Look, you can have faith in whatever you want, but...

[Peregrinator]

...also known as the "Crazy Shit People Do In The Name Of Religion" thread.

Besides the obvious, like suicide bombers and the WTC and sawing off hostages' heads on youtube, I mean.

Stuff like this:

http://www.thinkatheist.com/profiles/blogs/bill-nye-bood-in-texas-for

Bill Nye, the harmless children's edu-tainer known as "The Science Guy," managed to offend a select group of adults in Waco, Texas at a presentation, when he suggested that the moon does not emit light, but instead reflects the light of the sun.

As even most elementary-school graduates know, the moon reflects the light of the sun but produces no light of its own.

But don't tell that to the good people of Waco, who were "visibly angered by what some perceived as irreverence," according to the Waco Tribune.

Nye was in town to participate in McLennan Community College's Distinguished Lecture Series. He gave two lectures on such unfunny and adult topics as global warming, Mars exploration, and energy consumption.

But nothing got people as riled as when he brought up Genesis 1:16, which reads: "God made two great lights -- the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars."

The lesser light, he pointed out, is not a light at all, but only a reflector.

At this point, several people in the audience stormed out in fury. One woman yelled "We believe in God!" and left with three children, thus ensuring that people across America would read about the incident and conclude that Waco is as nutty as they'd always suspected.

This story originally appeared in the Waco Tribune, but the newspaper has mysteriously pulled its story from the online version, presumably to avoid further embarrassment.

 

[Peregrinator]

Stuff like this:

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/da...igating-death-of-baby-who-got-herpes-during-r

Under the practice, the rabbi or mohel removes blood from the wound with his mouth — a practice city health officials have criticized, saying it carries “inherent risks” for babies.

Religious rabbis in other major cities have voluntary banned the practice, instead using a straw or other type of indirect suction.

 

[RoryN]

Bill Nye, the harmless children's edu-tainer known as "The Science Guy," managed to offend a select group of adults in Waco, Texas

The rest of the story wasn't necessary. This said it all.

 

[Disgustipated]

I've said it before; If Texas wasn't part of the states, we'd be at war with those crazy bastages.

 

[Peregrinator]

Yeah, they left the "k" out of the name of that place.

 

[Peregrinator]

Waco is hypokalemic.

 

[KRCummings]

The linked article is 2009 but the story goes all the way back to 2006. If you Google you find it all over the place from then to now and always presented as if it's current. This always makes me think it's bullshit but Snopes doesn't mention it except in the msg board.
Anyway, Texans are idiots.

 

[osprey44]

... Texans are idiots.

Says you... I know several Texans... they moved there from Ohio.

 

[KingOrfeo]

I suppose Nye might have made his point without quoting Genesis, but the reaction remains incredibly silly.

 

[KRCummings]

Says you... I know several Texans... they moved there from Ohio.

That's funny because you're clueless.

 

[osprey44]

That's funny because you're clueless.

Awwwww... come on now KRC, where's your sense of humor? The Texans from Ohio I'm referring to? yep, true ... I'm related to 'em

 

[RoryN]

I know several Texans... they moved there from Ohio.

That makes perfect sense.

 

[Peregrinator]

That makes perfect sense.

Yeah, fuck, given the choice. But, fuck. Ohio or Texas? Would you rather be kicked in the nuts or hit in the nuts with a baseball bat?

 

[crotch_cricket]

there are a lot of stupid people that don't believe in God. maybe your issue is with ignorance, not faith.

 

[KRCummings]

Awwwww... come on now KRC, where's your sense of humor? The Texans from Ohio I'm referring to? yep, true ... I'm related to 'em

I don't really care. I meant that you apparently thought that would get to me because you think I'm from Ohio.

 

[renard_ruse]

Don't you anti-faith bigots get tired of your broken record? I'd think you would get bored of it after a while.

I guess everyone needs something to hate. Kind of sad.

 

[Peregrinator]

Don't you anti-faith bigots get tired of your broken record? I'd think you would get bored of it after a while.

I guess everyone needs something to hate. Kind of sad.

Look, you can have faith in whatever you want, but if you suck the blood out of a baby's penis after you cut a chunk off it or if you boo Bill Nye for saying the moon reflects sunlight, then you are a dipshit, plain and simple. I have no problem with people believing in a higher power of some kind. I have a serious issue with the sort of stupidity that I linked in the OP.

 

[Peregrinator]

something to hate.

I don't mind saying that people who suck blood out of slashed baby penis are on my list of things to hate. Are you going to defend the practice?

 

[renard_ruse]

Look, you can have faith in whatever you want, but if you suck the blood out of a baby's penis after you cut a chunk off it or if you boo Bill Nye for saying the moon reflects sunlight, then you are a dipshit, plain and simple. I have no problem with people believing in a higher power of some kind. I have a serious issue with the sort of stupidity that I linked in the OP.

Didn't click on the links, my comment is about the constantly repeated premise was that religion or faith causes people to do stupid things. Its my premise that people who are inclined to do stupid things would do them whether or not they did so in the name of a faith. They would find some other justification to be wierd. Again, not commenting on the links themselves as the topic in general is worn out in my opinion.

 

[Peregrinator]

Didn't click on the links, my comment is about the constantly repeated premise was that religion or faith causes people to do stupid things. Its my premise that people who are inclined to do stupid things would do them whether or not they did so in the name of a faith. They would find some other justification to be wierd. Again, not commenting on the links themselves as the topic in general is worn out in my opinion.

I agree that people do stupid things in the absence of or in spite of or just without regard to their faith. In this case, there are two very specific things people did because of their faith that are reprehensible. One of them is specifically an act by a rabbi, part of a ritual of his faith, that resulted in the death of a child.

 

[CandiCame]

Didn't click on the links, my comment is about the constantly repeated premise was that religion or faith causes people to do stupid things. Its my premise that people who are inclined to do stupid things would do them whether or not they did so in the name of a faith. They would find some other justification to be wierd. Again, not commenting on the links themselves as the topic in general is worn out in my opinion.

True that, but it does seem like stupid people flock to faith. And it's a lot worse to have a flock of stupid people doing stupid shit and entering in this culture of group-think then to just have a stupid guy being stupid by himself. That's how religions and cults work. They get you in with little stupid shit, that kinda makes sense, and then before you know it, you're worshiping a zombie carpenter.

 

[KyleW]

It's religion, what do you expect?

Nutbags.

 

[Quoll]

Yeah, they left the "k" out of the name of that place.

Wacok?

I suppose that works.

 

[RoryN]

Don't you anti-faith bigots get tired of your broken record? I'd think you would get bored of it after a while.

LOL - rr is talking about bigotry. Priceless.

 

[Peregrinator]

It's religion, what do you expect?

Nutbags.

Jesus loves Kyle.