It's my way or the highway: Christians and atheists in religious road row (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/20/florida-christians-atheists-highway)
QuoteAn unholy spat has broken out over a nondescript stretch of road in Florida as atheists and Christians stake their claim over the asphalt.
Polk County's Highway 98 was first blessed a year ago by a local church group wanting to prevent sinners and wrongdoers from entering the community.
Annoyed by the appropriation of the public highway by those of a religious bent, humanists took to the street last weekend to symbolically wash away the anointment oil.
Now, not to be outdone, the group behind the initial ceremony have indicated they will re-bless the road – but they are not saying when.
"We will probably do it again at some point," said Cassandra Geringswald, wife of the local pastor and a member of Polk Under Prayer (PUP).
"But we are not going to tell the atheists, because they will be back out there again," she added...
I realise that being right is deeply ingrained in the American psyche and compromise is a dirty word, but really, don't these people have something more important to do? And in case it's not obvious I mean both the Christians and the atheists ::)
::) They need a hobby.
Quote from: Crow on March 21, 2012, 07:05:43 PM
::) They need a hobby.
I think this is their hobby! It's a funny story though, and so long as no-one gets hurt, let 'em continue. If a Christian group blessed and annointed the road I live on with the purpose of preventing 'sinners' and non-believers from using it I'd probably do the same thing and wash that ointment away. It would only take an hour or two on a Sunday morning while they were wasting their day in Church!
*Snickering* Both sides are being too freaking ridiculous. I love that the Christians think they can keep "sinners and wrongdoers" out of town by blessing the road. What a bunch of goons. I also love that the atheists are lending any sort of credence to that idea by holding their own "undo" ceremony. What a bunch of goons.
I think I'm going to have to agree with Tank here. It seems like a waste of time for both parties that will only piss people off.
Quote from: Too Few Lions on March 21, 2012, 07:14:30 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 21, 2012, 07:05:43 PM
::) They need a hobby.
I think this is their hobby! It's a funny story though, and so long as no-one gets hurt, let 'em continue. If a Christian group blessed and annointed the road I live on with the purpose of preventing 'sinners' and non-believers from using it I'd probably do the same thing and wash that ointment away. It would only take an hour or two on a Sunday morning while they were wasting their day in Church!
They need a better hobby. But would you not be wasting your sunday mornin' by cleaning a patch of road that may not even contain the oil, when you could be doing something more exciting like premarital sex?
Quote from: Crow on March 21, 2012, 07:42:01 PM
Quote from: Too Few Lions on March 21, 2012, 07:14:30 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 21, 2012, 07:05:43 PM
::) They need a hobby.
I think this is their hobby! It's a funny story though, and so long as no-one gets hurt, let 'em continue. If a Christian group blessed and annointed the road I live on with the purpose of preventing 'sinners' and non-believers from using it I'd probably do the same thing and wash that ointment away. It would only take an hour or two on a Sunday morning while they were wasting their day in Church!
They need a better hobby. But would you not be wasting your sunday mornin' by cleaning a patch of road that may not even contain the oil, when you could be doing something more exciting like premarital sex?
Or possibly, post-marital sex?
I'm for freedom of speech.
This is harmless.
Quote from: Stevil on March 21, 2012, 07:50:34 PM
I'm for freedom of speech.
This is harmless.
But it is indicative of a deep seated stupidity that should be challenged.
Quote from: Tank on March 21, 2012, 07:43:30 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 21, 2012, 07:42:01 PM
Quote from: Too Few Lions on March 21, 2012, 07:14:30 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 21, 2012, 07:05:43 PM
::) They need a hobby.
I think this is their hobby! It's a funny story though, and so long as no-one gets hurt, let 'em continue. If a Christian group blessed and annointed the road I live on with the purpose of preventing 'sinners' and non-believers from using it I'd probably do the same thing and wash that ointment away. It would only take an hour or two on a Sunday morning while they were wasting their day in Church!
They need a better hobby. But would you not be wasting your sunday mornin' by cleaning a patch of road that may not even contain the oil, when you could be doing something more exciting like premarital sex?
