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Mr. Gruff is dangerous! (Original Post) Stuckinthebush Mar 2012 OP
"Let adults handle them." sakabatou Mar 2012 #1
Somebody has to say it... onager Mar 2012 #4
That page is its own parody. DavidDvorkin Mar 2012 #2
Pretty scary! immoderate Mar 2012 #3
Holy shit, I thought it was satire EvolveOrConvolve Mar 2012 #5
So it's not satire? Really? sakabatou Mar 2012 #6
The more I look at it, maybe it is EvolveOrConvolve Mar 2012 #7
For now, let's call it a "poe" sakabatou Mar 2012 #9
Bingo! EvolveOrConvolve Mar 2012 #13
I'm still not sure if this is brilliant satire or scary fundamentalism. deucemagnet Mar 2012 #8
I think the site is for real, but frogmarch Mar 2012 #10
Apparently, it's a parody site frogmarch Mar 2012 #11
Yep...satire Stuckinthebush Mar 2012 #12
But what about this quote? OrwellwasRight Apr 2012 #14
Luke 14:26 muriel_volestrangler Apr 2012 #15
Maybe this is just one of many reasons why I just don't get Christianity. OrwellwasRight Apr 2012 #16
I bet religious people would give this site some $ SamG Apr 2012 #17

EvolveOrConvolve

(6,452 posts)
5. Holy shit, I thought it was satire
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 07:50 PM
Mar 2012

But fuck me, it's not.

Here's a pic of one of their "authors":


Seriously, if that guy starts "witnessing" to kids, I'm calling the cops.

EvolveOrConvolve

(6,452 posts)
7. The more I look at it, maybe it is
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 08:19 PM
Mar 2012

I dunno, I didn't find any page that claimed it as parody or satire. Unfortunately, it's impossible now to tell parody from the real thing.

deucemagnet

(4,549 posts)
8. I'm still not sure if this is brilliant satire or scary fundamentalism.
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 08:43 PM
Mar 2012

Either way, I think I want a Baby Jesus shirt.



http://www.cafepress.com/objectivemin/568765

On edit: After seeing the Baby Jesus Anti-Fornication Thong ($9.50, Made in the USA), I'm leaning towards "satire".

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
10. I think the site is for real, but
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 09:48 PM
Mar 2012

it's so out there, it's hard to tell.

I want one of these bumper stickers

Former Sperm Bumper Sticker

Let fellow motorists (and former sperms) know your position against the willful wasting of unconceived human life. It'll really make them think.


frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
11. Apparently, it's a parody site
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 11:11 PM
Mar 2012
http://goodreasonblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/objective-ministries.html

snips:

So will someone please tell me if Objective Ministries is a real creationist/Christian site or if it's just a really straight-faced parody?

I go back and forth. I see no smileys, so I think it's real. Then I run across this:

Fellowship Baptist Creation Science Fair 2001
2nd Place: "Women Were Designed For Homemaking"
Jonathan Goode (grade 7) applied findings from many fields of science to support his conclusion that God designed women for homemaking: physics shows that women have a lower center of gravity than men, making them more suited to carrying groceries and laundry baskets; biology shows that women were designed to carry un-born babies in their wombs and to feed born babies milk, making them the natural choice for child rearing; social sciences show that the wages for women workers are lower than for normal workers, meaning that they are unable to work as well and thus earn equal pay; and exegetics shows that God created Eve as a companion for Adam, not as a co-worker.


And I feel like I'm reading the Onion.

~~~

DanielJul 3, 2006 07:16 PM
I have to confess -- I got punk'd. It's a spoof.

But, boy, they had me going.

I'm relieved, but faintly disappointed.

~~

snowqueenJul 4, 2006 04:34 PM
This was my favourite page:
http://www.objectiveministries.org/creation/projectpterosaur.html
I love the idea that velociraptors are currently terrorising goat herders in Peru! lmao

~~~

It has to be a parody site....doesn't it?



OrwellwasRight

(5,170 posts)
14. But what about this quote?
Sun Apr 1, 2012, 03:28 PM
Apr 2012

"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple."

Does the bible really say that? That seems weird, even for the bible.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,320 posts)
15. Luke 14:26
Sun Apr 1, 2012, 05:11 PM
Apr 2012

It's correct - King James' Version: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2014&version=KJV

A few other versions explain it as 'must hate everyone else by comparison' or 'are not ready to abandon', which makes a little sense in the context of the chapter. http://bible.cc/luke/14-26.htm It's still harsh, though.

OrwellwasRight

(5,170 posts)
16. Maybe this is just one of many reasons why I just don't get Christianity.
Sun Apr 1, 2012, 05:25 PM
Apr 2012

Even the "not ready to abandon interpretation" (which is at least more consistent with the commandment to honor they father and they mother and perhaps not wholly inconsistent with the golden rule) sounds cultish to me.

 

SamG

(535 posts)
17. I bet religious people would give this site some $
Sun Apr 1, 2012, 05:28 PM
Apr 2012

Seriously, if We have a hard time figuring it out, I'm sure the satire goes over the head of many religious believers.

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