Generally Strange

Scofflaw

Wicknight wrote:

And not just once or twice, but over and over and over ....

And still the answer has not dawned on them....

apologies,
Scofflaw

stevejazzx

Scofflaw wrote:

And still the answer has not dawned on them....

apologies,
Scofflaw

Maybe it's just the Irish climate....

rockbeer

stevejazzx wrote:

Maybe it's just the Irish climate....

But they can always seek solace in their faith.

Scofflaw

Right. That's quite enough of that sort of thing. Anyway, for those who love a good boggle - Kent Hovind emails God.

cordially,
Scofflaw

magicbastarder

http://gospelofreason.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/god-said-pi-3-stand-by-your-beliefs-dammit/

Zombrex

Scofflaw wrote:

Right. That's quite enough of that sort of thing. Anyway, for those who love a good boggle - Kent Hovind emails God.

cordially,
Scofflaw

That brilliant ... so God sent poor old Kent to prison to save the souls of those in the prison. Presumably he also made Kent commit massive tax fraud to get their in the first place .. God works in mysterious ways :rolleyes:

Zillah

PDN wrote:

something to do with Oskar Schindler being a righteous Gentile. My joke about "Schindler's Lift" lost something in translation so fell a bit flat.

Actually Schindler is the name of a very widespread lift company, they're in charge of the lifts at the hospital where I work.

Zombrex

Zillah wrote:

Actually Schindler is the name of a very widespread lift company, they're in charge of the lifts at the hospital where I work.

Same here.

Don't think they have anything to do with Oskar Schindler, who as far as I know lost most of his money during the war and had various unsuccessful post-war businesses until his death in the 70s

{EDIT}

Just checked wikipedia, and the Schindler lift company was founded in 1874 in Switzerland by Robert Schindler. So no connection with Oskar Schindler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler_Group

I guess you learn something new everyday

Scofflaw

Wicknight wrote:

Same here.

Don't think they have anything to do with Oskar Schindler, who as far as I know lost most of his money during the war and had various unsuccessful post-war businesses until his death in the 70s

{EDIT}

Just checked wikipedia, and the Schindler lift company was founded in 1874 in Switzerland by Robert Schindler. So no connection with Oskar Schindler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler_Group

I guess you learn something new everyday

Only if you're not careful.

cordially,
Scofflaw

Zillah

Scofflaw wrote:

Only if you're not careful.

Some people are bubble-wrapped careful about things like this.

PDN

Wicknight wrote:

Same here.

Don't think they have anything to do with Oskar Schindler, who as far as I know lost most of his money during the war and had various unsuccessful post-war businesses until his death in the 70s

{EDIT}

Just checked wikipedia, and the Schindler lift company was founded in 1874 in Switzerland by Robert Schindler. So no connection with Oskar Schindler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler_Group

I guess you learn something new everyday

I stand corrected. Thank you.

That'll teach me to make assumptions.

Zombrex

PDN wrote:

I stand corrected. Thank you.

That'll teach me to make assumptions.

No problem, pretty easy assumption to make. If I didn't know about Schindler's rather unfortunate later life I probably would have done the same.

robindch

> Kent Hovind emails God.

Sounds like he's heading downhill fast. Not nice.

Down towards the end, he says that god put him in with "Muslims, Catholics, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jews, Baptists, Buddhists, Nazis, communists, pagans, Wiccans, Methodists, Mormons, and Lutherans." Sounds like a religious supermarket -- I wonder where the atheists were when all this was going on? On the outside?

Asiaprod

robindch wrote:

Sounds like a religious supermarket -- I wonder where the atheists were when all this was going on? On the outside?

No, manning the cash registers of course:)

Zombrex

robindch wrote:

I wonder where the atheists were when all this was going on? On the outside?

Atheists tend not to end up in prison (http://holysmoke.org/icr-pri.htm)

Which is strange given our complete lack of morals and selfish "live for instant gratification" policy towards life

Scofflaw

Putting this in here, because we don't have a thread marked 'completely bloody loony'. As usual: spoof, genuine? Who can tell with the Yanks...

cordially,
Scofflaw

Zombrex

Scofflaw wrote:

Putting this in here, because we don't have a thread marked 'completely bloody loony'. As usual: spoof, genuine? Who can tell with the Yanks...

cordially,
Scofflaw

ROFL

That guys looks like he is on crack or speed or something

pinksoir

Yeah that's pretty old, but still awesome. "An oldy but a goody" as they say...

Zillah

Scofflaw wrote:

Putting this in here, because we don't have a thread marked 'completely bloody loony'. As usual: spoof, genuine? Who can tell with the Yanks...

I find it most amusing to imagine that he is actually flying around the room rather than the camera behaving erratically.

robindch

According <cough> to the Daily Telegraph, the bishop of Carlisle, one Graham Dow, has claimed responsibility on behalf of his deity for the floods over the last few days in the UK. "This is a strong and definite judgment because the world has been arrogant in going its own way, [...] We are reaping the consequences of our moral degradation" he explained.

