40 things christianity gave the world

[Blue Ray]

Whoever we are wherever we're from
We should have noticed by now our behavior is dumb
And if our chances expect to improve
It's gonna take a lot more than tryin to remove
The other race or the other whatever
From the face of the planet altogether

They call it THE EARTH which is a dumb kinda name
But they named it right cos we behave the same
We are dumb all over

Dumb all over, yes we are
Dumb all over, near and far
Dumb all over, black and white
People we is not wrapped tight

Nurds on the left nurds on the right
Religious fanatics on the air every night
Sayin the Bible tells the story
Makes the details sound real gory
'Bout what to do if the geeks over there
Dont believe in the book we got over here

You cant run a race without no feet
'N pretty soon there wont be no street
For dummies to jog on and doggies to dog on
Religious fanatics can make it be all gone
(I mean it wont blow up and disappear
It'll just look ugly for a thousand years...)

You cant run a country by a book of religion
Not be a heap or a lump or a smidgeon
Of foolish rules of ancient date
Designed to make you all feel great
While you fold, spindle and mutilate
Those unbelievers from a neighbouring state

TO ARMS! TO ARMS!
Hooray! Thats great
Two legs aint bad
Unless theres a crate to ship the parts to mama in
For souvenirs: two ears (Get down)
Not his, not hers (But what the hey)
The Good Book says: "Its gotta be that way"
But theyre book says: "REVENGE THE CRUSADES...
With whips and chains and hand grenades..."
TWO ARMS! TWO ARMS!
Have anther and another
Our God says: "There aint no other!"
Our God says "Its all ok!"
Our God says "This is the way!"

It says in the book: "Burn and destroy...
'N repent, 'n redeem, 'n revenge, 'n deploy, 'n rumble thee forth
To the land of the unbelieving scum on the other side
'Cause they dont go for whats in the book and that makes 'em BAD
So verily we must choppeth them up
And stompeth them down
Or rent a nice French bomb to poof them out of existence
While leaving theyre real estate just where we need it
To use again for temples in which to praise OUR GOD
("Cause he can really take care of business!")

And when his humble TV servant with humble white hair
And humble glasses and nice brown suit
And maybe a blonde wife who takes phone calls
Tells us our God says its ok to do this stuff
Then we gotta do it
"Cause if we dont do it we aint gwine up to hebbin!
(Depending on which book your using at the time...Cant use theirs...
It dont work...Its all lies...Gotta use mine...)
Aint that right?
Thats what they say every night...Every day...
Hey, we cant really be dumb
If we're just following Gods Orders
Hey, lets get serious...
God knows what he's doing He wrote this book here
And the book says:
"He made us all to be like Him,"
So...
If we're dumb then God is dumb
(And maybe even a little ugly on the side)






Frank Zappa 1981. Sorry folks couldnt resist it.

 

[sotnas]

Reading the bible doesn't make any more honest.

I'm a catholic but I feel religion is something intimate. What good would it be if I read the holy bible every night and went to church every sunday and then trick people into unclear business?

It's about reading it and understanding a lot of conduct rules. The bible doesn't imply that crimes should be commited nor the wrath should be understood literally. Most of the texts are alegoric ones. They try to reinforce an idea of teaching and behaving.

Of course some arseholes intend to make use of bible to say the most offensive things or to take the most horrendus actions. That has happened throughout history and still happens in today's world.

It's like the "God created man at His own image" and racist people ask if God is white what sort of beings are black people. You can subvert a lot of things when they're alegoric or metaphoric. It's just a matter of intelectual (dis)honesty.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

you forgot christmas. and therefore noddy holders fortune.

football is my religion and i worship at the 1st temple to be built for that purpose, it is the cathedral of the game.
islam has 5 pillars, thats nothin' we have far more than that.

Problem is though our pillars all restrict your view

 

[neonleon]

i have my moments

few and far between like

i did go to the magistrates court once for basically singing in the street at night (a long time ago), and was asked if i wanted a bible to swear on, i declined, i was asked if there was any other book (it was near burnley so i suppose even back then they would offer koran etc) i asked if they had an Everton programme maybe, i think that then my fate was sealed, my 'arl fella just put his head in his hands.

think i'll add that to my sig. the other bit not this one. eventually my posts will be a full page of sigs.

truly wonderful.

still you could've said you'd swear over a RS fan.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

"I'm on gods side, i cant stand the devil"

 

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