Five best things about religion

marco_polo

Starting a not so serious thread for a bit of fun. Too give some credit where credit is due post the five best things about religion.

Mine are as follows

1) Holidays I don't have to take annual leave for.
2) Communion money.
3) Christmas Presents.
4) Weekends (The sabbath and all that)
5) The first draft of the script for the "Life of Brian".

gramlab

1. Ben Hur
2. Easter eggs
3. The "Get out of jail card" option at the end
4. People pretending to put money in the collection plate
5. The fact that its all true

CerebralCortex

1. I don't have to take it as fact or believe in it
2. Its fun ridiculing others about there beliefs
3. Holidays
4.

Thats all I got sorry.

Galvasean

1) Holidays, that include extra pay at work. Sundays, Bank Holidays etc.
2) Communion & Confirmation money.
3) Christmas Presents.
4) Movies (Not Eavan Almighty though)
5) Religion class in school, which became 'do your homework hour'

all the stars

1) The Holidays - like it alot, the more time off the better! Hurrah!
2) "The divil made me do it" as a general cop out.
3) The mystery and conspiricy stories of it all..
4) The fun you can poke at...
5) That the holidays are actually based on Pagan festivals and rituals (some of them) which is funny

18AD

Weekends and holidays.
Myth.
Some religiously inspired art work.
The religious/mystic experience.
Religious literature.

gg
AD.

PDN

1) Universities
2) Oxfam
3) The Abolition of Slavery
4) Father Ted
5) Belgian Beer

toiletduck

18AD wrote: »

Some religiously inspired art work.

Definitely. Also:

Money
Holidays
An afterlife

toiletduck

PDN wrote: »

5) Belgian Beer

Here in Galway, there are daily offerings to the Buckfast monks. In fact, I know a few individuals who have started speaking in tongues after the ritual.

Sangre

PDN wrote: »

3) The Abolition of Slavery

More like the worst thing about religion. I had to pick my own cotton this morning.

irishsaint

1. I can make money on their faith
2. The Vatican has the worlds largest Property Portfolio (I am going to steal all their deeds)
3. By telling me I should not wear a condom, its so much better without one!
4. Christmans presents and dinner
5. Free Holidays from work
6. The angelus before the 6.1 news (lets me know when to put on the spuds)
7. Catholic School Girls
..... oops i said more than 5

robindch

1. Building organs
2. Building gothic cathedrals
3. The logical car-crash that is religious philosophy

Uh, that's about it.

eoin5

1. The chat at mass.
2. A pledge to break emphatically that evening.
3. Someone to train the under 14 hurlers.
4. Alter wine and incense.
5. Church spires to let you know where you are.

Galvasean

PDN wrote: »

2) Oxfam
3) The Abolition of Slavery
4) Father Ted
5) Belgian Beer

Oh yes. tHEM TOO. cAN'T BELIEVE i FORGOT fATHER tED

edit: bah! Caps lock!

Tim Robbins

1. Curb Your Enthusiasm
2. Curb Your Enthusiasm
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm

Xhristy

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Dades

1) Holy Water
2) Crucifixes
3) A Bible
4) Magic Crackers
5) Knowing what keeps vampires at bay (priceless)

Galvasean

Dades wrote: »

5) Knowing what keeps vampires at bay (priceless)

Read I Am Legend and get back to me on that one.

5uspect

1. Father Ted
2. Education
3. The sanitation
4. The wine
5. The Life of Brian

limerick_woody

1. Knowing that my God is the one true God
2. Knowing that anyone who doesn't share my faith is surely going to fry for eternity
3. Knowing all of this without the need for evidence of any kind
4. Knowing that anything goes - in Jesus name
5. Knowing that my next life - just has to be better than my current one...

Akrasia

marco_polo wrote: »

5) The first draft of the script for the "Life of Brian".

was it much different from the final draft?

I must have a look for it.

(oh yeah, bloody masters thesis to finish first)

Akrasia

1. I like the old medieval abbeys in secluded places (great places to go camping)

2. this joke
"Sister mary was asking the children what they wanted to be when they grow up. It was all going well until she got to little sarah. "What do you want to be sarah?" she asked. "A prostitute sister mary" sarah replied. The nun fainted. After a while she came through and asked sarah again what she wanted to be. "A prostitute" she said again. The nun looked relieved "Oh thank god for that. I thought you said you wanted to be a protestant"

3. the exorcist is a good film

4. Americans are funny

5. The muslims have taken the heat off the Irish in airport security.

eoin5

Akrasia wrote: »

was it much different from the final draft?

I must have a look for it.

(oh yeah, bloody masters thesis to finish first)

I think he means The Life of Jesus Christ.

Dades

Galvasean wrote: »

Read I Am Legend and get back to me on that one.

I have read it and it's brilliant!
Though Bram Stoker is still my trusted guide to banishing the evil nosferatu.

Doctor DooM

Dades wrote: »

I have read it and it's brilliant!
Though Bram Stoker is still my trusted guide to banishing the evil nosferatu.

[NERD]Vampire: The Masquerade 2nd edition ftw.[/NERD]

marco_polo

Akrasia wrote: »

was it much different from the final draft?

I must have a look for it.

(oh yeah, bloody masters thesis to finish first)

Meh the first draft was so so. I found it a bit far fetched and not as funny

Dades

SDooM wrote: »

[NERD]Vampire: The Masquerade 2nd edition ftw.[/NERD]

I find that nerdily intriguing...

As long as someone doesn't suggest I read "The Historian' again. :mad:

aidan24326

1.days off
2.my super hot religion teacher
3.more days off
4.religiously inspired art
5.did I mention the sexy teacher?

Doctor DooM

Dades wrote: »

I find that nerdily intriguing...

As long as someone doesn't suggest I read "The Librarian' again. :mad:

Personally my favourite was werewolf the apocalypse, they basically take loads of legends and formalise a system around it, in werewolf the Fianna are a tribe of fighters and lovers. Makes you kind of proud!

Interestingly enough, there is an ability called "true faith" which can repel vampires or calm werewolves, but a person can have it in any religion or in themselves, which I am taking as the authors decrying organised religion.

So I guess good roleplaying games should be added to the list, as In Nomine is pretty cool too.

Bottle_of_Smoke

Akrasia wrote: »

5. The muslims have taken the heat off the Irish in airport security.

Rofl

1. Comfort
2. Social Connection
3. Feel Goodness
4. Access to kids
5. Confession (best thing out of all religions I've come across)