The full article is here:

Daily Telegraph wrote:

Floods are judgment on society, say bishops

The floods that have devastated swathes of the country are God's judgment on the immorality and greed of modern society, according to senior Church of England bishops. One diocesan bishop has even claimed that laws that have undermined marriage, including the introduction of pro-gay legislation, have provoked God to act by sending the storms that have left thousands of people homeless. While those who have been affected by the storms are innocent victims, the bishops argue controversially that the flooding is a result of Western civilisation's decision to ignore biblical teaching.

The Rt Rev Graham Dow, Bishop of Carlisle, argued that the floods are not just a result of a lack of respect for the planet, but also a judgment on society's moral decadence. "This is a strong and definite judgment because the world has been arrogant in going its own way," he said. "We are reaping the consequences of our moral degradation, as well as the environmental damage that we have caused." The bishop, who is a leading evangelical, said that people should heed the stories of the Bible, which described the downfall of the Roman empire as a result of its immorality. "We are in serious moral trouble because every type of lifestyle is now regarded as legitimate," he said. "In the Bible, institutional power is referred to as 'the beast', which sets itself up to control people and their morals. Our government has been playing the role of God in saying that people are free to act as they want," he said, adding that the introduction of recent pro-gay laws highlighted its determination to undermine marriage. "The sexual orientation regulations [which give greater rights to gays] are part of a general scene of permissiveness. We are in a situation where we are liable for God's judgment, which is intended to call us to repentance." He expressed his sympathy for those who have been hit by the weather, but said that the problem with "environmental judgment is that it is indiscriminate".

The West is also being punished for the way that it has exploited poorer nations in its pursuit of economic gain. "It has set up dominant economic structures that are built on greed and that keep other nations in a situation of dependence. The principle of God's judgment on nations that have exploited other nations is all there in the Bible," he said. He urged people to respond to the latest floods by turning away from a lifestyle of greed to instead live thinking of the consequences of their actions. Global warming has been caused by people's lack of care for the planet and recent environmental catastrophes are a warning over how we behave, according to the Bishop of Liverpool. "People no longer see natural disasters as an act of God," said the Rt Rev James Jones. "However, we are now reaping what we have sown. If we live in a profligate way then there are going to be consequences," said the bishop, who has previously been seen as a future Archbishop of Canterbury or York. "We have a responsibility in this and God is exposing us to the truth of what we have done."

The Rt Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, said: "We are all part of the problem and part of the solution. Instead of living as if we owned the earth we need to recover a sense of being participants in a web of life with responsibilities to other life forms and to our children." The Bishops' warnings came as flood-hit communities were being warned to brace themselves for more torrential rain this weekend, with the Met Office issuing a severe weather warning for large areas of England and Wales, with up to 50mm (2in) of rain forecast.

Dades

Graham Dow wrote:

The West is also being punished for the way that it has exploited poorer nations in its pursuit of economic gain.

Instead of God punishing the West with 6 inches of rain for exploiting the poorer countries, a pity he wouldn't send that rain where people are dying of thirst.

Asiaprod

The Atheist wrote:

Instead of God punishing the West with 6 inches of rain for exploiting the poorer countries, a pity he wouldn't send that rain where people are dying of thirst.

Ah, but you are forgetting

" He expressed his sympathy for those who have been hit by the weather, but said that the problem with "environmental judgment is that it is indiscriminate".

Hivemind187

The Atheist wrote:

Instead of God punishing the West with 6 inches of rain for exploiting the poorer countries, a pity he wouldn't send that rain where people are dying of thirst.

Probably all part of his great plan ... perhaps he (Yahweh) is doing his usual and punishing everyone for the sins of a few - the ruthless git.

robindch

The Atheist wrote:

Instead of God punishing the West with 6 inches of rain for exploiting the poorer countries, a pity he wouldn't send that rain where people are dying of thirst.

Perhaps god controls the weather when it's used to send us a rain-encoded message, but doesn't control the weather when it's causing drought in Africa. But anyway, I can't imagine why he'd bother to send lots of rain to wet place when he could short-circuit the good bishop by just writing a message in the sky with clouds or something. Now *that* would be cool.

Or maybe the weather has "free will"? I think that would explain it, wouldn't it?

Zombrex

So we were wrong to blame GLOBAL WARMING!!

Asiaprod

robindch wrote:

Or maybe the weather has "free will"? I think that would explain it, wouldn't it?

Please don't start that one again, I'm out of popcorn.

Hivemind187

Wicknight wrote:

So we were wrong to blame GLOBAL WARMING!!

But of course we are ... Global Warming implies that man has more control over his own fate than God.

Acid_Violet

Did anyone else think the logo (not the cross) looked like something between the spider-man logo and a KKK gown and hat?

Dades

I'm lost - what logo?

Acid_Violet

Look at the intro, it's that weird yoke.

Dades

Acid_Violet wrote:

Look at the intro, it's that weird yoke.

Ahh from the OP's link.

You'd want to watch you don't get into trouble for posting on topic!

