Bill Maher is only good at one thing - being really condescending. Luckily there’s one subject that deserves every bit of his condescension, and he really gives it the beans here. I admit I hadn’t known that Mitt Romney had his outspoken-atheist father-in-law posthumously baptized, but it certainly doesn’t shock me. Good on Maher for setting things right.
I don’t usually bother with sappy stuff like this, but damn if this isn’t the most uplifting video I’ve seen in a long time. If you’re not choked up at the end, you probably shouldn’t be reading my posts in the first place.
HuffPo sticks the words of so-called “conservative christians” in jesus paintings and hilarity ensues. I tell ya, republicans say the darndest things.
All 50 states, ranked by religiousness, along with other statistics. Now we all know that correlation does not equal causation, but damn. (via Digg)
Still a week to go before Thanksgiving, but all the stores are already pushing the traditional Christmas values of joy, understanding, and buying stuff on credit. Unfortunately, they’re not pushing quite hard enough for some people. Yep, there are already good christian soldiers massing to wage a war against the “war on Christmas”. Say “Happy holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas”? You’re the enemy. Don’t mention Christmas prominently enough in your holiday sales flier? To hell with you. Apparently anybody who dares to acknowledge the existence of the half-dozen other religious holidays that happen in late December is guilty of “persecuting” the poor, downtrodden fundies. (via Digg)
“Faith Fighter” Game Unites Religions In Outrage
Have you ever had an argument that amounted to “My imaginary friend can beat up your imaginary friend”? Well somebody finally got around to making a game out of it, and now all the people with imaginary friends are pissed. The various faiths of the world don’t agree on much, but they can certainly all get behind the idea of lynching the blasphemer!
Feeling sacreligious? The game’s original producer has taken it down, but you can still play it here. I heard that if you beat the game you unlock Galactic Emperor Zenu and the Flying Spaghetti Monster ;)
(via Digg)
Pope Benedict: Ignorant Jackass
In a staggeringly display of cluelessness, Pope Benedict actually said this week during his visit to Africa “It (AIDS) cannot be overcome by the distribution of condoms. On the contrary, they increase the problem.”
Tell that to Uganda, the only African country to have significantly reduced the prevalence of HIV in its population in the last 20 years - almost exclusively due to proper education and distribution of condoms.
Nobody expects the Pope to have much of a grasp on science or anything that really matters, but insisting that condoms increase the spread of HIV is tantamount to claiming the sky is green. The rest of the Vatican is already backpeddling and trying to cover for this latest bit of idiocy.
Jesus was fucking metal. (via Digg)
Update: This pic led me to google “Jesus riding dinosaurs”, which led me to google “Raptor Jesus”, which eventually led me to the greatest YTMND ever. I so heart the internet right now.
Tis the season (aparantly) for really interesting documentaries. This one’s more of a Michael Moore meets Jay Leno’s Jaywalking comedy thing than a straight up documentary, but I think we can all enjoy a good laugh at the expense of the religious wingnuts. Bill Maher is kind of an ass, but that’s what makes him so good at stuff like this. I’m sure this won’t show in a theatre anywhere near you, but look for “Religulous” at Blockbuster (or at least Netflix) sometime in the next few months. (via Digg)
