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Posted by: Nerd of Redhead, OM | June 4, 2009 8:14 AM

All it takes is the right type of humor. Good find. I think Karma would have to wait in line though...

Posted by: Michelle R | June 4, 2009 8:26 AM

Awww she's so sweet. :P

Posted by: GilbertNSullivan | June 4, 2009 8:41 AM

For Attenborough, proof that, if a creator exists, he cannot be benevolent is "a little child in east Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball".

For me it is the idea that O'Reilly is made in his image.

One is a revolting parasite, the other is a nematode transmitted to humans through fly bites.

Posted by: Mumon | June 4, 2009 8:41 AM

I'm a Buddhist, and there are in deed cases where I'd harm another being.

Out of compassion, of course.

Posted by: Cuttlefish, OM | June 4, 2009 9:01 AM

"Dr. Tiller, baby killer", Bill O'Reilly said;
Someone heard his evil words, and Dr. Tiller's dead.
The act decried, his part denied, the cameras show his shock--
And Bill O'Reilly smiles while he sucks on Satan's cock.

Posted by: emote_control | June 4, 2009 9:15 AM

Just browsed the comments on that comic. A lot of his readers have no idea why anyone would want to punch Bill-o.

I have to stop reading comments.

Posted by: franz dibbler | June 4, 2009 9:18 AM

People who would like to punch BoR please form a queue (to the "left")

Posted by: rrt | June 4, 2009 9:30 AM

Now now. Funny as it is, I'm trying to maintain a strict violent-fantasy-free diet here. Did you really have to dangle cupcakes in front of me?

Posted by: Zachary | June 4, 2009 9:57 AM

I have definitely been that girl before.

Posted by: GilbertNSullivan | June 4, 2009 9:59 AM

I would like to vote for Sean Hannity. Or maybe Rush... Okay, all three! HAT TRICK!

Posted by: AJ Milne | June 4, 2009 10:15 AM

Now now. Funny as it is, I'm trying to maintain a strict violent-fantasy-free diet here. Did you really have to dangle cupcakes in front of me?

I hear ya and all, but I think O'Really is one of those you're allowed to make an exception for in the violent fantasy department...

Or should be, anyway...

I mean me, I'm taking the cartoon as a sorta validation... A sorta reassurance. It says to me: it's okay. It's normal. No, you are not a violent person. Or at least not especially. No, there's nothing terribly wrong with you--at least nothing much that doesn't occur to everyone, now and then...

Yes, you may, in fact, be having occasional fantasies involving a certain lying sack o' shit and a length of lead pipe sized ideally for the angular momentum it will develop when swung. But you are not alone. Even cute Buddhist cartoon characters with Bambi eyes feel the same, now and then...

It's okay. In fact, it's entirely possible that most of the human race feels pretty much the same, at least now and then. And you are a mature person, and you can deal with this without any actual violence. Just remember to count to ten, and go to your happy place, when you have to...

(/And do not start cutting any pipe to length, whatever you do.)

Posted by: schism | June 4, 2009 10:21 AM

...but I think he's mostly just a very stupid windbag that someone put in front of a microphone.

I disagree. Bill-O, like Limbaugh, strikes me as a pure demagogue. He'll say anything, whether or not he actually believes it, simply because it gets him the audience he wants.

Posted by: Mumon | June 4, 2009 10:30 AM

Shane:

That's right. While I abhor violence, and wish for peace to prevail, there are instances (e.g., stopping a mass murderer) where it is necessary to constrain another's actions, and if the constraint that must be applied is harm because no lesser constraint can be effective, than that must be done.

I wasn't entirely joking above.

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | June 4, 2009 10:36 AM

Incongruity is the core ingredient of each and any joke(necessary but, fortunately, not sufficient). Brought up powerfully by philosopher Henri Bergson in a little volume "Le Rire" (The Laugh) about a century ago, but probably already known to Homer who, on occasion, had the Olympic Gods laugh uncontrollably. If you google 'psychology of humour' or some such term, you will see that your inference is essentially correct (and that humour is a very serious field of study in cognitive science).

Damn

It's possible with that small paragraph that you've sucked the funny out of the universe for the next few hours.

Posted by: Flic | June 4, 2009 10:45 AM

@22

It's a fairly common theme in comedy. It immediately brought to mind the Bloom County strip featuring Opus's fantasy of taking a fire-hose to people smoking in the no-smoking section, which meekly trails off at the end with with "But I suppose Miss Manners wouldn't approve..."

Then there's the Frantics song:

People talking in movie shows,
People smoking in bed!
People voting Republican,
Give them a boot to the head!

Boot to the Head!
Boot to the Head!
Boot to the Head!
Boot to the Head!

Mechanics who can't fix a car,
Politicians who can't think!
The salesman who won't leave me alone,
The waiter who forgot my drink!

Boot to the head!
Boot to the head!
Boot to the head!
BOOT TO THE HEAD!

Posted by: daveau | June 4, 2009 10:45 AM

Flip van Tiel @27

I think it was in National Lampoon where the comment was made: "If you knew how an erection was made and all the things that could go wrong, you'd never have another one."

Posted by: Fred the Hun | June 4, 2009 11:12 AM

"If you knew how an erection was made and all the things that could go wrong, you'd never have another one."

