BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???

Subject: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Bobert
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 08:22 PM

Well, not too sure why I have received a couple PMs about lotta folks, all of sudden, turning threads into God or spirituality threads???

I have noticed that, with the exception of a few nudie threads, there is less other stuff goin' on in BS other then theology... Why folks think I have any control over it is a head scratcher???

I mean, me and God is tight an' all that but, geeze...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 08:27 PM

Do you actually mean to imply that the thread on what to do with the crumbs left over from the broken cookies failed to make a deep impression on you, Bobert?

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Bobert
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 08:32 PM

Ahhhhhhh, well yeah... I mean, I had a potato this past year that looked like Mickey Mouse but never had no Jesus or Budda crumbs... Had a Betty Boop crumb tho... And once had alphabet soup tell me to "eat me"... Well, kinda... It was more like "eratz meb" but it could have been "eat me"...

Nevermind...

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Ed T
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 08:34 PM

Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Ed T
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 08:37 PM

There have been a few new threads recently, but few takers.

Abuse seems to be the new fad?

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Bobert
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 08:39 PM

Hey, here I am... Abuse me... I mean, if that what it takes to snatch BS back from the abyss...

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Bill D
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 08:48 PM

Well, there are 'eternal questions'!! God is one of 'em. So is UFOs, and that is running right now.

... I'll bet a few conspiracy theory threads pop up soon.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 08:49 PM

Bobert. It is far from clear to me why you may have got picked on but while there may be happiness at loads of bitter rows over say repub vs dem, a thread on God delusion may attract 1000+ posts without objection. Some things will rapidly cause objection... I'll leave the rest to you.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Ed T
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 08:51 PM

Hey, here I am... Abuse me...
Well, actually, I prefer self abuse...but, that's another matter.

Something that puzzles me from the past.

Whatever happened to the lady friend of Pvines, who used to keep calling over to your house at odd hours (from my recall). I never got the final story on that odd situation...that I suspect resolved itself somehow.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 08:53 PM

Well Bobert, I was going to suggest that you start your own God free threads. But you have started a God thread.

Whose side are you on?

Dylan said ya gotta serve somebody.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Ed T
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 09:01 PM

Dylan mumbled alot....and was hard to understand at that stage of his carreer, even if he understood himself.

He may have just have easily meant "ya gotta sieve somebody"

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Bobert
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 09:02 PM

Well, before I get to Dylan, Ed-Tee would have to bring up, ahhhhhh, "that woman".... Well, "Randy" finally figured out that the P-Vine ain't got no DC in the ac/dc equation and just kinda quit comin' 'round... Then about a month ago there was an email from "Randy" to the P-Vine entitled "Hi"... I told the P-Vine about it and she said to delete it so I did, with pleasure I might add...

Dylan??? I love the guy but he is a wierdo...

God ain't a wierdo... Okay, sometimes He is...

As fir servin' someone??? Can I bring anyone anything???

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 09:04 PM

Bobert, if you want abuse you'll have to do it yourself. You might tell yourself you're lower'n a snake's belly in a wagon rut, that you're the kinda person who'd never think twice about takin' the rags offen a widder and her kids after you'd took their house away in a snowstorm, that you like road apple pie with ice cream, and that you vote Republican jist to spite FDR even though he's been dead for 65 years.

But I ain't gonna help ya with it. You want abuse you do it yer own self. Remember that ol' sayin': There ain't no abuse like self abuse.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Bobert
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 09:05 PM

Man, that's why I am a bluesman... Can't even get no abuse...

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Ed T
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 09:20 PM

Nice to hear that Randys lickerish, wanton and ruttish intentions were identified and doused with water.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 09:22 PM

Woke up this mornin'
Couldn't git no abuse
Yeah I woke up this mornin'
Couldn't even git no self abuse
Yeah I got them self abuse blues, baby,
Yeah I got 'em bad.

Well if I could abuse myself
I'd do it night an' day
Yeah, if I could abuse myself
I'd do it all the night an' day
Yeah I got them self abuse blues, baby,
Yeah I got 'em bad.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 09:23 PM

"Is God Out to Kill Off BS???"

I doubt it - the God Bothers seem to thrive on it.... :-P

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 09:31 PM

Or other brothers? I'd feel sure that if you were to analyise MC threads, little objection is raised to nasty political rows, Little objection would be raised to a series of slaming God threads.

