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Convince a lot of people of something and you can get things done.
Convince a lot of gullible people that they should make more gullible people
and you’ve got a religious movement
The evolution of religion
( A look at the origins of religion )
For believers, it may seem threatening to think that the mind has been shaped to believe in gods,
since the actual existence of the divine may then seem less likely.
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♥ Yay! Mike Moore shanks their jengaship! ♥
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Friends,
I'd like to have a word with those of you who call yourselves Christians (Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Bill Maherists, etc. can read along, too, as much of what I have to say, I'm sure, can be applied to your own spiritual/ethical values).
( Read more... )
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 Many years ago (well, a decade, at least),
when I first discovered the browser's address box
and what one could do with it,
I would type in a "www"
...then anything,
...then a ".com" ...
Just for shites & giggles, I did.
One of the first words I used was "stupid" ~
~ therefore, the URL I typed in became www.stupid.com.
What appeared then became, off and on, one of my very fave sites. I even ordered a few things from Stupid.com ~ with delightful results!
The founder of the company ("Mr. Stupid himself") is Gary Apple, who is also a comedy writer of (all flops) sitcoms ~ he even wrote one episode of (the series that was NOT a flop) The Simpsons ~ which he frequently makes sure nobody forgets. LOL
I tell you that to show you this Sunday Sermon -oriented link: JEEZ!
Hey. You KNOW you want to look at more stuff there.
Oh oh oh.... almost forgot to tell you what brought this all on, hahaa!
A few days ago, your esteemed eppylover won a prize on Twitter from StupidFanClub, and will soon receive, from Mr. Stupid himself, the rare and exotic CUPCAKE DENTAL FLOSS.
Jealous much, eppylover fans? 
(p.s. If you DO order from Stupid.com, I wonder if anything will happen if you mention you were referred by eppylover?)
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Hi!
Your computer-disabled eppylover is taking one moment at Niece Kelly's house to drop a little rant on y'all, and call it a Sunday Sermon. LOL. Sadly, I still can't read my emails or LJ comments or access other sites, but the following item has pissed me off enough to take the niece's computer away for a few minutes.
The issue is about the comments in this BeatlePics post saying ~~ "isn't this a bit late? lol" etc ~~ don't these people realize that the vatican FORGIVING John is a snarky INSULT? Whether or not it was an intentional insult, that's exactly what it comes down to.
All John was saying was that it's ironic (and maybe a shame) that a frickin' rock band was more popular (drew more attention, was idolized more) than jesus, who is supposed to be the son of their god and all that. And he added that what this observation foretold to him, and made him believe, was that religion itself would disappear sooner or later.
John had tossed off that little statement in an obscure British interview, and had since forgotten it ~ but Datebook Magazine in the U.S. picked it up and printed it. From there, a couple of southern deejays happened across it, and used it as a promo to stir up people, simply to pimp their station ~ and to their surprise and pleasure, it caught fire and blew up all out of proportion. America ran all over John and the boys, and poor Brian was pulled out of a sickbed to fly across the pond and battle this worthless insanity.
If you want to hear an extremely rare sound bite about it, Johnny Carson interviewing Brian on The Tonight Show in August 1966, please go HERE and click the little red arrow thingy there  ... and what Larry Blyden says at the end, well, he says it all.
To fundamentalists, any objective, rational observation is threatening ~ it gravely undermines their brainwashing efforts, so they have a kneejerk defensive reaction. Consequently, they succeeded in turning John's little remark around to sound like a diss.
So now in 2008, in the wake of Israel's apology to Brian's boys for snubbing them in the 60s ~ the vatican, instead of issuing an much-overdue apology to Lennon for the hurtful brou-ha-ha, on behalf of all Christian religions (because historically Catholicism came first, and all others are offshoots) ~ instead, his holiness & company decided to belittle his memory by pompously "forgiving" him. eppylover says:
Hey pope man! ~this is the way it is ~
if someone ran you over with a car,
should the driver be forgiving you? And then to top it off, the vatican smears a load of insincere gratuitous bullshit flattery in Lennon's general direction ~ i.e., how wonderful The Beatles were. Oh goodie. That makes everything all better, doesn't it?
If you know John Lennon, you KNOW he would consider the vatican's "forgiveness" ~ and their shallow and meaningless flattery of his band ~ to be a slap in the face.
Rant over. Going back to my computerless home now.
BTW, I would appreciate anyone who is on the Fifth Beatle forum to kind of cover for me if they can ~ I don't have a chance to get to anything but this little post here.
Signing off now ~ lotsa love to everyone, hope to be able to read and respond to y'all before year's end. ♥
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| » Sunday Sermon ~ Religion and freedom are mutually exclusive words |
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Like my philosophical/religious mentor George Carlin, I don't feel so much like a skeptic but rather more like a realist.
How about that. Three "likes" in one sentence.
I never wish to offend, but I do need to use my Sundays to vent.
( Believers in the unprovable, please do not click this cut ~ because I still want and need you as friends :) )
Nov. 9th, 2008 @ 03:51 pm
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Guess we can just call last night's Billy Graham/Woody Allen post our Sermon for today.
If you need more, here's a linky to an article I found quite interesting ~
telegraph.co.uk ~ Why do people believe in god?
Oct. 12th, 2008 @ 09:14 pm
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While doing my usual Saturday night/Sunday morning perusing through the treasures in the ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) antitheism Community, I happened across this exchange of comments, and just could not help myself from doing a copy/paste ~ because I am SUCH a sharing person. LOL
( Not for religious eyes, as per usual... )
Sep. 27th, 2008 @ 11:01 pm
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| » Sunday Sermon ~ A coupla tidbits |
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Not much time to "preach" today...
A small tidbit or two to hold you over...
( Yeah. Not for 'believers' ~ as per usual... )
Sep. 14th, 2008 @ 06:43 pm
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TIM MINCHIN
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...well, at least to people who
live within the "limits"
of proven reality. :)
(Click their pics to see their websites) | PAT CONDELL
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The Eppylover Says:
Religion and reality are
mutually exclusive.
( Vids behind the cut:Not for the mentally scripturelocked )
Aug. 31st, 2008 @ 07:31 pm
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| » Sunday Sermon ~ Xian Album Covers! |
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( Warning: Image-Heavy and Agnostically LULZworthy )
Caption suggestions and comments from the congregation
are welcomed and indeed encouraged!
Aug. 16th, 2008 @ 11:58 pm
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| » Sunday Sermon ~ More Funny Hat Club ~ The Gay Religion |
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EPPYLOVER NOTE: I really don't think this could ever be construed as offensive enough to warrant a Sunday cut.
And if you think it is... well... (what's the gesture for "anal"...?) XD
Wow ~ I'm usually into Stewart/Colbert...
...but I guess you could call this my Maher weekend!
"Jerry Falwell was the guy who said 911 was brought on by pagans, abortionists, feminists, gays and the ACLU. ...or, as I like to call them, 'my studio audience.'"
[cue thunderous applause, hoots and screeches from said audience]
Jul. 27th, 2008 @ 12:32 pm
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