chuckakers 425 #1 July 3, 2008 in reference to this thread http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do%3Dpost_view_flat%3Bsb%3Dpost_latest_reply%3Bso%3DASC%3Bpost%3D3234849=View+Flat+Mode I've always wondered why some people mock the beliefs of others. Are they so sour on life they feel the need to drag the blessed down with them? Do they actually believe but hate God? Maybe they're just assholes. God bless them anyway - except for that whole blasphemy thing, of course. Enjoy the heat. It's gonna be a long day.Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pirana 0 #2 July 3, 2008 It's just a humorous jab at the absurdity of the dogmatic beliefs of organized religion. Or maybe it is an absurd jab at the humor of organized religion. Either way, it's all in good fun. Unless a person believes that religion is beyond humor." . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuckakers 425 #3 July 3, 2008 Quote It's just a humorous jab at the absurdity of the dogmatic beliefs of organized religion. Or maybe it is an absurd jab at the humor of organized religion. Either way, it's all in good fun. Unless a person believes that religion is beyond humor. I would agree with you if it was just poking a little fun, but read the posts on that thread. Quite a few (including the attchment on the initial post) clearly have the intent of calling Christians idiots for believing what they do. I like a good "there was a minister, a rabbi, and a priest" joke too, but some of the posts were simply an attempt to cut down people's beliefs. I just don't get why anyone would want to do that. I would like to think better of people, especially skydivers. But hey, I guess there are assholes in every walk of life. Maybe kindness is out of style.Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverborg 0 #4 July 3, 2008 Welcome to speakers corner, aka the Roman Colliseum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #5 July 3, 2008 QuoteI like a good "there was a minister, a rabbi, and a priest" joke too, Did you hear the one about the man who dies and arrives at the Pearly Gates? St. Peter checks him in and tells him to follow him. As they walk, they pass a room where people in saffron robes chant in unison; the man asks who they are. St. Peter replies, “Oh, those are the Buddhists.” In the next chamber, there are Tibetan throat singers; then Jews dancing a hora; then Muslims prostrate on their prayer rugs; Hindus worshipping in front of an icon, and so on until they pass a room with the Pope and priests and ministers, a big crucifix and throngs of people. “Christians?” he asks. St. Peter replies, “Shhhhhhhh; they think they’re the only ones in heaven!” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuckakers 425 #6 July 3, 2008 Now that's good religion humor! And you didn't have to be offensive. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #7 July 3, 2008 Actually - no offense to you (although you're not much fun when lucid) I was, as Pirana says, using that joke to take a poke at the "absurdity absurdity of the dogmatic beliefs of organized religion." In this case, it was dogmatic Christianity, but it could just as easily be dogmatic Islam, dogmatic Judaism, whatever. By that, I mean I've always been chagrined at those devoutly religious people, of any religion, who are absolutely certain that their religion alone has a corner on the market of Truth, while all others are False. It's a type of arrogance that I find hard to tolerate. Faith is faith, while corporeal evidence is evidence; and I think it's a fool's mission to try to equate the two. Anyhow, that joke was a humorous way to enunciate that feeling. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #8 July 4, 2008 I guess I'm so ADD that I misread your thread title. thought it said "bi curious." Thought that maybe you were finally getting into chicks. Damn. Missed my chance again. Wonder when I'll ever get me some.... Reckon I should shave first? linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #9 July 4, 2008 Quote Wonder when I'll ever get me some.... Reckon I should shave first? linz Will you be posting before/after pics? Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #10 July 4, 2008 Quote Quote Wonder when I'll ever get me some.... Reckon I should shave first? linz Will you be posting before/after pics? Before/after pics of my unshaven/shaven legs??? At least THAT's likely to actually happen. Dem legs gonna be gettin' sum razor, but linz still ain't gettin none anytime soon...lol.-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #11 July 4, 2008 Damn...and here I thought you were going 'brazilian'... Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #12 July 4, 2008 Quote Damn...and here I thought you were going 'brazilian'... Sweetie....age changes that stuff, and I'm almost middle-aged...heh. Some things are best left unphotographed. Peace~ linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crozby 0 #13 July 4, 2008 QuoteI've always wondered why some people mock the beliefs of others. ... Maybe they're just assholes. People mock all kinds of things. Political persuasion, taste in music, dress sense, religion, spelling ability. Why should religious belief be singled out for special mockery protection? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #14 July 4, 2008 Quote Damn...and here I thought you were going 'brazilian'... Hey! Speaking of which: Presidential Aide: Mr. President, 50 Brazilians were just killed in a plane crash. Dubya: My God, that's horrible! Wait a minute, how many is a brazillion? Happy 4th, Mike. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #15 July 4, 2008 And to you!Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
