Generally Strange

aidan24326

robindch wrote: »

Alternate captions, anyone?

'Brainwashed children take part in bizarre ceremony conducted by monumental idiots', would more accurately sum it up for me.

Mena

I've stolen this from a post in After Hours, I'll probably be burned at the stake but :pac::pac:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle4899122.ece

The Church of England chaplain to the Stock Exchange is facing disciplinary action after he called on his website for homosexuals to be tattoed with health warnings such as "fellatio kills" and "sodomy can seriously damage your health."

Zillah

Wow.

Dades

robindch wrote: »

Alternate captions, anyone?

"Cruelly shrunken rock band, the Red Hot Chili Peppers try to coax a voodoo chicken into reversing it's sinister youth spell."

Galvasean

The Mad Hatter wrote: »

And artist with tripe-ist?

No art with tripe. Art =/= artist.

robindch wrote: »

The Church of Scientology in France will be tried in court for "organised fraud", according to legal sources:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7604311.stm

A religion up for organized fraud? This could open the floodgates

That would be some precedent. *cackles maniacally*

robindch

Via the fair Ophelia over in B+W, comes this gem about a christian "Camp" (geddit?!!! har, har!) that "cures" homosexuality:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4893735.ece

Apparently, the camp offers gay men the chance to “find freedom from homosexuality through the love of Jesus Christ”, who, the organizers seem to have forgotten, was a man.

MrPudding

robindch wrote: »

Via the fair Ophelia over in B+W, comes this gem about a christian "Camp" (geddit?!!! har, har!) that "cures" homosexuality:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4893735.ece

Apparently, the camp offers gay men the chance to “find freedom from homosexuality through the love of Jesus Christ”, who, the organizers seem to have forgotten, was a man.

But that is OK. As a man you can love jebus, but you can't love jebus... It's is the same as you dog. It is perfect ok to love you dog, but you can't love your dog.

MrP

pH

robindch wrote: »

Via the fair Ophelia over in B+W, comes this gem about a christian "Camp" (geddit?!!! har, har!) that "cures" homosexuality:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4893735.ece

Apparently, the camp offers gay men the chance to “find freedom from homosexuality through the love of Jesus Christ”, who, the organizers seem to have forgotten, was a man.

Well if only the French government had heard about this place, an awkward international incident could have been avoided!

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/vatican-rejects-french-nominated-gay-ambassador

Galvasean

robindch wrote: »

Via the fair Ophelia over in B+W, comes this gem about a christian "Camp" (geddit?!!! har, har!) that "cures" homosexuality:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4893735.ece

Apparently, the camp offers gay men the chance to “find freedom from homosexuality through the love of Jesus Christ”, who, the organizers seem to have forgotten, was a man.

“The opposite of homosexuality is not heterosexuality,” says Chambers, sagely. “It's holiness.”

Eh... what?

robindch

Some religious guy wrote:

"The opposite of homosexuality is not heterosexuality,” says Chambers, sagely. “It's holiness.”

If he thinks that gay sex doesn't involve some kind of hole-i-ness, then he's probably doing it wrong.

Zombrex

robindch wrote: »

Apparently, the camp offers gay men the chance to “find freedom from homosexuality through the love of Jesus Christ”, who, the organizers seem to have forgotten, was a man.

lol :pac:

Zombrex

MrPudding wrote: »

But that is OK. As a man you can love jebus, but you can't love jebus... It's is the same as you dog. It is perfect ok to love you dog, but you can't love your dog.

MrP

now you tell me ....

Mena

robindch wrote: »

If he thinks that gay sex doesn't involve some kind of hole-i-ness, then he's probably doing it wrong.

That gave me a real life "LOL" moment, thanks

aidan24326

Dades wrote: »

"Cruelly shrunken rock band, the Red Hot Chili Peppers try to coax a voodoo chicken into reversing it's sinister youth spell."

Well spotted!

