Funny anti-religious Internet pics

[Kulindahr]

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Quality control

j/k

Love it!

 

[Kulindahr]

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If this weren't an armchair I'm sitting in, I'd literally be on the floor!

Makes me think of when a priest-in-training I knew was being videoed to show he could properly perform the Eucharist (Lord's Supper), someone dubbed in the music of "Only You Can Change Me" as he blessed the bread and wine.

 

[Kulindahr]

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That could start its own thread.

 

[Kulindahr]

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Heh.

Though the way some atheists behave, they make it seem like a religion -- they have revival meetings, engage in evangelism, attack those who disagree... even effectively have preachers and apostles.

The atheists who really strike me as confident of their position are the ones who, after being presented with "The Four Spiritual Laws" or something like that, look the Christian in the eye and respond on the order of, "Interesting. Bye, now."

 

[Kulindahr]

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I have yet to hear anyone make the claims he's supposedly refuting. I call straw man.

 

[belamyi]

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Interesting shirt. However, Christianity doesn't deny the existence of other gods; in fact the Psalms actually acknowledge their existence -- though without telling much about their nature -- in the course of noting that YHWH is head over them all.





"Work long and perspire."

Are you seriously mixing up monotheism and polytheism, or you just had a flub of the mind?

 

[Kulindahr]

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Love it.

 

[bankside]

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The atheists who really strike me as confident of their position are the ones who, after being presented with "The Four Spiritual Laws" or something like that, look the Christian in the eye and respond on the order of, "Interesting. Bye, now."

I wonder if there is a parallel assessment that can be made about the confidence of theists who must continually protest "but that's not true" and "you're reading it wrong" and "it isn't funny."

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[Kulindahr]

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Are you seriously mixing up monotheism and polytheism, or you just had a flub of the mind?

From Psalm 82:

God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.

Now, maybe that's a concession to people thinking that whatever beings are being considered here were gods -- but maybe it's not.

 

[Kulindahr]

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I wonder if there is a parallel assessment that can be made about the confidence of theists who must continually protest "but that's not true" and "you're reading it wrong" and "it isn't funny."

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Anyone who acts like that pic is being a lazy-assed Christian. In reality, Jesus demands that you think for yourself.

And you'll notice that I find some of the more "blasphemous" ones quite funny. The difference is that ones based on ignorance are funny only to the equally ignorant. It's just like geology jokes -- the ones based on ignorance are funny only to the ignorant, but the ones regarding geology accurately can be hilarious.

The thing is, if these are supposed to be anti-religious jokes, you should all want sound criticism, so that they're actually anti-religious, and not anti-straw man.

There are also a few here I've found offensive -- but I don't point them out, because that's not relevant; if they're using accurate information, then my feelings don't matter in the least.



In an attempt to illustrate: some of the views of religion in some of the cartoons have been like a person reading a bus schedule showing the "A" route bus arrival times at twelve different places, and concluding that there's one magic bus which is in twelve different places at once. A joke based on that would only be funny if it was meant to make fun of the idiot believing that. In the same way, a cartoon about religion which is based on false premises only makes fun of the people who made it -- and who passed it on.

 

[bankside]

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In reality, Jesus demands that you think for yourself.

Kulindahr, I know you meant that in all sincerity. I did catch myself laughing, guffawing even, at the contrast between the part of your sentence before the comma and after it. I'm sorry.

The thing is, if these are supposed to be anti-religious jokes, you should all want sound criticism, so that they're actually anti-religious, and not anti-straw man.

Kulindahr, I agree with you; I'm the last person to suggest we should shut down the dialogue, or even the everyday arguing, between believers and non-believers. I would assume that for people who are supposedly religious, they would also want sound criticism for the same reason. And I would hope for the same reason that atheists' willingness to engage with believers is not painted in any way as some kind of lack of confidence in atheist positions:

The atheists who really strike me as confident of their position are the ones who, after being presented with "The Four Spiritual Laws" or something like that, look the Christian in the eye and respond on the order of, "Interesting. Bye, now."

