Cosmic Jewish zombie
11 March 2009 by StardustMost of you have probably seen this before, but I just wanted to share another bit of good news. I posted this image on my personal blog a few days ago along with the title that says simply “Really think about it” and someone put the page on StumbleUpon.com yesterday evening and in just 24 hours I’ve had nearly 4,500 visitors to my site to read it. (I’m usually lucky to get 35 visitors each day, including myself.) Praise the Internet! Ramen!
11 March 2009, on 2:47 am
Oh wow! Way to go, Stardust! I love that quote, by the way. Hopefully there really are plenty of people thinking about it now!
11 March 2009, on 9:40 am
Great one!
11 March 2009, on 9:44 am
Excellent! I love that image and the quote – I had it as my computer wallpaper for a *long* time!
Congratulations!
11 March 2009, on 10:47 am
Catholics don’t believe that communion is symbolic.
11 March 2009, on 12:20 pm
I love this. I’m sending it to my mother as an easter card. LOL!
11 March 2009, on 12:23 pm
Catholics don’t believe that communion is symbolic.
No matter what they believe, it’s still just wine and dry, stale crackers.
11 March 2009, on 12:25 pm
I’m sending it to my mother as an easter card. LOL!
If I sent this to anyone in my family, they would have conniption fits.
And the numbers are rising…up to over 4,700 hits…and I have nearly 30 people on my blog reading as I am writing this. Maybe we should put GifS on StumbleUpon and stir up some more traffic?
11 March 2009, on 12:45 pm
It’s very nice, but you’ll need to get one for Islam quickly, before the jihad envy trolls whine about how you haven’t got the guts to make fun of Mohamed.
11 March 2009, on 1:02 pm
Todd, “jihad envy trolls” LOL! Too funny. But true at the same time. Muslim fundies will be jealous. But at the same time if I post a pic of Mohammad raping a 7 year old girl, then they will call a fatwa on my head.
11 March 2009, on 1:03 pm
Catholics don’t believe that communion is symbolic.
That’s even grosser, then! Who the hell would eat a person they loved so much? Okay maybe if you were starving, but I don’t think I could eat a loved one even then.
Anyway, cool image.
I wonder what a die-hard fundie would say to this? Something along the lines of it being disrespectful blasphemy or that you’re taking it out of context, probably.
11 March 2009, on 1:14 pm
I wonder what a die-hard fundie would say to this?
From experience with similar things we have posted in the past, we can assume they would automatically go into persecution mode and condemn us all to hell. Other comments would be telling us that we are evil, we misinterpret and don’t understand the word of Gawd, why do we spend so much time dissing their beliefs, why are atheists so angry, yadda yadda yadda. But while they are saying these things, the image and the text are still in their minds, and they are indeed thinking about it. (grin)
11 March 2009, on 1:22 pm
Well, I sure hope they’re thinking about it. You’re changing the world, one fundie at a time! Makes ya feel nice, huh? ^_^
11 March 2009, on 2:16 pm
Nice choice, Star…
“…think…” There’s a word ‘oozing’ with challenge; especially for any fundies! Following all the implications of that simple word will always “rub” the word “Belief” the wrong way.
“Say Vat?”
Just scanning over the relevant comments (and your replies) on your blog, conjures up visions of ANOTHER full time job you’ve created for yourself, beyond all the jobs you already have.
What!…Your personal “Stimulus Package”? A rather far fetched:
“Calling (Dr.) Geitner…(Dr.) Obama…(Dr.) Biden!” Or…
[as in the Three Stooges]:
“For Duty and Humanity”?
“Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVdUsgYA_D4
I know…just a chance to ‘Nyuk’ it up a bit.
That old Three Stooges bit, however, is just about at the same level as the total ridiculousness of ALL the religions…ESPECIALLY that of the completely moronic, Abrahamic Fundie variety…
NO?
11 March 2009, on 2:30 pm
If I was Jesus come back from the “dead again”, the first thing I would do is find everyone wearing, owning or in a building with a cross and send them to eternal torment in hell.
