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

Worztron

sbsquarepants

Bannasidhe wrote: »

I only ever get to see it when someone posts a link here.

It's the closest thing you could ever get to actually being able to hear the thoughts of the mentally ill. It's kinda like being Dr. Doolittle for an hour or two. Priceless:D

Delirium

norrie rugger

I like Christmas.

I am more than happy to have a tradition of making time to be with family and friends, to feel good in giving gifts to others and GETTING presents!

I celebrate the christmas season much like I would Halloween, where you can separate the religious mumbo jumbo from the good aspects

kitnan

I think Dawkins said something along the same lines and half off the cuff regarded it as being a 'cultural Christian'.

norrie rugger

Christianity (and other religions, I imagine) does have good aspects that we can adapt to modern life, just because we do not accept the idea of a deity doesn't mean that we should reject positives learnings also

AstraMonti

smacl

norrie rugger wrote: »

I like Christmas.

I am more than happy to have a tradition of making time to be with family and friends, to feel good in giving gifts to others and GETTING presents!

I celebrate the christmas season much like I would Halloween, where you can separate the religious mumbo jumbo from the good aspects

I despise it personally, the rank consumerism and the coca-cola Santa even more than the religious tone. Only started celebrating it at the behest of herself after the kids were born, and never enjoyed it. Anyhoo, enough of me being a miserable old see you next tuesday, This be the funnies page.

Hotblack Desiato

smacl wrote: »

I despise it personally, the rank consumerism and the coca-cola Santa even more than the religious tone.

In fairness you can't blame the christians for the idea of a good mid-winter piss-up (and a mighty good idea it is too) because they stole it from the pagans.

sbsquarepants

Screw Christmas, festivus is where it's at:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8g4Ztf7hIM

smacl

ninja900 wrote: »

In fairness you can't blame the christians for the idea of a good mid-winter piss-up (and a mighty good idea it is too) because they stole it from the pagans.

I don't. I blame the yanks primarily, and the Christians to a lesser extent, for turning a perfectly good piss up into being stuck with the mother in-law for three days, wasting a fortune on tat that gets dumped a few weeks later, and robbing me of a precious few days of time off that I could be otherwise enjoying. New years on the other hand remains a perfectly good piss up, just as the pagans intended

Bannasidhe

smacl wrote: »

I don't. I blame the yanks primarily, and the Christians to a lesser extent, for turning a perfectly good piss up into being stuck with the mother in-law for three days, wasting a fortune on tat that gets dumped a few weeks later, and robbing me of a precious few days of time off that I could be otherwise enjoying. New years on the other hand remains a perfectly good piss up, just as the pagans intended

Do what I do - decamp to the back of beyond for the duration.

MrPudding

koth wrote: »

That reminds me. I must dig out my christmas thread...

MrP

PopePalpatine

I'll just have a quick peek at t'udder forum...

The thing though is that it was the accursed line of Cain from which cities (and I presume also technology) sprang while the God fearing line of Abel led pastoral simple lives in harmony with nature. Also according to the Book of Enoch which is quoted in the New Testament and taken as Scripture by the Ethiopian Church (the true Religion in Ethiopia goes back to the time of Solomon) it was fallen angels who brought various technological knowledge to earth. Technology is kind of sinful in that comes out of an effort to dominate and seek outward distraction and pleasure.

lolwut?

Bannasidhe

PopePalpatine wrote: »

I'll just have a quick peek at t'udder forum...



lolwut?

I just love that someone posted that on de interweb.

PopePalpatine

Maybe we could shame them out of it? :pac:

Kivaro

e_e

Sulla Felix

Tenuous link to this forum? Only two gay dads could be this awesome for their child (cause let's face it, Iron Man turning up with the Black Widow just wouldn't cut it) and we have a thread about gay marriage blah blah!

smacl

Ah well, if we're doing tenuous, and seeing that it's a Friday, an old favourite on the joys of self delusion;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uZQnhvf49o

robindch

Looks photoshopped to me. Else, they hired in a bunch of really dreadful painters.

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magicbastarder

http://travors.com/post/66122441130/the-god-graveyard-old-gods-that-have

Kivaro

robindch wrote: »

Looks photoshopped to me. Else, they hired in a bunch of really dreadful painters.

Oh ye of little faith.
(Maybe there's symbolism here in the non-fancy painting)

e_e

robindch wrote: »

Looks photoshopped to me. Else, they hired in a bunch of really dreadful painters.

How dare you question my faith in it being being real! :P

Hotblack Desiato

robindch wrote: »

Looks photoshopped to me. Else, they hired in a bunch of really dreadful painters.

There's an amateur fresco restorer who is available, I hear...

kylith

pauldla

pauldla

And sure one more while I'm at it.

irish_goat

I never knew the bible had gems like this in it!

23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

Was not expecting the last bit. :pac:

PopePalpatine

I remember an image with a wall of text next to it, when Elisha/Elijah was replaced by a SS officer in this story, but instead of two bears killing the boys, it was SS officers.