Pat Condell, in his own inimitable way, explains why not to believe in God doesn't mean that one must believe in nothing.
Showing posts with label Humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humor. Show all posts
Saturday, October 30, 2010
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Top Ten Signs You Might Be a Calvinist
(9) if you stubbed your toe and said: "Thank God that is over"
(8) if you have a portrait of Jonathan Edwards over your fireplace
(7) if you prefer black and white to all other color combinations
(6) if Pyromania makes you think of Phil Johnson, not Def Leppard
(5) if you use "Arminian" as a curse word
(4) if you’ve ever shouted “YES!” when the pastor says to turn to Romans 9
(3) if you’ve ever read parts of “The Bondage of the Will” to children under ten and prayed that it would change their lives
(2) if you send your mother tulips on Mother’s Day
(1) if you've come up with a working theory on how the Holocaust gives God glory
(These were assembled from across the web added with a couple of my own invention)
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Sunday Funnies--Messed Up Bible Stories
Messed Up Bible Stories from Ebolaworld.com
In The Beginning:
Adam and Eve:
In The Beginning:
Adam and Eve:
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Sunday Funnies--Door to Door Evangelism
Have you ever been annoyed by religious folks knocking on your door? I live in the Bible belt so I get not only Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses but also Southern Baptists knocking on my door. I am ashamed to say that when I was a Christian, I did some of this door to door evangelism myself.
What would it be like if Atheists went door to door? See this video:
In this spoof, Hank sounds a lot like God.
What would it be like if Atheists went door to door? See this video:
In this spoof, Hank sounds a lot like God.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
My Name Equals 666
After yesterday's music videos, Highway to Hell and Running with the Devil, some people might think that I am a Satanist now. No, I am not. I no more believe in Satanism as a religion than I do Evangelical Christianity. Actually one can only believe in Satan if one believes in Christianity.
Nevertheless, you might find it interesting that my name, Ken Pulliam, actually does equal 666. Below is a post I originally ran on Nov. 26, 2009.
It was the summer of 1983 and I was sitting in a Ph.D. class at Bob Jones University on the Book of Revelation. Dr. Stewart Custer was waxing eloquent on Revelation 13:18: Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number [is] 666. He was explaining the various interpretations of this passage. Some said it just referred to the number of man repeated three times (the number six is held by some to be the number of man in the Bible, the number seven is the number of God, etc), sort of like an ungodly trinity. Others believed it refered to a literal human being whose identity could be found by adding up the value of his name.
At this time in history, Arabic numerals were not used in the Graeco-Roman world but rather each letter of the alphabet had a corresponding numerical value. For example, in Greek, the first letter alpha equals one and beta, the second letter, equals two, etc. The same was true with the Hebrew alphabet. Many Bible scholars on this basis identified the beast of Revelation as Nero. They argued that the Greek spelling of his name, “Nerōn Kaisar,” transliterates into Hebrew as “נרון קסר”. When you add up the values of each Hebrew letter you get 666.
I thought this was fascinating so I decided to add up the letter values in my name. Ken Pulliam transliterates into Greek as Κεν Πυλλιαμ. When I added up the value of each letter, I was flabbergasted. The letters equaled 666. I thought this can't be possible. I added them up again thinking maybe I had made a mistake. I added them up a third time. There was no way around it. My name equaled 666.
I admit this actually bothered me for awhile. Then I realized that there were billions of people on the planet and, while I didn't know the precise statistical formula, I was certain there were probably thousands of people whose name also equaled 666.
Why do I bring this up? Well, I am sure that some of my former colleagues and students probably think that I am the man of sin or at least a type (forerunner) of the last great embodiment of evil. After all, I am an apostate. I knew the truth, believed the truth, and then turned away. Hebrews 6:4-6 says there is no hope for me.
For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put [Him] to an open shame.
So I guess for those fundamentalists and evangelicals that take the Bible literally, this is just further proof that it is the Word of God. What further proof do you need (spoken with tongue firmly in cheek)?
Nevertheless, you might find it interesting that my name, Ken Pulliam, actually does equal 666. Below is a post I originally ran on Nov. 26, 2009.
It was the summer of 1983 and I was sitting in a Ph.D. class at Bob Jones University on the Book of Revelation. Dr. Stewart Custer was waxing eloquent on Revelation 13:18: Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number [is] 666. He was explaining the various interpretations of this passage. Some said it just referred to the number of man repeated three times (the number six is held by some to be the number of man in the Bible, the number seven is the number of God, etc), sort of like an ungodly trinity. Others believed it refered to a literal human being whose identity could be found by adding up the value of his name.
At this time in history, Arabic numerals were not used in the Graeco-Roman world but rather each letter of the alphabet had a corresponding numerical value. For example, in Greek, the first letter alpha equals one and beta, the second letter, equals two, etc. The same was true with the Hebrew alphabet. Many Bible scholars on this basis identified the beast of Revelation as Nero. They argued that the Greek spelling of his name, “Nerōn Kaisar,” transliterates into Hebrew as “נרון קסר”. When you add up the values of each Hebrew letter you get 666.
I thought this was fascinating so I decided to add up the letter values in my name. Ken Pulliam transliterates into Greek as Κεν Πυλλιαμ. When I added up the value of each letter, I was flabbergasted. The letters equaled 666. I thought this can't be possible. I added them up again thinking maybe I had made a mistake. I added them up a third time. There was no way around it. My name equaled 666.
I admit this actually bothered me for awhile. Then I realized that there were billions of people on the planet and, while I didn't know the precise statistical formula, I was certain there were probably thousands of people whose name also equaled 666.
Why do I bring this up? Well, I am sure that some of my former colleagues and students probably think that I am the man of sin or at least a type (forerunner) of the last great embodiment of evil. After all, I am an apostate. I knew the truth, believed the truth, and then turned away. Hebrews 6:4-6 says there is no hope for me.
For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put [Him] to an open shame.
So I guess for those fundamentalists and evangelicals that take the Bible literally, this is just further proof that it is the Word of God. What further proof do you need (spoken with tongue firmly in cheek)?
Sunday Humour--Videos on Religion
Islam vs. Christianity--Stephen Colbert and Steven Carell
HT: Unreasonable Faith
Dave Allen on Religion
HT: Advocatus Atheist
HT: Unreasonable Faith
Dave Allen on Religion
HT: Advocatus Atheist
Saturday, June 12, 2010
The Good Book--The Objective Moral Code for Humanity
Here is a song for all those who think that the Bible presents us with the only true objective moral code.
Tim Minchin (1975--) is an Australian comedian, actor, musician, and skeptic. He is best known for his musical comedy. He went to the Christ Church Grammar School in Perth, Australia.
HT: Ex-Christian.net
Tim Minchin (1975--) is an Australian comedian, actor, musician, and skeptic. He is best known for his musical comedy. He went to the Christ Church Grammar School in Perth, Australia.
HT: Ex-Christian.net
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Differences between Jesus and the Father
The latest Mr. Deity video humorously illustrates the differences that many have noticed between the compassionate and just Jesus and the vindictive and unjust Father.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Deacon Fred, the Pastor of Landover Baptist Church
I don't know how many of you are familiar with the satirical Landover Baptist Church website, but I find Deacon Fred to be hilarious. Maybe its because he sounds so much like the preachers we have here in the South. Deacon Fred is actually Chris Harper, who attended Jerry Falwell's Liberty University until he was expelled in 1989 for producing a satirical radio show which Liberty's administration found offensive. Below are a few of Deacon Fred's videos that I found especially funny.
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