The last thing that I would want to see is constant reminders of my own torture, humiliation & murder. And what a sick form of “worship” it is to worship an instrument of torture & death
Good thing for Believers that it’s just a Fairy tale and ain’t never gonna happen.
11 March 2009, on 2:57 pm
And what a sick form of “worship” it is to worship an instrument of torture & death
jaycubed, exactly!
Does anyone know the history offhand of how the cross became a sign of the Christian religion? Did someone choose it as a threatening symbol to stay in line or else? Or a sort of visual aid to go along with the bloody story of Jeebus to instill fear in people to keep them in the flock?
Then there are all the songs glorifying the “old rugged cross” — romanticizing an execution device that brought an agonizing and torturous death for so many at that time and throughout history in various parts of the world.
I wonder what would they do if Jesus was simply dismembered like William Wallace? Would they hang a machetti or body parts around their necks or put replicas of body parts on their altars?
11 March 2009, on 4:51 pm
Who was it that said that if Jesus had been electrocuted, the electric chair would have become the symbol of Christianity rather than the cross?
11 March 2009, on 5:14 pm
Rolf, I think many of us have thought about that. Or the guillotine? That would make a lovely necklace, wouldn’t it?
11 March 2009, on 6:46 pm
“Does anyone know the history offhand of how the cross became a sign of the Christian religion?
I’m only aware of the difference in “meaning” of the crucifix (showing a person crucified) and the (empty) cross.
The implication of the crucifix is that what is important is suffering.
The implication of the cross is that what is important is what (allegedly) follows death.
As for creative historical methods of execution, imagine if Jesus was impaled on a sharp pole up his anus . . .
No Wait, their motto for Jesus being resurrected could then be :
RECTUM! DAMNED NEAR KILLED HIM!
12 March 2009, on 1:35 am
Stardust;
Yeah, xtianity is weird and gross.
I’ve heard that the symbol used by early xtians was that annoying fish that so many midwestern folk litter the back of their SUVs with, until Constantine adopted the cross, as he needed a symbol that was imposing and militaristic in appearance, especially from a distance.
Maybe someone here with more knowledge of history can clear this up or verify?
12 March 2009, on 9:36 am
Stardust,
I read on your blog what coolkids… wrote about this being “disrespectful”. The only word in the whole thing that appears somewhat disrespectful is “zombie”. (Although it basically means a reanimated dead body which is exactly what they believe about Jesus.) It states what they believe. It questions the belief. How is that disrespectful?
A lot of people have no idea what respect means. Now if you had painted lipstick on the mouth of jeebus or stuck some googly eyes on him then one could claim you were being disrespectful. But as it stands. No way.
Actually the statement gives a pretty accurate list of all the major beliefs of xianity so why would they find that “disrespectful”?
There’s a notion in the babble that if anyone looks on the image of jeebus on the cross it will inspire faith. So there you go. You’ve inspired faith.
What a wonderful religion! Makes so much sense. ; )
12 March 2009, on 9:46 am
That notion comes from John 12:
32And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
33This he said, signifying what death he should die.
So if xians complain you can just remind them of that verse. Funny how all men are NOT drawn though. Hmmm… could the babble be wrong?
12 March 2009, on 11:04 am
The only word in the whole thing that appears somewhat disrespectful is “zombie”
Lynda, this is true. And the picture is taken from the film they cherish, Mel’s Passion. An over-the-top Jesus film is fine with them, they don’t think that is disrespectful, but they think a few words are even when it’s just telling it like it is, only in our own words. What the words say are no different than what their Bible says.
I think when you tell them what their Bible says in plain language, they get scared because it rattles their faith to really think about what their Bible says.
12 March 2009, on 11:08 am
Oh, and an update. This post at my blog has pushed my number of total visitors from 69,400 something to more than 75,000 in just two days. Unbelievable because I usually only get 30-50 visitors a day. This is freakin’ awesome! Now that I know I have so many people coming to lurk, I am getting a bit more radical again and will make sure to post everyday while the traffic is so high.
