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the_ignored
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Posted - 12/30/2008 :  10:29:38  Show Profile Send the_ignored a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Whether this belongs in religion or humour, I'll leave it up to you.

Over on the Richard Dawkins forums someone found this:

(Have to be registered and logged on to RR to see the actual post)

Praise Jesus! I was visiting a Chrisitian bookstore this afternoon, when all of a sudden I heard it! I heard the mighty trumpet of Jesus, blowing loud and hard, calling all Christians home. It was as if I had been struck by lightning! I dropped the book I was perusing, stood stock still with my arms pointed skyward and said "YES LORD!". The shopkeep and the two other people in the shop looked at me as if I was insane. Turns out they knew something I didn't. The 1:45 fright train crosses the road every day at that time, and usually blows it's whistle when it's going through the intersection. I was sooo embarassed! But hey, at least I know I'll be ready when the real one comes! I'd rather be a bit embarrassed than unsaved!!

Praise HIM!!!!!!!!!







>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
>
> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
>
> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.

What brought that on? this. Original posting here.

Another example of this guy's lunacy here.

Simon
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USA
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Posted - 12/30/2008 :  13:57:27   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Simon a Private Message  Reply with Quote
That's pretty funny!

Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
Carl Sagan - 1996
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H. Humbert
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Posted - 12/30/2008 :  14:32:09   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send H. Humbert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I thought you were going to give a link to this video, which was an actual Rapture prank. The really messed up part? This was a "Christian" prank show modeled on MTV's Punk'd, and they thought it would be funny to convince one of their brain-washed own that the Rapture had occurred and that she was "left behind." Nothing like convincing someone the world has ended and all of their loved ones are gone! Ha-ha-ha!


"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman

"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie
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the_ignored
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Posted - 12/30/2008 :  20:40:51   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send the_ignored a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I thought I did give a link to that same video: Did it not show up? It does when I click on the link.

Anyway, for some related hilarity, Rapture Ready "Left Behind" fan fiction.




>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
>
> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
>
> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.

What brought that on? this. Original posting here.

Another example of this guy's lunacy here.
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard

USA
4574 Posts

Posted - 12/30/2008 :  21:13:53   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send H. Humbert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by the_ignored

I thought I did give a link to that same video: Did it not show up? It does when I click on the link.
Ah, sorry. I didn't even follow the link. I just assumed it pointed to the bit you quoted from "Rapture Ready."

mea maxima culpa


"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman

"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie
Edited by - H. Humbert on 12/30/2008 21:17:20
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Ricky
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Posted - 12/30/2008 :  22:01:01   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Ricky an AOL message Send Ricky a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Did this cause any upset in any Christian communities? Would it have caused more if it was done by a secular (or worse, anti-theistic) show?

I don't really understand how the producers/writers didn't see that they were basically making a mockery of her beliefs. Maybe it's just me, but they did a pretty damn good job showing how ridiculous those beliefs are.

Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in the face of continued defeats. Because whatever true progress humanity makes is through the rationality of the occasional individual and because any one individual we may win for the cause may do more for humanity than a hundred thousand who hug their superstitions to their breast.
- Isaac Asimov
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the_ignored
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Posted - 12/30/2008 :  22:11:46   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send the_ignored a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by H. Humbert

Originally posted by the_ignored

I thought I did give a link to that same video: Did it not show up? It does when I click on the link.
Ah, sorry. I didn't even follow the link. I just assumed it pointed to the bit you quoted from "Rapture Ready."

mea maxima culpa



Ah yeah, it's my fault too: the link from the Richard Dawkins forum also is only visible to those who are registered and logged on, so I never even bothered to post it. I'll do so now in case any of you want to sign on and see it.

The Rapture Ready link that the RD poster linked to (which you can't see without being registered there) is: http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=72090


>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
>
> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
>
> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.

What brought that on? this. Original posting here.

Another example of this guy's lunacy here.
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Dave W.
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Posted - 12/30/2008 :  23:51:45   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Yeah, Rich Praytor is a laugh riot.

Maybe you have to be saved to get it.

- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
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Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too.
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Ricky
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Posted - 12/31/2008 :  11:40:19   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Ricky an AOL message Send Ricky a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Dave W.

Yeah, Rich Praytor is a laugh riot.

Maybe you have to be saved to get it.


I thought the body language was rather comedic.

Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in the face of continued defeats. Because whatever true progress humanity makes is through the rationality of the occasional individual and because any one individual we may win for the cause may do more for humanity than a hundred thousand who hug their superstitions to their breast.
- Isaac Asimov
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