That's the best case for deliberate ignorance of a subject, ever!

Posted by: stogoe | June 4, 2009 11:18 AM

GilbertNSullivan@20:

AKA the trifucktard

Posted by: stogoe | June 4, 2009 11:23 AM

BDC@28:

It's possible with that small paragraph that you've sucked the funny out of the universe for the next few hours.

I'll try to help fill the void by telling my all-time favorite joke:

Q: Why was Helen Keller a bad driver?

A: Because she was Blind and Deaf, you asshole!

Posted by: TheLoneIguana | June 4, 2009 11:54 AM

Don't forget to add Glen Beck, Ann Coulter and Michael Savage* to the list of pompous, hate-spewing media gasbags.

I don't advocate violence. Just some utter, career-destroying humiliation of their own creation. That would be karmic goodness.

*whose real last name is much more fitting.

Posted by: TheLoneIguana | June 4, 2009 12:04 PM

Sorry about the double post.

Posted by: donna | June 4, 2009 12:16 PM

I think Bill O and Rush are tied in my book for Worst. Person. Ever.

Posted by: Geds | June 4, 2009 12:35 PM

I don't know much about Buddhism, but I don't think it is forbidden to do violence upon other people. I'll refer to an expert:

Or, as Shepherd Book said (erm, paraphrased), "The Good Book says not to take a life. It doesn't say anything about kneecaps."

Posted by: Donnie B. | June 4, 2009 12:54 PM

@Geds:

Shepherd Book also said: "[Bill O and company are headed for] the special level of hell reserved for child molesters and people who talk at the theater."

Well, he would have said that about them, probably.

Posted by: The good lookin' fat man | June 4, 2009 1:17 PM

Gee, PZ. Great work with the constructive dialogue and all. The torch of repression is waiting for you guys to have your run.

Posted by: Anri | June 4, 2009 1:24 PM

It is my aim sublime,

I will achieve in time,

To make the punishment fit the crime
- the punishment fit the crime!

Posted by: a lurker | June 4, 2009 1:54 PM

Same comic did a cephalopod.

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | June 4, 2009 2:22 PM

But the target was a despised figure on the right, so it's alright to publicly share fantasies about punching him in the face, destroying his career and humilating him.

No you are right. Joking about punching him in the face is wrong.

Posted by: Mumon | June 4, 2009 2:41 PM

Ted Meissner :

Seems to me the issue is getting angry.

Posted by: Sir Craig | June 4, 2009 3:02 PM

BeezleBob:

I would sooner laugh at the idea of punching O'Reilly in the face, rather than laugh at him actually being punched.

It's called venting: Learn it. Understand it. Embrace it. If more people vented in forums like this, maybe fewer people would take it upon themselves to physically vent upon others.

Posted by: Sven DiMilo | June 4, 2009 3:30 PM

Definite Pogo influence in the dragon drawing, gotta like that.
And yes, I think it's funny for wee Karma to go off like that. Because she's a fictional cartoon character. It wouldn;t be as funny about Moore, simply because Moore is nowhere near as pompously bigoted as BO'R. It's not about "left" and "right." It's about being a shlemiel and being a fucking asshole.

Posted by: Thunderbird5 | June 4, 2009 3:45 PM

Beezlebob:
It boils down to this: Moore - like communism - means well. O'Reilly - like fascism, doesn't.

I regret the somewhat crass simplicity but the point is to get the point across to those who may find anything more involved a little bit difficult.

Posted by: vogonpoet | June 4, 2009 4:35 PM

I'd rip the dangling eyeballs out and tie the optic nerves together and make truck nuts out of them for my car - that is if I didn't like totally abhor violence.

Posted by: Molly Haney | June 4, 2009 4:39 PM

Isn't it so refreshing that a person that has an opinion is the devil. I am around a lot of people that actually produce something for a living not academic or a student but growing food building ans such. To them your view is not the norm. Your view by ratings are also a perdition that you are the one out of touch. As far as most of the venom giving here try it. I believe that even though he is not a spring chicken you had better bring a lunch because with all your hatred and vial you won't do it in a half a day.

Posted by: Matt H. | June 4, 2009 4:49 PM

@BeezleBob

Why the assumption that you have to be left-wing and a Michael Moore admirer to hate Bill O'Reily? I'm not left-wing, and I think Michael Moore is a bit of a prat, and I hate O'Reilly because he spouts lies on television and radio, refuses to admit when he's wrong, is a blatant hypocrite, at best tells his guests to shut up, at worst threatens them with violence, and has a vendetta against anyone who doesn't share his politics or religion.

Posted by: Angel Kaida | June 4, 2009 4:56 PM

Because of Molly Hayes, my out-of-touch, non-productive, academic sensibilities are being SERIOUSLY offended... It's "a perdition?" "Venom giving here?" "Hatred and vial?" An argumentum ad populum? Blatant anti-intellectualism? What a glib fucking moron.

Posted by: Smoggy Batzrubble | June 4, 2009 5:09 PM

Molly Haney @ 68? Is that really you, Molly? Remember me? Smogaloon? I was in the padded room next to yours.

When did they let you out? Gosh, the drugs have really mucked up your spelling and ability to write a coherent sentence. Still got the bad twitch, I guess.

