Oh dont worry.. but just remember your own advice when I point out that, if you actually stopped and thought about it - the joke doesnt work in the way you think it does. Now my 'Magic Morphing Soup Monster' actually does work as a joke but the only problem is that the people Im teasing actually DO believe some Morphing Soup created them. At least the comedy principle is logical where yours is not. Again, the hilarious part is that you dont know 'why' your thing is backfiring on you and that = funny.
hippypaul- I think at least half of the people that encounter FSM do not realize it is satire. If they go to venganza.com (or org?) then they would realize it is indeed a parody and that in itself is funny. may he be with ye, arghh. Ra-men.
. my 'Magic Morphing Soup Monster' actually does work as a joke If you do say so yourself. Listen, this topic isn't about FSM or Majic Soup (I don't think), please, if you wish to discuss that, do start a new thread. We were talking about those "Marriage = (man symbol)+(woman symbol)" bumper stickers produced by CBN. The last part of this thread was my gorilla theator suggestion to order a bumper sticker, cut out the man and woman symbol and carry them around and then paste them onto an existing bumber sticker like this: Origionally it was suggest that one use the return envelope to send back a letter of condemnation. Some folks felt my idea was irresponsible, others thought is was great and with someothers it was hard to tell what they thought. That was the discussion before it got hi-jacked. The stickers are available for free from www.cbn.com/special/marriageamendment/ They come with a postage paid return envelope, which can be used to voice your opinions to the CBN directly. .
You are quite correct and I would like to reiterate that it was a brilliant idea and to offer my apologies for being sucked into a thread hijacking.
Yea! My bumper sticker arrived today. I printed out the above letter - several times - they might want to pass it around the office and it will go back in tomorrow’s mail. Lots of fun I urge everyone to follow along
Hippunk.. if you dont like people talking about you FSM wherever you go - then consider that you have a gigantic graphic of it in every post. Exactly. Further more - it directly relates to the Gorilla Theatre suckass idea and this unfunny bumper sticker idea. If you dont 'get' how on-topic and 'in-topic' I really am then feel free to STFU already. Thanks
Man It is hard to know were to start - Hippunk - I guess that is an insulting form of my screen name - been called worse - I hereby grant you permission to refer to me as Hippunk in all of our correspondence. I will refer to you as Erasmus70 since that seems to be the name you prefer. Alternatively, maybe you have me confused with hipunk however he does not have a FSM in his sig. I love people talking about FSM that is why I put it on my sig. There are also several entries about it in my journal. I can also provide you with several links to other people talking about it. I do not recall every complaining about anyone talking about it. However, I am often wrong. I think the gorilla theater and the bumper sticker were wonderful ideas that is why I followed through on them and sent in my letter today. I really enjoyed it. When it was pointed out to me that I had wandered off topic, I apologized. As to the question of you being on thread or off thread that is your business not mine. I do believe that I will decline your kind invitation to STFU. Or did you really expect me to leave the forum – give my computer to a good cause and take a vow of silence at your suggestion.
So, the point is that you want to have a bumper sticker which ..errr... suggests that Marriage = Two Men. Ok. Well thats great. Just keep fanning the flame war with CBN I suppose. The main thing is that you do want to keep CBN and Pat Robertson as the 'go to' guys for your Christianity. You want the undecided public to think Pat Robertson is 'The American Pope' of Evangelicals. Its working too.. secular media loves quoting Robertson even when it has nothing to do with anything. A court case on 'ID Theory' and they show a clip of Kooks Robertson 'warning that state' about God having wrath on them. You guys LOVE that. So keep up the good work I suppose.
Do you feel like I pick on Pat Robertson alone? I try to heap scorn on loony ideas wherever I find them. I also expect people to heap scorn on any idea of mine that they find to be worthy of scorn. This results in an exchange of views. At times I find out, much to my surprise that some of my ideas deserved the scorn. The difference between you and me is that I do not keep my ego in the same place that I keep my ideas.
Evangelicals know Pat Robertson is now a Kook. A Wacky Nut. Probably downright Loony at this point. People like you actually want Robertson to be held up as the 'Example' of Christians because its easy and ultimately you hope that society does take Christianity as seriously as they should Pat Robertson. Agree?
. I can't speak for hippypaul, and I wouldn't even try, he does a fine job himself. But for myself, I do care what people think of Pat Robertson. He's not only a kook, he is a nasty, dangerous, nazi kook who would just as soon see all gay folks dead. Our democracy and freedom has been inspired and upheld by poking fun at nasty, dangerous, nazi kooks. Look at the posters from WWII for examples of effective, and state subsidized, street theater. But, rather than join the fight to put an end to nasty, dangerous, nazi kooks like Pat Robertson, you chide those who do? Sadly Erasmas70, you are afraid to do the work and hold us accountable for what is your duty as a christian: to put an end to evangelical bastards like Pat Robertson and the pope. Shame. Shame. Shame on you. I have said I am not a christian. Pat Robertson is a christian, and a typical example, perhaps a bit extreme, but typical of the ideology gone awry. It is your job as a christian to hold him accountable. (have you read the bible -have you read Paul's letters?) It is said that if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. You're more than that Erasmas70, you are trying to water the flames of retribution. Your diatribes here have helped as much as Pat Robertson to establish the quality of hateful christian discourse that many of us have grown to know too well. Sad. It's sad. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Earlier I made a gorilla theator suggestion to order a bumper sticker, cut out the man and woman symbol and carry them around and then paste them onto an existing bumber sticker like this: TheRealPamela suggested that one use the return envelope to send back a letter of condemnation. The stickers are available for free from www.cbn.com/special/marriageamendment/ They come with a postage paid return envelope, which can be used to voice your opinions to the CBN directly. .
