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.
Buy God.
You've undoubtedly heard of this before:
"It's just so funny," she said. "All the desperation out there."
Hicks was chuckling to hear that the measure she recently took to help sell her house -- burying a statue of St. Joseph upside down in the front yard -- is a growing trend as sellers try to offset hopelessness invading housing markets across the nation.
Seen by many as the patron saint of home and family, St. Joseph's popularity is growing at religious goods stores and on the Internet -- among Catholics and non-Catholics alike.
Hilarious! Man, I don't know when I have laughed harder than upon hearing that people caught in financial difficulties turn in desperation to religious mumbo-jumbo for help. Good times, good times.
*sigh*
For those who think that we may be on the verge of a new rationalism, take a look again: people will turn to the most ridiculous practices at the drop of a hat, just because they are scared. As the old saying goes, the veneer of civilization is about three meals thick - remove that, and see what happens. Much the same with people who are non-religious most of the time: put them in some difficulty, and they'll revert, buying the old line of bullshit being peddled by the god-mongers.
Because when this is seen as a substitution for an economic crisis, you know we're in trouble.
Jim Downey
(Via MeFi.)
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So in a sense...
With all those saints having specific domains, and the followers expecting help by worshipping them in particular, why do we still call Christianity a monotheistic religion ?
It obviously works just like a polytheistic one.
Polytheistic AND Idol-Worshipping
After all, they do burn things and give gifts to graven images, right? All in contravention of the teachings of G-d, as set out in the Bible. I love to argue with Christians about whether they have broken the First Commandment - do it right and their heads start spinning!!
Not to mention - where do condo dwellers bury it?
I have always figured that the reason behind rumours of this type is that at some point, a church or convent or something received an oversupply of St. Joseph statues, and you get a conversation like this:
"Mother Superior, it's just like that episode of M*A*S*H where a comma was moved and they received a half-million tongue depressors! What shall we do with all of them??"
Mother Superior, having been a real estate agent in her past life and knowing that the market is soft, says "Well, if we market them properly, we can sell them at a good profit to desperate homeowners."
No?
2 times as effective for only 1.4 times the price?
So you buy the 4" one when you need to sell your house in, let's say, a month or two. And you buy the 8" one when you need to sell your house in the next couple weeks? It's twice as effective?
Or does the 4" one only help sell a house up to $250,000 in value and you need the 8" to help sell a house worth any more than that?
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"Ponies are atheists, you know, technically."
- Me
Future embarrassment
Can you imagine, in 2000 years, when archeologists are digging up our bones and artifacts, they will think we were a bunch of superstitious primatives. I can't blame them. Crosses, bibles, statues, churches everywhere.... They will wonder if we had time for anything but religion. I am embarrassed for what people will think of me in the future. Lets hope they don't find out about intelligent design.
Fun Times
Heheh...
http://www.unscrewingtheinscrutable.com/node/885
Indeed!
Thanks, Brent! I thought it had been covered here previously, but couldn't place it well enough to have any idea about where to look. ARB's piece is a little less gloomy than mine, I think.
Jim Downey
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