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#388441
Doctor Whom
Fundamentalism in a nutshell.
1/22/2008 11:33:53 PM
#388454
dear reality we must part ways, goodbye...
1/22/2008 11:49:18 PM
#388459
Illuminatalie
That site is 100% loons.
The very next thing he says is :
"We are all very ready to apply history to the Bible, I mean how else can we prove prophecy." Bizarro! Knowledge is only good if it is about service to our God.
1/22/2008 11:56:09 PM
#388466
nintendofreakgcn
I'm trying to figure out whether this should get a "Fundamentalism in a nutshell" award or a "Hard on for the KJV" award. Can one quote get two awards?
1/23/2008 12:01:23 AM
#388470
Ambrielle
FIAN seconded.
1/23/2008 12:06:53 AM
#388472
Osiris
@Illuminatalie: You ever noticed that all the prophecies in the Bible are eithere bullshit or self-fufllying?
1/23/2008 12:08:06 AM
#388480
Illuminatalie
And I'm complimenting them by CONSIDERING them prophecies.
1/23/2008 12:12:41 AM
#388491
cyborgtroy
If fundies had the mental budget to understand Boolean Algebra, they would see how this works... Or not..
1/23/2008 12:19:09 AM
#388515
approximate
Choose what you may, but stop trying to force others to accept willful ignorance as a way of life.
1/23/2008 12:49:30 AM
#388517
the Good Witch
so you choose the bible over reality? that's called ignorance, and it's not good.
1/23/2008 12:50:54 AM
#388529
deathbird
It makes me appreciate the rabbi who asked "do you want the Bible to be history, or do you want it to be truth?" In other words, who cares if the events never happened, it's the universal truths behind the stories that is important. So what if there was no Adam & Eve? What matters is that the story teaches that it is wrong to deny personal responsibility when you screw up ('Eve made me do it', 'the serpent made me do it'). Something the fundies really need to learn instead of blaming 'satan' for everything.
1/23/2008 1:14:47 AM
#388532
POSW
Well, the Bible is more fun to read than most school history textbooks, but, well, this guy's IQ has to be at most double his shoe size if he actually believes it's more true.
1/23/2008 1:19:17 AM
#388537
Mattural Selection
Where reality contradicts the bible, it is reality that is wrong. Something like that Dong-sky?
1/23/2008 1:24:08 AM
#388545
Caustic Gnostic
Great. With this scheme, there is a large blank stretch between the first century and the time Donsky was brainwashed.
1/23/2008 1:31:01 AM
#388548
Papabear
So, when fact and fairy tale conflict, real Christians opt for fairy tale. Good thinking, Donkey.
1/23/2008 1:33:23 AM
#388550
Reverend Davidius
I have a friend that is a christian, a good guy really, but he REALLY hates it when people get really dumb (stupid, not mute [if only they were mute]) over a god damned book that doesn't apply to our time
1/23/2008 1:33:28 AM
#388578
Mike
Mommy, the fail hurts so much!
1/23/2008 1:55:26 AM
#388623
anevilmeme
FIAN nthed
1/23/2008 2:23:58 AM
#388629
freako104
Even if the Bible is proven wrong? No wonder so many failed history
1/23/2008 2:30:50 AM
#388633
Septic Sceptic
Sigh. My brother spouts this kind of religious attitude all the time. He really is quite intelligent, and a thousand miles from what you'd call a raving fundy, but if reality and the bible clash?
Evolution: "Sorry, but Genesis got here first." *shrug*
Homosexaulity: "Sorry mate, i'd love to accept and respect your lifestyle, but this book I was raised on commands me to think of it as a sin. It's out of my hands i'm afaid." *shrug*
This quote saddens me more than anything else.
1/23/2008 2:36:13 AM
#388640
Old Viking
If we have to make a choice between history or the Bible ... of course we choose the Bible.
I beg to disagree. There are vast numbers of us who choose history.
1/23/2008 2:43:35 AM
#388645
484
History == shit that happened
Bible == shit that people wrote
1/23/2008 2:48:21 AM
#388654
David D.G.
This deserves either a "Fundamentalism in a Nutshell" Award or perhaps something new, like a "Reality Is For Other People" Award.
(I tried to think of a way to tie it in with that comment in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which includes a comment to the effect that "the Guide is definitive, whereas reality is frequently inaccurate" -- but I couldn't see a good way to do so.)
~David D.G.
1/23/2008 3:02:49 AM
#388699
D-OveRMinD
"If I have to choose between reality and the Bible, I choose Bible."
1/23/2008 3:58:58 AM
#388770
The Anarchrist
@484
What we know of history is also just what people have written about it, other than recent history of course.
As far as the Fundie's quote goes -- blatant stupidity. Should we accept history? Perhaps not, we were not there after all, and accepting the facts are a matter of trust. However, I'd much sooner accept facts that at least parallel reality than those taken from a book (see also: BOOK) laiden with naught but fantasies/improbabilities that has somehow found a way to govern lives (Scientology now comes to mind).
Sir Donsky, you are confusing Fact and Faith.
1/23/2008 6:10:48 AM
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