Don't worry sister, Christ will supply your every need, right up to and including your opinions.

Yours in Christian psychosis, Smoggy.

Posted by: BeezleBob | June 4, 2009 5:22 PM

Smoggy: You're getting me all excited over here. (But spell my name right, dammit, or I'll hit you!!)

Posted by: Patricia, OM | June 4, 2009 5:47 PM

Cripes, another one turd wonder.

OK, back to corking the grog and polishing the spanking couch...

Posted by: Flip van Tiel | June 4, 2009 5:52 PM

#65
You know we were joking, right? Do we need to add a winky face? ;-)

Don't worry, I do; and no, you don't. Just guess what I like better than a winky face? Right, an incongruity.

And now I come to think of it: what are winky faces but signals that tell you "According to the sender this message contains an incongruity".

"Experiment terminated." (as in #61)

Now stop worrying and enjoy your life, like the bus said.

Posted by: Knockgoats | June 4, 2009 6:09 PM

Molly Haney@64,
Clearly Moronic is your native tongue, but could we have an English translation please?

Posted by: Rob | June 4, 2009 7:19 PM

If you like that you'll love my site
http://robhood.us/weblog.php

Posted by: Cath the Canberra Cook | June 4, 2009 7:43 PM

Yeah, I know the feeling - and posted similar thoughts in a Donohue thread. But I also think it's important not to dwell too long on it. You don't want to become the evil you despise, and how you think is a habit that you can change. Preferably not for the worse. Momentary flashes of rage are normal and human; dwelling lovingly and at length on the details is quite another thing.

Posted by: Smoggy Batzrubble | June 4, 2009 7:59 PM

Bless you brother Rob for your Christ-like courage in venturing into this temple of atheism to battle the evilutionist money-changers and to direct them to your Jesusblog. Your Old Testament heroics are what has helped to make this world the place it is.

Just a small point, in my morning chat with God he asked me to mention that when St Paul said it was alright to be 'fools for Christ's sake' the old epileptic was speaking poetically (much as God was when he dictated Genesis) and he didn't mean you to display such arrant ignorance as is indicated by your inability to spell properly or string a coherent sentence together. The Lord was being harsh but just when he told me that your blog will be more effective for Jesus when it reads less like the work of a "creotard ass".

To help remedy this, God has asked me to set up a correspondence course for all his divinely inspired bloggers to bring them up to the literacy of the average 6-year-old. My course, titled "From Biblical Literacy to Real Literacy", is there for you, and there's a discount if you sign up now.

Posted by: Patricia, OM | June 4, 2009 8:15 PM

You sit up straight Bubba Smoggy, when you call this place a temple of atheism. I've got a paddle shoved into some brimstone with your name on it.

OK Rob, what part of the Holy Babble would you like to debate? I'm a vile ignorant slut, but go ahead, run a verse by me.

Posted by: Rob | June 4, 2009 8:36 PM

A fool says in his heart there is no God.

Psalm 14:1

debate away!

Posted by: Ichthyic | June 4, 2009 8:43 PM

A fool says in his heart there is no God.

who cares?

what do YOU say?

why?

here's one for you:

I say, a fool says in his heart that jumping off a tall building will not hurt, because gravity is just a theory.

debate away!

*grumbles*

fucking moron.

Posted by: Nerd of Redhead, OM | June 4, 2009 8:48 PM

OKay Rob, physical evidence for your imaginary deity. Something that will pass muster with scientists, magicians, and professional debunkers as being of divine, and not natural, origin. An eternally burning bush would be suggestive, but not conclusive for a few years. Have to make sure it is eternal, after all. Something of similar nature.

Posted by: Rob | June 4, 2009 8:51 PM

Actually jumping off a tall enough building will not hurt at all. You will never feel a thing. The argument is crud and the debate never happened.

Posted by: Angel Kaida | June 4, 2009 8:56 PM

Rob,
Can I play too?
"The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully. "
Page 1, The God Delusion
Debate!

Posted by: Rob | June 4, 2009 9:13 PM

The God of the Old Testament and the God of the new Testament were the same.

He did discipline the people when they strayed from him and went to pagan Gods. He always gave them a chnage to live, but often they themselves refused the chance. They would rather die in pain and live in sin and defamation of themselves than to serve the very being who created them.

Now who deserved what?

Genocidal? of course. The reason that He often told His followers to kill all of the pagans - men, women, children, and animals was so that none of them would be left to convert His people to evil paganism later on in years. of course His chosen people did not obey and suffered for it later. We still suffer from it. Had these people been righteous or willing to repent, their lives would have been not only spared, but rewarded.

Think about it. He created them and they worshipped a graven image of a false God who could do nothing. That was blasphemous. It still is.

Nothing from the Old Testament has changed to this day. of course some of the laws of the Old Testament were intended for the high priest and not the common folks. The law about killing homosexuals was intended for high priests who performed homosexual acts. They were the leaders and the people looked up to them. Therefore they would be held to a higher standard of accountability.

The way you see God and the way Christians see God are two totally seperate ideas. You see Him as menacing and mean. We see Him as watchful caretaker. By punishment and discipline He keeps us on the right path.

