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The 'Funny (ha, ha)' side of religion

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    #4832
    silverharp
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    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #4833
    Worztron
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    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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    #4834
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 18,336 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


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    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #4835
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,752 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


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    #4836
    bnt
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    "Look, Dad, they don't get it at all. No way I'm going back down there, ever!"
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    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #4837
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,902 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    A carpenter dying by being nailed onto wood is kinda the supreme irony really.

    A little twist from the author to remind us it's all a fiction :)

    The Dublin Airport cap is damaging the economy of Ireland as a whole, and must be scrapped forthwith.



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    #4838
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,902 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    he's a cord cutter so he uses Netflix and Spotify now? is that it? I'm over 40 and it's hard to keep up with the teenagers who won't get off my damn lawn

    The Dublin Airport cap is damaging the economy of Ireland as a whole, and must be scrapped forthwith.



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    #4839
    infogiver
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    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    A carpenter dying by being nailed onto wood is kinda the supreme irony really.

    A little twist from the author to remind us it's all a fiction :)

    Ah but he didn't die from being nailed to the cross.
    I'm surprised at a Bible scholar like yourself making that kind of rookie mistake.


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    #4840
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,902 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Presumably you are maintaining that this man who may not have actually existed at all, somehow didn't die, due to stuff and things.

    Are you going to cite the bible as proof at me now :pac:

    The Dublin Airport cap is damaging the economy of Ireland as a whole, and must be scrapped forthwith.



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    #4841
    infogiver
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    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Presumably you are maintaining that this man who may not have actually existed at all, somehow didn't die, due to stuff and things.

    Are you going to cite the bible as proof at me now :pac:

    No he did die, just not from being nailed to a cross. Genuinely surprised now, I thought all atheists knew their Bible inside out!


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    #4842
    pauldla
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    infogiver wrote: »
    No he did die, just not from being nailed to a cross. Genuinely surprised now, I thought all atheists knew their Bible inside out!

    Are you pointing out that, while he did die nailed to a cross, his actual cause of death was giving up his spirit himself (It is finished/Into your hands I commit my spirit, etc)?


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    #4843
    Pawwed Rig
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    Was there actually an autopsy done?


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    #4844
    mickoneill31
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    infogiver wrote: »
    No he did die, just not from being nailed to a cross. Genuinely surprised now, I thought all atheists knew their Bible inside out!

    It was a joke. It was humorous. Thanks for getting rid of the humour.

    Not everything on this thread is meant to be taken literally. It's like the bible in that regard :)


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    #4845
    MrPudding
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    infogiver wrote: »
    No he did die, just not from being nailed to a cross. Genuinely surprised now, I thought all atheists knew their Bible inside out!

    Whilst the alleged spear to the kidneys might have been the straw that broke the camels back, I am fairly sure being nailed to a tree was a contributing factor in his death. Also, is there not some controversy around whether or not the spear thing happened? Obviously, the entire story is bollox, but is there not a school of thought that the spear was added to help the whole made up comply with yet another prophesy the Jesus story didn't fulfil?

    MrP


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    #4846
    Igotadose
    Registered Users Posts: 13,517 ✭✭✭✭Igotadose


    MrPudding wrote: »
    Whilst the alleged spear to the kidneys might have been the straw that broke the camels back, I am fairly sure being nailed to a tree was a contributing factor in his death. Also, is there not some controversy around whether or not the spear thing happened? Obviously, the entire story is bollox, but is there not a school of thought that the spear was added to help the whole made up comply with yet another prophesy the Jesus story didn't fulfil?

    MrP
    Tons of questions, of course. Did it exist? Was it nailed through the hands - unlikely,the anatomy doesn't really work, or the wrists? Was it alive when it came down from the stick/tree and never actually 'rose' but woke up from its injuries, rambled about a bit, then finally actually did die? And, they who are called the Romans, do they go to the house? What was the role of the Judean People's front vs. the Popular Front for the liberation of Judea and was there really a Judean suicide squad?

    HAGW


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    #4847
    robindch
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    infogiver wrote: »
    Ah but he didn't die from being nailed to the cross.
    To the best of my memory, scholars of the time believe that the wrists of prisoners were instead tied to the cross - a nail through the palm of one's hands would have ripped away easily enough, while a nail through the wrist would probably have severed an artery and the prisoner would have quickly bled to death.

