Observations and inanities by a second-shift assistant supervisor in the Puppy-Grinding division of the Evil Atheist Conspiracy® (our motto: "Sure it's cruel, but think of the jobs!"), your host, Brent Rasmussen.
Compensate, much?
Another item from my recent trip to Pittsburgh . . .
We're happily driving across Illinois on I-70, making good time. It's been . . . well, decades . . . since I had driven through Effingham, and I wasn't in the slightest prepared for what I saw when I crested a particular hill. This:
Yeah, that's a real picture. See the size of the itty-bitty people at the base of the thing? From their website, the thing is said to be 198 feet tall.
It looms there, looking very much like some kind of alien construction, all shiny* and sharp edges. Surreal. There are very few instances when I viscerally feel my lack of religious belief, but this certainly was one of them. I almost drove off the road looking at that bizarre thing.
Jim Downey
*No, not that kind of shiny, silly!
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Science criteria says Christianity is logical
Seekers of truth can find it in the contiguous dimensional worlds, hunorously described by Edwin Abbott in 'Flatland'. Science determines truth by checking phenomena against the over-all theory. If that theory explains the phenomena then we can firmly hold it. 'Techie Worlds' (available at www.amazon.com) examines Trinity, resurrection, judgment, soul, and finds Christian teaching logical and rational in Abbott's context.
Unlike Christians, materialists believe that only this world exists. Science can only experiment with this material world, whereas mankind is quite unable to manipulate the higher worlds.. Yet humans report on miracles, on events such as the dance of the sun at Fatima. Pagans believe in many gods (with good reason) and the possessed levitate, all evidence that spirit worlds do exist. Both positions resolve to 'acts of faith', but the Christian (in the Flatland context) is simple, consistent, and most rewarding for human improvement. Open your minds with 'Techie Worlds' logical explanations.
GeorgeRic
He's Right!!!!
The possessed DO levitate!! This is so well known that Japan is pioneering a frictionless mass-transit rail system based on the effect.
Each rail car will have a demon-possessed person in a special compartment connected to I-beam supports. When the demon is taunted by a priest working with mathematically defined precision, the possessed person levitates and lifts the car clear of the rail by exactly one inch, thus eliminating friction and reducing the energy required to run the train.
Preliminary tests have proven the concept, and JapanRail is even now searching out suitable possession victims for lifetime contracts.
That would make a helluva story, Hank
That could be the basis for a decent story, Hank. A society that at first looks to have a high technology, but in reality they've just found ways to harness the powers of the demons and other supernatural elements.
Hmm...
Rob Miles
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There are only 10 types of people in the world;
those who understand binary and those who don't.
Logical?
Logical? Wrong, Georgie boy. My freshman survey course in symbolic logic taught me the difference between logically valid and true. A valid, logical statement doesn't break any of the rules of logic. A true statement is valid and also conforms to reality. "IF the sky is green THEN pigs have polka dots" breaks no rules and is perfectly valid, but has nothing to do with reality.
Neither does anything you're talking about.
a futuristic Cross needs Mecha-Jesus
That things needs a gigantic Japanese Mecha-Jesus tied up on it...
Or at least Ultraman....
One megachurch-wannabe in my home town of Sugar Land has a towering silver-colored metal cross which I jokingly call the "heavy metal monument".
Religion is truly ugly
So much for the legacy of the great artistic contribution of theism. [sigh] Michaelangelo would be appalled.
Turn South
Your photo reminded me of the Jumonville cross, just south of Pittsburgh. Jumonville is a United Methodist church camp; I used to work there as a teen. The giant white cross on top of a hill in Hopwood, PA is illuminated at night and is visible in 3 states: Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland, so they say.
largenesness
Got one of them thar things in big ole Texas too. Groom, that's whare. Builds the faith you see. Stations of the cross and gogoltha too. yessiree bob.
Meh. Lookit here if you wanna see sumpin'
Just wait until you take I 70 into Ohio. Why just south of Dayton on I 75 we have the Melting Jesus. Ohio is just filled with marvels.
follow the link: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/9786
Jesus Christ!
The first thing I thought when I saw that was that Jesus got caught on the railroad tracks.
Rob Miles
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There are only 10 types of people in the world;
those who understand binary and those who don't.
WTF?
I'll bet that monstrosity was made by the same people as the one I saw while driving through Texas . What is it with religious people and their need to put up garbage like that? Is their faith that weak?
Buying a Ticket
Mix equal parts Attempting to Buy Your Way Into Paradise with We're Holier Than All You People Who HAVEN'T Built Giant Crosses, toss in a bit of You're All Damned to Flaming Hell If You Don't Believe the Same Stuff WE Believe, then season with Lots of Money Extorted from Gullible Boobs, and add just a dash of World's Largest Knitting Needles!!!—Next Exit Syndrome. Mix well and serve with a large helping of We Don't Really Give a Fuck That Little Poor Kids Need Emergency Medical Care, We're Spending the $150,000 on THIS, Thank You Very Much.
Voila, giant cross.
bad design work
The flat parts are at the wrong angle.
Giant Jesus
Is it sick of me to say I want to see a giant, naked, bleeding (and circumcised) Jesus on that cross?
Heh.
John, I think you have the makin's of a good song there.
Heh.
Jim Downey
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