Happy Dead God Day Everyone!

[Atheist Man]

Today is the holiest of holy days on the atheist calendar. Today we remember the day when God died. Of course, it was only a made-up story, and in the made-up story he can't even manage to stay dead for the entire weekend. But as a symbolic gesture we use it to look forward to the day when the concept of God finally dies for good, leaving humankind much better off.

[Atheist Man]

I plan to eat as much meat as I can.

I haven't thought of any other ways to celebrate. Maybe I'll rub one out later.

[Uncle Ted]

It's sad when a grown man is up this late at night, trying to think of ways to provoke or offend people he doesn't even know. Very sad.

[Brock]

Today is the holiest of holy days on the atheist calendar. Today we remember the day when God died. Of course, it was only a made-up story, and in the made-up story he can't even manage to stay dead for the entire weekend. But as a symbolic gesture we use it to look forward to the day when the concept of God finally dies for good, leaving humankind much better off.

I must have missed the memo. I thought it was just another Friday. Who knew? Well, besides the folks that got the memo.

[Mr. B]

Today is Thursday, April 5, around 10 pm.

[George L. Costanza]

TTIA. Dead god day is pretty hard to beat.

[Bicycle Repair Man]

It's sad when a grown man is up this late at night, trying to think of ways to provoke or offend people he doesn't even know. Very sad.
Oh come on. I can think of six sadder things about my life just off the top of my head. Give me a few minutes, and this thread isn't even in the top twenty.

[watcher in the woods]

I pray that you do have a happy day, Atheist Man.

[Descalzo]

Sometimes you almost have me fooled that you're open-minded about religion.

[campbell]

The king is dead! Long live the king!

[TheGillotine]

I'm probably going to have to go to church this weekend. Chances of a new, insightful sermon? ... Not very good.

[Abnormal]

The real question is what did he do on Saturday? Go to the bar? Pick up women? What?

[Anthemyst]

I'm probably going to have to go to church this weekend. Chances of a new, insightful sermon? ... Not very good.

Yeah, but if it's a good church you get to shout "Crucify him!" at one point. In every church I've ever been in everyone just kind of drones it dutifully, but you could get really into it if you want.

[ao fan]

It's sad when a grown man is up this late at night, trying to think of ways to provoke or offend people he doesn't even know. Very sad.

he's bitter cause his marriage broke up because of fake dead god. i might be too in his shoes.

[FormLetter]

I thought Jesus rose on the third day. So that must count today as the first day, right? Not strictly meaning 72 hours later, which would not allow for a Sunday resurrection.

[undegaussable]

I didn't know today was the day Woden hanged himself from Yggdrasil!

Wait, which god are we talking about?

[Anthemyst]

I thought Jesus rose on the third day. So that must count today as the first day, right? Not strictly meaning 72 hours later, which would not allow for a Sunday resurrection.

Correct, "On the third day" does not in this case mean "72 hours later". On the first day he was crucified, etc.

[ditkaworshipper]

Yeah, but if it's a good church you get to shout "Crucify him!" at one point. In every church I've ever been in everyone just kind of drones it dutifully, but you could get really into it if you want.
IIRC, that is actually in the reading for Palm Sunday, the week before Easter. Definitely one of the better written and scripted readings in the Catholic church imo.
The real question is what did he do on Saturday? Go to the bar? Pick up women? What?
Went down to Hades, picked up the keys to death from Satan, start the Resurrection process...the usual.

[campbell]

IIRC, that is actually in the reading for Palm Sunday, the week before Easter. Definitely one of the better written and scripted readings in the Catholic church imo.

the Passion is definitely the Palm Sunday gospel in the Catholic Church.

When I was at NYU, the main guy we had reading it was actually performing it, as he was an actor. It was pretty nifty.

I do miss being in Midtown for Good Friday. I always loved going to the Church of Our Saviour for the Meditations on the Last Words. That's a packed room, and it goes on for three hours. But about every half hour one can "escape" - people often come in and out between the meditations.

[bokiz333]

I'm going to Church tonight. Wife doesn't care I'm agnostic. :(

[ao fan]

I'm going to Church tonight. Wife doesn't care I'm agnostic. :(

:confused: i thought you were getting a divorce.

[bokiz333]

:confused: i thought you were getting a divorce.

Apperances dear.

[ao fan]

Apperances dear.
oh!

[Anthemyst]

IIRC, that is actually in the reading for Palm Sunday, the week before Easter. Definitely one of the better written and scripted readings in the Catholic church imo.

:oops: It's been quite a while. Maybe church will have jelly beans?

