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Horse Fiesta !

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:24:13 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead
clipper's remarks: Weird.

To the unsuspecting eye, these pictures may look as if crazed horses are running wild through a crowd, endangering the lives of the thousands around them.

In fact, these are the famous stallions of Menorca's traditional Fiesta of San Joan (Saint John).

The festival, which dates back to the 14th century, is celebrated every year at the start of the summer solstice and sees the trained horses walking through the streets of downtown Ciutadella on their hind legs to the delight of the gathered crowd.

The riders each represent the church, nobility, craftsmen and country people.

After the parade, the horses and their riders gallop through the streets and entertain the crowd with mounted games.

During the three-four day festival, people take to the streets and party non-stop.

As well as gathering to witness the horse parade, another usual tradition of the festival is for people to throw sackfuls of hazelnuts at one another.

Tags: animals, horse, religion, entertainment

Top Ten Mandated Changes to Make Christianity More Politically Correct

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:23:14 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: ace-o-spades.blogspot.com

10. "Christian fish" logos must be certified by the EPA as dolphin-safe

9. Key lyric of Martin Greenbaum's hippie-Christian anthem, Spirit in the Sky, changed from "I've got a friend named Jesus" to less-divisive "I've got a friend named Walter"

6. The requirement that an actual belief in Christ is required to be a Christian ruled discriminatory; churches must offer alternative methods of qualification, such as "celebrating the magical joy of a baby's smile" or "just sitting in the park, thinking about Nature and shit"

2. New Testament rewritten to delete references to Caiaphas and other Jewish priests; henceforth, Christ is accused of blasphemy by Hans Gruber and the German mercenaries from Die Hard

1. Christian Trinity officially changed from Father, Son, and Holy Spirit to Easter Bunny, Santie Clause, and the Ghost of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (a.k.a., "The Spirit of Diversity")

Tags: religion, humor

Druids at Stonehenge

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:50:43 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Tony and Suky of the Stag Circle at Suky's home the night before the equinox. Druids mark the spring equinox, traditionally celebrated at dawn at Stonehenge

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Tony sounds the horn in the Dolmen Grove temple.

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Frank who, by day, works in IT. At night he is a druid. They claim there are more than a million people in the UK who share, in one form or another, pagan beliefs, and that there could be up to 60,000 druids

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

The Dolmen Grove druids arrive at Stonehenge at dawn

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Stonehenge at dawn.

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

The Dolmen Grove druids at Stonehenge at dawn. They follow ancient beliefs, rejoicing in air, water and fire

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

The Dolmen Grove druids' campaigns to broaden acceptance include making sure that pagans are properly counted at the next census, and the inclusion of pagan terminology in dictionaries

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Tags: religion, uk, druid

The Uncyclopedia Bible

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:26:16 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead
clipper's remarks: WARNING: This is a work of fiction. Do NOT take it literally.

CONTENT ADVISORY: Contains verses descriptive or advocating suicide, incest, bestiality, sadomasochism, sexual activity in a violent context, murder, morbid violence, use of drugs or alcohol, homosexuality, voyeurism, revenge, undermining of authority figures, lawlessness, and human rights violations and atrocities.

EXPOSURE WARNING: Exposure to contents for extended periods of time or during formative years in children may cause delusions, hallucinations, decreased cognitive and objective reasoning abilities, and, in extreme cases, pathological disorders, hatred, bigotry, and violence including, but not limited to, fanaticism, murder, and genocide.

Clip Source: uncyclopedia.org

The Bible

is a long-running series of soap-opera novelisations of numerous genres

written by variable authors

A religious cult has formed surrounding the book series.

Many fans hold to the idea that the books are literal

Despite its slight usefulness, the book mostly works for nothing more than toilet paper and fire supplies.

So humble are the authors that they even go on to suggest that God himself wrote the very book that the readers are reading, creating a splendid twist of reality that can only otherwise be found through the means of drug use.

Jesus plays the role of a messiah-like figure with strong moral values, such as the value of the family, pacifism, and looking like a hippie.

the New Testament is far less controversial in that it has less scenes of unnecessary killing and sex, and instead focuses on alcohol use and torture

The Crusades, terrorism, genocide, and Christian rock music have all been the terrible results of gullible readers of The Bible.

Tags: humor, religion

Evil Lying Fraud Gets Media Spotlight - again...

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:33:11 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead
clipper's remarks: Why, oh WHY, does this arrogant lying BS artist get even 1 minute of airtime? I suspect it's because the media honchos secretly find him hilarious.

Clip Source: hamptonroads.com

Pat Robertson, who has made predicting the future an annual tradition, predicts a recession

But don't unload your portfolio just yet. Robertson acknowledged Wednesday that his prophecy of a nuclear terror attack in 2007 failed to unfold.

He also cited information from God when he predicted on a year go that major U.S. cities would be hit by "very serious terrorist attacks" causing "possibly millions" of deaths.