Pat Robertson is not likely to have any interest in Nazism and would be about as far from a 'Nationalist Socialist' as you can find. He would also consider Hitler to be an AntiChrist Occultist whom his generation defeated in WW2. As a general rule, Right Wing Conservative Evangelicals associate Hitler as 'Evil' and Nazism as something they were largely instrumental in defeating. It would seem that the majority of men and women that died and served to defeat Hitler and rescue his victims would (by todays standards) be consider right-wing Christians. (back in the 40's most Americans would be considered 'extreme right wing Christians' by todays standards I mean) All you are doing is giving Pat Robertson more and more power and influence - the more you hold him up as some sort of standard bearing example of what is the force to be reckoned with. The majority of Evangelicals have done a pretty good job of distancing themselves from him and CBN and hence you dont see him running for President anymore. Personally I rather like Pope Benedict so far. Im not a Roman Catholic but he seems pretty good already. Wierdly enough - he actually was a 'Nazi' in the real sense of the word. Well Nazi Youth anyways. It was mandatory and there is actually quite an amazing story behind that experience in his life and how it led to him being a Priest and Professor and eventually Pope.
. Pat Robertson is very much like Hitler in that he likes to rewrite history to suit his own purpouses. Also, Hitler never said that he himself was evil, just like Pat Robertson isn't going to admit it. They both stated that what they do is for the good of the people, but we know that's a lie. Pat Robertson lies. More lies. The Catholic Church and the Evangelical movement in Germany in the 1930's supported the Nazis and created doctrines to support the disposition of the jews. Hitler would never have been elected to power if it hadn't been for evangelicals in Germany. Sure, now they can tell it differently, say they hated the Nazis, but if the Axis had won the war the Evangelicals would be spinning a completely different story. No you are by not doing anything to stop him and by spreading christian hate. No, it certainly WAS NOT mandatory! No more mandatory than joining the Boy Scouts. (no comparison intended) 100's of thousands of boys did not join. Many of them from the same village the pope grew up in. They don't look too fondly on the nazi pope, now either. While you may think the story behind his life is amazing, I would be inclined to say that it's typical, considering how the catholic church felt about jews and nazis during the 1930's. The pope is a competent voice for the catholic church as Hitler was the voice for Germany. But like Hitler, he is a poor voice for God. .
Its hard to even imagine the way the world must look through your hysterical revisionist minds eye. Your completely insane to think Hitler was some sort of Evangelical and Im pretty sure a lot of Christians who got killed by him would also disagree but anyways... Pope Benedict was a child at that time and the interesting and meaningful aspect of this comes when he is an adult who is matured to think for himself. I dont know if anyone on the planet has written and educated so much intellectual property on what is wrong with Hitler and Nazism and how it can be avoided ever again. Sadly, you only need to take a read through the literature of a few of the 'Gay Activist' Orgs literature to see the 'Nazi Mentality' is alive and well in those circles. As far as 'Christian Hate' I suppose that is some kind of Oxymoron. If some Christian is 'hating' anyone then they are defying their own scriptures and in doing so its not 'Christian' at all. So the term 'Christian Hate' doesnt really work at all. But nice try at fueling your own hatred at people. You do hate Christians right.. I mean, the ones who really believe in that stuff like Pope Benedict right?
. You haven't had your eyeglass prescription filled recently? I never said that Hitler was an Evangelical. He abhorred religion, and felt it was a threat to his power. If you took the time to read what I wrote you would see that I said he had the support of German Evangelicals who wrote tracts approving of his policies against the Jews. But then, if you spent more time studying history rather then revising it, you would know about christian support for the Nazis. You can pretend it doesn't exist. The Nazi's didn't believe that they were hateful either. I don't hate people. I love people. I love people so much that I have zero tolerance for bigotry or the hypocrites who hide their cowardliness behind false teachings of God. I believe that christians are misguided and lead into hatred, just like the germans in the 1930s; and I wonder if the pope is really the anti-christ. Now you know. You believe that Gays are disgusting and should be exterminated through some method, nothing as obtuse as gas chambers, perhaps a little genetic engineering would soothe your guilty conscious. .
There is nothing from me to give you that impression. Its something you made up and falsely accused me of. Way to go Hitler Jr! Personally, I do not believe there are such a people as 'Gays' other than its a sexual appetite and practice which someone may or may not be 'into' at different times or even all the times. Its like asking if I think 'Smokers' should be 'eliminated'. There are no such thing as a 'people' based on a habit or 'thing you are into' or enjoy. I would strongly suggest that you do actually hate the Pope and I wouldnt doubt it if you would have him censored from the publics ears - IF that were possible. Note: I did not pretend your question (accusations) were somehow 'invalid' because they were 'what if' speculations and such. Thats because Im not a little intellectual woosie like you apparently are.