Outchurched

Larro has a knack for finding great images…

This one reminded me of a couple of stories:

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I took a couple of the youth group kids out and we toilet papered our church. The pastor privately told me that he thought it was awesome that we’d […]

I’ve been posting a number of humorous lists lately (if you missed Shelly’s list in response to Wired’s Top 10 Creationist Discoveries then give it a read… outchurched.com readers rule!), but this doesn’t fit in the humor bucket.

Steve Pavlina’s "10 Reasons You Should Never Have a Religion:"

1. Spirituality for dummies. If you […]

Were I a patient man, I’d wait ’til next Easter to post this. However, I’m not, so here it is:

I’d completely missed this “April Fool’s Day” post from Wired but it’s really funny, except that it’s also kinda scary because several of “jokes” are really just quotes from arguments Creationists use:

Top 10 Creationist Discoveries:

1. T. rex ate coconuts According to experts at the Creation Museum, our favorite predatory dinosaur […]

I think this is another good example of our President’s difficulty with the English language…

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Memorial Day, May 26, 2008, as a day of prayer for permanent peace, and I designate the hour beginning in each locality at 11:00 a.m. […]

What…

… a …

… fucking …

… asshole.

Top Ten Signs You’re a Fundamentalist Christian

You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.

You feel insulted and “dehumanized” when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were […]

(h/t J-Walk)

I recently saw the stellar There Will Be Blood, and then found this interesting clip discussing religion as portrayed in the movie. Good stuff.

Americhurch seems quite filled with people like Eli Sunday, if’n you ask me.

Also, as far as I’m concerned, there wasn’t nearly enough blood.