No such catastrophe occurred.

"All I can think is that somehow the people of God prayed and God in his mercy spared us,"

On Wednesday, Robertson, 77, implied that God informed him who will be elected president in November.

"He told me some things about the election, but I'm not going to say, because some old man on "60 Minutes" would make fun of me, so I'm not going to tell you who the winner's going to be," Robertson said

"the Lord was saying there's going to be violence and chaos in the world,"

Robertson said he received no divine information about the war in Iraq

Tags: politics, religion, idiots, fraud, grinning sack of excrement enriched by the stupidi

Mormon Underwear

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:47:48 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

In some denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement, the temple garment (or the Garment of the Holy Priesthood, or informally, the garment or garments, or by those outside of the faith, either Mormon underwear or pejoratively, magic underwear) is a set of sacred underclothing worn by adult adherents who have taken part in a ritual ceremony known as washing and anointing ordinance

The garment is thought to symbolize the "coats of skins" which Jehovah (Yahweh) made for Adam and Eve before casting them out of the Garden of Eden

The garment is believed to be a spiritual "shield and protection" against the powers of evil

some outspoken people have utilized it as a source of humor and parody

Tags: religion, humor, underwear, mitt romney

Christ on a bike!

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:29:53 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: www.shipoffools.com

Christ on a Bike

Riding into town on a donkey was all very well in the days of sandals and wearing tea towels on your head. But today the Messiah who wants to make an impression needs something a bit more. Like a chopper.

Clip Source: www.shipoffools.com

The Pope's Cologne

Which of us, hand on heart, has never thought, "I wish I could smell like a Pope"?

Clip Source: www.shipoffools.com

OK, it's cheating but, for saints tired of waiting for the Spirit to move, Holy Toast gives you a slice of the action.

Clip Source: www.shipoffools.com

Thongs of Praise

Clip Source: www.shipoffools.com

Walled Nativity Set

a none too gentle reminder of the 230-mile, six-metre high wall, topped with barbed wire and lined with guard towers, that encircles Palestine

Clip Source: www.shipoffools.com

Vatican: the Board Game

Here's the game in which you get to become Pope, no less, with a gazillion faithful Catholics around the world hanging on your every infallible word.

Clip Source: www.shipoffools.com

Huggable Urns

When your time comes to return to ashes, you could be scattered, or you could simply be kept on a shelf in a big urn. But why not consider a third option? Being stuffed into a teddy.

Clip Source: www.shipoffools.com

Maria Memory Stick

Tags: christmas, christianity, kitsch, funny, religion

The Jews and the 'Genitals'

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:32:29 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

schoolboy howlers

• BOOKS AND WORDS

John Milton wrote Paradise Lost. Then his wife died and he wrote Paradise Regained.

Poetry is when every line starts with a capital letter and doesn't reach the right side of the page.

• GEOGRAPHY

In some rocks there are to be found the fossil footprints of fishes.

The principal exports of Sweden are hired girls.

• HISTORY

King Arthur lived in the Age of Shivery.

Magna Carta provided that no man should be hanged twice for the same offence.

The King wore a scarlet robe trimmed with vermin.

Louis XVI was gelatined to death.

• POLITICS

When Caesar was assassinated, he is reported to have said "Me too, Brutus!"

• SCIENCE AND MEDICINE

If you cross XY and XX chromosomes, you get XX (female), YY (male) and XY (undecided).

Clouds just keep circling the Earth around and around, and around. There is not much else to do.

• RELIGION

The Jews were a proud people, but always had trouble with unsympathetic Genitals.

• ANIMALS

To keep milk from turning sour: keep it in the cow.

Tags: funny, humor, humour, schools, idiots

Crazy Old Man Tells People What to Do

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:19:47 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead
clipper's remarks: Crazier still -- some people listen to him.

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

The Pope is considering a dramatic overhaul of the Vatican in order to force a return to traditional sacred music.

After reintroducing the Latin Tridentine Mass, the Pope wants to widen the use of Gregorian chant and baroque sacred music.

He referred pointedly to "the time of St Gregory the Great", the pope who gave his name to Gregorian chant.

Mgr Valentin Miserachs Grau, the director of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, which trains church musicians, said that there had been serious "deviations" in the performance of sacred music.

"How far we are from the true spirit of sacred music. How can we stand it that such a wave of inconsistent, arrogant and ridiculous profanities have so easily gained a stamp of approval in our celebrations?" he said.

He added that a pontifical office could correct the abuses, and would be "opportune". He said: "Due to general ignorance, especially in sectors of the clergy, there exists music which is devoid of sanctity, true art and universality."

Tags: religion, humor, music, anachronistic relic of ignorant past

Bible Quotes, Part 2

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:28:09 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: richarddawkins.net

88

"What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof."

Christopher Hitchens

90

"Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear."

Thomas Jefferson

83

"I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."

