Overweight? Chances Are You're An Atheist

LegendarySandwich · February 09, 2011, 03:01:59 AM

Conservapedia is like a parody of a conservative wikipedia, I swear. In fact, it could possibly. This might be a great example of Poe's Law.

terranus · February 09, 2011, 05:43:13 AM

Wow. This site really is hilarious. I wonder if it's creators really beleived the stuff they were writing.

As far as fat atheists go...I'm 5'8 and weigh 135 lbs...soooo... roflol

Sophus · February 09, 2011, 06:04:29 AM

Quote from: "LegendarySandwich"Conservapedia is like a parody of a conservative wikipedia, I swear. In fact, it could possibly. This might be a great example of Poe's Law.

It's hard to tell but I don't think its founder Andrew Schlafly is a Poe. I get the hunch it may have been intended to be genuine at first but since it is naturally collaborative a lot of Poes have been contributing to the material. There was a guy who quit because "enough was a enough".

LegendarySandwich · February 09, 2011, 06:08:49 AM

Quote from: "Sophus"It's hard to tell but I don't think its founder Andrew Schlafly is a Poe. I get the hunch it may have been intended to be genuine at first but since it is naturally collaborative a lot of Poes have been contributing to the material. There was a guy who quit because "enough was a enough".

I think you may be right about that. It just reads too much like a parody for me to easily accept that it's completely %100 genuine. I mean, ponies vs atheism? Really? That can't possibly be serious.

Of course, the people who contribute to that site could also possibly be that stupid.

history_geek · February 09, 2011, 06:51:22 AM

Quote from: "Sophus"For those whom it's not working for, is it giving you a 404 or a 403 error?

"403 Forbidden
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request"

And that goes for both Firefox and IE. :hmm:

I did look up the wikipedia entry on this, and well. When people start to think that the current bible is filled with "liberal bias" and has to be re-interpretate to it's apparent "conservative roots"...should I cry, laugh, or cry because I laugh too hard?

LegendarySandwich · February 09, 2011, 07:10:06 AM

When even the Bible has a liberal bias, this quote seems more and more true:

Quote from: "Stephen Colbert"Reality has a well-known liberal bias.

Whitney · February 09, 2011, 04:41:34 PM

Quote from: "LegendarySandwich"
Quote from: "Sophus"It's hard to tell but I don't think its founder Andrew Schlafly is a Poe. I get the hunch it may have been intended to be genuine at first but since it is naturally collaborative a lot of Poes have been contributing to the material. There was a guy who quit because "enough was a enough".
I think you may be right about that. It just reads too much like a parody for me to easily accept that it's completely %100 genuine. I mean, ponies vs atheism? Really? That can't possibly be serious.

Of course, the people who contribute to that site could also possibly be that stupid.

I would say that it most definitely has become a poe site....i remember when it was first issued and it was quite serious (yet equally hilarious).

of course, even as a poe, I bet that a lot of fundamentalists read it and think it is true....

LegendarySandwich · February 09, 2011, 04:47:17 PM

I just registered an account. Now, time to be a Poe...

Will · February 09, 2011, 09:08:03 PM

I was overweight in high school, and that was when I was de-converting. Still, post hoc ergo propter hoc.

LegendarySandwich · February 10, 2011, 03:43:42 AM

This probably won't be a big shocker to anyone, but I made an account on Conservapedia, went to their Homosexual rights advocacy article, and added "There's no good reason to discriminate against homosexuals" to their list of reasons gay advocates use for supporting gay rights.

Guess what? My change was immediately control z-ed, and my IP address blocked.

lol

Will · February 10, 2011, 04:37:11 AM

I just had an idea. Every time you get access to free wifi, log on to Conservapedia and edit something. Every time you're using college wifi or McDonalds wifi or hospital wifi, edit a page and get the IP blocked.

Sophus · February 10, 2011, 04:46:16 AM

Quote from: "LegendarySandwich"This probably won't be a big shocker to anyone, but I made an account on Conservapedia, went to their Homosexual rights advocacy article, and added "There's no good reason to discriminate against homosexuals" to their list of reasons gay advocates use for supporting gay rights.

Guess what? My change was immediately control z-ed, and my IP address blocked.

lol

LegendarySandwich · February 10, 2011, 05:23:30 AM

Quote from: "Sophus"Well, you're not a very good Poe, are you?

I was going to be a Poe, but for them to say that the only arguments gay rights advocates have is that you don't choose to be gay bugs me.

Sophus · February 10, 2011, 07:22:47 AM

Quote from: "LegendarySandwich"
Quote from: "Sophus"Well, you're not a very good Poe, are you?
I was going to be a Poe, but for them to say that the only arguments gay rights advocates have is that you don't choose to be gay bugs me.

You gotta learn from the master.

Quote from: "Will"I just had an idea. Every time you get access to free wifi, log on to Conservapedia and edit something. Every time you're using college wifi or McDonalds wifi or hospital wifi, edit a page and get the IP blocked.

Does that block the whole site or just editing abilities?

LARA · February 10, 2011, 02:46:46 PM

Hmmm. I think this whole subject begs for a few satirical comments such as:

Have Flatulence? You Must Need Jesus!

and

Do you urinate? You might just be an atheist!

or even

Do you poop? It's because you think there is no God!

I'm going to stop now before this whole thing takes me into the accursed subject of menstruation and why all women hate snakes almost as much as they hate God. Oops already went there.....

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Overweight? Chances Are You're An Atheist