists since 1968!
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
This is the Jebus I could get behind,
or in front of, or on top of, or, pretty much whatever he had in mind. |
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