I’m not quite sure about the rotten-egg smell. I’ll be sure to comment when I find either one…

“……Ted Kennedy’s car has killed more people than any of my guns…….”

best line I’ve seen in a long time. Thanks!

Hmmm…Maybe Bigfoot is elusive because he never knows where Ted Kennedy will be?

I could tell by your wording in previous comments that you were looking at Christianity through Catholic “glasses“. Let me respectfully be clear that Catholicism is not of the Christian faith. It is a religion based on the words of men, not of the God of the Bible.

Things such as calling priests, bishops, and popes “father” (Matthew 23:9), rosaries, (Matthew 6:7), praying to idols(Leviticus 26:1), and salvation by works (Ephesians 2:8-9) are clearly spoken against in the Bible.

The Catholics waged the “Holy War”, not Christians. Christians don’t kill people they disagree with, they correct with patience and understanding.

I’m not trying to “convert” you or anything, I just wanted to respectfully make sure that the distinction was made.

I guess my thing is that at the end of the day, the cornerstone of the Christian faith is a book that was written ages ago by multiple authors, then translated and rewritten several times, then edited several more times before becoming the Big Book Of Rules To Get Into Heaven. I went to Catholic schools as a youngster, was even an altar boy. But I reached a point where my critical thinking mind got the better of me, and when I realized that there was a whole faith based system derived wholly from a sketchy collection of parables and “first person” heresay, I’d had enough.

Please, to all Christians and people of faith reading this, don’t mistake my words for derision. I have nothing but respect for the right to believe and worship as one sees fit. It is, after all, what this country was founded on. The freedom to worship part, not the “worship our way” thing. I just simply can’t understand what compels someone to read the Bible and decide to pitch in based on its contents, especially knowing full well that those very words have been manipulated over the centuries to achieve various ends. I don’t believe in the Christian God or the Devil or Heaven or Hell, and I never will. That being said, I’m a very giving and sociable person, a good listener, kind and polite, respectful of my surroundings and the communities in which I find myself. I don’t say this to toot my own horn, only to point out that there are plenty of us who reject the mainstream theology and are still able to live full, contented lives without the “dangling carrot” of Eternal Paradise to guide our actions. I don’t need the Good Book to tell me how to live. I use common sense and common courtesy. And so far it’s gotten me by with flying colors.

My big problem with the hard-line Christian deal is the complete rejection of Jesus’ basic teachings. It’s been illustrated well a few posts earlier, and it’s totally true. If Jesus were around today, would he really be high-fiving the Bush Cabal and the NeoCons for adhering to his words? Not likely. It’s not that there’s been so much negative, hypocritical stuff done in “God’s Name”, but the basic fact that morality has somehow become synonymous with religion is a crying shame. If you’re going to do the right thing, do it because it IS the right thing, not because some pastor or theologian or political figure tells you that it’s what the Great Spirit in the Sky wants. Anyone who goes forth and performs good deeds in the name of the church because the Bible sez so is being disingenuous at best and delusional at worst. Case in point: the Jesus Camp documentary. How can any forward thinking person in this day and age not watch that and see a clear cut and heartbreaking case of child abuse being committed? A six year old decides that their life is missing something, and doesn’t feel fulfilled until they accept Jesus into their heart. Really? Seriously? A six year old has lived enough to know that they need Jesus to be complete? Stunning.

Someone also posted that it’s awfully ironic that some Christians refuse to entertain the idea that there may be as yet undiscovered animals that bear relation to us, but at the same time fully embrace the lofty ideologies presented in the Bible. What’s gonna happen when a real live Sasquatch is finally shown to the world? What will those Christians say about his place in God’s plan? Granted, the wack jobs who insist that men rode dinosaurs and that the Grand Canyon was created by Noah’s flood will probably go into catatonic shock, while their more level-headed brethren simply take it in stride and fold it into the overall ambiguity of “what it all means in the greater scheme of things.” And good on them for doing so.

I’m not sure what else I have to say about this. I think I’ve covered the main points here, combined with my previous posts. Again, no offense to youse Bible reading types. And thanks to those of you who are willing to see past the veil and into the unknown and don’t outright reject the notion that there are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Night all!

Red_Pill_Junkie, gracias hermano

Cryptidsrus, Thanks. I often agree with your informative comments. When we do not we still treat eachother with respect. Thanks again.

Nice post.

