Atheists & Agnostics

mr blur

(7,753 posts) Thu Aug 28, 2014, 08:29 PM Aug 2014

English atheists mock Christians

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English atheists mock Christians (Original Post) mr blur Aug 2014 OP

Brilliant! frogmarch Aug 2014 #1

That was fun. AlbertCat Aug 2014 #2

enjoyed that RussBLib Aug 2014 #3

k&r. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Aug 2014 #4

Okay. I may have to retire FSM in favor of the King of the Seagulls. LiberalAndProud Aug 2014 #5

There is no way this could even be pitched to run on us tv. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #6

But shouldn't your First Amendment cover that? mr blur Aug 2014 #7

Technically yes, but... onager Aug 2014 #8

frogmarch

(12,256 posts)

1. Brilliant!

Reply to mr blur (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2014, 08:47 PM

Aug 2014

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)

2. That was fun.

Reply to mr blur (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2014, 11:05 PM

Aug 2014

They did pick some of the wackiest stuff.

RussBLib

(10,756 posts)

3. enjoyed that

Reply to mr blur (Original post)

Fri Aug 29, 2014, 11:12 AM

Aug 2014

Thanks for posting that. I'd never heard of it.

Behold! The magic banana!! The lengths that people will go to to try and justify their silly beliefs!

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

4. k&r. Thanks for posting. nm

Reply to mr blur (Original post)

Sat Aug 30, 2014, 12:31 AM

Aug 2014

LiberalAndProud

(12,799 posts)

5. Okay. I may have to retire FSM in favor of the King of the Seagulls.

Reply to mr blur (Original post)

Sat Aug 30, 2014, 02:37 AM

Aug 2014

Bibleman. I had no idea. I think that will probably backfire. My four-year-old grandson understood that the Power Rangers are just pretend and got bored of them at the age of five.

Fun stuff. Thanks mr blur.

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)

6. There is no way this could even be pitched to run on us tv.

Reply to mr blur (Original post)

Sat Aug 30, 2014, 07:22 AM

Aug 2014

mr blur

(7,753 posts)

7. But shouldn't your First Amendment cover that?

Reply to Warren Stupidity (Reply #6)

Sat Aug 30, 2014, 10:56 AM

Aug 2014

It's just a bunch of comedians mocking TV programmes.

(Christian) religion has such a grip on society over there?

onager

(9,356 posts)

8. Technically yes, but...

Reply to mr blur (Reply #7)

Sat Aug 30, 2014, 04:22 PM

Aug 2014

Thanks a lot for posting this, it was hilarious!

As for your question - if you think Gawd moves in mysterious ways, try the American legal system.

Consider what happened to National Lampoon magazine back in the 1970s.

The NatLamp occasionally ran a hilarious feature, "Son O' God Comics." A comic book with a completely incompetent Jesus and supporting characters like Jehovah and Allah who were always wrong-footing the Messiah.

Some outraged Xians in Massachusetts discovered that the state's 1697 criminal law against blasphemy was still on the books. They threatened to use it against the magazine. (BTW, Massachusetts is generally one of the more liberal American states. But it's one of a handful of states, like South Carolina and Maryland, that still have a useful antique blasphemy law hanging around.)

If the case had gone to court, the First Amendment would have undoubtedly trumped the state blasphemy law. But it could have been a long and expensive legal battle, so the magazine caved and agreed to drop Son O' God Comics.

Here are a couple of examples of the comic:

http://christiannightmares.tumblr.com/post/78759789877/son-o-god-comics-national-lampoons-blasphemous

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