Indifference is not a testament to greater confidence.

There are also a few here I've found offensive -- but I don't point them out, because that's not relevant; if they're using accurate information, then my feelings don't matter in the least.

In other words, you say nothing about the cartoons that hit too close to home, or make a point for which no answer is apparent. Interesting.

In an attempt to illustrate: some of the views of religion in some of the cartoons have been like a person reading a bus schedule showing the "A" route bus arrival times at twelve different places, and concluding that there's one magic bus which is in twelve different places at once. A joke based on that would only be funny if it was meant to make fun of the idiot believing that. In the same way, a cartoon about religion which is based on false premises only makes fun of the people who made it -- and who passed it on.

Only the British could find transit humour amusing. I've taken the Tube; I can understand why.

 

[star-warrior]

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Beastiality? It's not allowed on JUB.

 

[Kulindahr]

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Kulindahr, I know you meant that in all sincerity. I did catch myself laughing, guffawing even, at the contrast between the part of your sentence before the comma and after it. I'm sorry.

Hm. <scratches head>

But that brings to mind a weird occurrence once, where early in one month I went with friends to a Baptist church, and later to a Lutheran church. Both pastors preached on where Jesus said, "I came to give you life, life more abundantly". The Baptist essentially made a sermon about how much better it is to be a Christian, while the Lutheran did a "Be all you can be" sort of theme, arguing that if we are given the chance to have life more abundantly, then we should be using every faculty/talent we have to its utmost, and he emphasized mind and imagination.

Given that Jesus is presented as the Logos, the cause/former/organizing principle of existence, I think the Baptist was a shallow jerk and the Lutheran had a point.

Kulindahr, I agree with you; I'm the last person to suggest we should shut down the dialogue, or even the everyday arguing, between believers and non-believers. I would assume that for people who are supposedly religious, they would also want sound criticism for the same reason. And I would hope for the same reason that atheists' willingness to engage with believers is not painted in any way as some kind of lack of confidence in atheist positions:

Indifference is not a testament to greater confidence.

Indifference is a far greater testament to confidence than is shrill screaming, which I have found quite common among atheists who claim loudly to not be threatened by religion. That was really my point.

In other words, you say nothing about the cartoons that hit too close to home, or make a point for which no answer is apparent. Interesting.

Well, I'm bipolar, and I've laughed at jokes about being bi-polar, and I've stayed silent at others. But I speak up when it's evident that the joker is clueless about what being bipolar means. Hurt feelings are no more a reason for argument than are emotions a valid foundation for a political position.

Only the British could find transit humour amusing. I've taken the Tube; I can understand why.

Heh. That was actually drawn from a little girl in Portland once, who when the bus was late asked the adult she was with, "Is it late at all its other stops, too?", which gave me the image of a single bus with multiple existences, all moving at the same speed around a circuit . . . .

(I keep thinking there's a science fiction story in there somewhere, but I haven't found it yet).

 

[star-warrior]

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Uniformity...

 

[Kulindahr]

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[HoodedRat]

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Kulindahr, I know you meant that in all sincerity. I did catch myself laughing, guffawing even, at the contrast between the part of your sentence before the comma and after it. I'm sorry.

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[star-warrior]

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I like Bill Watterson's Calvin & Hobbes

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[Kulindahr]

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I like Bill Watterson's Calvin & Hobbes

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[star-warrior]

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Dang
Let's try that again.

Calvin & Hobbes, ladies and gentlefolk!

 

[belamyi]

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From Psalm 82:

God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.

Now, maybe that's a concession to people thinking that whatever beings are being considered here were gods -- but maybe it's not.

I was not talking about the text... even if I didn't know it I would have assumed it was written literally so: I was talking about the doctrinal point you derive from it..: http://www.justusboys.com/forum/hot...i-religious-internet-pics-14.html#post8102416