Burgo

http://www.netauthority.org/index.html
the internet the way its meant to be viewed,oh btw look at the internet AUP

5uspect

Burgo wrote:

http://www.netauthority.org/index.html
the internet the way its meant to be viewed,oh btw look at the internet AUP

Well I just submitted http://www.netauthority.org/index.html to their list...

robindch

http://www.netauthority.org/aup.html

AUP wrote:

God did not intend for different species or races to intermingle sexually. Any content that contradicts this natural law, directly or indirectly, is strictly forbidden.

Ah, more "natural laws". That's nice.

Zombrex

Any group that considers inter-racial marriage a form of "bestiality" has got my vote!

Basically this is a collection of the BEST internet sites out there, so I suppose we should be grateful to these wacky Christians for putting together such a fine database ... porn and kitten fighting together at last!

Acid_Violet

AUP wrote:

God did not intend for different species or races to intermingle sexually. Any content that contradicts this natural law, directly or indirectly, is strictly forbidden.

IMHO, the hottest people in the world are mixed race; Johnny Depp, Scarlett Johannsson, Angelina Jolie, Carmen Electra, Tia Carrere amongst loads others. How can producing those beautiful creatures be a sin?

Dades

Acid_Violet wrote:

IMHO, the hottest people in the world are mixed race; Johnny Depp, Scarlett Johannsson, Angelina Jolie,

Wouldn't have classed any of them as mixed-race. *shrug*
Though would be more concerned you left out Jessica Alba.

robindch

acid_violet wrote:

How can producing those beautiful creatures be a sin?

Jealousy? Perhaps the sweaty lardarses who wrote that AUP knew they'll never be movie stars

Acid_Violet

The Atheist wrote:

Wouldn't have classed any of them as mixed-race. *shrug*
Though would be more concerned you left out Jessica Alba.

Nah, she's too generic looking.

Carmen Electra and Johnny Depp are both part Cherokee, Irish, German and he's part French, Tia Carrere is part filipino, chineese and spanish, and Angelina Jolie is part czechoslovakian, german, french-canadian and iroquois, Scarlett Johansson is Danish and Polish-Jew, sure there's tonnes more.......

Dades

Acid_Violet wrote:

Carmen Electra and Johnny Depp are both part Cherokee, Irish, German and he's part French, Tia Carrere is part filipino, chineese and spanish, and Angelina Jolie is part czechoslovakian, german, french-canadian and iroquois, Scarlett Johansson is Danish and Polish-Jew, sure there's tonnes more.......

Ah, my definition of race is obviously a bit wider than yours.
What? Opinions about race? RACISM!!

Acid_Violet

Maybe not race, maybe ethnicities is a better word. But native american indian is definitely a race, as is general european caucasian, as is oriental and asian, so most of those that I named are mixed races, and if you consider jews to be a race of their own then all that I mentioned are mixed race.

Actually I went out with someone who was a mixture of Danish, Irish, African, Spanish, English, Italian and French, amongst others possibly, and by gum was he ridiculously good-looking. A complete tool in hindsight however......bloody mixed-race......

pinksoir

Acid_Violet wrote:

Maybe not race, maybe ethnicities is a better word. But native american indian is definitely a race, as is general european caucasian, as is oriental and asian, so most of those that I named are mixed races, and if you consider jews to be a race of their own then all that I mentioned are mixed race.

Actually I went out with someone who was a mixture of Danish, Irish, African, Spanish, English, Italian and French, amongst others possibly, and by gum was he ridiculously good-looking. A complete tool in hindsight however......bloody mixed-race......

How many parents did he have then?

aidan24326

Burgo wrote:

http://www.netauthority.org/index.html
the internet the way its meant to be viewed,oh btw look at the internet AUP

They're basically providing a database of sinful websites. I must email a thank you note.

Fallen Seraph

Net Authority wrote:

If you are the webmaster of a site that is in violation of the Internet Acceptable Use Policy, it is your responsibility to indicate this on your website until the offending content has been fully removed.

Eh, how about no?


Who do they think they are....

5uspect

Surely a moral citizen must Digg this webpage!

EDIT:
http://www.netauthority.org/offenders/1924.shtml
This has to be a joke or something...

Fallen Seraph

Indeed, I must go with that opinion; it has to be a joke.

Acid_Violet

pinksoir wrote:

How many parents did he have then?

Both his parents were of very mixed ethnicities.

robindch

Seems like a priest in Melbourne didn't like the sound of a family named Hell, so a priest there told the father to take his kid elsewhere.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6283950.stm

Looks like even baptizing may not get your kid into school if your surname's from the wrong side of the sheet!

robindch

...and then there was this guy:

http://www.monitor.co.ug/sunday/news/news07085.php

An evangelical preacher apparently used an electrical device to stun his worshippers. What a man.

pinksoir

Acid_Violet wrote:

Both his parents were of very mixed ethnicities.

I gathered that. I was just joking.

Consequently, just reading your sig threre and it's something I've thought about quite a lot; the idea that different people bring out different personalities in us, and indeed how complex each of our personalities are as a result. Nice to see it put so elequently though...