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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 05/19/2004 : 11:39:31
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Two items from the latest News of the Weird, under the heading "Latest Religious Messages":Don Sneed, a theological researcher and gay activist in Dallas, released a video in April that he said provides mathematical and scientific proof that God exists (a theory that he proudly says no one has yet refuted). "The God Number" explains Sneed's "Definity -- Uninity -- Infinity," which he says "substantiates the identification of the specific number that represents God." This first video, he said, was for the layperson, and he is at work on a professional version for mathematicians and scientists. [Dallas Voice, 5-2-04]
Several parents walked out of a holiday program by the Glassport (Pa.) Assembly of God when the actors on stage began whipping the Easter bunny and breaking its eggs, which church officials said was an attempt to move past the benign symbols of the holiday and focus on the suffering of Christ. As children in the audience cried at the beatings, actors chanted, "There is no Easter bunny." [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette-AP, 4-7-04] More about Sneed, including this gem:Sneed said he has received no negative reaction from the video, and no one has disputed what he has presented. Audience members usually left in a state of bewilderment, he added. Why am I not surprised?
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 05/19/2004 : 12:22:54 [Permalink]
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Hmm, yes.
quote: Sneed calls the current release of the video his “student version. He is planning a second video, with more scientific and technical jargon. He said the next video will be aimed at mathematicians, scientists, physicists and other researchers.
I just can't wait for the sequel. Boy howdy, are those eggheads gonna get it when that number hits the VCRs!
A little sad, really.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
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chaloobi
SFN Regular
1620 Posts |
Posted - 05/19/2004 : 12:27:24 [Permalink]
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@ Sneed: What is the number? I'd always been taught it was 3. Though God LOVES 40 as well.
@ the Assembly of God psychos: WTF? What jack ass thought that was a good idea? And further, taking it from the point of view of the believer, I thought God was supposed to be all about love and being nice. I can't imagine an all-loving God approving of beating the Easter Bunny to death in front of a room full of children.
This reminds me of a story my wife tells from when she was a child. Her family attended a local Pentacostal Church which had a guitar group that performed during the services. One day, when she was about 7 or 8 yrs old, she was tapping her foot along with the music when her grandmother solemnly touched her knee for her to stop and whispered in her ear "honey, that's the Devil in you." |
-Chaloobi
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Renae
SFN Regular
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Posted - 05/19/2004 : 17:34:36 [Permalink]
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I swear, if I find out they beat a real rabbit, I'm filing a criminal complaint.
Dumbshits. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 05/19/2004 : 17:43:26 [Permalink]
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Yeah, that whole whack the Easter Bunny show was another fundie crock even sillier than most. Landover Baptist got a big kick out of it, though.
I mean, everybody knows that if you beat up the bunny, it will be ruined for Easter dinner. Who wants to eat a ruptured rabbit?
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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furshur
SFN Regular
USA
1536 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2004 : 05:20:04 [Permalink]
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I am thinking of bringing a law suite against 'News of the Weird'. When I read that Easter Bunny article I laughed so hard I blew hot coffee out of my nose.
The Passion of the Bunny. |
If I knew then what I know now then I would know more now than I know. |
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