Of course if you do not beleive in good and bad, right and wrong, then you have more problems. There is absolute truth and absolute evil in the world.

Do you not disciline your kids when they go astray> Ever spank your children? Why or why not. If care for them you will disciline them to keep them on the correct path.

No spanking is not abuse. it is discipline. There is a difference between spanking and beating. Beating is wrong and is abuse.

believe me, nothing catches atention like a good old peach tree limb across the rear end.

Homophobic? There is no such thing. Homosexuality is sin . period. It always has been and always will be. Just becuase some judge somewhere deems it okay, does not make it okay according to the standards that God set. It never will. Society can embrace rape, cannibalism, torture, or whatever. Just becuase society embraced it does not mkae it okay.

Posted by: Rob | June 4, 2009 9:33 PM

There is no such thing as homophobic. If there happens to be, then I suppose the opposite would be conservaphobic? Godophobic?

There is no such thing as homophobic.

It is made up to score political points, make large profits for far left interest groups, give unions more power, and silence churches over speaking on sin. That's all.

Posted by: Rob | June 4, 2009 9:36 PM

There is no such thing as homophobic. If there happens to be, then I suppose the opposite would be conservaphobic? Godophobic?

There is no such thing as homophobic.

It is made up to score political points, make large profits for far left interest groups, give unions more power, and silence churches over speaking on sin. That's all.

Posted by: Rob | June 4, 2009 9:39 PM

God's Wrath Against Mankind
18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

28Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

Romans 1:18-32

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There is no such thing as homophobic. Call it what it is. Homosexuality is sin. Political Corectness must be destroyed and the truth must prevail lest we fall as a nation.

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 4, 2009 9:45 PM

There is no such thing as homophobic. If there happens to be, then I suppose the opposite would be conservaphobic? Godophobic?

(Laura Petry voice)Oh Rob!(/Laura Petry voice) It did not take you long to start chattering like a gibbering idiot. There are plenty of LGBT people who are conservative. Just like there are plenty of LGBT people who believe in a god. You are drawing a dichotomy that has no basis in everyday life.

Rob, you are a homophobe. You dislike LGBT people. You just want to cover up the stench of your hatred with an unprovable justification.

Fool.

Posted by: Smoggy Batzrubble | June 4, 2009 9:46 PM

Dear Rob @ 102, God says you get an A+ for effort and an E for execution. He asked me to comment on your assignment. Please agree or disagree with the following definitions from your quotations:

“He always gave them a chnage”
A “chnage” is the friendly non-sexual pat on the buttock that one sportsman gives another to recognise achievement.

“If care for them you will disciline them”
In reference to children, to “disciline” is to protect your children from deluded religious fundamentalists so that they grow into rational, fair-minded people not in thrall to stupid superstitions inherited from desert tribesman.

“Nothing catches atention like a good old peach tree”
This is veiled closet-homophobe speak: ‘ATENtion’ harks back to an ancient Egyptian deity said to like a young altar boy or two, and the ‘good old peach tree’ is a fundamentalist euphemism for a manoeuvre that trees a boy (the peach) in an attic from which he can’t escape without giving sexual favours. Naughty Rob! Naughty!

PS: Did you hear about the man that drowned in a swamp? He was “the fool who said in his heart there is no bog!”

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 4, 2009 9:48 PM

There is no such thing as homophobic. Call it what it is. Homosexuality is sin. Political Corectness must be destroyed and the truth must prevail lest we fall as a nation.

I so want to say something here but I am afraid I will Godwin myself.

Posted by: Clarie | June 4, 2009 9:51 PM

Oh, I'm not hateful. I'm actually quite happy and relaxed today, thanks

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 4, 2009 9:55 PM

PS: Did you hear about the man that drowned in a swamp? He was “the fool who said in his heart there is no bog!”

I so love that!

Posted by: Ichthyic | June 4, 2009 10:05 PM

Did you hear about the man that drowned in a swamp? He was "the fool who said in his heart there is no bog!"

Did you hear about the man who got bit? He was the fool that didn't listen when the other man said: "That is not my dog!"

I think this might be a fun theme....

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 4, 2009 10:09 PM

Did you hear about the man who got lost in the low hanging clouds? He was "the fool who said in his heart there is no fog!"

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 4, 2009 10:11 PM

Did you hear about the man who was trampled by a herd of pigs? He was "the fool who said in his heart there is no hog!"

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 4, 2009 10:14 PM

Did you hear about the man who never left a comment on the internet? He was "the fool who said in his heart there is no blog!"

Posted by: Ichthyic | June 4, 2009 10:17 PM

Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice.

let's analyze this for a moment.

let's see, we've had around 1500 years (depending on when that actually was written; probably around 1400-1600 CE), to observe by experiment of society and culture, whether belief or non belief in the Abrahamic god has an effect on any of the things listed above.

Anybody care to tell me how countries/civilizations that don't ascribe to Christianity, or even any of the Abrahamic religions, fare wrt to the above?

shall we compare that to say, the US, where 80-90% claim to be Christian of one form or another?

Since the answer is so fucking obvious, what exactly should we conclude regarding the accuracy and predictive value of the above text?

uh huh.

