My favorite false prophet

[Morella]

Edward Current

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This guy cracks me up. He pretends to be a fundie just to ridicule the believers. He has several other videos on YouTube, if you're digging this one.

Imagine imitating his style to troll religious forums...you would have the fundies believing in you, asking you to pray for them, maybe even wanting to cough up some money, then they would slowly, one at a time, realize that you were fucking with them.

Of course, I would never do anything like that.

[Morella]

This one is priceless

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[Mohawk Freak]

Now I know where Glen Beck gets his ideas!

[Guest]

i tell you what, you can make fun of me for being a "fundie" any day you want. i consider it a badge of honor to stick to the fundamentals of my christian faith.

i have not watered down by beliefs to please the liberal bed-wetting political correct crowd, nor have i polluted it with the worship of mary or the saints, nor for the idea that i would become a god of my own planet to constantly impregnate a bunch of wives, nor to deny the trinity or the deity of christ.

However, i do feel like it is in relatively poor taste to make fun of someone for their faith. that's kind of like making fun of someone just because they are black or jewish. Now, if someone is a blithering idiot, or if they are a sub-literate violent crack head who can't seem to wear their pants correctly, that is different. Also, i will make an exception if someone's religion was founded by L. Ron Hubbard.

[Scary Guy]

Blithering idiot = all of the religions, everywhere.

Ryan, are you actually serious? Poe's law has just come into play here. So do you believe the earth was created in the past 4,000-7,000 years, that it is the center of our galaxy, and is it flat? These things are all cliamed in The Bible and if you're really into it then I should stone you to death for working on a Sunday and breaking the sabbath (using a computer = work.)

As far as other things on youtube to check out regarding religious satire check out Betty Bowers and Bertha Bangers as well.

As for non-youtube you might like the Landover Baptist Church

Sorry I love religious debate and I'm an asshole. This is why we avoid these subjects, because I confront them head on

[mr x]

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However, i do feel like it is in relatively poor taste to make fun of someone for their faith. that's kind of like making fun of someone just because they are black or jewish. Now, if someone is a blithering idiot, or if they are a sub-literate violent crack head who can't seem to wear their pants correctly, that is different.


I couldn't agree more with that statement!

[theonlyjohnson]

Sorry I love religious debate

You didn't debate anything. All that you did was belittle a group of people for believing differently than you. If you were to know anything about fundamental Christians, all that you are doing is strengthening their faith.

[theonlyjohnson]

And Ryan, I lived in Hollywood and the Scientologists are all over the place. They are very strange.

[LMS]

I generally leave the religious folks alone unless they come to my door or approach me in public trying to push their beliefs on me. Except for Muslims that is, fuck them and the camel they rode in on.

[theonlyjohnson]

I too am an asshole and take quite a lot of pride in my ability to debate pretty much anything despite my personal views on the subject

[Guest]

Blithering idiot = all of the religions, everywhere.
Ryan, are you actually serious? Poe's law has just come into play here. So do you believe the earth was created in the past 4,000-7,000 years, that it is the center of our galaxy, and is it flat? These things are all cliamed in The Bible and if you're really into it then I should stone you to death for working on a Sunday and breaking the sabbath (using a computer = work.)

I'm serious. i'm not one to bullshit people. i have better things to do. i have read through the bible cover-to-cover 2 and a half times (i'm in jeremiah now). there is no scripture that i can remember that claims any of those things you think it claims. However, it is a pretty big book, and there is some pretty amazing stuff in there so i could have missed it. Perhaps you can quote those verses for me; it would be nice.

However, some scholars get the 6 - 7,000 year old earth theory from tracing out the genealogies in the bible. This theory does not take into consideration the gap theory, which points to a much older earth. Whether or not the earth is that old, or much older is really immaterial.

the bible is not, nor should be taken as a science textbook. it is a book that outlines the history of the jewish nation, the plan of salvation, and the prophecy of things to come. writers of that day saw certain things and described them in the best way they could.

whether the earth was created in 7, 24-hour days, each with 60 minutes of 60 seconds, or whether "with the lord a day is as a thousand years," it doesn't change the core message. whether in genesis noah's flood was indeed global - or merely regional that was enough to kill all the people at that point in time, it doesn't change the core message. whether in the book of joshua, the sun stood still, or if it was instead the rotation of the earth that stopped, it doesn't change the core message. whether in the book of 2nd kings, the sun moved backwards for hezekiah, or if it was instead the earth that rotated backwards, it doesn't change the core message. whether in the book of jonah if he was swallowed by a whale (a mammal), or a whale shark (a literal fish), it doesn't change the core message.

You are probably confusing historical doctrine of the catholic church with actual scripture in the bible. let me assure you they are two entirely different things.

you can't really debate by calling someone a blithering idiot. debate is a reasoned, intelligent discourse by two parties with opposing points of view. name calling and demonizing your opponents, however is a popular tactic undertaken by a certain national political party because they understand their views are largely based on emotion, empty rhetoric, and are a-constitutional.

but i'm really not interested in debate. faith is something you either have, are open to, or don't have it. If someone doesn't have it and isn't open to it, there is not one blessed thing i could say that would change their mind. If someone is open to it, then absolutely i will be happy to engage in discussion and answer questions. i'm not here to engage in bible-thumping. i think my history here on the forums will bear that out. i'm here to talk about procars with awesome people.

also, i'm with LMS. fuck islam and all their camels. incidentally, i have heard some scholars say the description in the quran of the islamic messiah matches very closely with the description in the bible of the antichrist. however, i have not personally researched this topic, nor do i really want to get into that here.

so believe what you want. call me a blithering idiot. i should be headed down to florida tomorrow in the coach, so i have other things with which to deal.

[Guest]

btw, if anyone knows of cool spots to visit around the amelia island area, let me know.

[theonlyjohnson]

Well said Ryan

[Psychoholic]

Respect +10000 for Ryan.

[Psychoholic]

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