April 06, 2006
Wishful Thinking
I'm working like all the goddamn time, so I haven't had time to really read this beyond the synopsis. But, National Geographic is claiming that they have found (or someone found, and they're analyzing) a new gospel. Apparently it's the gospel of Judas. And apparently, Jesus told him to turn him over to the Romans.
Which means one of tow things. Either Judas was bullshitting and covering his ass, which is doubtful because he thought he was talking to God, and God would know better, or a fundamental piece of Christianity is incomplete at best, horseshit at worst (how many times have you had to read/see Judas metaphors? Too goddamn many).
Hopefully I'm accurate in my assessment, and neo-Jesus killbots like Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Douchebag McGee will sit up, blink their eyes a few times, and say, "wow, this here book really was written by man. We've been wrong for centuries. Maybe we should calm the fuck down, because it's now been proven that we don't always know what the hell we're talking about. I'm going to go apologoze to all those gay people I spit on the other day."
Of course, if that happened, the universe would certainly implode. But, man, I hope this works out to be a big deal, and no one is afraid to say very loudly, "see, Christians, you don't always know what's right - you don't even know your own history. So fuck the fuck off, fuckers."
Wishful thinking.
Posted by Chris at April 6, 2006 06:17 PMI am inclined to agree. Anything that upsets the status quo and least leads to further discussion/examination is good.
Posted by: John at April 6, 2006 10:34 PMSo.....religion is horseshit? Ya don't say...
I should postface (I dunno, what the fuck is the opposite of a preface?) my comments with a standard disclaimer: Not all Christians are idiots, and "actual" Christianity - being kind, helpful, compassionate - sounds like a wonderful thing. I just want to end all modern, organized, policy-making, culture-ruining religion. Word.
Posted by: Chris at April 7, 2006 02:10 PMIf these people haven't questioned the divinity of the Bible based on fables like Noah's Ark and the Tower of Babel being presented as historical fact, or the contradictions within the Bible itself, I doubt the discovery of a new book written by people they consider to be heretics is going to shake their faith.
Posted by: Fatboy at April 10, 2006 10:39 AMThis morning, I was planning on making a new post about this. But as long as we already have a Christian thread going, I'll post it here.
I went to my sister's-in-law house this past weekend, and her kids had brought home Resurrection Eggs from their Bible class that they go to during the week. If I'd come across this on the web, I might have thought it was a parody, like Landover Baptist, but it's definitely real. Here's part of the product description:
Lead your kids on a fun, faith-filled Easter egg hunt this year--one that will teach them about Jesus' death and resurrection! Each egg carton is filled with a dozen colorful plastic eggs with miniature symbols of the Easter story hidden inside. These items symbolize events in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. You'll find a donkey, three coins, a cup, praying hands, a leather strip, a crown of thorns, nails, a die, a spear, [emphasis mine] linen/gauze, and a stone, as well as one empty egg, representing the empty tomb.
I realize how important Easter is to Christianity, but giving implements of torture to kids as toys and calling it "fun, faith-filled" just doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
Posted by: Fatboy at April 10, 2006 11:18 AM
I dunno, how many toy guns, rocket launchers, violent video games, etc. did we have growing up? I mean, my Mom fought a battlefor years to get to me not watch Married with Children and Living Color, but I can't tell you how many times I painted my face and went to war in the woods. I never really wanted to shoot anyone, though.
Those don't sound like torture inplements to me anyway, they sound like bondage implements, and we need our schools to be aware of the aging current generation of mistresses and guys in gimp masks.
In other Jesus news, here's this:
