Virgin on the Ridiculous
Oh no he didn’t!
Yes, I did… and now I have your attention….
Yup… It’s true, as any educated person who’s actually bothered to look into this will tell you, the Hebrew word ‘Almah‘ is very similar to the English word ‘Maiden‘ – in as such that as a polyseme it has several meanings – including ‘virgin‘ or ‘young woman‘.
Other polysemes include wood (what a tree contains, and where you can find one…) and milk (the liquid, and also what you have to do to a cow to get it….). You learn something every day.
As for the young lady Mary… well, it’s not very special or amazing is it, to be born from a woman who isn’t a virgin…. so sod it, why not deliberately misinterpret the meaning and BINGO! You have a miracle birth, much more befitting of the supposed king of kings…
As for the shithouse door thing, who knows? Your guess is as good as mine…. and no less fictional than the story in the bible.
The Best Music
Yup… Religion has given us some great music… and some utter crap.
You decide….
Requiem Dies Irae – Verdi
Highway To Hell – AC/DC
Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter – Iron Maiden
Family Bible – Willie Nelson & Johnny Cash
Oil in my Lamp – Some unfortunate kids who know no better
Ride Of The Valkyries – Richard ‘The Apocalypse’ Wagner
Kumbaya My Lord – An animated Jesus
Hello God – Dolly Parton
Toccata and Fugue in D minor – Bach
It’s #Towelday
As today is Towel Day…
… and a special one at that, as Ms Emily Anarchy pointed out…
25th May 2012 = 25 5 12
25 + 5 + 12 = 42
In remembrance of Douglas Adams.
*Douglas Adams. The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time. New York: Random House, 2002, 135–136.
Also quoted by Richard Dawkins in his Eulogy for Douglas Adams (17 September 2001)
That’s Torn It
Not as crazy as it sounds. Various words, passages & even entire gospels have been omitted or edited since The Bible first came to light.
Whole gospels were excluded because they expressed unorthodox and/or heretical views. Yes… From day one The Bible was edited for best effect rather than *ahem* truth.
It’s no secret – just Google it.
How can anyone follow something so renowned for inaccuracies, falsehoods & deliberate manipulation to suit the needs of the church?
Can you really have faith in Chinese whispers based on dubious stories that were hand picked from other dubious stories?
From the start, even the so called virgin birth was embellished (more on that in a later cartoon). The type of thing a shitty gutter newspaper would do today just to sell print & gain attention.
Yes, the book you trust is the biblical version of The National Enquirer or The Daily Mail…
“Phew, wot a scorcher! See Mary get her boobs out on page 3 as she tells YOU what SHE thinks of Judas and his new look…”
God and Son 