    Puts all those traditions about Jesus being nailed to the cross to question - plus Dupre's effective "Jesus est attaché sur la Croix" (from 54:22 here) where the composer uses the resources of the instrument to portray the relentless, if inaccurate, banging of a hammer.


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    #4848
    robindch
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    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    Was there actually an autopsy done?
    Nope - the Romans did go looking for the corpse a few days later, but Jesus had done a runner.

    Wouldn't like to have been the low-paid Roman soldier responsible for checking that Jesus was dead when taken down.


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    #4849
    Bandana boy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,329 ✭✭✭Bandana boy


    robindch wrote: »
    Nope - the Romans did go looking for the corpse a few days later, but Jesus had done a runner.

    Wouldn't like to have been the low-paid Roman soldier responsible for checking that Jesus was dead when taken down.

    I understand that they reported 17 thousand of him were found dead


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    #4850
    Ken.
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    If the stations of the cross were live tweeted

    https://www.joe.ie/life-style/stations-cross-live-tweeted-585062


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    #4851
    Ken.
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    The Apostles Whatsapp group messages

    https://www.joe.ie/life-style/judas-scum-apostles-whatsapp-group-585140


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    #4852
    smacl
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    pauldla wrote: »
    Are you pointing out that, while he did die nailed to a cross, his actual cause of death was giving up his spirit himself (It is finished/Into your hands I commit my spirit, etc)?

    What he said... :)

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    #4853
    infogiver
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭infogiver


    pauldla wrote: »
    Are you pointing out that, while he did die nailed to a cross, his actual cause of death was giving up his spirit himself (It is finished/Into your hands I commit my spirit, etc)?

    No, that wasn't his cause of death at all.


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    #4854
    smacl
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    infogiver wrote: »
    No, that wasn't his cause of death at all.

    Dude, funnies thread on an atheism forum. Really???

    Maybe Doctor Who can team up with CSI:Jerusalem for a special episode to give us the scoop of what actually happened


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    #4855
    Trent Houseboat
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    smacl wrote: »
    Dude, funnies thread on an atheism forum. Really???

    Maybe Doctor Who can team up with CSI:Jerusalem for a special episode to give us the scoop of what actually happened

    In episode 2F09 when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone, he strikes the same rib twice in succession, yet he produces two clearly different tones. I mean, what are we to believe, that this is some sort of a magic xylophone or something?


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    #4856
    Timberrrrrrrr
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    #4857
    Hotblack Desiato
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    Barbie! wrote: »
    If the stations of the cross were live tweeted

    https://www.joe.ie/life-style/stations-cross-live-tweeted-585062

    Now that's a lot more potentially offensive than the Tesco ad, but oddly enough it seems none of our guardian angels were triggered by it...

    The Dublin Airport cap is damaging the economy of Ireland as a whole, and must be scrapped forthwith.



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    #4858
    infogiver
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭infogiver


    smacl wrote: »
    Dude, funnies thread on an atheism forum. Really???

    Maybe Doctor Who can team up with CSI:Jerusalem for a special episode to give us the scoop of what actually happened

    You don't need CSI. Jesus died when a Roman soldier plunged his spear into his side.
    I want to wish a very happy and holy Easter to all the posters on A&A who I just know are all at home enjoying this most Christian of Christian holidays!


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    #4859
    Timberrrrrrrr
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    infogiver wrote: »
    You don't need CSI. ALLEGEDLY Jesus died when a Roman soldier plunged his spear into his side.
    I want to wish a very happy and holy Easter to all the posters on A&A who I just know are all at home enjoying this most Christian of Christian holidays!

    FYP


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    #4860
    mickoneill31
    Registered Users Posts: 855 ✭✭✭mickoneill31


    infogiver wrote: »
    You don't need CSI. Jesus died when a Roman soldier plunged his spear into his side.
    I want to wish a very happy and holy Easter to all the posters on A&A who I just know are all at home enjoying this most Christian of Christian holidays!

    I'll enjoy any holiday that gives me an extra day off work. Thank you Easter Bunny.


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    #4861
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    infogiver wrote: »
    You don't need CSI. Jesus died when a Roman soldier plunged his spear into his side.
    I want to wish a very happy and holy Easter to all the posters on A&A who I just know are all at home enjoying this most Christian of Christian holidays!

    Never happened


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