Prepare to Vomit

[kilodelta]

[youtube:184lzi09]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnJV_SVY_uY[/youtube:184lzi09]

[stromboli]

I ushered 2 Carman concerts as a Christian. One of his previous tag lines was Jesus "split time in half!" referring to the BC and AD of the Gregorian calendar. Apparently he didn't know the calendar was a 1582 reformation of the Julian calendar.

 Welcome to Christianity, where the facts don't matter and we make shit up as we go along.

[Solitary]

How can they so blatantly rewrite and lie about history to further their cause?  :-&  Solitary

[stromboli]

Oh yeah. And somebody needs to point out to Carman that there are more professed Christians in federal government now than then, both by number and percentage. That during a time when there were far fewer religious choices in our country than now.

http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2007/02 ... s-beliefs/

[PickelledEggs]

He forgot to put how Murrca is also the most religious and christian country in the world...

[Colanth]

27 Biblical violations noted in the Constitution?  Where?  Not the US one.

Jefferson, "the Bible, the cornerstone for American liberty ...?"  Totally made up.  It never appears, in any form, in any of Jefferson's writings.

The Patrick Henry quote is actually from a 20th century magazine article about his will - the words are those of the author of the article.

We eliminated the reasons the country began?  It began because the British king (and his prime minister) treated the colonies like personal property and the colonists as anything but British subjects (which they were.)  It had nothing to do with Christianity.  (No surprise, since most of the founding fathers weren't Christians or were, at best, Unitarians.)

Webster could quote the Bible?  So could any well-educated man of the time.  And in Latin, not just in English.  That was a mark of education, not religious belief.

I could keep going, but this is just another example of made-up Christian bullshit.  There's nothing in the video that bears any resemblance to reality - it's only accepted by the illiterate, who don't know how much of a lie it all is.

[the_antithesis]

I ushered 2 Carman concerts as a Christian. One of his previous tag lines was Jesus "split time in half!" referring to the BC and AD of the Gregorian calendar. Apparently he didn't know the calendar was a 1582 reformation of the Julian calendar.

 Welcome to Christianity, where the facts don't matter and we make shit up as we go along.

More like "where ignorance is better than knowledge."

[Jason78]

Full on LMFAO for a good 6 minutes.

It reminds me of a certain southpark episode, but I cant think of which one...

[stromboli]

More about Carman:

He has received 15 gold and platinum albums and videos and has sold over 10 million records. He holds the world record for the largest solo Christian Concerts in history with 80,000 attendees for a Charlotte, North Carolina show, and 71,132 indoors at Texas Stadium,[1] as well as the largest ticketed CCM solo concert with 50,000 in Johannesburg, South Africa.[3]

I ushered 2 concerts, one in Ogden Utah at the Dee Events Center and one in Salt Lake at the U of U events center, both huge venues and sold out. I had to pay my way into both concerts, even though I was ushering and taking pledges. All the time was donated by everyone. The guy is only paying for the venue; all staffing is voluntary and free. At both concerts he whined he was "not making enough to keep his ministry going" and we took an offering at the break. I knew some of the people keeping charge of the money, and I know he cleared something like $70,000 for basically an hour and a half on stage. Shit like this is what turned me against religion. I fucking hate the guy.

[PickelledEggs]

Me and Billy Connoly have the same view on christian rock....

[youtube:fwuh6evs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-WJO0YQLOs[/youtube:fwuh6evs]

[stromboli]

Was also at a Christian Rock concert. Don't remember the band name, but the girls acted just the same as they do at a rock concert, getting all emotional and going berserk. Fucking stupid. Love Connolly.

[Mermaid]

Brothers of the Beige.  :rollin:
That gave me a genuine belly laugh.

[Sleeper]

What could that song possibly mean other than, "if you're not Christian - get out!"

I'm going to forward this to my Presbyterian pastor cousin who hates this garbage as much as we do. He's always sending me ridiculous, hyper-patriotic, trinket-Christianity stuff like this that we can make fun of together.

[stromboli]

What could that song possibly mean other than, "if you're not Christian - get out!"

I'm going to forward this to my Presbyterian pastor cousin who hates this garbage as much as we do. He's always sending me ridiculous, hyper-patriotic, trinket-Christianity stuff like this that we can make fun of together.

Yeah. There is no condemnation in Christ Jesus. But Christians condemn constantly. That is the message; you are a sinner, you are evil, you are incapable of being anything else without THIS religion and THESE rules. Fuck them.
This thread really brought back the hypocrisy of all that. Now I am nauseous.

[PopeyesPappy]

He forgot to put how Murrca is also the most religious and christian country in the world...

Hardly. According to this list the US is the 86th most Christian country. If you want to talk about religious in general you are going to need to toss Islam into the mix, and that would move us way on down the list.

Country    % Christian
 Pitcairn Islands    100.00%
 Vatican City    100.00%
 Romania    99.50%
 Papua New Guinea    99.20%
 Ecuador    99.00%
 Armenia    98.70%
 Equatorial Guinea    98.60%
 East Timor    98.40%
 American Samoa    98.30%
 Moldova    98.30%
 Greece    98%
 Malta    98.00%
 Venezuela    98.00%
 Colombia    97.60%
 Zambia    97.60%
 Guatemala    97.50%
 Grenada    97.30%
 Bolivia    97.00%
 Puerto Rico    97.00%
 San Marino    97.00%
 Paraguay    96.90%
 Greenland    96.60%
 Bahamas    96.30%
 British Virgin Islands    96.00%
 Congo, Democratic Republic of    95.70%
 Poland    95.70%
 Micronesia, Federated States of    95.40%
 Dominican Republic    95.20%
 Barbados    95.00%
 Cape Verde    95.00%
 Iceland    95.00%
 Mexico    95.00%
 Portugal    94.70%
 Seychelles    94.70%
 Cook Islands    94.30%
 Falkland Islands    94.30%
 Ireland    94.10%
 Faroe Islands    94.00%
 Peru    93.80%
 Rwanda    93.60%
 Serbia    93.50%
 Philippines    93.10%
 Argentina    92.70%
 Croatia    92.60%
 Panama    92.00%
 Ukraine    91.50%
 Congo, Republic of    90.70%
 Anguilla    90.50%
 Brazil    90.20%
 Aruba    90.10%
 Andorra    90.00%
 Angola    90.00%
 Lesotho    90.00%
 Namibia    90.00%
 Nicaragua    89.60%
 Dominica    88.70%
 Georgia    88.60%
 Uganda    88.60%
 Italy    87.80%
 Liechtenstein    87.80%
 Monaco    87.70%
 Honduras    87.60%
 Chile    87.20%
 Luxembourg    87.00%
 Slovakia    86.50%
 Norway    85.60%
 Kenya    85.10%
 Cuba    85.00%
 Zimbabwe    85.00%
 Lithuania    84.90%
 Costa Rica    84.30%
 Bulgaria    84.00%
 Haiti    83.70%
 Denmark    83.10%
 Austria    83.00%
 Hungary    82.70%
 Swaziland    82.70%
 El Salvador    81.90%
 South Africa    81.70%
 Finland    81.00%
 Tonga    81.00%
 Spain    80.20%
 Belarus    80.00%
 Malawi    79.90%
 Slovenia    79.80%
 United States    79.50%

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country