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Category: Humor
Posted on: August 21, 2007 12:25 PM, by PZ Myers
I'm a bit reluctant to post this, because … what if they actually start using this argument? Maybe mass extinctions are actually evidence of a prior Rapture.
This would mean, of course, that the Tertiary corresponds to the Tribulation, and we should prepare for the return of Jesus Rex.
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Comments
Now that's hilarious.. ..although I wouldn't put it past Evangelicals & Co. to start propagating that. Sounds like a nice thesis for a Ph.D. candidate at Liberty U.
Posted by: Tom @Thoughtsic.com | August 21, 2007 12:30 PM
It still leaves us with that pesky little sedimentological problem of all dinosaurs distinctly NOT being in the same stratigraphic horizon.
Posted by: Josh | August 21, 2007 12:48 PM
Raptor Jesus went extinct for your sins!
http://www.jonworthylake.com/Pictures/raptor2.jpg
Posted by: Mindbleach | August 21, 2007 12:52 PM
Damn! I was hoping i would get the first Sweet Raptor Jesus link... Too slow.
Posted by: Willey | August 21, 2007 12:56 PM
So does this mean that the Rapture has already occurred? I would assume that unless there's a second round of rapturin' all the devout are a wee bit too late.
Posted by: Schmeer | August 21, 2007 12:57 PM
For those who want to know more about Raptor Jesus, please see this link: http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Raptor_jesus
There are many images of his holy visage.
Posted by: tentacles | August 21, 2007 1:03 PM
Could be a big selling point in Sunday School -- "Look, Timmy, there are even DINOSAURS in Heaven, but there won't be any in Hell, only scientists go to Hell".
Posted by: Brett McCoy | August 21, 2007 1:13 PM
But would they have to electrify the Pearly Gates to make sure none of them got out? I guess not, since we all know that Tyrannosaurus would be picking coconuts with its feeble arms and cracking them open with its jaws...
Posted by: Laelaps | August 21, 2007 1:15 PM
I don't care if it rains or freezes
Long as I have my Raptor Jesus
Sitting on the dashboard of my car...
Sing along everybody!
Posted by: Janine | August 21, 2007 1:25 PM
Wow, you know...I think I would actually be more inclined to be content with a religion that openly espoused claims of a Dinosaur Rapture. That's sort of in the same realm as my feeling that I'd rather live in a world ruled by the Flying Spaghetti Monster than by the Judeo-Christian God. If somehow the FSM, Raptor Jesus, and the Dino Rapture could all be combined, I might just be tempted to convert.
Posted by: Jared | August 21, 2007 1:55 PM
I doubt we have to worry about the creationists latching on to this one. They're quite fond of believing that there is something special about humans that sets them apart from all other species, and I don't think they'd be too fond of sharing that spot.
Posted by: Gimpy | August 21, 2007 1:58 PM
See also this:
http://members.aol.com/howiecombs/whosimag.htm
Posted by: Jim Baerg | August 21, 2007 2:05 PM
So, a Stegosaurus, a Utahraptor and a Pterodactyl arrive at the Pearly Gates, and the Stegosaurus says to Peter...
Best joke completion gets my vote for the next Molly.
Posted by: xebecs | August 21, 2007 4:00 PM
It's true. The dinosaurs were actually the crown of creation that God had in mind. Mankind is just left-overs.
Posted by: Marcus Ranum | August 21, 2007 4:34 PM
I was surprised to see no references here to Sunday's Non Sequitur...
Posted by: MikeM | August 21, 2007 4:43 PM
Wiley (Non Sequitor) is a genius. I would seriously wound for his talent.
Posted by: dhonig | August 21, 2007 4:53 PM
Technically speaking, Christians already look forward to the return of Jesus Rex, since "rex" is Latin for "king," and kingship is a common Christian trope. ;D
Now, Raptor Jesus--that'd be a stretch.
Posted by: jimi 45 | August 21, 2007 5:03 PM
I want a Raptor Jesus to go with my "slime-snake-monkey boy" T shirt!
Posted by: chiropetra | August 21, 2007 5:42 PM
Should this be titled "the Velocirapture"?
Posted by: Tom | August 21, 2007 6:37 PM
Velocirapture?!! BWAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAA!
(deep breath)
HAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAAAA!
well done.
Posted by: dhonig | August 21, 2007 7:15 PM
I got creationists all figured out. They mistake the process of scientific and technological progress, which we describe with the metaphor "evolutionary", for the evolutionary process in nature. They are, as you all know, not the same thing at all. But ironically, creationists use this "evolution" as a pattern for natural evolution. Without ever realising that the process which powers technological and scientific progress, which they accept every time they fly or go to the doctor, is the same process used to detect and codify and quantify evolution. Since technological "evolution" is the only kind they understand (in that things change and seem to improve) they can't conceive of change driven any other way. There has to be a "designer" and "builder" or nothing would change, or even work in the first place.
It's flattering, but it's screwy.
Posted by: Mooser | August 21, 2007 7:31 PM
I just wanted to say that I'm a Christian, and I think this cartoon is absolutely hilarious! Not all of us are stuffy reactionaries with no sense of humor.
By the way, I do tend to disagree with you on most issues, but hey... funny is funny.
Posted by: Alden | August 21, 2007 7:42 PM
Jesus Rex does nothing for me. OTOH, Tyrannosaurus Christ scares the s... out of me.
Posted by: David Masten | August 21, 2007 10:25 PM
Tyrannosaurus Christ
That would have to be the most misshapen cross evar, to get His tiny little arms nailed up properly.
Posted by: Dr Paisley | August 22, 2007 12:13 AM
Apparently, two "theologians" named Royce and Zolot think that the dinos were satanic creatures that were destroyed by god, and that the meteorite was Satan himself hurled to Earth by God! They also seem to claim that the Book of Revelation is a description of this. Seee Donna Kossy's summary of their book at:
http://home.pacifier.com/~dkossy/dino.html
Posted by: Lars Dietz | August 22, 2007 7:24 AM
My favorite disproof of evolution, explaining all about the layers the dinosaurs were found in. . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCiStLKzivM
This guy is a hoot!
Posted by: Alison | August 22, 2007 10:09 AM
God is a prokaryote and created life in its image? Hmmm, maybe there *is* something to that flagellum thing...
:^)
Posted by: mena | August 22, 2007 3:06 PM
So, a Stegosaurus, a Utahraptor and a Pterodactyl arrive at the Pearly Gates, and the Stegosaurus says to Peter...
"Jesus Christ, a Raptor!!"
see, cause there's a raptor there, but also Jesus is a Raptor eh, eh. My other ideas include a play on Mormanism cause, you know, the Utah bit. thanks for the nomination xebecs :)
De-Fault, De-Fault!!
Posted by: Drekab | August 22, 2007 9:27 PM