Or possibly, post-marital sex?
Or even more fun adultery.
Quote from: Crow on March 21, 2012, 08:01:24 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 21, 2012, 07:43:30 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 21, 2012, 07:42:01 PM
Quote from: Too Few Lions on March 21, 2012, 07:14:30 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 21, 2012, 07:05:43 PM
::) They need a hobby.
I think this is their hobby! It's a funny story though, and so long as no-one gets hurt, let 'em continue. If a Christian group blessed and annointed the road I live on with the purpose of preventing 'sinners' and non-believers from using it I'd probably do the same thing and wash that ointment away. It would only take an hour or two on a Sunday morning while they were wasting their day in Church!
They need a better hobby. But would you not be wasting your sunday mornin' by cleaning a patch of road that may not even contain the oil, when you could be doing something more exciting like premarital sex?
Or possibly, post-marital sex?
Or even more fun adultery.
Woo~ adultery
Quote from: Sweetdeath on March 21, 2012, 08:18:53 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 21, 2012, 08:01:24 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 21, 2012, 07:43:30 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 21, 2012, 07:42:01 PM
Quote from: Too Few Lions on March 21, 2012, 07:14:30 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 21, 2012, 07:05:43 PM
::) They need a hobby.
I think this is their hobby! It's a funny story though, and so long as no-one gets hurt, let 'em continue. If a Christian group blessed and annointed the road I live on with the purpose of preventing 'sinners' and non-believers from using it I'd probably do the same thing and wash that ointment away. It would only take an hour or two on a Sunday morning while they were wasting their day in Church!
They need a better hobby. But would you not be wasting your sunday mornin' by cleaning a patch of road that may not even contain the oil, when you could be doing something more exciting like premarital sex?
Or possibly, post-marital sex?
Or even more fun adultery.
Woo~ adultery
To be adulterous you have to be married ;) :D
Quote from: Sweetdeath on March 21, 2012, 08:18:53 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 21, 2012, 08:01:24 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 21, 2012, 07:43:30 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 21, 2012, 07:42:01 PM
Quote from: Too Few Lions on March 21, 2012, 07:14:30 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 21, 2012, 07:05:43 PM
::) They need a hobby.
I think this is their hobby! It's a funny story though, and so long as no-one gets hurt, let 'em continue. If a Christian group blessed and annointed the road I live on with the purpose of preventing 'sinners' and non-believers from using it I'd probably do the same thing and wash that ointment away. It would only take an hour or two on a Sunday morning while they were wasting their day in Church!
They need a better hobby. But would you not be wasting your sunday mornin' by cleaning a patch of road that may not even contain the oil, when you could be doing something more exciting like premarital sex?
Or possibly, post-marital sex?
Or even more fun adultery.
Woo~ adultery
Oh bby ;)
Quote from: Tank on March 21, 2012, 07:54:58 PM
Quote from: Stevil on March 21, 2012, 07:50:34 PM
I'm for freedom of speech.
This is harmless.
But it is indicative of a deep seated stupidity that should be challenged.
Is it stupid to challenge religious spells?
Quote from: Stevil on March 21, 2012, 08:32:32 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 21, 2012, 07:54:58 PM
Quote from: Stevil on March 21, 2012, 07:50:34 PM
I'm for freedom of speech.
This is harmless.
But it is indicative of a deep seated stupidity that should be challenged.
Is it stupid to challenge religious spells?
In this way, yes, kind of. In order to challenge a stupid waste of time ritual, they perform their own time wasting ritual? I'm with Crow et all on this one. There are more fun ways to spend a Sunday than washing a road. Like engaging in some form of pre, post, or intra-married sex, or going to Ikea. Abusing your signifigant other (either in the bedroom or at Ikea) has about as much of an effect on whether sinners ride into town as road washing, and is way more fun.
