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"Anonyma" |
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11 Mar 2007 08:37:51 PM |
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Fw: Shock & Awe |
A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU.
One day the professor shocked the class when he came
in.
He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real,
then
want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15
minutes." The lecture roomfell silent. You could hear a pin drop.
Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here
I am God. I'm still waiting." It got down to the last couple of
minutes
when the Marine got out of his Chair, went
up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him
off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to
his seat and sat there, silently.
The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with
you?
Why did you do that?"
The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today
protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say
stupid ***** and actlike an *****. So, He sent me."
THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING
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| User: "Michelle Malkin" |
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| Title: Re: Shock & Awe |
11 Mar 2007 08:59:37 PM |
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"Anonyma" <anon-bounces@deuxpi.ca> wrote in message
news:d130ed29d0223ae42c73a2e5f4539848@deuxpi.ca...
A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU.
One day the professor shocked the class when he came
in.
He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real,
then
want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15
minutes." The lecture roomfell silent. You could hear a pin drop.
Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here
I am God. I'm still waiting." It got down to the last couple of
minutes
when the Marine got out of his Chair, went
up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him
off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to
his seat and sat there, silently.
The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with
you?
Why did you do that?"
The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today
protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say
stupid ***** and actlike an *****. So, He sent me."
THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING
No, actually, it's old and smelly with age. Please
keep your trash out of alt.atheism.
--
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
Michelle Malkin (Mickey) aa list#1
BAAWA Knight & Bible Thumper Thumper
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
When fascism comes to America, it will be
wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross -
Sinclair Lewis
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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| Title: Re: Shock & Awe |
11 Mar 2007 08:47:43 PM |
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"Anonyma" <anon-bounces@deuxpi.ca> wrote in message
news:d130ed29d0223ae42c73a2e5f4539848@deuxpi.ca...
A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU.
One day the professor shocked the class when he came
in.
He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real,
then
want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15
minutes." The lecture roomfell silent. You could hear a pin drop.
Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here
I am God. I'm still waiting." It got down to the last couple of
minutes
when the Marine got out of his Chair, went
up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him
off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to
his seat and sat there, silently.
The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with
you?
Why did you do that?"
The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today
protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say
stupid ***** and actlike an *****. So, He sent me."
THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING
Violence. How Christian.
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
http://www.ashenempires.com
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| User: "Brian E. Clark" |
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| Title: Re: Fw: Shock & Awe |
12 Mar 2007 06:44:51 PM |
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In article <d130ed29d0223ae42c73a2e5f4539848@deuxpi.ca>,
Anonyma said...
A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
Wow, what a perfect example of religious ballyhoo: Start
with an old lie. Spice it up by giving it a modern context.
Pass off the slightly refurbished as a new, "true" story.
Repeat until the end of time.
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Brian E. Clark
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| User: "Pastor Kutchie, ordained atheist minister" |
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| Title: Re: Fw: Shock & Awe |
12 Mar 2007 06:42:06 AM |
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On Mar 12, 1:37 am, Jabbertroll wrote:
A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU.
One day the professor shocked the class when he came
in.
He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real,
then
want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15
minutes." The lecture roomfell silent. You could hear a pin drop.
Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here
I am God. I'm still waiting." It got down to the last couple of
minutes
when the Marine got out of his Chair, went
up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him
off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to
his seat and sat there, silently.
The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with
you?
Why did you do that?"
The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today
protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say
stupid ***** and actlike an *****. So, He sent me."
THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING
So, violence is just fine with you Jehovah's Witlesses? Good! I'll
know what to do next time your lot come knocking on my door.
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| User: "Steve O" |
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| Title: Re: Fw: Shock & Awe |
12 Mar 2007 07:43:18 AM |
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"Pastor Kutchie, ordained atheist minister" <user13@heathens.org.uk> wrote
in message news:1173699726.148087.100200@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
On Mar 12, 1:37 am, Jabbertroll wrote:
A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU.
One day the professor shocked the class when he came
in.
He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real,
then
want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15
minutes." The lecture roomfell silent. You could hear a pin drop.
Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here
I am God. I'm still waiting." It got down to the last couple of
minutes
when the Marine got out of his Chair, went
up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him
off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to
his seat and sat there, silently.
The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with
you?
Why did you do that?"
The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today
protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say
stupid ***** and actlike an *****. So, He sent me."
THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING
So, violence is just fine with you Jehovah's Witlesses? Good! I'll
know what to do next time your lot come knocking on my door.
This is stupid.
If God can do anything, how is he supposed to be "too busy" to do something?
Try again.
--
Steve O
a.a. #2240 (Apatheist Chapter)
B.A.A.W.A.
"Faith doesn't move mountains - it levels buildings" - anon.
"The Universe isn't about us." - Carl Sagan
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| User: "Don Martin" |
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| Title: Re: Fw: Shock & Awe |
12 Mar 2007 07:10:58 PM |
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On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:43:18 -0000, "Steve O" <spamhere@nowhere.com>
wrote:
<snip>
THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING
So, violence is just fine with you Jehovah's Witlesses? Good! I'll
know what to do next time your lot come knocking on my door.
This is stupid.
If God can do anything, how is he supposed to be "too busy" to do something?
Try again.
Omnipotence just ain't what it used to be.
Through a jaundiced eye darkly--rheum with a view.
The Squeeky Wheel
http://home.comcast.net/~drdonmartin/
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Fw: Shock & Awe |
12 Mar 2007 10:38:24 AM |
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On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:43:18 +0000, Steve O wrote:
"Pastor Kutchie, ordained atheist minister" <user13@heathens.org.uk> wrote
in message news:1173699726.148087.100200@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
On Mar 12, 1:37 am, Jabbertroll wrote:
A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU.
One day the professor shocked the class when he came
in.
He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real,
then
want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15
minutes." The lecture roomfell silent. You could hear a pin drop.
Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here
I am God. I'm still waiting." It got down to the last couple of
minutes
when the Marine got out of his Chair, went
up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him
off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to
his seat and sat there, silently.
The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with
you?
Why did you do that?"
The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today
protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say
stupid ***** and actlike an *****. So, He sent me."
THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING
So, violence is just fine with you Jehovah's Witlesses? Good! I'll
know what to do next time your lot come knocking on my door.
This is stupid.
If God can do anything, how is he supposed to be "too busy" to do something?
Try again.
He's busy doing a perfect imitation of non-existence...
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
------------------------------------------------------------
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace
alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing
it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
- H. L. Mencken
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| User: "Nigel Sixsmith" |
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| Title: Re: Fw: Shock & Awe |
12 Mar 2007 11:44:41 AM |
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On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:38:24 -0500, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo>
wrote:
He's busy doing a perfect imitation of non-existence...
Meanwhile... you are doing a perfect job at continuing to Xpost to
unrelated groups...
<XPosts removed>
--
Nigel Sixsmith
The Art Of Sound Studios
Gilbert, AZ
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| User: "Loco Motion" |
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12 Mar 2007 10:42:36 AM |
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"Pastor Kutchie, ordained atheist minister" <user13@heathens.org.uk> wrote
in message news:1173699726.148087.100200@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
On Mar 12, 1:37 am, Jabbertroll wrote:
A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING
So, violence is just fine with you Jehovah's Witlesses? Good! I'll
know what to do next time your lot come knocking on my door.
Jabbers is the JW trying to get someone to assaulted or murdered. He wants
someone to "slash the throat" of a man in TN. Jabbers is slowing sliding
into insanity.
Please remove the irrelevant groups he keeps adding to harass people if you
reply to him. Thanks!
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| User: "Liz" |
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| Title: Re: Fw: Shock & Awe |
12 Mar 2007 05:47:09 AM |
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On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:37:51 -0400 (EDT), Anonyma
<anon-bounces@deuxpi.ca> in news message
<d130ed29d0223ae42c73a2e5f4539848@deuxpi.ca> wrote:
[some newsgroups deleted]
A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
I guess you've changed the name of the war to protect the guilty or to
make the story topical.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU.
