Category: Religion

Discussion of all religions.

About me finally coming out of the closet

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I (being one who refuses to be labeled) have finally given a name to my religion, and it is Deism.

(Wait. What closet did you think I was coming out of? WHOAH!!! I meant “spiritual” closet. I mean, not that there is anything wrong with the other closet, but I mean, you know, really… WHOAH!!!!)

Deism is about relying on reason, not faith.
Faith makes you do stupid things like trying to convert an unsaved lion to Christianity at the zoo, believing God has commissioned you to stalk Mel Gibson, or (my personal favorite) drinking cyanide-laced kool aid/have a standoff with the ATF because your beloved spiritual leader said so.

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The wild & wonderful world of Jack Chick

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Don't fear the Reaper
I love Jack Chick, I really do. I find myself addicted to his tracts and his odd reasoning sometimes. He’s a great artist and he captures those unsaved people getting livid over hearing the name “Jesus Christ” like nobody else!

Basically there’s three ways to convert people to Christianity.

  • There’s the tried and true method of capturing and torturing them and their loved ones , until they accept Christ into their heathen lil’ hearts…(made popular during the Crusades and the inquisition)
  • There’s the rarely used tactic of actually practicing Christianity, loving your neighbor and showing acts of kindness to let them know that you are following Jesus’ principles…
  • Then there’s Jack Chick’s method. Put out a comic book that lets you know that a horrifying fate of eternal torment is waiting for you in Hell unless you accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour.

    • Basically it boils down to this with the Chick method:
    If you’re a Catholic… you’re going to hell
    If you watch Harry Potter…. you’re going to hell
    If you read any other Bible besides the King James version… you’re going to hell
    If you’re a mormon, freemason, buddhist, muslim… well, three guesses where you’re going? (The first two guesses don’t count).

  • Here is a parody where Jack Chick dies and faces judgment, like so many of the other characters he’s written about. It’s freakin’ hilarious!
  • Here are the rest of Weird Dave’s Chick Parodies… (Warning: Excessive laughter may cause damage to your computer screen if the operator is foolishly drinking a beverage. Be smart, don’t drink and surf parody sites!)
  • Church of the Subgenius steps in with a parody of “Somebody loves me”, in which the abused boy accepts “Bob” as his Lord and Saviour just before dying…

    • Taking a hiatus…

    Posted on by Eric Brooks

    Starting Tuesday, I re-emerge back into the workforce (don’t expect me to even mention it any more online, as many aspects of my life are now staying private.)

    Finally bit the bullet and bought The DaVinci Code today. I’ve heard so much about it…. I’ll post a review when I’m done, k?

    Update: : 1:39PM. Just finished the book. WOW.
    Recommended reading if you’re a history buff/intellectual/conspiracy theorist (or all of the above)….

    Peace on Earth, Good will to all

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    Have yourself a Randi little ChristmasAs much as I’d love to go to everyone’s site and leave a comment… I know I won’t have the time.

    Have a Merry Christmas, everyone.

    Contrary to the latest rubbish by Bill “Phone Sex” O’Reilly…. Christmas is not under attack by anyone. I can name plenty of atheists and non-Christians on the right as I can on the left… so please take your self-imagined persecution and go and ruin someone else’s holiday, ok?

    Christmas is in my heart… not on some nativity scene in my neighbor’s lawn or in front of a courthouse.

    It’s not about how much is under your tree.
    It’s not about how many cards you get.
    It’s not about politics.

    It’s about love, charity, good cheer and togetherness.
    It supercedes all religions and all races.
    It’s about giving and caring for those less fortunate than me.
    It’s about magic and children’s faces lighting up with surprise and joy.

    It’s about Peace on Earth… Good will to all.
    And it’s all good.
    -=e=-

    NeoCon Jesus (now with Kung-fu grip)

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    I have a confession to make.
    I’m left handed.
    Please don’t hate me.

    Oh right. It’s 2004. We’ve wised up in society and realized that southpaws are not cursed to be Satan’s minions unless we’re forced to write with our right hands.

    Sounds silly don’t it? Less than two generations ago, schoolkids WERE forced to become right-handed because of silly superstitions. They’re still luckier than the people FROM 400 years ago that were burned as witches because of it.

    We used to think Blacks and Jews were subhumans once. We wised up. Maybe we’ll wise up about gays some day. Maybe one day we’ll grow up and come to realize that gay people, like southpaws, are simply “wired different” than “normal” folks.

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    A.D. means “After Death”?

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    (For the record, I have no idea what I believe in/don’t believe in any more. While I find the Bible impossible to acknowledge as “the inerrant word of God”, at the same time… something deep inside of me feels there’s something larger than all of us out there somewhere. And maybe, just maybe, there were bits of Higher Truth dictated to people at their level of understanding at the time. I can’t EXPLAIN it. So what I don’t understand, I mock & ridicule)

    But I digress…
    Not since the above-mentioned title of this post have I laughed so hard at a verbal misfire FROM the fundies….

    Until tonight when I saw this post.
    “The Bible says: ‘to thine own self be true.’…”

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    Jerry Fallwell’s Greatest Hits

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    I’m not sure how I bounced to this in my nightly surf: Jerry Fallwell Quotes, and I think I’ve struck comedy gold.

    Kids… this is why your mommy doesn’t want you eating paint chips off the floor!

    “Grown men should not be HAVING sex with prostitutes unless they are married to them”
    That one threw me INTO an uncontrollable giggling fit for more reasons than I care to explain.

    How’s the wife, Jerry?
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