[ditkaworshipper]

I'm going to Church tonight. Wife doesn't care I'm agnostic. :(

Not sure which church you're in, but there are a lot of good ways out of this. All of my comments are based on Catholicism, but Good Friday is not a Holy Day of Obligation. You can't even consecrate the Eucharist. Say you'll still go for Easter Sunday, but you're staying home to have a nice bacon cheeseburger and chocolate shake while playing skyrim and masturbating on the couch.

[llcooljabe]

When I was at NYU, the main guy we had reading it was actually performing it, as he was an actor. It was pretty nifty.


Was it Max McLean?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF3WMMY9A-8&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYotYDY4SE8&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHV0GLrmwu8

[Androzani Major]

he's bitter cause his marriage broke up because of fake dead god. i might be too in his shoes.
No, he's bitter because his marriage broke up due to his being an ass to his wife regarding many things, religion included. He, like many people in our field, myself included, tended to care (and still tends to care) more about "being right" than being a good spouse / friend / lover / oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum.

It was enough that his wife was willing to compromise her religious principles to get out, which Mr. Man perceived as hypocrisy, further jading his view of religion and religious people.

Next up on Dr. Phil, an intervention for undegaussable. When one beer just isn't enough, and makes you feel like crap. Is it alcoholism, or should he just not drink on an empty stomach? Find out after this commercial break!

[Klaymen]

I plan to eat as much meat as I can.

Guess you're aiming to annoy Catholics then?

I was at a bridge tournament last Friday and during the morning session they asked for a show of hands as to who needed a meatless lunch and they were a few takers. I was oblvious, I only realized later that day what it was all about.

I don't make a fuss about Easter & Christmas, unlike most other Christians. I believe in the crucifixion and the ressurection, I just elect not to focus specifically on them in April & December.

[undegaussable]

Is it alcoholism, or should he just not drink on an empty stomach? Find out after this commercial break!

Why does it have to be either/or? :)

[undegaussable]

Guess you're aiming to annoy Catholics then?

:redcard: And the Orthodox!

[snoo]

I'm going to Church tonight. Wife doesn't care I'm agnostic. :(

:confused: i thought you were getting a divorce.

Apperances dear.

:bighug:

[Androzani Major]

Next up on Dr. Phil, an intervention for undegaussable. When one beer just isn't enough, and makes you feel like crap. Is it alcoholism, or should he just not drink on an empty stomach? Find out after this commercial break!
Why does it have to be either/or? :)
Because it's Dr. Phil. About 22 minutes of commercials and 38 minutes of dumbing down the subject matter of the day.

I know this by having watched several clips from two or three episodes, plus a bit of hearsay.

[erosewater]

the funy thing about easter is that religious people can't even be bothered to interrupt their week so they celebrate it on the wrong day

[TheGillotine]

By the way, not going to church today, but will on Sunday.

I don't mind being around religious people or witnessing/participating in religious gatherings, but I wish they'd make it more interesting. The same readings every year, the same hammy interpretations. This applies to every church I've been to, although some vary by degrees. When I was in highschool, we had a minister for about a year who was really good, but that was because he "went beyond the text" more than usual. I think he ended up getting pressured out by the older members.

And yeah, I know I'm missing the point.

[ao fan]

today is passover too. passover rocks. you drink way too much wine, get drunk and puke.

[Smart Actuary]

Its just something Hallmark made up for the business.

[Atheist Man]

No, he's bitter because his marriage broke up due to his being an ass to his wife regarding many things, religion included. He, like many people in our field, myself included, tended to care (and still tends to care) more about "being right" than being a good spouse / friend / lover / oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum.

It was enough that his wife was willing to compromise her religious principles to get out, which Mr. Man perceived as hypocrisy, further jading his view of religion and religious people.
That's, that's the nicest thing anyone has ever said about me.

*sniff*

[Bicycle Repair Man]

he's bitter cause his marriage broke up because of fake dead god. i might be too in his shoes.
She didn't dump me because I no longer believed in God, or she would have dumped me long, long ago.

[ao fan]

That's, that's the nicest thing anyone has ever said about me.

*sniff*

:lol:

[ao fan]

She didn't dump me because I no longer believed in God, or she would have dumped me long, long ago.

oh, i have a bad memory. i guess i remembered the posts wrong.

[Androzani Major]

That's, that's the nicest thing anyone has ever said about me.

*sniff*
I should also add:
"On the plus side, he has a great singing voice, if his posts are any indication."

[Bicycle Repair Man]

oh, i have a bad memory. i guess i remembered the posts wrong.
I have about four different theories about what the real reason was, but I try not to spend much time figuring out which one it was because I'll never know if I'm right unless I develop mind-reading abilities, at which point I'll be able to just find out then. Also, since I plan on never getting married again, there's no point in learning from whatever mistakes I made in the first one.

