Not to be outdone by a new Bibleman, the Wacky Protestor formulates a plan to not only re-invent himself, but to create a world where there will be no Christians, no churches, no Bibles, and no God!
Using his latest anti-Christian invention; the neuroiconoclasticskeptisiser, the Wacky Protestor lures Vacation Bible School student leaders Gabriel and Olivia Phillips into his Animated Reconstructive Transport (A.R.T.). A world where there are no rules, no faith, no hope and no future!
Will the Bibleteam be able to save Gabriel and Olivia before they are trapped forever? Will the Wacky Protestor finally succeed with his latest plan? Join Bibleman, Biblegirl, Cypher and U.N.I.C.E. in their most exciting adventure yet as they practice 1 Timothy 1:18 and "Fight the good fight of faith"!
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Ya know... My roommate dared me to sit through an episode of Bibleman as it was on one Saturday morning on the Three Angels Broadcasting network, one of those channels you could go for years before realizing it's part of your cable package.
And I gotta say, those who like camp, will like Bibleman
I feel like these Bibleman shows are full of not-so-sly, not-so-inside jokes aimed over the heads of kids. It's like, they're making fun of liberals (or trying to, anyway) in the guise of a kids' show.
We are suppposed to send a "Bag O' Blessings" home with a different student each week at the parochial school where I teach. The one for my grade has a Bibleman video in it.
Since I refuse to subject my students to condescending, patronizing bullshit, I "accidentally" lost the video and replaced it with a National Geographic special on the Holy Land. MUCH more educational, and at least 130% less crap. Then I convinced the schoolboard to reimburse me for the new video!
And FYI...I refuse to call it a "Bag O' Blessings" Not only did I replace that hideous video, but I changed the devotional book to a very thought-provoking, non-denominational (and non condemning) one, and switched the Bible-themed "Candyland" style game (called "Gospel-land," if you can believe it) with a decent Trivial Pursuit style one on Bible facts. In my classroon we call it the "Family Activity Kit." I just HATE it when I'm expected to treat my students like babies.
If the Pastor ever notices my shenanigans, he'll probably have another heart attack. Luckily, he has less clue than a sold out Toys-R-Us.
Actually, my son is a fundamentalist Christian (sort of in my mind - we get along just fine and mostly like the same things)
We both watched a couple of episodes of Bibleman, and roared laughing. He thinks it is the stupidist shit (along with Davey and Goliath) that he has ever seen, and is pretty embarrased that a Christian channel would show this crap.
Norm
@Sandman
We are suppposed to send a "Bag O' Blessings" home with a different student each week at the parochial school where I teach. The one for my grade has a Bibleman video in it.
Since I refuse to subject my students to condescending, patronizing bullshit, I "accidentally" lost the video and replaced it with a National Geographic special on the Holy Land. MUCH more educational, and at least 130% less crap. Then I convinced the schoolboard to reimburse me for the new video!
And FYI...I refuse to call it a "Bag O' Blessings" Not only did I replace that hideous video, but I changed the devotional book to a very thought-provoking, non-denominational (and non condemning) one, and switched the Bible-themed "Candyland" style game (called "Gospel-land," if you can believe it) with a decent Trivial Pursuit style one on Bible facts. In my classroon we call it the "Family Activity Kit." I just HATE it when I'm expected to treat my students like babies.
If the Pastor ever notices my shenanigans, he'll probably have another heart attack. Luckily, he has less clue than a sold out Toys-R-Us.
You are my hero. Someday your students will be very grateful to you, whether they know it or not. :)
I really dislike the way many Xians propound the lie that because some people have no faith that they also have no rules, hope or future. Those of us with no faith may have fewer stupid rules, fewer false hopes and no belief in a future in heaven or hell, but we do have rules, hope and a future.
Also, it's amusing that they contend that being skeptical is somehow wacky. And this coming from folks who believe in talking snakes, donkeys and bushes.
Bravo Sandman! That really was a great thing you did. *cheers*
Isn't Bibleman played by willie aimes...just looked up the spelling, yup, played by charles in charge's Willie Aames. I have GOT to see this show. Are they available to rent? (please, please, please, please)
Hadanelith said: "Redhunter: why in the world would you subject yourself to this kind of nonsense?"
A washed up 80's tv actor playing a x-tian 'superhero' named BIBLEMAN? What's not to love? I've always had a soft spot for freak shows. I like really bad movies (laughably bad like 'Killer Tongue', 'Switchblade Sisters' or 'Blood Diner' not life-suckers like 'Wild, Wild West' or 'Speed 2') and I even watch benny hinn some mornings. At the end of benny hinn, after all of his commercials, books, sermons and fake-healing, there is a disclaimer at the end of the show that says something to the effect of "The views and opinions expressed on the benny hinn show do not neccessarily reflect the views and opinions of benny hinn"! Can you believe that?
All right, I admit that sounds odd. But it's better than watching 'Full House'.
Sandman - mad props to you, man.
The thing about Davey & Goliath is that it at least is *supposed* to look primitive and campy. It's old! But this is the 21st century. If you can't cut a decent video in this day an age (buy a freakin' iMac, fundie-folks)...
For those of you wondering what happened to that "lost" Bibleman videotape...my wife read the post and burst out laughing. When I asked her why, she was astonioshed that I had forgotten what I did with it. She reminded me.
My friend and I put a fake label on it and slipped it into his brother's porno stash. Was he ever surprised when he popped in what he thought was "Buttrompers IV." Only trouble is that he has so many adult videos that it was more than a year till he played it.
And I want a neuroiconoclasticskeptisiser, too!
Careful. That thing would probably turn everyone into straw atheists you know; the ones with no hope or moral principles that exist only in bullshit fundie horror stories about how bad atheism is.
Here's a sample
After viewing that video clip, how could anyone think of Bibleman as anything less than a timeless cinematic masterpiece?
Let´s face it. If they want to make an animated movie out of the Bible, it´s ok. I would applaud it. BUT THIS?. Please, Christianity can be spread in a less tedious way than the traditional but please, you´re not going to attract children to God this way. A world with no Christians and no rules, not just for a Buddist or a Moslem, but also for many Catholics who believe that(wherever there are 5 people before me I´m there), it sounds not really dystopic. Actually, we are more afraid of worlds like Huxleys or Vendetta, because, contrary to what these morons predicate,we are like all humans and we are afraid of the same. Please, look for other material.
This is one of the pathetic bombastic marketing attempts of the Evangelical community to cater for the younger audience. They take a product which, unable to censor and seeing the impact and success that has in the younger audience, they try to "adapt" using their twisted religious conventions. Of course, it doesn't work because it simply has no base.
And by the way, it highlights the weakness and the inconsistencies of their faith. And one of them is that, as you have signalled thousand times, they present omnipotent God and his beloved brethen as a bunch of incompetent wimps. Come on, if their faith is strong, WTF is a scientist going to do to "destroy" something so vague and volatile?. It's just a "I'm right because I believe in God and you don't". I mean, how can they be shocked when children prefer Spiderman, Harry Potter or even Van Helsing?. I can assure you that, if you scratch, they can have as many Christian messages, even if they don't quote the Bible every six minutes and they are very deep and well written.
I'm a Christian, but I watch this show just for the cheap laughs...much like I'd watch any other cheesy movie. I saw the first episode and the bad guy (named Decepto) laughs like a hyena in heat. Worst acting ever, lol!
A world with no Christians, no churches, no Bibles and no God (or any other religions), would be a world WITH rules, hope and future, I'd say, and with a bit of reality-based faith too probably.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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