I haven’t seen many Christians here being hurtful or hateful though, so the Christians on this board seem to fall in line with what you are saying. It also makes sense when we see who is not following that phillosophy. Not a Christian myself, but I really hate seeing a group actively persicuted. I have seen mostly “Please don’t speak for us, then judge us by what you just put in our mouths” type posts.

On guns, I interrupted the rape of my sister by three young males in the parking lot 1992 Indiana State Fair with mine. 911 records the ending of many tragic stories. Ted Kennedy’s car has killed more people than any of my guns. And cars, not guns, are destroying the earth. I would be hard pressed to find a friend NOT injured by a car. I would be hard pressed to find a friend that HAS been injured by a gun. The math there is pretty clear for me. Park your car and I will turn in my guns. Really! That would be quite an equitable trade for the future of the planet.

good luck! it can go for upwards of 300 bucks on EBay!

actually, as i’m completing a book on Bigfoot in Cinema? (plug plug!) it’s worth noting two different actors portrayed Sasquatch in multiple appearances not only on the SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN but its spin-off THE BIONIC WOMAN (the original, not the horrid current remake).

Andre the Giant was the first thespian to play the cybernetic squatch while Ted Cassidy donned the suit (presumably with some costume tightening after Andre vacated it and the role?) afterwards for BIONIC WOMAN.

not that, you know, it has anything per se to do with Jesus and Bigfoot looking alike, although the depicted picture of Andre as Bigfoot does bear more of a resemblance imho than the Ted version. i think it’s the weird glowing eyes of Andre (contact lens, btw) and the hair; it DOES bear a lot of similiarity to the Shroud image, albeit broader in the facial structure.

i’m surprised no Christians have commented upon the possibility Bigfoot was Goliath in Biblical texts. or that, you know, some of the recent sightings of Bigfoot are apocalyptic End Times type “signs” of the Second Coming. or even that it’s possible Bigfoot walks on water, which might explain why so many reports have the cryptid near major waterways.

a final note of INTENDED HUMOR: Jesus was not so grim as many modern-day Christians. he walked with the poorest, the diseased, the dispossed and the possessed, not the “conservatives” of his era. else, he’d been a right-wing equivalent 2,000 years ago of tax collector, temple follower, etc.

or, does anyone truly think Mary M. as prostitute was a NeoCon? or that lepers were voting for Roman Empirism over Judean self-rule? or that simple fishermen were believers in Orthodox Judaism and temple taxes when they themselves could barely eat? if so, how come these folks gave up so much to be followers of Christ? families? home towns? etc.?

most of the values Right Wing types espouse — guns, property and discrimination against anyone not white, er, right enough — go so far against what Christ preached one can honestly say the current religious Evangelical movement of Riches and Power are closer to ancient Jewish Torah in tone and atonement than the New Testament.

did Jesus say: “My gun over my dead body” or… “Turn the other cheek”?

did Jesus say: “You damn liberals will burn in hell” or… “He who is without sin, cast the first stone”? (or vote, to paraphrase)

did Jesus say: “Empower yourself through wealth and make tons of dough on your religious beliefs” or… “Give unto Ceaser what is Ceaser’s, and give unto God what is God’s”?

did Jesus say: “Hate and persecute thy neighbor who’s a bit different than yourself, because, you know, that’s God’s way” or… “Love thy neighbor”?

did Jesus say: “Demonrats deserve Barak O’Damna because they’re Godless and caused 9-11″ or… “Better the log in your own eye than the splinter in your neighbor’s”?

born again-type right wing Christians need to “lighten up.” Jesus said to dance, not lecture. He said to partake of the celebration of life, not condemn. he drank wine. he rescued street walkers. he was a man of the people, not a Temple Elder. and certainly no right wing supporter of the Roman Legions who were enslaving his people.

a radical reinterpretation? nope. it’s all there, historically.

IF you’re interested, of course, in the true Jesus as he existed by reported evidence and texts and scrolls and not in the Catholic Church’s “reformed” versions, which stripped away all but 4 testaments and rewrote the religion to fit Constantine’s political needs (most Christians will have no clue of what I just wrote nor its meaning; that’s the problem with accepting all you are taught with faith and refusing to critically examine what you are taught and why).

Did Jesus say: “Take everything you are told as Gospel” or… “God gave you brains. Use them”?

Actually you are thinking of the guy who make Maskatron.

Robo-Bigfoot was created to protect the crash-landed aliens until they could repair their ship and fly home.