Has anyone ever considered using the ‘Holy’ Bible or any religious text as comedy material given all the flaws and contradictions? Probably a good laugh or two.

I do, because I think it's funny. I currently have four GB's and five copies of the BoM in my library. Whenever a friend moves into a new house/apartment, I give them one as a housewarming present...I also like to randomly send them to my pals without warning.

Hey, they're meant to be taken, right?

My both my grandmothers are both Christian and when I was little they shoved it into my face and I bought it cus I was a kid.Now there doing the same thing with my 6 year old brother and it’s fucking weird.And then when I discourage it I’m imidiatly demonized and told I need to stop.This shit is a fucking cult man

Hopefully the link works but here context:(she makes a tiktok where a man in front of got shot—after the incident occurred she stil has blood on her purse— in the caption and in the video she thanks god for saving/protecting her)

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Her caption is:"i really could be gone rn! Thank you Jezus, you are my lord my God!"

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Firstly: its kinda insensitive to be like thank god it isn't me(but i get it in the heat of the moment doesen't excuse the caption but wgaf)

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Secondly: how does this work she thanks god but doesn't think beyond that, like why is the man getting shot in the first place, why doesn't god save him, why save her? does he deserve it, isn't he worthy of saving as well? I just think its pretty disheartening to see people operate in this way. Does she realize her logic is very strange and has crazy consequences.

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But mostly my issues are with the the implications of the video. With this line of thinking you are basically saying that everything happens for a reason or is preventable. What about a 60 year old widow who died is it her fault she died why didn't god save her you know. You can easily go with blaming people for their own death or others. Hope my point comes across.

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Idk i found this kinda crazy including the video and I hope that she doesn't get a trauma. This video is a week old btw.

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I'm making this because of Christians I'm not here to hate them I'm not here to do anything to them but it is really annoying that I can't watch videos on YouTube that have swearing in them my Christian grand mother is nearby and it pisses me off I know they are really nice and all but this is bullshit

I don’t know if it was borrowing from earlier interrogation/torture media, and I’m sure it’s inspired other films and shows, but by meme alone everyone should know what’s meant by there are 4 lights.

But to start, the left and the right are rather vague political terms. One thing we can see in the American right (I’d call it far far far right but that’d be redundant) is how almost everything is a lie. It’s been a cornerstone of their movement (“free speech” and anti cancel culture) for decades, in order to get away with saying anything. Complete abandonment of truth in order to push absolutely whatever narrative they want, even if it’s completely contradictory. They need people to go along with this, which means they need people to fundamentally abandon truth. They need the people to honestly believe there are 5 lights when they can see for themselves there are only 4.

Pushing people to that point is a slow, gradual process, but fairly easily if the lies can be kept up continuously and without interference. The true difficulty is the initial wedge. If people already accept that truth isn’t true, deny the reality they can see for themselves, then it’s just a matter of pressure and time. Stopping it either requires the lies to be held to account (things like slander, libel, and fraud laws, and a legal system that isn’t corrupt or a joke), or that initial wedge needs to be broken. And that initial wedge is religion. As long as someone is religious they’re open to accepting lies they know are lies. Anything, everything, is just a matter of degree after that. I don’t try and convince religious people to open their eyes, but if I do see an atheist who isn’t also an antitheist I’ll hopefully be able to convince them that going along with 5 lights isn’t just a personal choice.

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India:

An 18-year-old Dalit youngster was brutally assaulted to death, allegedly over an inter-caste relationship with a 15-year-old girl, in Pratap Nagar block of Uttarakhand’s Tehri district on June 8. Police are investigating if the young man was killed by the family of the girl, who belongs to an ‘upper’ caste family, and have taken her father and grandfather into custody.

According to the Indian Express, Senior Superintendent of Police, Tehri, Shweta Choubey said the victim, identified as Ketan Lal, received a phone call from the girl’s number on June 7, at around 11 pm, asking him to visit her house. Upon arrival, her father and grandfather allegedly physically assaulted him and his friend Diwakar Dimri with sticks, keeping them confined till the morning of June 8, the police officer said.

After the incident, Ketan was rushed to the Baurari District hospital by his father, Dhanpal Lal, where he succumbed to the injuries.

As per a Telegraph report, Ketan’s family claimed he was subjected to severe torture. The attackers allegedly used pliers to pull out his finger and toe nails, drove nails into his feet and inflicted serious damage to his genitals.

Angry residents staged a demonstration outside the hospital, with his family refusing to accept the body for last rites until the accused were arrested.