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justjasper:

An engineering professor is treating her husband, a loan officer, to dinner for finally giving in to her pleas to shave off the scraggly beard he grew on vacation. His favorite restaurant is a casual place where they both feel comfortable in slacks and cotton/polyester-blend golf shirts. But, as always, she wears the gold and pearl pendant he gave her the day her divorce decree was final. They’re laughing over their menus because they know he always ends up diving into a giant plate of ribs but she won’t be talked into anything more fattening than shrimp.

Quiz: How many biblical prohibitions are they violating?

Well, wives are supposed to be ‘submissive’ to their husbands (I Peter 3:1). And all women are forbidden to teach men (I Timothy 2:12), wear gold or pearls (I Timothy 2:9) or dress in clothing that ‘pertains to a man’ (Deuteronomy 22:5). Shellfish and pork are definitely out (Leviticus 11:7, 10) as are usury (Deuteronomy 23:19), shaving (Leviticus 19:27) and clothes of more than one fabric (Leviticus 19:19). And since the Bible rarely recognizes divorce, they’re committing adultery, which carries the rather harsh penalty of death by stoning (Deuteronomy 22:22).

So why are they having such a good time? Probably because they wouldn’t think of worrying about rules that seem absurd, anachronistic or - at best - unrealistic. Yet this same modern-day couple could easily be among the millions of Americans who never hesitate to lean on the Bible to justify their own anti-gay attitudes.

- Deb Price, ‘And Say Hi To Joyce’

As I told my dad, everyone has a different line of which ridiculous old testament/pauline decrees they consider relevant. Same sex relationships are just one step further.

from LGBT Laughs

fleetfootedfox 13 Feb Tags religion 30 Notes

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Photo: sunshadowpoet: lazylinepainterjayne: isawthesunset: pantheraleo: skinnywhitekid: (via terrachu) Quality Post 2010 Best thing I’ve seen all week. Mostly, I just like the idea of God having a timeshare in Boca. In all honesty, it’s more of a 50:50 on the “religious folks taking responsibility for their lives” ratio, but the build-up to a timeshare in Boca Raton is too hilarious for me to not post the one joke. You can go ahead and post some sweet atheist-mocking comic anytime you want, people (I just don’t know of any), because I do believe in fair play. I might have posted this before. It’s worth posting again. And it’s unlikely I’ll ever post an atheist-mocking cartoon. Equal time is bullshit (much like religion).

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Quality Post 2010

Best thing I’ve seen all week.

Mostly, I just like the idea of God having a timeshare in Boca.

In all honesty, it’s more of a 50:50 on the “religious folks taking responsibility for their lives” ratio, but the build-up to a timeshare in Boca Raton is too hilarious for me to not post the one joke. You can go ahead and post some sweet atheist-mocking comic anytime you want, people (I just don’t know of any), because I do believe in fair play.

I might have posted this before. It’s worth posting again. And it’s unlikely I’ll ever post an atheist-mocking cartoon. Equal time is bullshit (much like religion).

from The Amateur Everything

fleetfootedfox 26 Jan Tags religion 767 Notes

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Vatican Slams 'Avatar': Promotes Nature Worship Over Religion

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allezla:

~~P.S. Nobody cares what you think.~~

P.P.S. Interesting how your institution was quicker to condemn Avatar than the Holocaust.

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Text: Atheist Ireland Publishes 25 Blasphemous Quotes

travors:

From today, 1 January 2010, the new Irish blasphemy law becomes operational, and we begin our campaign to have it repealed. Blasphemy is now a crime punishable by a €25,000 fine. The new law defines blasphemy as publishing or uttering matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby intentionally causing outrage among a substantial number of adherents of that religion, with some defences permitted.

This new law is both silly and dangerous. It is silly because medieval religious laws have no place in a modern secular republic, where the criminal law should protect people and not ideas. And it is dangerous because it incentives religious outrage, and because Islamic States led by Pakistan are already using the wording of this Irish law to promote new blasphemy laws at UN level.

We believe in the golden rule: that we have a right to be treated justly, and that we have a responsibility to treat other people justly. Blasphemy laws are unjust: they silence people in order to protect ideas. In a civilised society, people have a right to to express and to hear ideas about religion even if other people find those ideas to be outrageous.

In this context we now publish a list of 25 blasphemous quotes, which have previously been published by or uttered by or attributed to Jesus Christ, Muhammad, Mark Twain, Tom Lehrer, Randy Newman, James Kirkup, Monty Python, Rev Ian Paisley, Conor Cruise O’Brien, Frank Zappa, Salman Rushdie, Bjork, Amanda Donohoe, George Carlin, Paul Woodfull, Jerry Springer the Opera, Tim Minchin, Richard Dawkins, Pope Benedict XVI, Christopher Hitchens, PZ Myers, Ian O’Doherty, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor and Dermot Ahern.

List of 25 Blasphemous Quotes Published by Atheist Ireland

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Finally, as a bonus, Micheal Martin, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, opposing attempts by Islamic States to make defamation of religion a crime at UN level, 2009: “We believe that the concept of defamation of religion is not consistent with the promotion and protection of human rights. It can be used to justify arbitrary limitations on, or the denial of, freedom of expression. Indeed, Ireland considers that freedom of expression is a key and inherent element in the manifestation of freedom of thought and conscience and as such is complementary to freedom of religion or belief.” Just months after Minister Martin made this comment, his colleague Dermot Ahern introduced Ireland’s new blasphemy law.
(Via Atheist Ireland)

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Photo: PALE RIDER: Bikers repainted bike lanes (above) in Williamsburg after they were wiped out amid Hasidic complaints. (via Hipsters repaint bike lanes in brush off to Hasids - NYPOST.com) Ugh. Religious nuts still blaming everyone else for their transgressions. Boo to NYC for caving.

PALE RIDER: Bikers repainted bike lanes (above) in Williamsburg after they were wiped out amid Hasidic complaints. (via Hipsters repaint bike lanes in brush off to Hasids - NYPOST.com)

Ugh. Religious nuts still blaming everyone else for their transgressions. Boo to NYC for caving.

PALE RIDER: Bikers repainted bike lanes (above) in Williamsburg after they were wiped out amid Hasidic complaints. (via Hipsters repaint bike lanes in brush off to Hasids - NYPOST.com)

Ugh. Religious nuts still blaming everyone else for their transgressions. Boo to NYC for caving.