Gotta plant those seeds!
12 March 2009, on 1:20 pm
“I’ve heard that the symbol used by early xtians was that annoying fish that so many midwestern folk litter the back of their SUVs with, until Constantine adopted the cross, as he needed a symbol that was imposing and militaristic in appearance, especially from a distance.
Maybe someone here with more knowledge of history can clear this up or verify?”
fritzy
It’s true that the icthys fish was the christian sign during the 1st & 2nd centuries.
Constantine supposedly chose the cross (and official endorsement of christianity) at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, when he & his troops stared into the sun & saw crosses, and then went and slaughtered their enemies.
If you were stupid enough to stare into the sun you would see asterisms too (before you burnt out your vision). They look like a cross. It is an optical illusion. No divine intervention, just gullible soldiers.
And for any really stupid people out there:
DO NOT DO THIS at home kids! You will go blind!
12 March 2009, on 11:43 pm
Stardust
Ha what a hoot. Congrats on the visitors. 75,000 wow.Send GIFS to Stumbledupon over Easter during the Blog Against Theocracy. Lets rumble.
Jaycubed
You were saving that for us I know. Thanks, Its a keeper. Rectum? it nearly killed him.
12 March 2009, on 11:48 pm
Stardust
Are those people commenting? CAn you inmagine how many of them are absolutely Horrified at that pic with the words. Kinda makes me feel all giddy and warm inside. Can we have your autograph. Your destined for celbrity status. Good job.
13 March 2009, on 8:08 am
GIFS to Stumbledupon over Easter during the Blog Against Theocracy. Lets rumble.
Ok, I will definitely do that! I’m going to go sign up for an account today and get the party started! My count as of today is 77,540!!!!
Hardly at celebrity status, though. I’m going to try to keep growing now that I have been found, though. Like vjack at Atheist Revolution. He started blogging a little before I did and his numbers are very large and he has a large following who comment. Debunking Christianity is another one that has soared in the last couple of years. John Loftus does a find job with his posts. We have a great team here, too and I find the more we post, the more the commenters. We have to keep it interesting (right folks?!) I know everyone is quite busy, and I’ve been laid up with all the surgeries and medical problems, but will be getting back to work hopefully in another couple months…then will need some help keeping things rolling here. (And people probably get bored with me and my tangents…and lame posts when I run dry of ideas.)
No, not all the people are commenting at blog but I see from my sitemeter they are reading! I can see how many pages people view, how long they’ve been on my site etc. Sitemeter is awesome. I would like to figure out how to put one on here so everyone can see it.
Putting GifS on StumbleUpon would really create a lot more traffic for us. I do have A LOT more comments at my personal blog than I usually have. The bloody Jeebus post’s comments are at 50 now which is highly unusual. I am usually lucky to get one or two comments per post. I can just imagine how many visitors and comments we would get here since we already get about 10,000 visitors per week and we have many readers and commenters. I’m going to give it a shot.
15 March 2009, on 4:54 pm
But at the same time if I post a pic of Mohammad raping a 7 year old girl, then they will call a fatwa on my head.
I know. Those stupid muslims can’t take a joke.
You know what I’d love to see? A picture of Jesus sodomizing Mohammed. An animated gif would be cool. If everyone put it on their website, the stupid muslims couldn’t get us all, now could they?
15 March 2009, on 5:42 pm
Hey Marcy, where’ve ya been?
Where is Raindog when we need him. I’m sure he could whip up a Photoshop picture of your suggestion and would be awesome!
Muslims have zero sense of humor. Even the moderate ones. When I was working at this one place scoring academic achievement tests, many of the employees were muslims and they never laughed. Never once saw any of them laugh. A shy smile, maybe. But never took part in any jokes.
Now Hindus, and Indians in general I have found to have a great sense of humor. I suppose the fundamentalists though don’t.