This episode, we talk about another Lawmaker trying to put the 10 Commandments in classrooms, a man saying god told him to abuse a young girl, and priests in Ghana trying to justify their pederast traditions! Oh, and lets not forget nuts wishing for Armageddon. Don’t miss out.
April 8th is a special day. If we’re lucky enough, some of us in North America will be able to witness something truly special: a solar eclipse. Now, for most of us, this just means that the moon will cover the sun briefly, giving us a spectacular view of the sun’s corona. For others, it means the end of the world.
Some morons think that eclipses have an effect on how you behave. These idiots are called Astrologers, and 2500 years after this shit was debunked, they are still trying to pretend that the shifting and moving of celestial bodies have something to do with your mood. Rarely has there been such a self absorbed philosophy…oh wait, did I forget something? They certainly aren’t the only game in town.
Christianity, not content with making everyone’s life miserable with their constant hardon for apocalyptic rhetoric, isn’t going to miss this opportunity to scare the living shit out of it’s brainwashed believers. The regular rigmarole of dummies are out there, claiming that the eclipse is a sign of the end time. Of course, just about everything that’s out of the ordinary is a sign, but who’s counting? Certainly not the doomsayers, who have been “predicting” the end of the world ever since the invention of their bullshit religion. April 8th is just one more excuse for secretly wishing that everything would end.
Personally, I’m getting pretty sick and tired of these asshats. It’s one thing to pray to an invisible man in the sky. It’s quite another to openly wish for everyone on Earth to be annihilated. In their desire to see evil gone from the world, they also want all the good destroyed as well. They are so convinced of their own dogma that they think this is a good thing.
I wonder if there’s any money to be made from this. Surely all of these end timers who are convinced that the world is ending in a few days have valuables they no longer need. The cynical part of me wonders if an enterprising person might benefit from this never ending array of idiots. Armageddon insurance maybe? A massive betting pool? Surely those who try and perpetuate this ridiculousness deserve to be punished. Some day, I’ll think of something, I swear.
I take it for granted that every annoying Christian Evangelical believes the Rapture will somehow happen within their lifetime. It’s so pervasive I usually ignore anyone who claims this event is real and inevitable, but for once someone has come up with a date for it, and it’s too funny not to post.
Harold Camping is a civil engineer and amateur Biblical scholar who claims to have found a mathematical formula to allow him to work out “hidden” prophecies within the Bible, and he claims the world will end on May 21st, 2011. Better cancel your summer vacation plans people, since you’ll all be burning in Hell!
Back in September of 1994, this delusional idiot predicted Jesus would return on the 6th, and he had plenty of gullible fools who believed him. They all patiently waited, and when nothing happened, Camping went back to the drawing board.
You would think his “followers” would have learned their lesson the first time, but because they lack any critical thinking skills, many actually have more faith in his predictions than before:
Rick LaCasse, who attended the September 1994 service in Alameda, said that 15 years later, his faith in Camping has only strengthened. “Evidently, he was wrong,” LaCasse allowed, “but this time it is going to happen. There was some doubt last time, but we didn’t have any proofs. This time we do.”
I’m not sure this idiot understands what proof really means. Has Camping not proven how full of shit he is? What else do you need to stop believing in bullshit, moron?
Hey gang, welcome back to another episode of The Good Atheist podcast! I’ve been receiving so many emails about 2012 that I thought it would be a good idea to make a whole show about it, and what better time to do so than right after the release of the new disaster movie sharing the same name! So this week we’ll be talking about Ronald Emmerich’s movie, 2012 and our thoughts about all this silly doomsday bullshit. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, we recommend you do before the show if you want to avoid some spoilers.
This week, Ryan and I discuss the rather hilarious appearance of Brad Pitt on Real Time with Bill Maher, and we also discuss the irrational and silly idea that Dec. 21, 2012 is the supposed ‘End of the World’.
Last podcast, Ryan and I talked about the hilarious idea that the Earth will come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012. This day, made famous by the fact that the Mayan calendar essentially resets, is the latest date doomsday enthusiasts have claimed will mark the end of days. The majority of these soothsayers actually have no idea why the calendar ends, and incorrectly assume Mayans somehow “decided” not to have a calendar that would count higher than that date. In reality, the truth is far more banal. You can read all about it here, or listen to the podcast if you are really curious (you should be listening anyways!)
There will always be a contingent of the population that secretly wishes for death and destruction to rain down and usher the final curtain call for mankind. We generally tend to have a fascination with our own mortality, and for some this manifests itself as a kind of “End of Days” worship. It gives these crackpots something to be excited about I suppose. The majority of them believe they will be spared (usually because they are either very religiously devout, or have made some kind of preparations) and their lives will forever be changed. Usually these poor desperate people just want out of the terrible drudgery of their own lives, and an Apocalyptic future seems preferable to a slow and uneventful death.
If you want to read a hilarious/scary site, check out 2012warning.com, which boasts a prophet by the name of Gianna Sullivan who regularly receives messages from the Virgin Mary (is she Jesus’ secretary now or something?).
Since beginning in July, 1988, Gianna has received the weekly public MESSAGES to the world from Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary; and these MESSAGES have been recorded in all 6 volumes of I am your Jesus of Mercy through January 21, 1999. These public messages were received during apparitions of Our Lady to Gianna at the weekly public Marian prayer group, first at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, and then from November, 1993, through September 7, 2000, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Emmitsburg, Maryland. It was during this time that Our Lady referred to herself as “Our Lady of Emmitsburg” and entitled the Emmitsburg area as the “Center of my Immaculate Heart.”
I guess when you are being spoken to by a virgin who never died (see this article if you don’t know what I’m talking about), you’re allowed to give yourself crazy titles. Here is her prediction of what will happen in 3 years:
After awhile, you will see a time when there is another body in orbit around your solar system, coming between Earth and the Sun and leading to tremendous devastation. Approximately 60-70% of the world’s population, as you know it, will cease. Of those who survive, 60% of them could die of disease and starvation.
Oh noes, I better start buying preserves so I don’t starve to death!