The two little fellas at the front do bear a striking resemblance to Flea and Anthony Kiedis!

Mena

Well it's my first time seeing this, and I'd class it as "Generally Strange" to put it mildly

From todays Irish Times site

Fr Brian O'Sullivan blesses dogs at St Joseph's Church, Glasthule, Co Dublin, at the annual Blessing of Pets Ceremony. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien

Anything to keep the masses in line?

pH

Do you think the Catholic dogs faired better than the Jewish chicken?

Galvasean

pH wrote: »

Do you think the Catholic dogs faired better than the Jewish chicken?

I should hope so, that chicken s full of sin! Whatever happened to a good ol' fashioned scape goat?

all the stars

Goats are sacred.... they bring us cheese...

Galvasean

Not sure if this is the best place to post this but it is quite strange. A virgin birth documented in a hark:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2008/10/sharks-actually.html

pH

Turns out you can't sue God ... no fixed abode!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7673591.stm

Either that or he has the best lawyers, then again I thought that Satan had those.

Dades

Galvasean wrote: »

Not sure if this is the best place to post this but it is quite strange. A virgin birth documented in a shark:

Perhaps it's fishkind's turn to have their sins paid for? :pac:

MrPudding

How will they get the nails in? They have no hands...

MrP

G-izzles

It'll be f'in hard I imagine. Geddit?

Scofflaw

Legal case against God dismissed.

No legal abode, apparently.

cordially,
Scofflaw

MrPudding

Scofflaw wrote: »

Legal case against God dismissed.

No legal abode, apparently.

cordially,
Scofflaw

I do like his grounds for apeal though... The court recognises that god exists and that he is known as omnipotent, therefore whether the papers are delievered or not he will know about them. After all, he does know everything.

Personally I think he should go down the Billy Connolly "Man who Sued God route," and sue the leaders of the main religions, afterall, they do claim to he god's representatives on earth. Surely there is some corporate liability thing going on there?

MrP

robindch

MrPudding wrote: »

Surely there is some corporate liability thing going on there?

If memory serves, this has happened before. The plaintiff couldn't produce the contract between the priest (who was being sued as rep) and god, so the judge decided there was insufficient evidence to conclude safely that the priest actually did represent god. Make of that what you will.

There was another 19th century case in the USA, in which a slave was being sold by a chrisitan, but the judge voided the sale as the owner couldn't produce a contract asserting that god had ever sold the slave to start with, and the slave was granted his freedom. I don't know whether or not this case had much effect overall, but I certainly don't recall it being mentioned by any christian during a 'christianity abolished slavery' speech.

robindch

Not the most recent news, but it seems that a judge in Russia is going to decide whether or not to ban South Park, something called "Family Guy" and The Simpsons, citing a lack of our favourite "family vales" and other urgent problems. Quoth the prosecutor's office:

Some self-important twat wrote:

This media product is of low moral and ethical content and has an extremely negative effect on children, it perverts their moral orientation and increases the danger of panic and neurotic ailments.

The campaign is being led by a pentecostal preacher named Konstantin Bendas. Given the ethical state of the Russian, er, state, one could be forgiven for weeping with cynical laughter at this case. I wonder if the bold Mr Bendas knows who he's getting into bed with? One assumes he probably does.

Galvasean

pH wrote: »

Turns out you can't sue God ... no fixed abode!
.

Heaven?

robindch wrote:

Russia bans fun.

Fixed.

pH

Easy Money!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/3374240/Paddy-Power-offers-odds-of-4-1-that-God-exists.html

Galvasean

pH wrote: »

Easy Money!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/3374240/Paddy-Power-offers-odds-of-4-1-that-God-exists.html

That's almost as stupid as those people who betted on which day the world will explode.

robindch

Galvasean wrote: »

That's almost as stupid as those people who betted on which day the world will explode.

<cough>

I'm paying a thousand to one on this -- cash only please.

Dades

Galvasean wrote: »

That's almost as stupid as those people who betted on which day the world will explode.

