The Funny Side of Religion

Agent Smith · 27-06-2009 10:21pm

modern day arc?

liah · 27-06-2009 10:23pm

That does appear to be the intention.

I wonder what it would be like to have a conversation with the owner of that car.

Doctor DooM · 27-06-2009 11:42pm

A lot of dogs on that particular ark.

Max Power1 · 27-06-2009 11:45pm

LOL

Yeah i think the ark was his idea - but why an old testament ark but a new testament number plate and quote?

Oh wait - that would me trying to apply logic to religion, and we all know that doesnt work

Tyler MacDurden · 28-06-2009 12:13am

Nice find Liah.

Anyone want to have a shot at cataloguing the various beasties on this guy's Ark? I'm thinking we'll find our zoological texts to be rather inadequate.

Seems like a good opportunity to share this...Joe Rogan on Noah:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF9Xn5m2OGg

bnt · 28-06-2009 1:20am

I particularly like the dinosaurs on the trunk, and the chains on the number preaching plate. This guy's in chains all right - mental chains. Can anyone see which State this is? I hope it's Texas. I'm going to Houston a month from now, and I've been warned that some folks there take their religion rather seriously. :pac:

As for the creatures, I see no coherent strategy, just everything bar the kitchen sink. Prob'ly can't tell between Warner Brothers and Disney characters.

Where's the nearest car wash? If the driver put that thing through, the machine would blow up like something from an episode of Top Gear. :eek:

liah · 28-06-2009 1:28am

Florida.

Which is unsurprising. Florida's pretty much one of the biggest capitals for stupid in the States.

King Mob · 28-06-2009 1:29am

Hey Joe Rogan, George Carlin called. He wants his bit back.

Tyler MacDurden · 28-06-2009 2:38am

King Mob wrote: »

Hey Joe Rogan, George Carlin called. He wants his bit back.

Damn, and Joe's so tetchy when people steal his stuff.

Speaking of Rogan, someone's posted that pic on his boards too, some redneck lunatic's getting their 15 minutes of infamy today.

Rev Hellfire · 28-06-2009 9:05am

liah wrote: »

Florida.

Which is unsurprising. Florida's pretty much one of the biggest capitals for stupid in the States.

You've clearly never had to work in Texas...

philologos · 28-06-2009 9:23am

I saw a car with "Repent and believe in the Gospel" which is a quotation from the Gospel of Mark stickered along the sides near B&Q in Liffey Valley, but I have never seen anything like in that picture

Zillah · 28-06-2009 9:24am

Someone should put together a parody Christ-Car for Halloween.

bronte · 28-06-2009 9:46am

liah wrote: »

I wonder what it would be like to have a conversation with the owner of that car.

Painful I'm sure

Mark Hamill · 28-06-2009 1:15pm

liah wrote: »

That does appear to be the intention.

I wonder what it would be like to have a conversation with the owner of that car.

I have a feeling it would be like having a conversation with an audiobook of the bible on the random play setting.

Hagar · 30-06-2009 7:04pm

Goduznt Xzst · 01-07-2009 11:46pm

Goduznt Xzst · 02-07-2009 1:44pm

Mena · 03-07-2009 1:16pm

I debated with myself on this one, start a normal thread, or post it in the Religious Humour section... well, it screams "this has to be a joke" to me so here it is:

The Irish Times wrote:

IT SOUNDS like the beginning of a joke: what do you get when you put a Muslim imam, a Greek Orthodox priest, a rabbi, a Buddhist monk and 10 atheists in the same room? Viewers of Turkish television will soon get the punchline when a new gameshow begins that offers a prize arguably greater than that offered by Who Wants to be a Millionaire ?

Contestants will ponder whether to believe or not to believe when they pit their godless convictions against the possibilities of a new relationship with the Almighty on Penitents Compete (Tovbekarlar Yarisiyor in Turkish), to be broadcast by the Kanal T station.

Four spiritual guides from the different religions will seek to convert at least one of the 10 atheists in each programme to their faith.

Those persuaded will be rewarded with a pilgrimage to the spiritual home of their newly chosen creed – Mecca for Muslims, Jerusalem for Christians and Jews, and Tibet for Buddhists.

The programme’s makers say they want to promote religious belief while educating Turkey’s overwhelmingly Muslim population about other faiths.