Quote from: Ali on March 21, 2012, 08:51:07 PM
In this way, yes, kind of. In order to challenge a stupid waste of time ritual, they perform their own time wasting ritual? I'm with Crow et all on this one. There are more fun ways to spend a Sunday than washing a road. Like engaging in some form of pre, post, or intra-married sex, or going to Ikea. Abusing your signifigant other (either in the bedroom or at Ikea) has about as much of an effect on whether sinners ride into town as road washing, and is way more fun.
Ikea abuse. Know the signs. :D
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 21, 2012, 09:52:52 PM
Ikea abuse. Know the signs. :D
About time for an intervention methinks.
Quote from: Ali on March 21, 2012, 08:51:07 PM
In this way, yes, kind of. In order to challenge a stupid waste of time ritual, they perform their own time wasting ritual?
Merely a public piss-take expression of disbelief, ridicule the ridiculous, laugh at the laughable, disrespect the disrespectable.
If religious people are free to express their beliefs then surely the non religious are free to express their non belief.
I personally wouldn't have been bothered, but that's just me.
Quote from: Stevil on March 21, 2012, 11:13:02 PM
Quote from: Ali on March 21, 2012, 08:51:07 PM
In this way, yes, kind of. In order to challenge a stupid waste of time ritual, they perform their own time wasting ritual?
Merely a public piss-take expression of disbelief, ridicule the ridiculous, laugh at the laughable, disrespect the disrespectable.
If religious people are free to express their beliefs then surely the non religious are free to express their non belief.
I personally wouldn't have been bothered, but that's just me.
Well of course they're free to! I'm certainly not arguing that I think it should be against the law for atheists to wash annointed roads. I just think that both annointing and washing annointed roads is a rather pointless waste of time.
Quote from: Ali on March 21, 2012, 11:35:05 PM
Well of course they're free to! I'm certainly not arguing that I think it should be against the law for atheists to wash annointed roads. I just think that both annointing and washing annointed roads is a rather pointless waste of time.
I agree with you. I have done many time wasting activities in my life, but have never been bothered to do any annointing or de-annointing activities.
Meh, it's for the Lulz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oJ97RnlnEY&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLvmSEhPwexnJ7FYkh4LjBdQ)
I think it's just way too easy to troll these kinds of Christians. Some of them take it SO seriously. I do admit, I find it a little amusing.
Polk Under Prayer (PUP), kind of a funny group name and acronym. Sounds like something out of a mockumentary.
I would love to have a big gay orgy on this highway just to piss them off.
Quote from: Sweetdeath on March 22, 2012, 02:26:13 AM
I would love to have a big gay orgy on this highway just to piss them off.
Yes. A VERY big one. While using their holy anointing oil as a personal lubricant. :D
Whoops. Was that too much info? *Ahem*
Do these folks even read their bibles? Seriously? Keeping sinners out of the community? Don't they know the bible says THEY are sinners, even though they're Christians? They MUST be part of the Once Saved Always Saved (OSAS) crowd who believe no matter what they do, they're still in God's good books. Any of the folks who took part in that original ceremony ought to be booted out of the community the moment they tell a single lie, say an unkind word, or gossip about anyone, including the atheists. ;)
Quote from: Amicale on March 22, 2012, 03:13:33 AM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on March 22, 2012, 02:26:13 AM
I would love to have a big gay orgy on this highway just to piss them off.
Yes. A VERY big one. While using their holy anointing oil as a personal lubricant. :D
Whoops. Was that too much info? *Ahem*
Do these folks even read their bibles? Seriously? Keeping sinners out of the community? Don't they know the bible says THEY are sinners, even though they're Christians? They MUST be part of the Once Saved Always Saved (OSAS) crowd who believe no matter what they do, they're still in God's good books. Any of the folks who took part in that original ceremony ought to be booted out of the community the moment they tell a single lie, say an unkind word, or gossip about anyone, including the atheists. ;)
I just laughed and thought about "holy lube; now scented with strawberries" xD
Quote from: Sweetdeath on March 22, 2012, 04:02:13 AM
Quote from: Amicale on March 22, 2012, 03:13:33 AM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on March 22, 2012, 02:26:13 AM
I would love to have a big gay orgy on this highway just to piss them off.