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 4, 2009 10:21 PM

(Laura Petry voice)Oh Rob!(/Laura Petry voice) You need to do a lot better to convince about the existence of sin. You have not regurgitated anything I have not have lobbed my way over the decades.

Also, do you eat shellfish?

Posted by: Ichthyic | June 4, 2009 10:22 PM

Dead you hear about the guy who tripped in the woods?
He was the fool who knew in his heart there was no log.

Logs can be fun!

Posted by: Rob | June 4, 2009 10:23 PM

let's see, we've had around 1500 years (depending on when that actually was written; probably around 1400-1600 CE

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Corrections:

1) We've been around for about 6000 years.

2) What is CE? Do you mean the proper term BC? Like in BC and AD? Remember we conservatives still use the real terms. We are not poitically correct. BC and AD we still use and always will.

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let's see, we've had around 6000 years (depending on when that actually was written; probably around 1400-1600 BC , to observe by experiment of society and culture, whether belief or non belief in God has an effect on any of the things listed above.

That's better.

Posted by: Patricia, OM | June 4, 2009 10:28 PM

Rob, why isn't god simply sending all the gays and lesbians to hell? What about the hypocrites like Ted Haggard, Jimmy Swaggart and you?

You want an end to political correctness, OK, does that mean you're willing to cast the first stone? You're a mealy mouthed little shit peeking out of the closet, scared to death someone will notice how much you love spanking helpless children.

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 4, 2009 10:28 PM

SC, ELO was never prog. My face is going to turn red.

Posted by: Ichthyic | June 4, 2009 10:31 PM

That's better.

It's not, actually (xians are so fucking ignorant of the sources of their own idols).

but, for the sake of argument, let's extend it out like you say, another 3K years.

um, how does that HELP you?

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 4, 2009 10:32 PM

Well folks! It seems we have ourselves a YEC.

1) We've been around for about 6000 years.

I have to put on my pretty blood red wooden shoes for the troll stomp.

Posted by: Ichthyic | June 4, 2009 10:33 PM

Did you hear about the guy who got stuck working for Spacely Sprockets?

He was the fool who thought in his heart there was no cog.

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | June 4, 2009 10:36 PM

Did you hear about the guy got lost in Los Angeles?

He was "the fool who said in his heart there is no smog!"

Posted by: Rob | June 4, 2009 10:38 PM

It's not, actually (Darwin worshippers are so blanking ignorant of the sources of their own idols).

but, for the sake of argument, let's extend it out like you say, another 3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years.

um, how does NOT that HELP you?

Posted by: SC, OM | June 4, 2009 10:41 PM

SC, ELO was never prog. My face is going to turn red.

I knew that would do it! Just wanted to link to this :D:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock

Posted by: Nerd of Redhead, OM | June 4, 2009 10:42 PM

Yawn, Rob, do you have a point? And nobody worships Darwin. He is respected as a very good scientist. End of story. He made a lot of mistakes in his work which we have corrected over the last 150 years with several hundred thousand or so scientific paper. When was the last time your religion and imaginary deity corrected itself? If never, are you up a creek, upside down in leaky kayak.

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | June 4, 2009 10:45 PM

It's not, actually (Darwin worshippers are so blanking ignorant of the sources of their own idols).

but, for the sake of argument, let's extend it out like you say, another 3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years.

um, how does NOT that HELP you?

Um no. No one says 3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

Try 4,500,000,000.

If you're going to try and argue at least be accurate. I know that's difficult for creationists, but at least give it the old college try.

Posted by: Nerd of Redhead, OM | June 4, 2009 10:47 PM

Rob, your god and bible, along with $2.00, will get you a cup of coffee. Without god and bible, it still cost $2.00. So the net worth of your god and bible is zero, except for the entertainment value your insane babble gives us.

Posted by: Rob | June 4, 2009 10:50 PM

When was the last time your religion and imaginary deity corrected itself? "

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it does not need correcting.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Hebrews 13:8

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The Bible will never change. it will remain the same for eternity. No corrections ,no revisionist history needed.

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | June 4, 2009 10:51 PM

Did you hear about the man who got bit? He was the fool that didn't listen when the other man said: "That is not my dog!"

Inspector Clouseau?

Posted by: SC, OM | June 4, 2009 10:51 PM

SC, why do you want to free the robots? I was Captured! By Robots. Believe it!

Ha! Speaking of robots, a reprise of one of my favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M7vtpz6SaU

SC, do you mean you were baiting me?

'pout'

Sexy. :)

Never! It was just such a strange list I wanted to draw attention to it.

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Great minds, Rev.

Posted by: Ichthyic | June 4, 2009 10:55 PM

The Bible will never change. it will remain the same for eternity. No corrections ,no revisionist history needed.

How many versions of the Bible are there?

here's a hint:

http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/

now tell me, why are there so many versions?

what is the oldest piece of actual biblical text (in the original hebrew) we actually have?

why are there 36000 xian sects, and only 5 or 6 recognized jewish sects?

Posted by: Nerd of Redhead, OM | June 4, 2009 10:57 PM

t does not need correcting.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Hebrews 13:8

Posted by: Ichthyic | June 4, 2009 10:58 PM

Oh, why even bother?

check the thread title.

:)

I can't think of any other good reason.

Posted by: Ichthyic | June 4, 2009 11:03 PM

no revisionist history needed.