“The project aims to turn disbelievers on to God,” the station’s deputy director, Ahmet Ozdemir, told the Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review .

That mission is attested to in the programme’s advertising slogans, which include, “We give you the biggest prize ever: we represent the belief in God” and “You will find serenity in this competition.”

Only true non-believers need apply. An eight-strong commission of theologians will assess the atheist credentials of would-be contestants before deciding who should take part.

Converts will be monitored to ensure their religious transformation is genuine and not simply a ruse to gain a free foreign trip. “They can’t see this trip as a getaway, but as a religious experience,” Mr Ozdemir said.

The programme, which is scheduled to air in September, has been criticised by commentators and religious figures for trivialising God and faith. – ( Guardian service )

Is this the new Big Brother?

Hagar · 04-07-2009 7:14pm

Think Muslim suicide bomber...
Allah al AhkBar... boom... dead Muslim

Think Buddhist suicide bomber...
Ommm... boom... reincarnates... Ommm... boom... reincarnates... Ommm... boom... reincarnates... Ommm... boom... reincarnates...

Game over man, don't pi$$ off the Buddhists.

Galvasean · 04-07-2009 7:24pm

Goduznt Xzst wrote: »

You should repost that in the Palaeontology forum

Now what I want to know is, is this for real?

Anyone care to translate?

04-07-2009 8:55pm

It is something about a recreation of the form taken by Mary in an apparition in Portugal. (think Knock or Lourdes but with dinosaurs)
Cabo Espichel

Cabo Espichel (lit. Cape Espichel) is a cape located to the west of Sesimbra, Portugal. Tourists are drawn there due to breathtaking views of its cliffs facing the Atlantic Ocean.

The location is famous for the a sanctuary complex (lit. Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Cabo Espichel), built extremely close to the edge of the tall cliffs, which includes a church still in use today.

Also famous, are the several dinosaur fossil trackways exposed in some of the now tilted Jurassic strata which form the cape's cliffs. It is said that local superstition interpreted the trackways as the path taken by the Holy Virgin ("Nossa Senhora") when riding a giant mule from the ocean and up the cliffs, which led to the eventual construction of the convent at that location.

Zillah · 04-07-2009 10:15pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Blasphemous, irreverent, witty. I like it.

Overblood · 05-07-2009 1:25am

Ok I know these vids don't pertain to any certain religion, but they are about superstition and ignorance, which are major ingredients of religion. Also I might add: DeGrasse is my new hero. He is an astrophysicist, tv presenter, comedian.... and he's black. It's great. It's like watching Chris Rock talking about science.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xag3oOzvU68

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7c6EO46Bu8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm8t5Wk6las

Overblood · 05-07-2009 3:16am

If you have an hour and a half to spare, here's an other excellent video from deGrasse Tyson. I guarantee you'll laugh your arse off!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAD25s53wmE

Hagar · 06-07-2009 12:29pm

See more comics from Calamities of Nature

GhostInTheRuins · 06-07-2009 10:49pm

The Mad Hatter · 06-07-2009 10:55pm

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

...?

Am I missing something?

Has your account been hacked?

5uspect · 06-07-2009 11:26pm

Caught hot-linking I'd say.

GhostInTheRuins · 06-07-2009 11:29pm

The Mad Hatter wrote: »

...?

Am I missing something?

Has your account been hacked?

5uspect wrote: »

Caught hot-linking I'd say.

Whoops, yes 5uspect is right

06-07-2009 11:52pm

It's the Jesus light switch if you follow the link back - it has been posted before.

Bottle_of_Smoke · 07-07-2009 12:47am

Would probably better suit "non-religious humour" but don't think there's a thread for that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfqht0LEOWQ

Zillah · 07-07-2009 9:38pm

Overblood wrote: »

If you have an hour and a half to spare, here's an other excellent video from deGrasse Tyson. I guarantee you'll laugh your arse off!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAD25s53wmE

This is brilliant, I highly recommend it.

"BRAIN FAILURES!"

robindch · 10-07-2009 11:02am

Daniel Dennett -- the most peaceful of the Four Yukky Militant Atheist Horsemen of the Apocalypse -- was at a conference in Cambridge during the week and tried to learn what "Kenotic Theology" is.

