Saturday, April 3, 2010

Uncompromising, unashamed atheists can stand on Bibles too!

A few weeks ago, Ken Ham's Answers in Genesis "invented a new campaign to empower Bible-believing Christians," which you may translate as "printed bumper stickers to sell to suckers." Of course, you just can't say that to people or they won't buy your bumper sticker. You have to tart your message up a little, and that's what they did with the "I Am Not Ashamed" campaign website:



Well, hell, I thought. Now I have to stand on a Bible. I asked my closest friends to stand with me. On Bibles and other holy books/books that people take way too seriously. And, with the assistance of PZ Myers, we started a movement that offered a clear message to Christians around the world that atheists too can be literalist pig-headed idiots. Thus, the "I-Am-Who-Am is Ashamed of Your Slogan" Campaign. At the suggestion of Tengrain of Mock Paper Scissors, I am offering this as my contribution to this weekend's Blog Against Theocracy, a celebration of the First Amendment, where not only is the separation of church from state guaranteed, but so too is our freedom of speech.

So we begin with PZ Myers' unashamed statement:

Who knew that PZ had such fabulous nails? (Courtesy of Rachael.)

Aersolin models the very latest in ninjawear.


Alexandra, I'm sorry, but I could not come up with a joke at all for yours. But you have very nice shoes and your floor is clean, so that's all good, I guess.

Amir


Amir's Cat spooning the Book of Ruth

Babco, standing on a New Testament for each member of the Trinity!


Belgian Atheist lists slightly to the right when he walks.


Holy crap! If that's a full-sized Bible, Ben must be huge!

Is it me, Ben, or is your copy of Kevin Phillips' book (which you should read) sinking into another dimension?

You can almost hear the final splat of the Monty Python opening credits with this submission from yet another Ben.


When this one arrived, the title of the email just read, "Biblecaster," which I like a lot. Also, is it me or is this Strat USDA approved?

I'm standing on the Bible, Apocrypha, Bill Cooper's stooopid flood book, the MLA handbook (such fucking bullshit--seriously, just think how fucked Christians would be if God came out with a few new chapters and verses every year and forced you to buy new Bibles every year! FUCK YOU MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION NAZIS!), medieval myths and my stinky fucking cheesy-toes are pressed against Ray Comfort's bowdlerized Origin. You can't see it, but Dianetics and the Koran are up my ass.

Why is he called "Chris the Hairy?" Those aren't socks.

Something tells me that Chuck is a "ginger kid" and therefore has no soul.


Holy shit! Chuck D submitted something...oh, wait, it's Chuck C. My mistake.

Much more to come! Stay tuned!
HJ (If anyone is interested in the type of stuff I usually do here, you can look at my commentary on "Applying the Science of Probability to the Scriptures." Also, I think my most popular feature is the "White Supremacist Poetry Slam," wherein I, an English teacher, mercilessly slam white supremacist poetry.)

19 comments:

Ben said...

My feet are huge, sir. Size 15 shoes. You know what that means? Expensive fucking shoes. Also, something about a penis.

I was playing my Biblecaster earlier today. Satanic hymns.

Sabio Lantz said...

Great photos, cool idea!
Especially having lived in India where feet touching something is the ultimate sacrilegious act !

Buffy said...

Nice work everyone!

Mikko said...

can't stand on a bible because i recycled the one i got at school :)



/atheism still alive and growing!

baileythebookworm said...

If I were to have a picture to add to this collection, where should I send it? I want to be in on this Bible-standing action.

Benjamin Geiger said...

Ben #2 here. The reason why "American Theocracy" seemed to be squeezed into another dimension is because I weigh 350 freaking pounds. Hence the cankles.

daler said...

I wonder if my local library will be upset if I check out one of their bibles to stand on?

richmanwisco said...

Gee DM, your all caps ranting and citations from Pravda were all the proof I needed! I am converted, convinced there is a true god!

Have a nice day!

Bing said...

bailey,

send to my yahoo email. it's littletinyfeardemon@...

HJ

baileythebookworm said...

Woo-hoo! Sent

Lycanthrope said...

Hey, DM! I've seen you around. So you DO personalize your comments after all. Here I thought it was all cut-and-paste. Silly me!

Janet said...

Fancy that, DM think "atheist" is too scary a word to use so he has to insert an asterisk. Perhaps he thinks the devil will appear in his living room if he spells it out correctly!

And what are all the other asterisks for? I don't get it.

I might pinch the Gideon's out of my hotel room to take home so I can 'stand on the bible' too. It's rather heavy though ...

Harbo said...

I do like standing on "the Prophet" Kahlil Gibran.
But would truly love to stand on....

"The Profit" By Kellogg Allbran.

But this wonderful tome is unavailable.
Now there is a book that needs reprinting!

Harbo said...

I do like standing on "the Prophet" Kahlil Gibran.
But would truly love to stand on....

"The Profit" By Kellogg Allbran.

But this wonderful tome is unavailable.
Now there is a book that needs reprinting!

Seamus Ruah said...

"Holy crap! If that's a full-sized Bible, Ben must be huge!"

Seeing that hairy foot leads me to believe Ben is a hobbit.

David Mabus, take your meds and fuck off...'ta.

Sir Roger said...

DM is a POE. Check his links.

Bing said...

DM, you no longer exist. I don't go to religious websites and spam, you fetid little retard. Don't even bother posting. You'll just be wasting your time, as everything you write will vanish without a trace. Seriously. Get a job or something.

HJ

Wouter said...

my contribution:
http://zajonker.com/wouter/2010/04/i-am-not-ashamed/

Seamus Ruah said...

Sir Roger said...
DM is a POE. Check his links.

No, Dave is a real fruitcake who is banned from a number of blogs for being a complete nutter.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/plonk.php

http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=162630