I'm pissed off. I was replying to a thread that got locked...

[hunter]

Yep, the "Archaeologists Discover Site Where Desperate Jesus Christ Turned Tricks" thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027550726

Anyways:

All human gods are worthy of mocking.

None are worthy of our defense. Only the impostor gods would demand human defense.

In this universe what is, *IS*

What is not *IS NOT*

That's the way this universe rolls.

That which is not impossible is mandatory.

I've met many good people who've experienced very rough childhoods, adolescences, and young adulthoods.

If any God wanted to have the truly human experience, who's to say His Most Holy Son wouldn't be found turning tricks at the truckstop...

If you want to get all speculative and historical and stuff, it does look like Jesus spent much time on the highways to India and China, and may have met a few insane Irish peoples and other dark cold winter sorts too.

[Human101948]

1. That's from The Onion...

Not to be taken seriously.

[hunter]

6. If that makes you feel better, go with it.

Virgin teenager Mary, knocked up by GOD!

You may be missing the appeal of Christianity in rough times.

And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

[Human101948]

7. Sorry, didn't mean to upset you...

But I'll bet Jesus had more compassion for teenage runaways on the street than a lot of his followers.

[hunter]

9. But He may not have been one himself at some time?

.

[Human101948]

10. No idea, I wasn't there at the time...

It would be pure speculation on my part.

[hunter]

11. Would it bother you if Jesus had spent part of his youth as a truck stop hooker?

Would it matter?

[Bradical79]

2. ...

[guillaumeb]

3. What is needed is a humor group.

[hunter]

8. Fundamentalists do not recognize comedy.

Most especially the pointier sorts of comedy.

[mr blur]

12. Does your god have a sense of humour?

Most f his followers seem to lack one when it comes to self- reflection.

[guillaumeb]

24. I would think that any higher consciousness would possess

a sense of humor. But I also agree that many people lack all sense of self-reflective humor. Donald Trump. Rafael Cruz. Michelle Bachman. Can you imagine any of them having a self-reflective sense of humor?

[deathrind]

4. Has happened to me a...

Bunch of times. That is why I try to apply the Twitter rule to initial replies.

[Bradical79]

5. Seriously though

It was in the wrong forum. Probably goes in the lounge or here in the Religion forum.

[trotsky]

13. Because at their core, a disturbingly large number of religious people...

appear to want blasphemy recognized as a crime.

[hunter]

16. A good measure of how much any religion might suck...

... is to ask would they make blasphemy a crime?

The greater the penalty, the greater the suckage.

[Major Nikon]

25. Blasphemy laws are still on the books in several states

It wasn't all that long ago that people were still being convicted of it.

[Warren Stupidity]

14. As a gd host I apologize for that lock.

I was a minority of one.

[hrmjustin]

15. It was a great lock and a disgusting op.

[hunter]

17. Yes, it was an extremely crass post. No doubt. Even crass for The Onion.

crass
/kras/
adjective
lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence.

"the crass assumptions that men make about women"

Nevertheless the thin-skinned anti-intellectual religions are not healthy.

Tyson is correct here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027550428

My own family religious tradition is Catholic heresy and Christian Pacifism. We've no use for the Luther or English Protestants either. That's how my ancestors ended up in America.

One of my grandpas was a Conscientious Objector during World War II, the other an autistic spectrum Army Air Force officer who was so obsessed with airplanes and other high technology that the military decided it best to keep him very well grounded. This grandpa was later one of many engineers who landed mankind on the moon, having somewhere in his mysterious service to our Great Christian nation acquired a knack for working titanium.

Other grandpa was always a rebel. He was a welder during the Great World War, Act Two, building Liberty and Victory ships, a choice he'd been granted... that or prison.

Anyways, at least half my ancestors were among the religiously insane. Which is how we ended up in the Americas.

I'd read the entire Holy Bible front cover to back, when I was seven years old.

It twisted me.

[hrmjustin]

18. Ok but that op was about insulting people not starting a discussion.

And it was a good lock.


People need to handle criticism of their faith like adults but that thread was garbage and it was appropriately called so.

[hunter]

19. I'm not a big fan of "like adults."

Those sorts of Adults scare me.

[Humanist_Activist]

22. Not sure what's so disgusting about it, Jesus Christ, as a character, is ripe for satirizing...

and such. The most I could say for it is that its unfunny, or at least I didn't find it amusing.

It seems to me that too many religious people take irreverence personally.

[hrmjustin]

23. Everyone has an opinion.

[cheapdate]

26. Strongly disagree.

Might be from a humor magazine, but that piece forces us to truly consider Christ in the world, Christ in us, and Christ in others -- such as in a desperate and alone soul forced to trade sex for comfort at a truck stop.

[hrmjustin]

28. No it doesn't. It was a cheap shot!

[Leontius]

20. Boo hoo.

Such a sad story.

[hunter]

21. You have no idea...

[whereisjustice]

27. lol - the original midnight cowboy