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Have we got a video? Stewart slays the christian right with their own words
As a nonbeliever, I would love it if people abandoned their houses of worship and came together via science and reason. But, sadly, that’s not going to happen any time soon. Until then, I remain secular and quite fond of the Constitution. And so does Jon Stewart, quite rightly.
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Have we got a video? Mr. Deity and the Void
Finally! A new Mr. Deity!
FTW: A little political/World Cup funny
Italy are the Israel of world football - we all know what they're upto but you're not allowed to say anything & theres no chance of justice
Football fan murdered by religious family members
This story broke on Thursday; very sad. Read the full story here at Greenwichtime.com. Here’s an excerpt:
A South African man who wanted to watch a World Cup football match instead of a religious program was beaten to death by his family in the northeastern part of the country, police said Thursday.
David Makoeya, a 61-year-old man from the small village of Makweya, Limpopo province, fought with his wife and two children for the remote control on Sunday because he wanted to watch Germany play Australia in the World Cup. The others, however, wanted to watch a gospel show.
The link to the story shows who’s been talking about or linking to the article at the bottom in the Echo section. This one caught my eye:
When soccer means just a little too much. This is just insane. http://bit.ly/cEoPuT
Um, no…I think you’ll find in this case that religion meant a little too much. It wasn’t the soccer fan who killed the family members who wanted to watch the gospel program, it was the other way around. They smashed his head against the wall.
Ah…the good old peaceful teachings of Jesus Christ.
Catholics still can’t quite get their priorities straight
From Sports Business Daily:
Hyundai has “pulled a World Cup-themed TV ad after an outcry from Catholic advocates who called the spot sacrilegious and offensive,” according to Sam Gustin of DAILYFINANCE. The 30-second “Wedding” spot, which aired during Saturday’s U.S.-England game, features a church in Argentina that “apparently worships soccer.”
The commercial “depicts a church service with religiously charged imagery, including a soccer ball with a crown of thorns and worshipers kneeling as they receive pizza for communion.” However, an attempt to be humorous “missed the mark — widely — outraging Catholic advocates and bloggers.” Hyundai said that the spot is “based on an actual church in Rosario, Argentina, called Iglesia Maradoniana, which is dedicated” to Diego Maradona, now coach of the country’s World Cup team.
The Korea-based carmaker said that it “meant no offense but rather intended to humorously connect the ‘passion of soccer fans with owner loyalty.’” A Hyundai spokesperson yesterday said, “We got enough of an outcry that we think we missed the mark. So we’re going to do the right thing and pull it down”.
FOXNEWS.com’s Greg Burke noted critics complain that Hyundai “mocks the Eucharist, which Catholics believe to be the body of Christ, by showing ‘worshipers’ on their knees receiving slices of pizza rather than the communion host”
Of all the things the Catholics could be worrying about, like say…the mass cover-up of an international pedophilia scandal, they’re concerned about a car commercial airing for only a short time during the World Cup (which incidentally they are an official sponsor of)?
I can’t help but feel a little…Schadenfreude?
A little natural weather occurrence sent “touch-down” Jesus to a fiery grave last night, according to local news sources. Here is an excerpt from the Associated Press story:
The “King of Kings” statue, one of southwest Ohio’s most familiar landmarks, had stood since 2004 at the evangelical Solid Rock Church along Interstate 75 in Monroe, just north of Cincinnati. The lightning strike set the statue ablaze around 11:15 p.m., Monroe police dispatchers said.
The sculpture, 62 feet tall and 40 feet wide at the base, showed Jesus from the torso up and was nicknamed Touchdown Jesus because of the way the arms were raised, similar to a referee signaling a touchdown. It was made of plastic foam and fiberglass over a steel frame, which is all that remained early Tuesday.
The fire spread from the statue to an adjacent amphitheater but was confined to the attic area, and no one was injured, police Chief Mark Neu said. The fire department would release a monetary damage estimate Tuesday, he said.
Sadly, after spending $250,000 of the congregation’s money you’d think someone would have considered a lightening rod.
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UPDATE: Thanks to The Friendly Atheist, we have new photos of the aftermath from the Dayton Daily News.
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