Comment by Joseph P on September 24, 2010 at 2:58pm

Comment by sk8eycat on September 24, 2010 at 3:29pm

2Ann: Many of those who still practice primitive religions have told anthropologists that they use substances like fermented fruit juices (Pacific islanders) and "funny" mushrooms, etc. in their rituals because it "makes them feel closer to their god(s)" So why NOT manufactured pharmaceuticals?


I remember reading the book sometimes called "The Revelations of St. John" (actually I was reading the entire buybull...for the second time, because I couldn't believe what I had read the first time. It was NOT what I had been indoctrinated to believe it was.) and thinking, "Wow! Sounds just like what I've read about LSD trips."


I wonder how much wine the early xians had to drink in order to achieve "communion."

Comment by david perry on September 24, 2010 at 5:11pm

@sk8eycat- Mother Teresa left an "estate" of about 110 million according to Hitchens.
Vow of poverty indeed.
If it it's online at all I don't know(now I'll have to look myself) but somehow(if you haven't already)you have to see the documentary Marjoe, that follows the actor/evangelist on his appointed rounds behind the scenes. It's amazing.

Comment by sk8eycat on September 25, 2010 at 9:55am

@Mike Wolf

10 years ago I wanted to show the American voters a genuine "burning Bush," (there was probably enough alcohol in his system to make a colorful blaze) but my friends talked me out of it.

Comment by Andrew Hall on September 25, 2010 at 8:21pm

From my homage to International Blasphemy Rights Day.

http://www.laughinginpurgatory.com/2010/09/30-days-of-blasphemy-day...

Comment by Jack Ryan on September 26, 2010 at 8:17am

Two Atheists meet in heaven.
One says to the other, "You?!...Here?!"
And the other says, "That's the pot calling the kettle black."

Comment by Jack Ryan on September 26, 2010 at 8:20am

A small boy sits with a basket full of kittens on the sidewalk. The clergyman of the community passes by and asks,
“Well! What do we have here?”
“Oh, these are christian kittens!”, the boy responds.
Flattered, the clergyman moves on. Three weeks later, the clergyman passes by the small boy with the basket of kittens again. The clergyman asks,
“Well, my son, how's it going with your christian kittens?"
“They are atheist kittens now!”, says the boy.
The clergyman responds, “Why? You said that…”
The boy interrupts, “Well yeah, but now they have their eyes open!”

Comment by sk8eycat on September 26, 2010 at 9:26am

Going to (necessary) extremes

Comment by ɟǝןıx dǝʇɹɐɹ on September 26, 2010 at 8:00pm

Comment by Brianna Starfish on September 27, 2010 at 11:07am

@jason, I posted this a few days ago.

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