Or the spanners who paid for an atheist slogan on the side of buses.

Galvasean

Dades wrote: »

Or the spanners who paid for an atheist slogan on the side of buses.

Well as far as making money is concerned...

sink

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7718587.stm

A bunch of religious fanatics have a brawl over who get to go into a room.

growler

crucifixition (and other epic biblical moments) captured by satellite

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/the-bible-according-to-google-earth/


quite well done i thought

cavedave

Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene

Dades

cavedave wrote: »

Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene

That is f'cking brilliant!

eVeNtInE

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jimbling

pH wrote: »

Easy Money!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/3374240/Paddy-Power-offers-odds-of-4-1-that-God-exists.html

I can't believe people are this nuts. How can anyone be stupid enough to put down the bet.

And have you looked at the stipulation?

Scientific proof must emerge by 31st Dec 2009, to confirm his omnipresence in order for bets to be deemed winners.

idiots :rolleyes:


oh, and gay scientists video... hilarious

cavedave

How an Amazonian tribe turned a missionary into an atheist.

Everett “was having serious doubts by 1982, and had lost all faith by 1985 after having spent a year at MIT. He would not tell anyone about his atheism for another 19 years; when he finally did, his marriage ended in divorce and two of his three children broke off all contact.”

robindch

cavedave wrote: »

How an Amazonian tribe turned a missionary into an atheist.

Everett's first brush with fame was in The New Yorker, in April last year. The full text of that article is here.

Galvasean

sink wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7718587.stm

A bunch of religious fanatics have a brawl over who get to go into a room.

What's the matter, run out of atheists to fight?

growler wrote: »

crucifixition (and other epic biblical moments) captured by satellite

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/the-bible-according-to-google-earth/


quite well done i thought

Love how Noah's Ark appears to be surrounded by animal waste, as predicted.


LOL@gay scientists.

pH

For catholic priests being celibate isn't enough, what's important is who you're not having sex with!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2008/nov/20/comment-vatican-gay-testing-priests

Zillah

pH wrote: »

For catholic priests being celibate isn't enough, what's important is who you're not having sex with!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2008/nov/20/comment-vatican-gay-testing-priests

This is wonderful news. The Church is already running desperately short on Priests, but they're now further limiting the already minuscule quantity of potential applicants. Not to mention further alienating themselves from the next generation of increasingly liberal Westerners. I'm so glad they've made this incredibly stupid decision.

The Mad Hatter

Galvasean wrote: »

Love how Noah's Ark appears to be surrounded by animal waste, as predicted.

Are you saying that the whole ark thing is surrounded by BS?

Galvasean

pH wrote: »

For catholic priests being celibate isn't enough, what's important is who you're not having sex with!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2008/nov/20/comment-vatican-gay-testing-priests

Weird, I would consider any human who wanted to join the priesthood and therefore vowing never to have sexual intercourse (a most natural of impulses) ever to be psychologically flawed.
Guess there will be no more priests ever so.

sdep

pH wrote: »

Turns out you can't sue God ... no fixed abode!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7673591.stm

According to the Guardian, if you write to him c/o Jerusalem, the postal service will deliver. You'd think someone would have invited him onto gmail by now.

pH

Can't let this thread get too far down so here's something from the BBC

Church removes 'scary crucifix'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/7816941.stm

Turns out that having a torture/execution device as your symbol and revelling in your God's horrible and painful death might be "scaring young children".

Galvasean

Three years since the last update of 'Generally Strange'????

The Pope's Crocodile

"The Pope seemed fascinated by the reptile and even touched it.

Rome zoo organised a lavish send-off for the animal, attended by children waving Vatican, Cuban, and Italian flags.

The BBC's David Willey in Rome says the reptile left the zoo in style, in a wooden box placed inside a black limousine."

Turtwig

Galvasean wrote: »

Three years since the last update of 'Generally Strange'????

Never even knew this thread existed.