[Bicycle Repair Man]

I should also add:
"On the plus side, he has a great singing voice, if his posts are any indication."
At one time, there was an audio file linked to on this forum that contained a brief snippet of Karaoke Man singing. Sadly, the link appears to no longer work.

[Androzani Major]

I have about four different theories about what the real reason was, but I try not to spend much time figuring out which one it was because I'll never know if I'm right unless I develop mind-reading abilities...
Women = crazy. That's got to be, like, at least 30% of it right there, regardless of how much or little of my long-distance, desk jockey, amateur counseling session above was right.
Also, since I plan on never getting married again, there's no point in learning from whatever mistakes I made in the first one.
Right, because nothing you could learn about that relationship could possibly apply to any other relationship you have with anyone. :spnner:

[Bicycle Repair Man]

Women = crazy. That's got to be, like, at least 30% of it right there, regardless of how much or little of my long-distance, desk jockey, amateur counseling session above was right.

(The answer you seek my son only poses more questions.
Ask many women why relationship has failed.
Each woman offer unique reason for demise.
One woman may say, "man could not commit."
Or, "man is douche, and is now free to make love to himself instead."
Another woman may say, "man had changed,"
or even, "man no longer satisfactory lover."
But my son, ask many men same question all over the world, "why has relationship failed?"
Each man, each time, will give same, simple answer)

The bitch went nuts.

[Bicycle Repair Man]

Right, because nothing you could learn about that relationship could possibly apply to any other relationship you have with anyone.
I have realized that, for me, the rewards of relationships aren't worth the bother, so I am endeavoring to maintain as few of them as possible.

[ao fan]

Also, since I plan on never getting married again, there's no point in learning from whatever mistakes I made in the first one.

I think that a lot of recently divorced guys say this. Once the bitterness over the divorce passes, they get married again. I take this attitude with a grain of salt.

[Bicycle Repair Man]

I think that a lot of recently divorced guys say this. Once the bitterness over the divorce passes, they get married again. I take this attitude with a grain of salt.
Well, most people are really freaking stupid.

[ao fan]

Well, most people are really freaking stupid.

or needy

[stephenson123]

you would be hogtied in great mississippi.
are you sure atheist man = bloodninja?

[Bicycle Repair Man]

or needy
And I've already got a paddle ball game and a remote control, which is all I need.

And this ashtray.

[asdfasdf]

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/epic-fail-photos-sketchy-bunnies-some-easter-myths-explained-biblically.jpg

[Gonzo]

and a happy dead god day to you, sir!

[TheGillotine]

Sunrise service @ 6:00 am...


I was going into it with low expectations, but when I saw the guy with the Roman Legion costume on the way in, I was pleasantly surprised. Combine sleep deprivation with a country singer dressed in Roman garb and you've got quite an experience.

[phoebe]

Shouldn't you celebrate dead god day on Saturday? On Friday Jesus is being sacrificed to save us from our sins. On Sunday, He rises from the dead. But on Saturday, He's just dead. That seems like the right day for an atheist to celebrate.

[ao fan]

Shouldn't you celebrate dead god day on Saturday? On Friday Jesus is being sacrificed to save us from our sins. On Sunday, He rises from the dead. But on Saturday, He's just dead. That seems like the right day for an atheist to celebrate.

But there are so many less people on the ao on saturdays. Seems pointless.

[asdfasdf]

http://verydemotivational.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/demotivational-posters-untitled7.jpg

[Androzani Major]

I was going into it with low expectations, but when I saw the guy with the Roman Legion costume on the way in, I was pleasantly surprised. Combine sleep deprivation with a country singer dressed in Roman garb and you've got quite an experience.
Isn't that basically evoking Johnny Cash's cameo in some Jesus movie?

"Surely this mayun wuz the sonagod!"

[TheGillotine]

Isn't that basically evoking Johnny Cash's cameo in some Jesus movie?

"Surely this mayun wuz the sonagod!"

He actually said that word for word.

[Androzani Major]

He actually said that word for word.
Then I guess that was the point. :tup:

[Salzmann]

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/epic-fail-photos-sketchy-bunnies-some-easter-myths-explained-biblically.jpg

There's a reason the Gospel of Thomas is apocryphal.

I spent Friday morning in church alone, plugged into Bach's Passion According to St. John on my iPod. It was great multi-tasking: a little scripture, a lot of Bach, and German vocabulary practice.

[Aeitra]

I missed the day but, at trivia night there was a team called.

"Its good friday, lets get nailed"