But mostly gays because they commit sin by "taking it up the tailpipe". Oh, and now I guess adultery, one of the ten commandments, includes gay sex..  (News to me)

I can't imagine they actually like hating freaking everything. I mean Elizabeth Taylor? Really? I think they just really like making and holding colorful signs..

 

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Shamelessly stolen form epicsaurus.

 

The sticker in question?

 

I'll put money that Tierra has one of these on her car.

 

And on a side note, where do people get off? Resident! Pshh. Reminds me of the mock parking ticket because I park a company vehicle in my lot...

Well, it's certainly been a while since I've stumbled across something that made my brain hurt bad enough to consider shaking my fist at it. Unfortunately, today I have. It also turns out that one can be part of the secular crowd and still be - for lack of a better word - stupid. "How stupid," one may ask. Well, as stupid as getting up in front of a crowd and having another idiot blow dry away your Christianity. This is the sacred ceremony known as debaptism. Please understand me now, celebrating one's freedom is healthly, even fun. But dressing up in a robe and holding rites of passage seems almost exactly what we're all escaping from. Some, like Gary Mueller, have even mailed the certificate to the churches that performed the original baptisms. "I'm friends with so-and-so now and not you!" says the milk-mustached grade schooler.

Truely though, not all of these people are taking him seriously. Those that are merely in it for the parody simply don't understand. Professor Laurence Stookey of Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington sets the record straight. De-baptizers misunderstand baptism when they caricature it as an attempt at magic. Baptism is a kind of adoption where you become a child of God, of the church and of the family. You can renounce your physical parents, (the church and God), but they cannot renounce you because you are their child. Anybody who makes fun of baptism probably hasn't gone into it in enough depth to know that."

For the record, I don't exactly agree with baptising children, enlisting them before they have a voice. But it's not like it actually means anything. My baptism still stands and always will, simply because the catholic church wants it to. Though I believed for several tortured years, I've never actually practiced any religion; and I'm not going to start now with a kooky debaptism.

If you'd like to read more on this subject, click here for the source.

 

I really think some of these protesters get off on verbal abuse.  I mean, who in their right mind would go to a Star Wars event and pull this shit??

 

 

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Fear can make one do a lot of crazy things. Those who don't possess – or just choose not to use – rationality, however, often just do stupid things. Like burning books because they were written by one with another faith or ethnicity.

But full blown cleansing isn't as easy to do now. Some just settle for a good ol' DVD destruction. As it turns out one of my neighbors is a god fearing fundie. So fearing she must have felt the only way to wash out the enjoyment experienced while watching The Golden Compass, was to rip/cut the damn thing in four.

Now as far as the background story goes, I am speculating, but it makes a good story nonetheless. The DVD, though, I do have. Found on the top of the dumpster behind my apartment building was a copy of The Golden Compass, carefully displayed with the words, “Ha Ha its [sic] new! You can have it!” Naturally as an unsuppressed human being I was curious. When I'm curious I don't pray it away, I investigate. Inside the case was a DVD that was anything but new. Held together with transparent tape were roughly four quarters of the disc. Along with some more self-supposed clever words.

“This movie is about killing God. Stated the Author[sic],” and reverse, “Thats why I ripped or cut the DVD.” One can only imagine the precedings.

“Oh, Helen, you absolutely must watch this film. I was so amazing and the cute with the little animals.”

“But Suzie, that movie is about killing god. The author said so. You'd better do something to show the lord you're sorry.”

“Oh heavens, I had no idea. I hope I don't go to hell now, maybe god will see I'm sorry if I rip the thing up. Arrrrggg.... well maybe I'll cut it.”

Anyway, I really do have a point to all of this. Churches can bend this fear to make their henchmen do just about anything. It may sound innocent when a churchie takes a sword to a pikachu doll or a sharpie and scissors to a DVD, but these aren't the only subjects that hatred is taught to.

 

Sam Kholi came up with the Jesus Truck.  Now you can ship religiously!! 

Donations are always welcome and you can get a free bumper sticker here.

http://www.shipwithsam.com/index.html

Has anyone seen one of these?  If you have, email us pictures!!

 

Source: http://sfist.com/2009/01/02/sublime_point-counterpoint_protest.php