LOL

it's nothing BUT revisionist history, mixed with a bit of poetry here and there, and a bit of fire and brimstone.

Posted by: Kseniya | June 4, 2009 11:06 PM

2) What is CE? Do you mean the proper term BC? Like in BC and AD? Remember we conservatives still use the real terms. We are not poitically correct. BC and AD we still use and always will.

You are correct: you are not correct.

BCE = BC
CE = AD.

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 4, 2009 11:08 PM

it does not need correcting.

Which is why the big sky daddy made the rainbow as sign that he will not drown the world again. And why at first, the covenant was for the Jews. Than he changed his mind and sent his word for everyone, never mind those who lived before christ.

Posted by: Patricia, OM | June 4, 2009 11:10 PM

Rob, I was raised an Old Believer of the Brethren. If you think the rod or the serpent was spared on me then you don't know a True Christian from a mustard seed.

As usual a neo-christian that presumes to know much.

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 4, 2009 11:17 PM

Ichthyic, you are an evil, evil man.

Oh, who am I shitting. I am the one who linked to a Journey cover.

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | June 4, 2009 11:23 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXa9tXcMhXQ

those kooky germans

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 4, 2009 11:28 PM

And those kooky covers of those kooky germans.

Posted by: Rob | June 4, 2009 11:31 PM

Tired of arguing . I need some rest now. I have to go to work to tomorrow to make sure some bum gets his welfare next month. Socialism sucks.

Oh well, At least I made my points plain and simple to understand. And correct.

Versions of the Bible? Onely one. There are many different "versions" as you may be reffering to, but they all tell the same story the same way about the same people at the same time with the same beginning and ending. Nothing really changed from Moses to today except language. I was right.

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What about insects having four legs? maybe they did back then. Rememebr that alot of animals that existed then are extinct now due to humans, predators, FLOODS, and other catastrophes. What you call insects may be different to what an insect what at the time it was written too. They probably considered spiders and crayfish as insects too. They're all bugs to me if I can squish them in the house.

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Before I leave, I'll leave one last comment for my own pleasure. You may have fornicated another poll, but at least you didn;t get a 100% rating. More like 35%. before the cheating started.

So therefore did you really win? Honestly? Nope. And that's what seperates the humans from the apes - or should I say Darwinians? Maybe evolution is true. Maybe liberals did come from a BLOB in the ocean. Their braisn just haven't caught up yet. Perhaps Darwin was right. maybe some people really are a monkey's uncle. How can you condemn war when war is in our blood since we are just soul less animals without a creator.

Again- nice of you to fornicate another poll with monkey character and BLOB/OOZE thinking.

In the future, happy forncation! BLOBS

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 4, 2009 11:35 PM

Rob, your undeserved high regard for yourself is unbecoming. Has anyone ever called you a smug stupid bastard?

Well, that is the truth.

Posted by: Smoggy Batzrubble | June 4, 2009 11:39 PM

Dear Brother Rob,

IF I WERE AN ATHEIST I'D JUST HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU!
"Thank you for your bravura performance! We haven't had so much fun here since PZ crunched the consecrated cracker and some transubstantiated Jesus-offal ended up in the trash. For all of us fortunate enough to grow out of our Christian indoctrination you are a valuable reminder of what we're not missing. Your intolerance and your silly beliefs in your small-time, dirty-minded, hateful god confirm that the more we resist people like you the better a place this world will be. You couldn't be a more pathetic stereotype if there were two of you."

BUT, as I'm not an atheist but a God-fearing, sheep-loving man of the lord, I'll say instead, "Well done, thou good and faithful Robbie. Your reward awaits you in the neverafter."

Yours in Christian brotherhood, Smoggy.

Posted by: Wowbagger, OM | June 4, 2009 11:45 PM

Rob sure was punching above his weight, wasn't he? What an assclown.

Posted by: Patricia, OM | June 4, 2009 11:49 PM

Aww, Rob bravely turns and runs away.

They seem to morph into gutless turnips the minute you show up OwlMirror. *smirk*

Posted by: vogonpoet | June 4, 2009 11:53 PM

Rob: Tired of arguing.

Because you're losing.

I need some rest now. I have to go to work to tomorrow to make sure some bum gets his welfare next month. Socialism sucks.

Nice touch with the lower middle class philistinism.

Versions of the Bible? Onely one. There are many different "versions" as you may be reffering to, but they all tell the same story the same way about the same people at the same time with the same beginning and ending. Nothing really changed from Moses to today except language. I was right.

Didn't know you could read Hebrew, Aramaic and ancient Greek.

What about insects having four legs? maybe they did back then. Rememebr that alot of animals that existed then are extinct now due to humans, predators, FLOODS, and other catastrophes. What you call insects may be different to what an insect what at the time it was written too. They probably considered spiders and crayfish as insects too. They're all bugs to me if I can squish them in the house.

So you're saying that you're as ignorant as the Bible writers of phylogeny. At least this bit is probably true.

In the future, happy forncation! BLOBS

And hot monkey sex to you too Rob! Maybe you'll be a better person if you lose your virginity.

Posted by: Kseniya | June 4, 2009 11:58 PM

And another small-minded wingnut passes into the night...

