Oh Jesus H. Christ in a broken wheelbarrow

:eyes:

Skinner, please be consistent and tombstone the posters. Offensive to Christians who happen to be Democrats and supporters of this website.

Please be consistent.

Or not.

Bake

Seriously, it's up there with the Moran thread.

One person's joke is another insult. Doesn't matter if yo are being Ironic or not. Rules are rules here on DU, and they should be enforced equally or not at all

People just need to develop some thicker skin.

I hated the picture, and I still do.

As a Christian, I was offended that some idiot brought this thing to the Terri Schiavo "protest." I hated that people who called themselves Christians were interfering in the whole situation, and that DU members were laughing at the picture.

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Not even a "lock."

Skinner: "I think that probably should have been locked. Sorry about that."

If granite cookies are going to be given out for vile behavior/comments, then it should be for all offenders, not just a select few.

Post a good South-bashing thread and it's welcomed with open arms.

:hi:

Bake

But these days you can't be too sure. Nowuddeyemeen?

What utter nonsense. You should be blaming God for being so ruthless as to insist that his son die for the so-called sins of human beings (the concept is obscene at best). Moreover, I find the entire Old Testament horrific and unbecoming to any god who claims self righteousness. I find religion exceedingly offensive and all the photograph did for me was to highlight exactly why I can't subscribe to such nonsense--sadistic nonsense at that.

In fact, I'm still laughing! :rofl: I mean, come on; the OP is hilarious! :7

I am so tired of the bigotry here on DU directed at Christians. Might as well feed us to the lions!

It was to protest the passing of Terry Shaivo. They stood outside of her Hospice and said awful things about the people who worked there. I'm still offended that Hospice nurses were called murderers. I personally believe they over-reacted to the fact that Terry was no longer there.

That's offensive

I don't know if facepalm Jesus was there, but the caption does say "He forgives you". :shrug:

He suffered on the cross for our sins, and DU makes a joke of it. That's offensive.

I've alerted Mods, and yet nothing gets done. Illustrating the bigotry here on DU against Christians.

Terry Shaivo, protesting, hospice nurse murderers...we just had this conversation!

sorry

:rofl:

RL

along the same line but refer to homosexuals, race, even a genital, the post would be locked, deleted and possibly tombstoned.

People do, however, choose their religion.

Therein lies the rub.

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:eyes:

Reading comprehension, you should look into it.

I suggest you sleep with one eye open tonight :sarcasm:

You don't "choose" faith.

You either use it to soothe you or you
are inculcated into it or both.

I can't CHOOSE to believe.

I was raised as a skeptic.

I said that people choose their religion, and they do.

Whatever religion you subscribe to is not some immutable characteristic that you are born with. People convert to other religions (and convert others to their religion) every day.

Some people choose opposite sex partners and
then someday decide that they're tired of pretending to
be something that they are not.

I can "choose" a religion, but I can't "choose"
to believe in it's supernatural elements.
(A requirement for Abrahamic sects.)

:puke:

RL

thanks

mr. kick a whole bunch of threads...

sad. :rofl:

What utter nonsense. You should be blaming God for being so ruthless as to insist that his son die for the sins of perfect strangers. Moreover, I find the entire Old Testament horrific and unbecoming to any god who claims self righteousness. I find religion exceedingly offensive and all the photograph did for me was to highlight exactly why I can't subscribe to such nonsense--sadistic nonsense at that.

For all practical purposes, Jesus Christ is a fictional character. He hasn't written anything we are aware of, and the stories about him are supernatural in nature. We don't even know if the authors of the Christian Holy Bible even meant for the stories to be taken literally. I don't know any Christian who takes every story in the New Testament literally.

Banning members for making a light joke about a fictional character seems extreme to me. Some Christians in this thread seem to think the OP is funny.


On a side note; here is a lecture given by a liberal Christian you may enjoy. I am not a Christian, but I still found this lecture very interesting. In this video, Karen Armstrong uses stories from various faiths to help explain her own Christian faith. The video is from a liberal Christian perspective. I hope you enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftuw-kZ8fac

or is this just part of your plan to try and make a point? And in case you're wondering, I get it but it is very annoying. Would you mind knocking it off?

WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE.

IGNORED.

:rofl:

Oh, wait, you were serious?

:eyes:

RL

WTF.

i ahve ever used that function. i had to work to find out how to use it.

did wonders for the loungs

Now that's funny :rofl:

The followers of the Drowned God must all be in GD or something.

I'll let you know if any angry raiders show up to burn down my apartment and take my cats as salt wives.

This is a joke, right?

The poster who took the name from a skit bashing nut-job hypocritical fundie "christians" is complaining about DUers mocking nut job hypocritical fundie "christians"?

This must be some sort of performance art.

:silly:

"Do as I say, not as I do"

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On your profile page: "spreading the gospel of me"

guess humor is race based.

When others do it, it's offensive bigotry.

OK, Jesus, I bid you good evening, Sir.

and there was no play on your part, you assumed, in your typical self-entitled way

Jesus Titty-Fucking Christ, this thread is fun!

