These anti-war demonstrators are really unimpressive people. They're against war? How groundbreaking; what a courageous stand. Listen, angry asshole, pick something difficult. Like religion. Why don't you get out on the street and start marching around against religion - something that's really harmful to mankind. War is simply nature's way of doing things; of keeping down the count. Religion is the problem. Get rid of religion and you've done the planet a favor. So how about getting out there next weekend and marching around with a sign that says HO HO HO! RELIGION MUST GO!? Come on, protesters, show some balls.
--- George Carlin
(from his third book, When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?)
Friday, July 18, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
Cult
These are actual definitions of the word "cult" according to the following sources:
*Webster's 21st Century
-- A religious practice or devotion.
*Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
-- A system of religious belief and worship.
*Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
-- A particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
*Wordnet by Princeton University
-- A system of religious beliefs and rituals.
-- Followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices.
*American Heritage Dictionary
-- A system or community of religious worship and ritual.
*Webster's 21st Century
-- A religious practice or devotion.
*Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
-- A system of religious belief and worship.
*Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
-- A particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
*Wordnet by Princeton University
-- A system of religious beliefs and rituals.
-- Followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices.
*American Heritage Dictionary
-- A system or community of religious worship and ritual.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
John & Elvis Are Dead
Close friend of mine as a child fell into a slumber
No sign of life since '75
Then one day he just... what do you know
I guess God just called his number
He called me up, he called me up and said
"I've been awake about a week
I'm thinking about asking the doctor
If he could put me back to sleep"
Then he laughed and said
"Hey all the girls they look the same"
Don't they know just what their mothers
Paid in blood and tears to change?"
But the words that made me cry
The thing he softly said
It stayed with me, it keeps messing with my head
He said, "If Jesus Christ is alive and well,
then how come John and Elvis are dead?"
Youth, beautiful youth
We walked through the walls until we found the truth
And said, "Change it. It's ugly, just change it"
Everyone we used to know
Must have given up, so long ago
You can see it, it's written on their faces
And the inside of their clothes
But the words that made me cry
'Cause I knew just what they meant
He turned to me and said
"Hey boy, if Jesus Christ is alive and well,
Then how come John and Elvis are dead?"
"Tell me if Jesus Christ is alive and well
Then how come Marvin and Elvis are dead?"
I said "If Jesus Christ is gonna save us from ourselves,
How come peace, love and Elvis are dead?"
"John & Elvis Are Dead" by George Michael
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Today's Quote
"I think we all have obligations to be good, honest, hard-working, caring and compassionate. You have to try and it won't always be easy but you try your best. I do not believe that because you are not prepared to submit yourself to a god or a higher being, that when you get to the end of the road, you will be sent down. I'm not prepared to believe that."
---Lance Armstrong (February 28, 2004)
---Lance Armstrong (February 28, 2004)
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