Speaking of wingnuts, another wanna-be assassin is on the loose.

Posted by: Patricia, OM | June 5, 2009 12:00 AM

vogonpoet - I hereby grant you and Rob two extra turns on the newly refurbished, double horsehair stuffed spanking couch.
Ticket #42, enjoy.

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 5, 2009 12:04 AM

The bank manager allowed the transaction, Murray demanded bills smaller than $50 in non-sequential order. He said, "We are on a mission to kill the President of the United States."

Why would any manager allow a financial transaction when the client says they are on a mission to kill anyone?

Posted by: Patricia, OM | June 5, 2009 12:09 AM

OwlMirror, I've been a twinkle for a long time. BLOB works for an up grade.

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | June 5, 2009 12:12 AM

So therefore did you really win? Honestly? Nope. And that's what seperates the humans from the apes - or should I say Darwinians?

This seemingly random selection of words is making my head hurt.

Posted by: Owlmirror | June 5, 2009 12:17 AM

This seemingly random selection of words is making my head hurt.

You mean you didn't laugh at the incongruity? I mean, if he doesn't try to make sense, why should you worry yourself?

I prescribe beer for your headache, to be repeated until symptoms vanish or the world becomes BLOBBY, whichever comes first.

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | June 5, 2009 12:22 AM

nice!

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | June 5, 2009 12:24 AM

SHMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Posted by: Sven DiMilo | June 5, 2009 12:30 AM

I see the cool kids are hanging out over here...don;t know what you folks are talking about but I will say this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVdTQ3OPtGY

Posted by: Patricia, OM | June 5, 2009 12:31 AM

Wait a minute. 1958?

Hooray! That's proof of gawd. I'm younger than my little brother. It's a miracle.

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | June 5, 2009 12:37 AM

I counter with The Herculoids!

holy shit

Posted by: Ichthyic | June 5, 2009 12:39 AM

I counter with The Herculoids!

that's not a blob!

It's a gloop.

...or is it a gleep?

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | June 5, 2009 12:41 AM

ok fine then

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NNb1pgQlQo

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | June 5, 2009 12:43 AM

Or this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKmncWEf_nQ

Posted by: Patricia, OM | June 5, 2009 12:46 AM

Herculoids - hookie smoke! I've been trying to remember that for years. My brother used to call me Tundro every chance he got....goes with Patty Fatty, two by four, couldn't get through the kitchen door!

I think I'll call him up and give him a ZOWIE! just for old times sake. ;) You're extra vile tonight Janine.

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 5, 2009 12:49 AM

Thank you Patricia. It has been a while since I could spread my sickness.

Posted by: Ichthyic | June 5, 2009 12:56 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63_lcQUdxxE

holy fuck!

please tell me you just ran across that at random, and didn't dredge that out of your actual memory?

I think i actually regressed a bit the nostalgia was so strong.

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 5, 2009 12:57 AM

Zap! Change! And rearrange!

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 5, 2009 1:02 AM

Firing off yet an other salvo.

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | June 5, 2009 1:03 AM

and another

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ABX2-4RTrY

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | June 5, 2009 1:07 AM

Humm, I was about to post that lidsville.

instead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0zIS2XoBzw

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 5, 2009 1:13 AM

I think I will adopt the name Benita Bizarre.

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 5, 2009 1:18 AM

Space is the place!

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 5, 2009 1:21 AM

Patricia, the link is broken. Please, I must break my brain tonight!

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | June 5, 2009 1:39 AM

Patricia, good luck riding the storm out. (Goddamn, REO Speedwagon. I am such a child of the seventies.)

Is this what you are linking to?

This was my introduction to anime.

Posted by: Polly | June 5, 2009 2:28 AM

and if the constraint that must be applied is harm because no lesser constraint can be effective, than that must be done.

Translation: political opponents must be violently beaten.

Welcome to elite America, folks. Remember to doubleplus your goodthink lest ye suffer a trip to the glue factory.

Whoops. I glommed 1984 and Animal Farm together there. Well, it takes both of those barrels to define some of the attitudes around here.

Posted by: strange gods before me | June 5, 2009 2:39 AM

Greetings, dishonest Christian conservative friend LLL/Polly,

While I abhor violence, and wish for peace to prevail, there are instances (e.g., stopping a mass murderer) where it is necessary to constrain another's actions, and if the constraint that must be applied is harm because no lesser constraint can be effective, than that must be done.

Translation: political opponents must be violently beaten.

See, when the full context is considered, it's not a controversial statement at all. Police use guns to capture mass murderers, and if the murderer tries to shoot at the police, they are likely to be harmed in self defense.

Posted by: strange gods before me | June 5, 2009 2:46 AM

Dear dishonest Christian conservative friend LLL/Polly,

So this is the science-minded elite, is it? A pack of savage scumbags wanting to beat and kill people for their political views? Great. We are fucking DOOMED as a species. And this is from someone with zero use for the likes of O'Reilly.

I mean me, I'm taking the cartoon as a sorta validation... A sorta reassurance. It says to me: it's okay. It's normal. ...

In fact, it's entirely possible that most of the human race feels pretty much the same, at least now and then. And you are a mature person, and you can deal with this without any actual violence. Just remember to count to ten, and go to your happy place, when you have to...