Work it out.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Bobert
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 09:39 PM

You copywrite that, Rap???

God Brothers, f-troupe??? Now there's an interesting concept??? Hmmmmmm??? Could go along way toward humans gettin' along... I mean, one God Brother fir us and another fir the, ahhhhyhhh, godless badguys... But what woould godless badguys want with a God Brother??? Hmmmm??? Is this a trick question???

(Ahhhhh,, Boberdz, F-troupe said "God bother"....)

Huh???

(Yeah, it's "god bother", you moron...)

Hmmmmmm??? So it is...

What was that 'sposed to mean anyway, f-troupe??? That a trick question???

Nevermind...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 09:42 PM

Caedite eos.

Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Bobert
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 09:43 PM

What the hell is going here??? Ol' hillbilly go an' have some fun an' we got the Mud-iban out collectin' stones fir the stonin'....

..."everybody must get stoned"....

Just don't go usin' no 2nd ammednment remedies, por favor...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Slag
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 09:51 PM

Well I never...!

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Bobert
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 09:52 PM

Sheet fire!!!

A danged Wes Ginny Pig-Latin pop quiz??? And I ain't cracked a book in the last week....

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 10:37 PM

You really want abuse, Bobert?

How much ya willin' to pay? I can come down there next week if the price is right.

- Chongo

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Bobert
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 10:49 PM

Sheet fire, Chongz... Ya'd think that after the danged bill I had to pay fir you wreckin' havoc on my campaign headquarters that you'd owe me a little free abuse... I mean, me and Skivz had to dig deep to pay for yer little tantrum...

Hey, okay, I'll let you shoot my ol' Winchester shotgun... Kicks like am mule and shoots straight as a blind one...

But pay???

Nah... Okay, I'll get my Couzin Rufus to get me a box of bananas and a few Moon Pies...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Little Hawk
Date: 08 Nov 10 - 10:53 PM

BillD - "... I'll bet a few conspiracy theory threads pop up soon."

If they don't, Bill, that in itself will be proof positive of a conspiracy! ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 05:50 AM

Well Rap, if you keep doin' that there song, an' you do the actions to go with it, soon you'll be dead.
It'll be classed as suicide too.
Yup, they'll say that, that there Rap, died by his own hand.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 06:07 AM

From BS to Bible! - Mathew 22:21: They said to Him, "Caesar's." Then He said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's; and to God what is God's."

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 06:11 AM

No comment

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 06:13 AM

"Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's"
Even the bible seems to be dumbed down these days!

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 06:19 AM

Yeah, but Caesar bought a round for everyone before he fucked them over whereas God was found out to be tin peddler from Omaha and didn't know how to do any of the tricks he was given credit for and simply fucked over his mindless minions without even a beer.


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Ed T
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 06:20 AM

Make that Bloody Caesar, please, no salt on the rim.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 07:26 AM

If there's a problem with the religiousity that keeps cropping up it would seem to be the ridiculous limitation to those half dozen gods that a few people seem to know about.

In fairness, we should have a thread per day for each of the significant dieties that have been, and deserved to be, worshipped just as much as the paltry few who get mentioned here.

Or maybe one thread with a "god of the day" entry that we could all debate on.

We could start out with:

A-Kahiwahiwa (Polynesian)
A-shih (India)
Aa (Mesopotamia)
Aa Sekhemu and Aaapef (Egypt)
Aaetes (Greek)

and go right through the intervening 9,990 or so listed in the Dictionary of Dieties to

Zvezda Vechernyaya (Slavic)
Zvoruna (Lithuania)
Zyed (Persia)
Zywie (Polish)

Surely they all deserve equal discussion, being all equally revered and worshipped by some of us or by our ancestors (or their enemies).

John

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 08:05 AM

Now, you just know tht one group is going to claim that they out-revere their God compared to everyone else!

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Ed T
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 08:58 AM

Sirs:
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the earth in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from the mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt, he farts.
--Al Tennyson
Westminster Abbey London,
England

From, National Lampoon,
Letters section,January 1974 (Animals) issue

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: gnu
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 09:46 AM

Ed T... "Dylan mumbled alot.... sieve..."

Hahahahahahehehehehehee.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Little Hawk
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 11:50 AM

Sometimes Dylan mumbles. Sometimes his diction is flawless. Just wait for the right time and you're all set.

