08-11-2022, 10:50 AM
“All faiths that come out of the biblical tradition—Judaism, Christianity and Islam—have the tendency to believe that they have the exclusive truth,” writes Rabbi David Hartman of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. “When the Taliban wiped out the Buddhist statues, that’s what they were saying. But others have said it too.”
"the Bible is a book that opens with a story about a magic garden with talking animals and an angry giant. It features a talking shrubbery that teaches the reluctant hero how to wield his magic wand. And it ends with a bizarre zombie snuff porn fantasy, complete with the zombie king commanding his thralls to fondle his intestines through the gaping wound in his side. The best part? A modern-day shaman can chant a magic spell over stale bread and cheap wine, causing it to reanimate into the living flesh and blood of the zombie king…and anybody who eats the “flesh” and drinks the “blood” will themselves become an undead zombie vampire. And this is somehow supposed to be desirable."
Thank you, Pharyngula
"The religion of one age is the entertainment of the next."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
'That's the problem with religion: you beat your way past the clerics, fight your way through the demons, stand before the holy of holies, and when you rip away the veil, there's nothing there but a mirror.'
Owen Rowley
"The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around. “
Herb Caen
"the Bible is a book that opens with a story about a magic garden with talking animals and an angry giant. It features a talking shrubbery that teaches the reluctant hero how to wield his magic wand. And it ends with a bizarre zombie snuff porn fantasy, complete with the zombie king commanding his thralls to fondle his intestines through the gaping wound in his side. The best part? A modern-day shaman can chant a magic spell over stale bread and cheap wine, causing it to reanimate into the living flesh and blood of the zombie king…and anybody who eats the “flesh” and drinks the “blood” will themselves become an undead zombie vampire. And this is somehow supposed to be desirable."
Thank you, Pharyngula
"The religion of one age is the entertainment of the next."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
'That's the problem with religion: you beat your way past the clerics, fight your way through the demons, stand before the holy of holies, and when you rip away the veil, there's nothing there but a mirror.'
Owen Rowley
"The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around. “
Herb Caen
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)