The Hazards of Belief

Pace2008

Persecuted Catholics fight for their God-given right to be above the law of the land.

The early Christians were willing to be tortured and thrown to the lions rather than submit to laws of Rome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmJTcyqiZ44

Turtwig

Pikachu meet the Lord Jesus Christ.

*Warning* This video is incredibly cheesy it might drive you towards violence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyclBRebNW8

liamw

Funny or hazard.. both

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4cY-q99clU

biko

Hazard of belief (the hazard is for people around you)
Man sentenced to life for killing 5 family members - Prosecutors say he was angry they wouldn't convert to Islam

A man who was angry that his family would not go along with his conversion to Islam was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday in the slayings of his mother, pregnant wife, infant son and two nieces in a rampage last year on the South Side.
James A. Larry, 33, of Madison, Wis., pleaded guilty last month to multiple counts of murder, attempted murder and the intentional homicide of an unborn child.
The bald, bearded defendant issued a quiet apology in Judge James Linn's courtroom, as several surviving members of the family stood at a podium and clutched one another.
"I'm sorry for what I did to my family," Larry said, standing in a tan jail jumpsuit, his hands clasped behind his back. "I regret it every day, and I pray for them."

robindch

The American Atheists suggest that a cross isn't the best thing to plant on the WTC memorial, bearing in mind that many of the dead didn't hold christian beliefs. So some christians go berserk:

http://atheists.org/blog/2011/07/29/fox-news-facebook-page-on-911-cross-generates-death-threats-against-atheists

nozzferrahhtoo

Posted by me on Atheist Ireland song thread and then by PZ Myers on Pharyngula, here is a nice little song by the wonderful Josh Ritter about the Hazards of belief...

"In Heaven there's no lamb chops, Queen Guineveres for hand jobs, marijuana, Kenny Rogers or ecstasy."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYDw25-RT5U

Recommend watching the entire WITS show that this is taken from. Josh Ritter and Neil Gaiman are on it playing games like "What monster were famous people from history" (Turns out Emily Dickenson was a cephalopod much to PZs joy) and "What happened to famous people in songs after the songs ended" which covered Elanor Rigby and Rocketman.

nozzferrahhtoo

Why Jesus likely will not return while modern technology is in use...

http://pukomuko.tumblr.com/post/8463847016/jesusislove-nowaitbutreally

philologos

robindch wrote: »

The American Atheists suggest that a cross isn't the best thing to plant on the WTC memorial, bearing in mind that many of the dead didn't hold christian beliefs. So some christians go berserk:

http://atheists.org/blog/2011/07/29/fox-news-facebook-page-on-911-cross-generates-death-threats-against-atheists

Surprisingly he didn't get the best reception in the Guardian either. One couldn't attribute that to Christians going berserk.

Delirium

philologos wrote: »

Surprisingly he didn't get the best reception in the Guardian either. One couldn't attribute that to Christians going berserk.

I would guess thats why robin said some Christians go berserk

Pompey Magnus

koth wrote: »

I would guess thats why robin said some Christians go berserk

Ah but were they true Christians? Everyone knows a true Christian would never react like they did...

robindch

philologos wrote: »

Surprisingly he didn't get the best reception in the Guardian either. One couldn't attribute that to Christians going berserk.

Not sure whether you had time to look at the link that I posted, but on that, there were calls (from people who no doubt thought of themselves as chrisitan) to murder atheists.

In the little bit I read on the Guardian website, I didn't see any calls from anybody to murder anybody.

Were the first group, as Pompey suggests, not real christians?

MagicMarker

Nice!

robroy1234

So these loving,wonderful and charming Christians who believe in the saviour Jesus Christ, who died to save us, would happy to remember the 2,954 people who died at the WTC by extorting the murder of just as a many people. That figures since they support the idea of being anti-abortion by killing pregnant mothers, doctors and nurses. Pro-life and yet support the death-penalty, and of course fuel their cars with fossil fuel and yet believe the world is less than 6000 years old.

Dades

robindch wrote: »

The American Atheists suggest that a cross isn't the best thing to plant on the WTC memorial, bearing in mind that many of the dead didn't hold christian beliefs. So some christians go berserk:

http://atheists.org/blog/2011/07/29/fox-news-facebook-page-on-911-cross-generates-death-threats-against-atheists

This facebook entry offends me the most...



A Dude avatar? Come on! The Dude was a pacifist, man!

robindch

Dades wrote: »

This facebook entry offends me the most.

Are we being persecuted?

Please say yes, please say yes!!!!(*)

(*) in a whiney voice.

Mickeroo

Was going to start a thread but it might be better off here. So 17 boys and girls have been arrested in Iran for having a water fight because it supposedly violates Haraam.

robroy1234

Having a water fight is not at all contrary to Haraam, and neither is having a laugh, relaxing or enjoying oneself. This is an example of extreme religious fundamentalism and purposely misinterpreting the holy book. Where do they think they are?? Ireland??

Turtwig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnZb8dly7iE

Turtwig

Boyzone singer Shane Lynch reportedly became so embroiled in black magic, that years spent practicing witchcraft almost killed him.

According to The Star, the 35-year-old claimed he was regularly visited by demons and that his life spiralled out of control, leaving him suicidal.

"I dabbled a lot in the occult and the darker side of life for sure," he told the newspaper.

"I had demonic visitations. I took part in Ouija board séances and all that. It led to a lot of my anger and violence as an individual.

"It's something I don't do anymore."

Lynch claims he was saved by his family, friends and Christianity.

"I turned to Christianity in 2002.

"Coming to God and being a born-again Christian and turning to the family of Jesus saved my life."

source

Zombie Christ is happy.:)

robroy1234

I know Jesus as well....He is a cool Mexican dude whom I went to College with....

Sarky

There you go. Black magic causes boybands.

Pompey Magnus

Malty_T wrote: »

According to The Star, the 35-year-old claimed he was regularly visited by demons and that his life spiralled out of control, leaving him suicidal.

"I dabbled a lot in the occult and the darker side of life for sure," he told the newspaper.

"I had demonic visitations.

muppeteer

Get 'em while they're young. Priest shortage leads to recruiting young teenagers.
video

These children, along with several hundred others, are training in batches to become priests for the city's biggest religious festival.

The 10-day Ganesh Utsav - when the elephant god is worshipped - begins this month and there are not enough priests available to handle the rush of ceremonies: More than 12,000 in different neighbourhoods, and several thousand private ceremonies in homes.

According to one estimate, there are barely 3,500 priests in the city when it needs at least eight times the number.

So the festival organisers have decided to train 700 young boys and girls this year so that more priests can be made available.
'Crash course'

Interestingly, many of the children taking the "crash course" in priesthood are girls.

"I know there will be some hesitation [to hire us] in the beginning because we are so young and then we are girls. But once [the clients] know that we are as good as traditional priests, they will hire us," says a visibly excited 15-year-old Neha.

full article

Not entirely sure where to post this as it's relatively mild for a hazard.
Also a city 'needs' 28000 priests like it needs more homoeopathic hospitals.

Kepti

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908//vp/44098787#44098787

Rick Perry, a republican presidential candidate in America, is being backed by a strange sect of Christians with political aspirations who believe that they are prophets.

This news segment has a montage of them spouting some insane beliefs. The repeal of DADT caused 100,000 fish to die, and birds to drop out of the sky. The statue of liberty is an idol created by French freemasons. Hitler's stormtroopers were all homosexuals because straight men weren't monstrous enough to carry out his orders.

Galvasean

robindch wrote: »

The American Atheists suggest that a cross isn't the best thing to plant on the WTC memorial, bearing in mind that many of the dead didn't hold christian beliefs. So some christians go berserk:

http://atheists.org/blog/2011/07/29/fox-news-facebook-page-on-911-cross-generates-death-threats-against-atheists

I think this is the best one:

Calling atheists full of hatred while expressing a desire to kill them :pac:

nozzferrahhtoo

muppeteer wrote: »

Get 'em while they're young.

Or even get them while they are young, starting to look very attractive, and put them in rooms with insane, large and often violent men!!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2024621/Meet-exorcist-schoolgirls-spend-time-casting-demons-worldwide.html

Using young attractive girls for personal financial profit under the guise of "Excorcism" is really the bottom of the barrel with me, especially when you have to put them in direct personal physical danger to do it.

Galvasean

Buffy Summers, you ahve a lot to answer for! :mad:

biko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC21AjzuRHY

Turtwig

Fckkkkme!:eek: Jesus Christ! That's just.... I ......think I want to get off the planet now. Sickening stuff!:mad:

robindch

The catholic church in Dublin is "close to collapse":

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0817/church.html?RTEMAILID

Street party, anybody?