Stupid things religious people say

[AFTT47]

Once described by experts as 'tall and slender', the Virgin Mary statue just outside the village of Stuszionka now has oversized mitten-like hands, exaggerated eyes and a crooked frown accentuated by bright red lipstick.

Still didn't do her as wong as Lucille Ball. They had to replace her bronze statue because the first one was too scary.

https://time.com/4442285/lucille-ball-st...cary-lucy/

Lol!

I remember that! That first statue more closely resembled Eddie Munster than Lucile Ball. I didn't know it had been replaced. Hopefully the bronze was put to better use like using it to make a statue of a pile of elephant shit.

[Fake Messiah]

"There is no such thing as a gay person because the Bible says that God created human in his image, so normalizing your feelings is spitting in the face of God."

-Dr. Rosaria Butterfield, a Christian activist

[Fake Messiah]

Tech bro transhumanist billionaire Peter Thiel will hold a four-part lecture series on the Antichrist, starting September 15 at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.



https://lu.ma/antichrist

[Fake Messiah]

I just remembered this scene from Seven Years in Tibet, where we find out that Tibetans believe that worms and insects are their cousins and friends who have reincarnated into these creatures, so they do not want to kill any living things, including them.

However, wouldn't you want to act in the exact opposite way if you held this belief? Wouldn't you want to squash a mosquito if you saw one and thought it was your dead father who had reincarnated as one so it could reincarnate into something better? Would you not want someone to end your suffering if you were reincarnated as a mosquito or a fly that eats shit?

[Fake Messiah]

When the aliens try to abduct your child but you believe in Jesus.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

'God has chosen Donald Trump to save this once great nation.' - various MAGAts

Boru

[Fake Messiah]

Ha, ha, a medieval cleric complaining about the grifting nature of his fellow clerics.

A unearthed document, detailed in a new study, offers compelling and the oldest evidence that the Turin Shroud - long believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ - is “clerical fraud.”

The Shroud of Turin is one of the most treasured ancient artefacts, attracting countless tourists to the Italian city - despite the fact that the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin only publicly displays it on special occasions.

Vatican authorities have repeatedly gone back and forth on whether it should be considered as the true burial shroud of Jesus Christ [but the money made from it has always spoken that it's authentic].

The newly-discovered written document reveals that a highly respected French theologian, Nicole Oresme (1325-1382), described the cloth as a “clear” and “patent” fake - the result of deceptions by “clergy men” in the mid-12th century.

Oresme writes: “I do not need to believe anyone who claims ‘Someone performed such miracle for me’, because many clergy men thus deceive others, in order to elicit offerings for their churches.”

“This is clearly the case for a church in Champagne (the French region where the shroud was first uncovered), where it was said that there was the shroud of the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the almost infinite number of those who have forged such things, and others,” he wrote.

Oresme, who later became the Bishop of Lisieux, France, was an important religious figure in the Middle Ages.

“This now-controversial relic has been caught up in a polemic between supporters and detractors of its cult for centuries,” said Dr Sarzeaud. “What has been uncovered is a significant dismissal of the shroud... This case gives us an unusually detailed account of clerical fraud.”

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08...ixion-shro

[Fake Messiah]

People who think that prayer alone can not be used to solve real world's problems are insulting Christians.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about comments from former Biden White House press secretary Jen Psaki and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D), who were critical of those offering “thoughts and prayers” in the wake of the shooting, saying it wasn’t enough to keep children safe.

“I saw the comments of my predecessor, Ms. Psaki, and frankly I think they’re incredibly insensitive and disrespectful to the tens of millions of Americans of faith across this country who believe in the power of prayer, who believe that prayer works,” Leavitt said at a briefing.

“It’s utterly disrespectful to deride the power of prayer in this country,” Leavitt added, saying she would encourage Psaki and others to pray for the affected families in Minnesota.

Psaki, who served for more than a year as press secretary in the Biden White House and now hosts an MSNBC show, posted on the social platform X that prayer “is not freaking enough.”

“Prayers does not end school shootings. prayers do not make parents feel safe sending their kids to school,” Psaki posted. “Prayer does not bring these kids back. Enough with the thoughts and prayers.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/5475612-psa...s-prayers/

[zebo-the-fat]

What's wrong with insulting christians (or any other group)? Why should they be immune from insults?

[Fake Messiah]

"Oh no, Hillary is a communist who wants everyone to dress, look, and think the same! Now let me tell you how everyone needs to be a Christian, what you should wear, what you should think, and how you should look."


"Nobody knows when the end of the world will come. Now, let me tell you about the signs that will indicate that the end of the world is near."