I also recommend reading his book. No mumbling there.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Ed T
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 12:57 PM

I read Dylan's book put out a couple of years ago. Is there a recent one?

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Little Hawk
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 01:09 PM

No, I was referring to the one from a couple of years ago.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Joe Offer
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 01:46 PM

There was another thread, yesterday or the day before, complaining about "God botherers" at Mudcat. It was deleted (by a non-religious moderator, with my approval), because it got nasty right from the start. Looking at todays's Forum Menu, I see a "God Delusion" started August 25 by someone who definitely did not intend to promote religion. Then there is the "Atheist Delusion" thread, started Nov 6 by somebody who was attempting to defend believers, but I don't get the impression the thread originator was trying to proselytize. Then the's the "Sex and Morality" thread, started Nov 6 - this thread brings up the topic of religion in the very first post, although the thread was started by somebody who professes to be atheist.

So, I certainly don't see many religion threads being started by religious people. Maybe it's time to give the topic a rest. We religious people are feeling a little beleaguered and don't really feel we can be treated fairly in a forum such as this.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Donuel
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 02:07 PM

There were moments of illumination in the God delusion thread.


RAPAIRE, What if Regents College graduated a new class of internet modertors? First lawyers, then moderators... the take over would be complete.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: beardedbruce
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 02:10 PM

"We religious people are feeling a little beleaguered and don't really feel we can be treated fairly in a forum such as this."

Welcome to the club.


Better convert and stick to the approved Mudcat Party Line.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Rapparee
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 02:37 PM

Already being One of the Illuminati....

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 03:00 PM

Hmm. Atheists have felt beleaguered since the year dot.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: gnu
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 03:15 PM

"We religious people are feeling a little beleaguered and don't really feel we can be treated fairly in a forum such as this."

I would suppose so. I agree with Bobert and with you, Joe.

Of course, I just ignore most of it. It's unfortunate that you do not have that luxury, Joe.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 03:31 PM

So you can't attack another member, or God.
Maybe God is already a member?
I would have thought that any gods would be of the Groucho Marx persuasion regarding membership of Mudcat
They wouldn't want to be a member of any club that wanted them to join. [Roughly speaking]
Sorry you believers, but I don't see why your gods should be immune from criticism, while all others have to take what they get.
As a fully paid-up athiest, I could be nasty about other folks beliefs, but I'm not, as I respect your right to believe in anything you like.
I also believe in the oft stated Mudcat basic tenet, free speech.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Ed T
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 03:50 PM

Has anyone else noticed a Taos Hum phenomenon in many of the GOD/No God threads, or is it just me?.

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 03:52 PM

No John, at least not IMO. You are free to state your beliefs.

Where I find a problem is that if a thread was started say

"Anyone who believes in God is a fool" would probably go without the religious starting threads to complain about its existance.

"Anyone who does not believe in God is a fool" would likely bring up complaints of people trying to convert others.

It's the way things seem to work...

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: akenaton
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 04:19 PM

"Maybe it's time to give the topic a rest. We religious people are feeling a little beleaguered and don't really feel we can be treated fairly in a forum such as this."

Well Joe I think I very strongly agree with Bearded Bruce, he puts it rather well........"Welcome to the club"

To be in the minority here, or to espouse ideas which dont particularly fit in with centre left "liberal" ideology, can leave folks feeling rather "beleaguered"

BB is centre right politically, but I give him respect for sticking to his beliefs, in spite of sometimes vitreolic opposition.
I'm sure BB would not want political discussion abandoned because he has an uneven battle to fight.

For myself, I'm constantly being abused because of my stance on the promotion of homosexual practice as safe and healthy.....you yourself remarked that "I was probably a bigot".
However, when ever the subject arises I will continue to make my case, for only by open discussion can these issues be fully understood.

"Liberalism" demands that any issue which opposes "liberal orthodoxy" shall not be openly discussed, and a whole litany of expressions have been manufactured to demonise any who try to illuminate these issues.

Folks have discussed religion from the beginning of time...it is one of lifes great mysteries.....Thats entertainment!!

Subject: RE: BS: Is God Out to Kill Off BS???
From: Rapparee
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 04:32 PM

Anyone who does or does not believe in God may or may not be a fool.