Chess is a Cheerless Game
This is a bit off of the usual topic, but it is Sunday, so I don’t care. I am looking through the July issue (which arrives in June, you know) of Scientific American and caught this humorous bit in their “50, 100, & 150 years ago” section. This is what Scientific American thought of the [...]
Google is better than God
Image via CrunchBase
Tucker Lieberman and Richard Wassersug have written an interesting and slightly humorous article titled “Google as God: A Theology of Information Technology” for the most recent issue of American Atheist.
In many ways, Google has become the “God” of the internet. It seems to be all knowing concerning anything and everything that happens online. [...]
A translation from French of a humorous text by François Cavanna
Here is a translation from French of an excerpt of a humorous text by François Cavanna, a french atheist writer.
“A Revised Version of Genesis”
1.At the beginning, God created the sky and the earth.
2.No.
3.It’s not like that.
4.Let’s restart from the beginning
1.At the beginning, there was God
2.And nothing else.
3.There could not be anything else as for something [...]
Have Swine Flu? Jesus is Spanking You
“Why? Because you shouldn’t be messin’ round with ‘em pigs,” Jesus replied.
Friday Funnies
I really do appreciate good headline writers…
Court climax premature for Madonna of Orgasm Church
The Madonna of Orgasm Church (Orgasmens Madonnas kyrka) has suffered a disappointing reversal following a Swedish court ruling that the church’s name is unacceptable and offensive.
The church’s founder, artist Carlos Bebeacua who resides in Lövestad in southern Sweden, has been fighting [...]
A Little Something To Ponder….
“A frog marriage in Maghlipara village, Argatala, India, is part of an effort by villagers
to appeal to the rain gods they believe in to usher in rain.” - The BBC (April 28, 2009)
Apparently this is not an uncommon event….
—– Frog Marriage Performed (KGOT.com/Reuters; June 21, 2008)
Indian villagers married two frogs to bring them rain. They believe that if [...]
God is Imaginary
Math nerds will appreciate this one.
God is Imaginary by jamesatracy
And if you still don’t get it – the square root of negative one is an imaginary number. That is because no such number exists in reality. And neither does god. God is imaginary.
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One Church’s Response to Atheist Bus Ads
This is actually kind of clever – the sign is facing a bus stop:
(via http://twitpic.com/39ijw)
Of course, the fact of the matter is, there really is a bus and anyone can check that for him or herself and enjoy its conveniences. Can’t say the same thing about God…
Lego Jesus
Is there any material on earth that hasn’t been used to depict Jesus? After seeing the image below, the answer seems to point to “no”.
Religion News: Parishioners create Lego statue of Jesus
Parishioners at a church in Sweden on Easter Sunday unveiled a 6-foot statue of Jesus made of Legos.
According to wire reports, 40 [...]
Christian Advertising
Well, Easter is around the corner and one local Church stuck the following sign in the ground just accross the street from my house:
I guess it takes an extra bit of marketing glitz to persaude those cafeteria Christians to come in for one of their two obligatory holiday masses….
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