The Funny Side of Religion

Doctor DooM · 06-12-2012 5:45pm

Dades wrote: »

I don't care what that clip is about I'm not clicking on it. It has a picture of some shirtless guy wearing a fitted cap on it.

Yup, that's part of the poe.

joseph brand · 06-12-2012 7:30pm

Mr. Deity and the Old Testament

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiwZyLZ-Qsw

joseph brand · 06-12-2012 7:33pm

They thought it was jesus. Ha!

Bannasidhe · 06-12-2012 7:36pm

joseph brand wrote: »

They thought it was jesus. Ha!

Lots of people make that mistake. When I get a chance (have to take car to NCT) I'll try and track down some of the Manson = Son of Man nonsense I have encountered.

joseph brand · 06-12-2012 7:39pm

Hotblack Desiato · 07-12-2012 1:27am

The article isn't available online, but a guy in work today had the Wicklow Times freesheet.

Top story - parishoners in Bray urged to pray for the survival of local businesses :rolleyes:

Calibos · 07-12-2012 2:39am

Its working!! My till just miraculously filled to overflowing with money!!

...........Wait, Hold on, correction, that was just someone having to pay for their smokes with 1 and 2 cent coins they had to dig out from the back of the couch......

:rolleyes:

Hotblack Desiato · 07-12-2012 2:48am

One cannot serve both God and Mammon

Turtwig · 07-12-2012 2:59am

Didn't the folks in Mayo or somewhere have a campaign once to bless the roads? Yeah I swear I'm not making this up.

Sarky · 07-12-2012 3:05am

Yup. Sprinkling holy water on them. Because everyone knows wet roads save lives.

Hotblack Desiato · 07-12-2012 3:09am

Sarky wrote: »

Yup. Sprinkling holy water on them. Because everyone knows wet roads save lives.

Only if they're wet-et-et-et-etted in the right way.

The RSA should get Ron Jeremy to jizz upon newly opened roads :pac:

Corkfeen · 07-12-2012 3:19am

Not a fan of Brand but there are some very funny bits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JAErHl7lZ4

pauldla · 07-12-2012 6:54am

pauldla · 07-12-2012 7:11am

Plenty of threads where this can be used!

Delirium · 07-12-2012 10:12am

Dades · 07-12-2012 12:54pm

Corkfeen wrote: »

Not a fan of Brand but there are some very funny bits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JAErHl7lZ4

Ha! that was fun.

I can understand why some people don't, but I always enjoy watching Russell Brand (in relatively short doses).

BlitzKrieg · 07-12-2012 2:10pm

I didnt know he had a talk show....

Sarky · 07-12-2012 2:35pm

Sin City · 07-12-2012 3:46pm

FouxDaFaFa · 07-12-2012 5:47pm

I had a woman in the shop today buying a present for her son.
She selected a St.Christopher medal. I was wrapping it and she continued her conversation with her friend:
Her: I got Joey the medal!
Friend: Oh, it's nice. Do you think he'll wear it?
Her: I don't know. He's an atheist. Drives me crazy.
Friend: My son is too!
Her: I mean, he doesn't practise it. He just doesn't believe.

I handed her the package, twitching.

ShooterSF · 07-12-2012 6:00pm

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

I had a woman in the shop today buying a present for her son.
She selected a St.Christopher medal. I was wrapping it and she continued her conversation with her friend:
Her: I got Joey the medal!
Friend: Oh, it's nice. Do you think he'll wear it?
Her: I don't know. He's an atheist. Drives me crazy.
Friend: My son is too!
Her: I mean, he doesn't practise it. He just doesn't believe.

I handed her the package, twitching.

And yet if you followed up by pointing out some flaws you see in catholicism there would be people without irony demanding you respect her beliefs. Probably your boss for one!

oldrnwisr · 07-12-2012 6:05pm

Corkfeen wrote: »

Not a fan of Brand but there are some very funny bits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JAErHl7lZ4

Just got around to watching that now.

Isn't it odd that they're so concerned with Leviticus 18:22 and yet managed to completely miss:

"“Keep my decrees.‘“Do not mate different kinds of animals.
‘“Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed.
‘“Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material."
Leviticus 19:19

"Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard."
Leviticus 19:27

and that's just the ones that are obvious from the clip.

ShooterSF · 07-12-2012 6:09pm

oldrnwisr wrote: »

Just got around to watching that now.

Isn't it odd that they're so concerned with Leviticus 18:22 and yet managed to completely miss:

"“Keep my decrees.‘“Do not mate different kinds of animals.
‘“Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed.
‘“Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material."
Leviticus 19:19

"Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard."
Leviticus 19:27

and that's just the ones that are obvious from the clip.

I was eh praying someone would point that out. They give the wrong people TV shows

Hotblack Desiato · 07-12-2012 11:30pm

Wicklow Times:

'Pray and Purchase'

As retailers prepare for what will hopefully be the busiest couple of shopping weeks of the year, they have been heartened by support from an unexpected source.

The churches in Bray of all denominations have come together to organise support through prayer for retailers and businesses.

Are there any sex shops in Bray and did they pray for them, too? :pac:

wonderfulname · 07-12-2012 11:40pm

Not that I know, but the pub trade probably constitutes most revenue generated in the town so they're pretty much praying for alcoholism.

Corkfeen · 08-12-2012 12:46am

ShooterSF wrote: »

I was eh praying someone would point that out. They give the wrong people TV shows

I was thinking while watching it, 'Imagine if Hitchslap was an actual tv show...' :pac: .

joseph brand · 08-12-2012 3:11am

ninja900 wrote: »

Wicklow Times:

'Pray and Purchase'

Are there any sex shops in Bray and did they pray for them, too? :pac:

How pathetic.

They are exhorted to 'Pray and Purchase' in their local town.

Cute enough to have their angles covered.

The important word here being 'Purchase', which will take care of the religious mumbling. A fart does as much good as a prayer. Probably more in fact, since it often bring laughs.

Ugghhhh, that article is depressing.

joseph brand · 08-12-2012 3:15am

Asian tourists visit an Irish mass.

Wereghost · 08-12-2012 2:14pm

Avengers and philosophy:

swampgas · 08-12-2012 2:29pm

Jernal wrote: »

No! No! No!
Sorry pet peeve on mine. But this was Xterminate! Christmas is
[latex] Xmas[/latex]. One is "X" the other is the uppercase version of the greek letter [latex]"\chi"[/latex] or chi.

I suggest reading the "Language Mavens" chapter of Stephen Pinker's The Language Instinct. It certainly tempered my inner pedant a little :-)

There's some of it here.

Language evolves, and the simple fact is that X as a prefix can be used today to indicate some connection to Christmas. The fact that it derived from the Greek Chi is IMO pretty much irrelevant.

Do you see "Windows XP" and worry whether it might be "Windows Chi Rho"?
:pac:

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