Dude, when your rapture comes, good riddance. I'm sorry if that offends you-- really, I am-- but your beliefs offend me, so I guess that makes us just about even. Christianity is a plague upon humanity. Don't worry though-- I'm an equal opportunity "bigot." Judaism, Islam, Hinduism-- basically any "faith" in invisible friends, supernatural causes, magic, whatever. They're all irrational and delusional.

Alert away if your skin is that thin. Note to the mods-- the DUer calls disagreement with his/her religious insanity "bigotry." I responded. I am an atheist-- and a proud one-- not a "bigot."

I had no idea that Christians were such an oppressed minority in this country (or on DU). This thread has been very enlightening!

What we're saying is it seems to be fair game to say whatever the hell you want to say, offensive or otherwise, with regard to Christians. Just bear in mind that many Christians became LIBERALS because they took the teachings of Jesus seriously. And many of them are dedicated Democrats. All they ask is a little common courtesy -- which is pretty uncommon around here of late.

So why do you want to go out of your way to offend them?

If most any of those things were said about Muslims, a lot of people would be up in arms. If anything at all is said about GLBT, somebody gets (and in fact GOT) tombstoned.

Being an atheist is not necessarily a mark of intelligence or grace.

Bake

I'm not sure if you're responding to me directly or making comments about the DU community at large. But assuming the former, I have some thoughts in response.

"Nobody is saying Christians are oppressed."

Supply Side Jesus directly mentioned oppression in post 27 and alluded to the same in post 4. Read upthread.

"So why do you want to go out of your way to offend them?"

I challenge you to show me where I have "gone out of my way" to offend any Christians in this thread. In fact, I actually try to go out of my way to deliberately not be offensive to anyone of faith. We all have our own unique views regarding religion, however all people of various faiths and non-faiths are deserving of the same respect. I haven't always held this perspective, but I do believe this is the way it should be. On this, I doubt we disagree.

"If anything at all is said about GLBT, somebody gets (and in fact GOT) tombstoned."

On this you could not be more wrong. There have been in the past (and currently still exist, albeit to a lesser degree) a large number of DUers that posted the most vile and hateful messages regarding the GLBT community and were allowed (with tacit approval of the administration of this site) to do so for a very long time with impunity. Although MFM was recently tombstoned, don't make the assumption that all those who make homophobic remarks (in jest or otherwise) are swiftly met with the ban hammer. They aren't.

of the fundies.

Is that a problem for you?

But I still love ya, brother!

:hi:

Bake

"Love your neighbor" very frequently reduces to "I forgive you -- but still ..."

facepalm, THEN forgivness. As in, "OMG I cannot BELIEVE you did THAT! But I forgive you."

:hi:

Bake

Oh wait...there's no irony in DU. I forgot.

Just sayin'...

And why is he being stabbed in that picture?

on edit: didn't use caps on "Bible"

The sullen, tempermental hero in the second volume might seem a big familiar. The fatherless boy who grows up in the sticks, leaves home and meets some weirdos who travel with him, learns a few tricks, and then saves the world from his father?

If not for a bunch of teddy bears on some remote hell named Endor and Poppa Skywalker getting tazed in epic fashion by the Emperor, who know what would have happened.

And you call yourself a sci-fi geek. It's cuz you concentrate on that Trek shit and forget the mastery of the Trilogy. Yes, I said Trilogy. Anything alleged to have been pre-Star Wars is just crap.

I rest my damned case.

Star Trek Enterprise, not the REAL Enterprise.

I rest my case. :P

Star Wars characters.

CLASSIC. Why isn't this in GD!!

:rofl:

:hi:

:rofl:

:D

Why they do that with their ears, I don't know.

Trekkers and Star Wars fans? And here, after watching that movie..


I thought it was all one big joke!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUjrG8gTmM0

is like saying there's a battle between Winnie the Pooh and Godzilla. And I'm not really a Star Wars fan, I just recognize that for 3 movies, there was a good bit of cinema at the time. Besides, that Trek poster is highly suspicious. I hear she has a Frodo/Spock 2012 bumper sticker.

It's all in the Book of Mormon. Iron chariots no problem.

Jesus H. Christ in a broken
wheelbarrow

glazed with rain
water

Beside the white
tombstones.

Very nice, nolabear :hi:

and kick.

perfect. :) :o :(

all at the same time. (for me, anyway)
love it.

He had a bumper sticker that said, "JEEZ IF YOU LOVE HONKUS!"

open to atheists.............

How's your husband?

#2 your comment just shows you have no idea
who I am nor what my passions are
or how I feel about michele

and as far as my husband goes, he is trolling
the seedy parts of town

#2 She lost her glasses so that's why she didn't recognize you, Mrs Phelps.

Why does your husband spreading his seeds in all parts of town? :P

:hi:

:hi:

They can be ax-murderers but they are "forgiven".

I'm not a Christian myself but I do believe that forgiveness, real forgiveness, sets free the one who forgives.

right click/save

:popcorn:

D'oh!!

:popcorn:

Careful, your post might be offensive to some.

:smoke:

and when somebody dies and has leprosy and stuff.

On the liquor bill for your next party!

http://www.jesusoftheweek.com/

A Jesus for everyone, I am sure Jesus would enjoy this website.