Mark Twain

"During many ages there were witches. The Bible said so. The Bible commanded that they should not be allowed to live.

during nine centuries and imprisoned, tortured, hanged, and burned whole hordes and armies of witches, and washed the Christian world clean with their foul blood.

Then it was discovered that there was no such thing as witches, and never had been. One does not know whether to laugh or to cry."

Mark Twain

Tags: religion, bible, quotes

Bible Quotes, Part 1

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:24:25 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: richarddawkins.net

58

"Most people can't bear to sit in church for an hour on Sundays. How are they supposed to live somewhere very similar to it for eternity?"

Mark Twain

71

"I have examined all the known superstitions of the world, and I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology.."

Thomas Jefferson

77

"If Jesus had been killed 20 years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little Electric Chairs around their necks instead of crosses."

Lenny Bruce

79

"When I think of all the harm the Bible has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it."

Oscar Wilde

85

"They said God was on high and he controlled the world and therefore we must pray against Satan. Well, if God controls the world, he controls Satan. For me, religion was full of misstatements and reaches of logic that I just couldn't agree with."

Gene Roddenberry

Tags: religion, bible, quotes

The Blasphemy Collection

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:24:47 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: timesonline.typepad.com

Submission directed by Theo van Gogh
A 10-minute film about violence against women in Islamic countries, Submission depicted four Muslim women telling Allah the offences against them, while partially covered. Quranic texts, inciting women to submit, were projected on their bodies.

Quran on toilet paper
Manfred van H. was sentenced to one year in prison on probation in Germany for posting toilet paper stamped with verses from the Quran to mosques and the media.

The ‘two poofs’, as Gilbert refers to himself and George, have been bedfellows with controversy throughout their career, but they tested the boundaries of religious tolerance with their Sonofagod – was Jesus heterosexual?

Rude Buddha
A sculpture of Buddha with a banana and two eggs strategically placed was happily on display

The Life of Brian
Arguably, Monty Python’s finest hour the Life of Brian is a comic biopic of Brian Cohen, born at the same time as Jesus and mistaken for the Messiah.

Jerry Springer the Opera

Chocolate Christ

Tags: religion, entertainment, mental health, satire, psychology

Vote for Romney = “a vote for Satan.”

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:23:10 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: www.google.com

Clip Source: www.kansascity.com

A televangelist who harshly criticizes other religions said Friday his late-night program was pulled off the air because of pressure from a Muslim group.

Officials from the Council on American Islamic Relations this month wrote the TV station’s owners asking for an investigation of the show it broadcasts, “Live Prayer With Bill Keller.”

In a May 2 broadcast, Keller said Islam was a “1,400-year-old lie from the pits of hell” and called the prophet Muhammad a “murdering pedophile.”

He also called the Qur’an a “book of fables and a book of lies.”

Keller, a regular guest on satellite radio’s “Howard Stern Show,” is critical of many religions.

He regularly refers to the Mormon church as a cult and told readers of his online column that a vote for presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a Mormon, “is a vote for Satan.”

Tags: televangelist, religion, idiots, narrow-minded imbecile

Hypocrite Haggard Pleads for Handouts

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 06:14:29 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead
clipper's remarks: Haggard's home, which has been up for sale, has a market value of $715,051.

Clip Source: disneybear.com

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

The Rev. Ted Haggard, who left the megachurch he founded after admitting to "sexual immorality," has asked supporters for financial assistance while he and his wife pursue their studies.

The former New Life Church pastor plans to seek a master's degree in counseling at the University of Phoenix while his wife studies psychology

"During that time we will continue as full-time students, and then, when I graduate, we won't need outside support any longer."

Haggard received a salary of $115,000 for the 10 months he worked in 2006 and an $85,000 anniversary bonus before the scandal broke

Haggard left the 10,000-member New Life Church late last year and resigned as head of the National Association of Evangelicals after a former male escort accused Haggard of paying him for sex.

"It looks as though it will take two years for us to have adequate earning power again, so we are looking for people who will help us monthly for two years," the e-mail said.

Tags: religion, hypocrisy, liars, egomaniacs, outrageous lunacy, looking for idiots

What Makes Teens Happiest?

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:21:08 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: www.star-telegram.com

So you're between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy?

A worried, weary parent might imagine the answer to sound something like this: Sex, drugs, a little rock 'n' roll.

It turns out that the real answer is quite different.

We are family

73% said their relationship with their parents makes them happy. After family, the young people mentioned friends most.

Happiness is

65% of those surveyed say they're happy with the way things are going for them now.

I need a hero

29% picked their mothers as their heroes.

Sustenance for the soul

55% say that religion and spirituality are either a very important part of life or the single most important thing in their lives.

Racial divide

56% of blacks and 51 percent of Hispanics say they're happy, versus 72 percent of whites.

Drugs and alcohol

40% of those between 13 and 17 who drank in the last week were happy, versus 68 percent of those who didn't.

Money, money, money

Tags: teens, children, society, family