Again, in context, it's not controversial. Everyone has weird thoughts in passing. The important thing is to have self-control.

Posted by: Owlmirror | June 5, 2009 2:55 AM

Again, in context, it's not controversial.

Wait... you're trying calm and reasoned argument? You're emphasizing that they should read for context and perspective?!?!?!

That will never work.

Posted by: Angel Kaida | June 5, 2009 3:03 AM

Owlmirror,
The *chans occurred to me too! Oh noes. Stop the madness...

Posted by: Ichthyic | June 5, 2009 3:10 AM

Everyone has weird thoughts in passing. The important thing is to have self-control.

you tell 'em, Yoda!

;)

Posted by: Ichthyic | June 5, 2009 3:39 AM

yup. I prefer cherrywood for the really yunguns.

Posted by: Cosmic Teapot | June 5, 2009 7:34 AM

Ooh, trolls!

CathyHell2 @114

No one should be so hateful.

Of course they shouldn't. That's gods job, isn't it?

_____________<;,><_____________

Nob @158

The Bible will never change. it will remain the same for eternity.

So it will always say Jesus was born before 4BC (Matthew) and in 6/7AD (Luke)? Now that is what I call a miracle!

_____________<;,><_____________

OwlMirror @206

I prescribe beer for your headache

Yep, drink lots of beer, in the morning, you'll have a hangover.

_____________<;,><_____________

Strange Gods @221

Nicely played there. I do hope Nob returns, I'd like to see his comment on that one.

Posted by: MAJeff, OM | June 5, 2009 7:55 AM

Mesquite wood works best though some say it's a bit too harsh to use for smoking the fetuses. Works great for the toddlers though. Mmmmmmhhhhhhhh.... smoked toddler...

They're even better when you do them up unagi style.

Toddlers are too chewy. Gotta get the fetuses young, so they're like soft-shell crabs.

Posted by: Emmet, OM | June 5, 2009 8:12 AM

Love the ASCII art Darwin fish. The only thing that could make it better is… a frickin' laser beam!

Posted by: spurge | June 5, 2009 8:24 AM

I hope I am not to late to add to the nostalgia link dump.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMAi6u4Ps5A&feature=PlayList&p=BA4B1C7888978F56&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pqLjOg0hwo

Posted by: Carlie | June 5, 2009 8:31 AM

It's 4chan, isn't it? They have found us, and are invading.
Quick! Somebody do something!

Randall's just published a handy guide on how to neutralize them. All we need is a popular author of teenaged glurge.

Posted by: Knockgoats | June 5, 2009 8:39 AM

I've never actually listened to O'Reilly, but from the comments it's pretty clear he's not a democrat (which is to say, it's pretty clear that you all are). - Dave

Hey, Dave, sorry to shock you, but this blog is so depraved and subversive that some of the commenters aren't even American!

Posted by: Cuttlefish, OM | June 5, 2009 8:50 AM

Better go get your torch and pitchfork?

Get your hip-boots and your shovel
Cos a mound of God's Pure Love'll
Stink to Heaven (and it leaves a nasty stain)!
With no seeming contradiction
God allows a cruxifiction
But He cannot stand an animal in pain.
You'll be doing time in Hades,
Both the fellows and the ladies,
If you bite into a burger--even one--
But there's hope of true salvation
You can all avoid damnation
If you scarf the blood and body of His Son.

Posted by: Kseniya | June 5, 2009 9:00 AM

Polly needs to learn the difference between rhetorical fantasy and reality, between righteous anger an actual violence. She also probably needs a cracker.

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | June 5, 2009 9:19 AM

Well there is also this blob (from a different Kirby)

Posted by: GilbertNSullivan | June 5, 2009 9:48 AM

@Cuttlefish - damn you're good!

Posted by: RM | June 5, 2009 12:26 PM

mmmmmmmmm

soft-shell fetus

Do y'all get fresh soft-shelled fetus down on the coast? All we get is the frozen inland.

Posted by: Rob | June 5, 2009 11:10 PM

Happy monkey; P.S. Humans are moneky
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Only those who act like one smell like one and look like one. Take bath, comb you hair, shave and act like the rest of society. I have often wondered why a scientist can be spotted from a mile away just by the way their never comb their hair or shave. They all look alike. P.Z. looks like someone from the P - B.S. show NOVA. You always tell a crakcpot scientist when you see one.

Until next time, monkey worshippers.

Posted by: Ichthyic | June 6, 2009 2:40 AM

They all look alike.

give us a pic of you, Rob, so we can see if you look like a scientist.

Posted by: tus | June 8, 2009 5:17 PM

^_^ i like this comic (because i hate bill o'reily..his smug arrogant #$%^#$%^#$%^#$%^# sorry just thinking of him irritates me)

and agree with the person above, queue is not used enough (of course im a computer nerd so queue is used frequently. most file transferring programs have a queue system for when transfer requests exceed the amount allowed to perform in parallel...so i use it a lot. but i pronounce it like the letter Q)

Posted by: Kseniya | June 8, 2009 11:09 PM

(queue ... i use it a lot. but i pronounce it like the letter Q)

Is there any other way?

"Playing"?

Heh. I wondered if anyone would pick up on that. ;-)