Yes. A VERY big one. While using their holy anointing oil as a personal lubricant. :D
Whoops. Was that too much info? *Ahem*
Do these folks even read their bibles? Seriously? Keeping sinners out of the community? Don't they know the bible says THEY are sinners, even though they're Christians? They MUST be part of the Once Saved Always Saved (OSAS) crowd who believe no matter what they do, they're still in God's good books. Any of the folks who took part in that original ceremony ought to be booted out of the community the moment they tell a single lie, say an unkind word, or gossip about anyone, including the atheists. ;)
I just laughed and thought about "holy lube; now scented with strawberries" xD
Sexxxxay!
Not only strawberry, but it sparkles and shimmers and you hear a muted Hallelujah chorus as you rub it on yourself and your lover...
Quote from: Tank on March 21, 2012, 06:55:21 PM
I realise that being right is deeply ingrained in the American psyche . . .
Something that needs to be challenged a good dead more than an annointed road.
Quote from: Amicale on March 22, 2012, 03:13:33 AM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on March 22, 2012, 02:26:13 AM
I would love to have a big gay orgy on this highway just to piss them off.
Yes. A VERY big one. While using their holy anointing oil as a personal lubricant. :D
hehe that's a seriously brilliant idea!
As long as everyone is havig fun, why make a big deal out of this?
Personally I think my Sunday morning would be better spent in dreamland, motorboating with Jessica Alba (and I am NOT talking about sailing!). ;D
Quote from: Stevil on March 21, 2012, 11:46:59 PM
Quote from: Ali on March 21, 2012, 11:35:05 PM
Well of course they're free to! I'm certainly not arguing that I think it should be against the law for atheists to wash annointed roads. I just think that both annointing and washing annointed roads is a rather pointless waste of time.
I agree with you. I have done many time wasting activities in my life, but have never been bothered to do any annointing or de-annointing activities.
I was wondering why it wasn't sufficient just to go into the town and say, "Hi, I'm an atheist. Your blessing is broken, shouldn't you go and fix that?" A Xtian kept busy annointing roads is a Xtian too busy to get into real mischief.
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 22, 2012, 02:03:15 PM
As long as everyone is havig fun, why make a big deal out of this?
Personally I think my Sunday morning would be better spent in dreamland, motorboating with Jessica Alba (and I am NOT talking about sailing!). ;D
True story: a gay male friend of mine who has only ever exclusively dated guys can and will get drunk from time to time where he's to the point of inebriation that female breasts start to look hot to him. And in the past, in bars or at clubs, he has also indulged in similar motorboating. I've seen it. And because I'm evil like that, I've taken video evidence. :D
Quote from: Amicale on March 22, 2012, 06:13:36 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 22, 2012, 02:03:15 PM
As long as everyone is havig fun, why make a big deal out of this?
Personally I think my Sunday morning would be better spent in dreamland, motorboating with Jessica Alba (and I am NOT talking about sailing!). ;D
True story: a gay male friend of mine who has only ever exclusively dated guys can and will get drunk from time to time where he's to the point of inebriation that female breasts start to look hot to him. And in the past, in bars or at clubs, he has also indulged in similar motorboating. I've seen it. And because I'm evil like that, I've taken video evidence. :D
LOL!!!
That is freakin hilarious! :D
Quote from: Sweetdeath on March 23, 2012, 04:34:01 AM
Quote from: Amicale on March 22, 2012, 06:13:36 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 22, 2012, 02:03:15 PM
As long as everyone is havig fun, why make a big deal out of this?
Personally I think my Sunday morning would be better spent in dreamland, motorboating with Jessica Alba (and I am NOT talking about sailing!). ;D
True story: a gay male friend of mine who has only ever exclusively dated guys can and will get drunk from time to time where he's to the point of inebriation that female breasts start to look hot to him. And in the past, in bars or at clubs, he has also indulged in similar motorboating. I've seen it. And because I'm evil like that, I've taken video evidence. :D
LOL!!!
That is freakin hilarious! :D
All Gay men had mummy's :D