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Real? Or Not Real?
Category: Religion
Posted on: November 23, 2008 10:41 AM, by Greg Laden
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Interesting challenge question! Could be real - I've seen weirder - but in this case I think it probably isn't.
A lookup of the public WHOIS info shows it's registered to Brendan Burch, at a business address just off Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. At that address is Flaming Angel Films (http://www.flamingangelfilms.com/), which from the looks of it isn't the type to produce this sort of thing seriously.
Posted by: Matt Springer | November 23, 2008 11:31 AM
Ah, such is the nature of Poes that without that smiley, you can't tell. This obviously took a bit of work, so if it is the work of a solitary individual, it is most likely to be real. Ergo, if it is a Poe, then it is most likely either some "student project" or it's professional and just a part of a larger marketing campaign for something else.
whois says the domain was registered on 19 Apr 2005 16:22:57 by one Brendon Birch of Los Angeles, Cali. but the IP address is in NH. I'm not sure what to think right now.
Posted by: The Science Pundit | November 23, 2008 11:37 AM
Thanks Matt! It appears that our comments crossed in cyberspace. Looking over the Flaming Angel Films website, I'm thinking definite Poe.
Posted by: The Science Pundit | November 23, 2008 11:43 AM
Check out the "Gods and Gays" link on the left side. No chance this site is serious.
Posted by: CS | November 23, 2008 11:59 AM
Fake:
1. No true christian would be as well informed about Egyptian deities
2. "teaches children that it's "ok" to have imaginary friends"
Posted by: Alistair Wall | November 23, 2008 12:50 PM
Reading through the "Hello, Kitty or Anubis" article, I'm going with parody.
Posted by: Mike Hussein Haubrich | November 23, 2008 1:12 PM
Fake: "This interview with Jesus was conducted specifically with screwed-up homosexuals like you in mind."
Posted by: Michael | November 23, 2008 4:13 PM
Fake "We here at Christians against cartoons..." standard faux-sales pitch.
It's probably the same guys from the "Things White people Like" site
Posted by: the fake Cartoon Christian | November 24, 2008 8:01 PM
Alistair, it is asboloutely untrue that no real Christian would know about Egyptian Gods. I studied mythology in grammar school in my Catholic school. I have many Christian friends who are quite well-read. Bad generalization.
Posted by: bifemmefatale | November 25, 2008 11:24 AM
bifemme: OH! So then the nuns told you about Isis, and how she was a progenitor to the Virgin Mary, but that, unlike the Virgin, she didn't hve a cult of her own? And how similar Isis was to the many Catholics, in that she had a kid with her brother?
Wow: the Catholics have come a long way....now they call themselves Christians, whereas for most of history they have acted as Virginians, and virgin-fertility cultists.
Posted by: the fake Cartoon Christian | November 25, 2008 6:10 PM