Phew, they have them too!
I’m glad that religious extremism is not our exclusive domain…
But regardless, I’d rather spend my time with this guy!
Mahmood's Den
An Arab man's attempt at bridging the cultural gap and trying to make a difference. Failing a lot. Succeeding once in a while.
Wouldn’t it be great if there was an Islamic version of Father Ted? ‘Mullah Omar’ or ‘Ayatollah Ali’? MoI could think about it as part of its new schedule. Have to get someone from the parliament to play the Father Jack part.
This is so funny — I just this instant turned away a Jehovah’s Witness from my door, as the world headquarters are about a mile away and visitors from all around the country spend the summer (along with the young Mormans) trolling the neighborhood loking for converts.
Funny how fundamentalist thinking (religious or political) always comes down to the same line — do it “my way” or go straight to hell.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13804825/
Seven bombs just went off on commuter trains in Bombay. One hundred dead so far.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/11/AR2006071100330.html
Anybody think it was done by Catholic extremists?
Steve
Now how did I ever think that Steve would look at the funny side of this?
Actually the scary priest looks like the pastor I had when I was going to Catholic school. He’s part of the reason I’m not Catholic anymore.
Steve
Ah, then you never watched and enjoyed the greatest television show ever made then!
Everyone has them, thats part and parcel of religion.
That priest reminds me of Father Sargeant from the Anglican boys school I went to in western Canada. He had a steel plate in his head that he called his ‘Angelic Antenna’. He used to walk around the classroom with his swat stick and crack you on the knuckles if your hand writing was not up to par.
“Into your head, with a hammer, we pound the rules of English grammar.”
Sunrunner
I usually invite the Jehovahs in, pour myself a drink, light up a smoke and bring out my 60 million yr old sharks tooth.
Will LOL — I have done all sorts of outrageous things to “insult” the JW by my actions, including showing up at the door in a towel and letting it drop! I was hoping that it would get me on the “do not ring” list — but unfortunately, they are determined and I am outnumbered! Problem is, is that I get a lot of ups and fedex parcels for my work at home and I HAVE to answer the door!
BTW — there is an incredible interview at the blog crooks and liars of an interview with John Dean in which he talks about the “authoritarian” mindset. He is directing it at the US political situation, but it is. of course, applicable to any place plagued by fundamentalism.
Sunrunner,
That was me posing as a Jehovah’s Witness as a prank.
Do you want to buy the photos I took?
Steve
No Steve, they are my gift to you — in honor of the 1st amendment.
Enjoy!
Oh yes. We have them too. Between the “God Hates Fags” wackos from Kansas to the Papists to the non-denominational fundamentalists… intolerance and misunderstanding knows no boundry.
God LOVES me. He HATES you. LMAO.
Wettap!
I have always been fond of “Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you are an asshole.”
sunrunner
Interesting concept with alot of evidence. I know a good bunch of people who will vote for ‘their’ party regardless of who is running. Reminds me of blind faith.
I can agree with alot of what Dean is saying but I think he goes a little over the top at the end with the fascism thing.
Will,
So you agree with Dean when he suggested America attacked itself on Sep 11?
Steve
If that is what he said I dont agree. I do agree that the Bush administration uses fearmongering tactics and benefits from them.
There’s plenty to fear, Will. If I was President and the CIA told me that rogue Pakistani nuclear scientists were sitting around the campfire discussing how to make nukes, that might send a chill up my spine. If the CIA brought in a mockup of a mubtakker, a device for spreading cyanide on a subway train, the plans for which were found on a terrorists PC, that would would alarm me, too.
You’re not taking the threat seriously.
Steve
Perhaps not. I sometimes drive without my seatbelt on.
There will always be lots to fear. Did Churchill or FDR pander to that basic human emotion to rally the people?
Dont get too defensive. Fearmongering is pretty much universal. From just about every govt in the world to every religion. From Proctor and Gamble to
the Ford Motor Co.
Church of Christ also believe they’re the only ones going to Heaven. I worked w/ a girl that was from that church… gosh, she got on my nerves. I remember once, in a meeting, I said something about not being able to sleep at night and she told me that it was because my mind wasn’t clean!
Boy, isn’t THAT the truth!!!! eheheheheheheh
Ours are just as crazy Mahmood, only not all quite as export oriented….
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/Issues/current/polygamy/index.html
http://www.rickross.com/reference/snake/snake5.html
I said something about not being able to sleep at night and she told me that it was because my mind wasn’t clean!
Sounds like hers was a blank slate.
I worked with a guy who shared his cube with a Fundamentalist Christian – a part time minister, in fact. He had confided to the minister that he’d recently had a fight with his wife. The next morning the minister asked him if he’d made up with his wife. When he said yes, the minister said, good, because he and his wife had prayed for them all night.
Sunrunner;
Hang a No Soliciting sign on your doorway if they’re getting too bothersome. The law says they’re supposed to respect that.