Jesus is the work of Satan, so it's right that they did this. Also, Joy Behar is a big loud fat balloonhead woman with a big fat balloon for a head. And she is loud.
Posted by BWC (Member # 818) on :
How do you sign? How do you get past the ads?
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
WTF are you talking about?
Posted by BWC (Member # 818) on :
The Petition. I has about 6 ad windows pop up for me.
Posted by BlueElectron (Member # 281) on :
Both sides have waaaaaaaayyyyy too much time on their hands.
ABC wasted its' time editing out the "Jesus".
People are boring enough to catch that mistake, and wrote a response on it.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
BWC, there isn't a link to the petition from Snopes. In my opinion, there isn't much of a reason for there to be a petition at all other than Jerry Falwell getting his Holy Boxers in a bunch again. ABC bleeps out "Jesus Christ" and its derivatives when it feels that it is being used in a profane manner. The censors obviously felt that this was one such case (although I disagree with that view, I can understand the rationale... somewhat). It's not ABC going anti-Jesus, it was a rather oversensitive attempt to protect His good name.
Oh, and Snopes is notoriously bad about those pop-up ads. Yuck.
Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :
Jeez, all this religous crap now adays, with the thinb about the pledge in america, makes me glad i'm total athiest. Anyways what's the deal censuring out "Jesus"? it's not like his name is some swear word. It's just a name.
Posted by Thoughtchopper (Member # 480) on :
In that case never say "Jeez" when you mean "Jesus".
I really come apart when I hear some goodfella say "Cheese and Crackers!" when they mean to say "Jesus Christ!" It's such a callow redirect.
Like THAT will fool Charlton Heston. He knows what you're sayin'.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Huh. That's much the same reaction I get from my mother and grandmother when I say "Judas Priest" in front of them. It's immediately followed by:
"Christopher! Don't curse!" "What!? All I said was Judas Priest!" "Jesus knows what you're saying!" "Then he must agree with me that they were a kickin' band since I haven't been struck by lightning yet!"
Posted by Thoughtchopper (Member # 480) on :
Many slaps did Mum give me for similar things. This was before such was called "Child Abuse."
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
The funny part is that no-one who is venerated by Christians was ever named "Jesus", or anything sounding remotely like it.
And any appeals to Exodus 20 don't work either. How can the supposed "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain" refer to Jesus in any way when it actually translates to "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your god in vain"? Just because all those "the Lord"s are scattered throughout the bible, that doesn't mean the original document wasn't very specific about naming which "lord" was being talked about.
[ June 27, 2002, 03:03: Message edited by: TSN ]
Posted by The Real Folk Blues (Member # 510) on :
quote:And any appeals to Exodus 20 don't work either. How can the supposed "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain" refer to Jesus in any way when it actually translates to "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your god in vain"? Just because all those "the Lord"s are scattered throughout the bible, that doesn't mean the original document wasn't very specific about naming which "lord" was being talked about.
tell that to Falwell, may he get a homocide bombing up the ass.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
At least it'll unbunch his Holy Boxers.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
At times like this, I think it's usually a good idea to quote The Mole.
"'GOD?' He is the biggest bitch of them ALL...!!" "WHY? Because God HATES me, that's why! He has made my life a living HELL!! So I call him a cocksucking ASSHOLE!" *coughcough* "Where is your God NOW, eh? Where is your beautiful merciful FAGGOT when you need him? C'mon God...come & GET me, you fucking rat bastard!"
[ June 27, 2002, 11:04: Message edited by: Shik ]
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
Shik is obviously the kind of person who would stand on top of a hill during a thunderstorm wearing copper armor while yelling "All gods are bastards!"
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
T'was an allusion, Omega. The words are those of a character made out of scrap coloured paper projected onto a thirty-foot-high screen.
Posted by Capped In Mic (Member # 709) on :
im not sure what it means.. but tuesday night, there was an intense lightning storm and i said something to that same effect.. lightning struck a transformer about half a mile from where i ws when i said that, knocking out the power at Whole Foods Market, causing the Dairy department to lose $4,800 worth of refrigerated goods. it might affect the next customer service payout schedule.
nahhhh, couldnt be.
Posted by Grokca (Member # 722) on :
quote:"Christopher! Don't curse!" "What!? All I said was Judas Priest!" "Jesus knows what you're saying!" "Then he must agree with me that they were a kickin' band since I haven't been struck by lightning yet!"
Christ that is funny.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
In the version of The Mole we get here they've apparently replaced any and all such diatribes with more footage of Americans annoying Italians right in their homes and places of business.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Thanks, Grokca, but my mother doesn't find it that funny.
Sol, I think Shik was referring to the character called the Mole from South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut and not that reality TV show.
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