Dennett's a better man than I since he was able to remember what it KT is, whereas I've just read his piece and can't remember a thing about it. More on Kenotics (oh dear, is it "Kenosis"?), something called "Evolutionary Christology" and other freshly-minted makey-uppey stuff here:

http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/almost-live-report-daniel-dennett-at-the-cambridge-science-and-faith-bash/

Overblood · 10-07-2009 4:59pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8B4tMhIsPo

Overblood · 10-07-2009 5:15pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykkFJZnddG4

The Mad Hatter · 10-07-2009 5:56pm

Overblood wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykkFJZnddG4

I want a 'holy **** happens' t-shirt.

Flamed Diving · 11-07-2009 4:57pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRBrjt7z5Cw

Humorous, in a very dry way. Punchline at the end.

Zillah · 11-07-2009 10:30pm

I like Hitchens. I imagine that if anyone argued with him he'd simply glare at them and they'd die instantly.

5uspect · 12-07-2009 12:35pm

Slow day:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080117030348AAD4dbe

Galvasean · 12-07-2009 12:49pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcqkgsvzgLs

Flamed Diving · 12-07-2009 12:50pm

http://www.everystudent.com/features/isthere.html

Insanity.

Galvasean · 12-07-2009 12:58pm

Flamed Diving wrote: »

http://www.everystudent.com/features/isthere.html

Insanity.

The eye? The eye!?!?!?!?!?!??!!?!?!?!??!!?!??! Oh come now! :mad:

I can't believe it's not satire

fitz0 · 12-07-2009 3:44pm

Your lawyer, so it seems.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8145862.stm

Good for a chuckle.

Pompey Magnus · 12-07-2009 4:02pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6KGZ4UQjgc

robindch · 12-07-2009 5:02pm

fitz0 wrote: »

Your lawyer, so it seems.

Thread merged to keep the funny/weird stuff together.

lankysexybeast · 12-07-2009 6:01pm

Flamed Diving wrote: »

http://www.everystudent.com/features/isthere.html

Insanity.

god wants us to have faith and not knowledge of his existance if we had knowledge there would be no question of faith and therefor gods will would be undone (which can't happen and therefor god can't exist). so these points are void

6. Does God exist? Unlike any other revelation of God, Jesus Christ is the clearest, most specific picture of God revealing himself to us.

this is my favourite one guys cause even when i ask my lecturers (i study theology but of course an a strong heethen lol) they have no answer for this.. http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/mithras/text.htm i don't know if this page gives you the details but here's the jist

mithras was an anchient greek god who was... the son of god .... born of a virgin.... miricle worker ... and died for our sins.

3. Does God exist? The universe operates by uniform laws of nature. Why does it?

recent studies have shown that apes have systems of morals which they developed through evolution. the church would have us believe that religion gave us morals but thats just not true it keeps some people in check but it's not were we get it from. but anyway, if these systems evolved whats to say that biological and other systems of that nature didn't simply evolve as well

i have many other problams with the article well i say problems more things i find retardedly funny but here's the worst

2. Does God exist? The universe had a start - what caused it?

do they not seem to understand that this arguement wipes itself out

robindch · 12-07-2009 6:04pm

Charco wrote: »

God is Hilarious!!

Like the bit where some guy backpedals over the chair behind him and ends up with just his shoes poking over?

Which makes me wonder -- has anybody ever looked into how many people hurt themselves at these gigs? If a preacher spends any time at all winding people up into that kind of illiterate frenzy, the local A+E wards must be filled to overflowing with elderly women with displaced hairstyles, men with groin strain and everybody with dented heads, extensive bruising, muscle strain and whatever else...

Galvasean · 13-07-2009 1:31am

fitz0 wrote: »

Your lawyer, so it seems.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8145862.stm

Good for a chuckle.

Reminds me of

pts · 13-07-2009 2:32pm

Not religious humour in the classical sense, but this clip from Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe detailing a show called "Junior Christian Science Bible Lesson" is funny in a very surreal way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VPCj9OAQSg

pts · 13-07-2009 8:01pm

Charco wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6KGZ4UQjgc

ha ha, God, what a comedian! I like the part where he transforms them into human dominos, laughing so manically that even the joker would get freaked out!

The Funny Side of Religion

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