What was the name of the Marine, what was the name of the college,
what was the name of the professor? Can you provide any of these
details that would support your little story as being true?
[---]
THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING
No, it's a stupid story that preachers have been telling since the New
Testament writers first confused parables with reality. The problem
is that you present it as if it actually happened instead of as the
fiction it is. Are you really THAT stupid or are you a deliberate
liar?
Liz #658 BAAWA
Did Jesus make you this stupid, or were you like that when he found you? -
JessHC
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| User: "John Baker" |
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11 Mar 2007 09:12:15 PM |
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On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:37:51 -0400 (EDT), Anonyma
<anon-bounces@deuxpi.ca> wrote:
A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU.
One day the professor shocked the class when he came
in.
He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real,
then
want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15
minutes." The lecture roomfell silent. You could hear a pin drop.
Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here
I am God. I'm still waiting." It got down to the last couple of
minutes
when the Marine got out of his Chair, went
up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him
off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to
his seat and sat there, silently.
The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with
you?
Why did you do that?"
The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today
protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say
stupid ***** and actlike an *****. So, He sent me."
THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING
Of course, the Christers never tell you the rest of the story. The
part where the Marine is dishonorably discharged for assaulting a
civilian and the professor is awarded a very large settlement for
damages. <G>
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| User: "Bob Officer" |
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| Title: Re: Fw: Shock & Awe |
11 Mar 2007 10:32:49 PM |
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On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:12:15 -0400, in news.groups, John Baker
<nunya@bizniz.net> wrote:
On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:37:51 -0400 (EDT), Anonyma
<anon-bounces@deuxpi.ca> wrote:
Ah such a brave xtian he is afraid to sign his name?
A United States Marine was attending some college
[snip]
minutes
when the Marine got out of his Chair, went
up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him
off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to
his seat and sat there, silently.
The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with
you?
Why did you do that?"
The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today
protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say
stupid ***** and actlike an *****. So, He sent me."
THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING
Of course, the Christers never tell you the rest of the story. The
part where the Marine is dishonorably discharged for assaulting a
civilian and the professor is awarded a very large settlement for
damages. <G>
If the story was true, He would have been arrested and prosecuted as
a civilian... (felony conviction of assault and battery on a teacher,
is assured because of the large number of witnesses) Then if he was
still in the military he would have been court marshaled The record
of the civilian trail would be read into the military tribunal's
record. He would then be reduced to minimum rank... spent his federal
time in a federal military prison. After his time was served, he
would be given a dishonorable discharged. Then turned over to civil
authorities to his civilian time.
People that try to follow christ have to remember he told others to
turn the check, and his way wasn't the way of the sword. At no time
did this fabled man every raise his hand except to over turn the
tables of the money changers in the temple.
Then it needs to be pointed out why would god/jesus/holy spirit
needed any more time to "protect soldiers" than he would strike down
the professor.
Inane and thoughtless.
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Ak'toh'di
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| User: "raven1" |
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12 Mar 2007 11:29:55 AM |
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On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:37:51 -0400 (EDT), Anonyma
<anon-bounces@deuxpi.ca> wrote:
A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU.
One day the professor shocked the class when he came
in.
He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real,
then
want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15
minutes." The lecture roomfell silent. You could hear a pin drop.
Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here
I am God. I'm still waiting." It got down to the last couple of
minutes
when the Marine got out of his Chair, went
up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him
off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to
his seat and sat there, silently.
The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with
you?
Why did you do that?"
The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today
protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say
stupid ***** and actlike an *****. So, He sent me."
....to say stupid ***** and act like an *****.
--
"O Sybilli, si ergo
Fortibus es in ero
O Nobili! Themis trux
Sivat sinem? Causen Dux"
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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11 Mar 2007 09:19:18 PM |
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On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:37:51 -0400, Anonyma wrote:
A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU.
One day the professor shocked the class when he came
in.
He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real,
then
want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15
minutes." The lecture roomfell silent. You could hear a pin drop.
Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here
I am God. I'm still waiting." It got down to the last couple of
minutes
when the Marine got out of his Chair, went
up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him
off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to
his seat and sat there, silently.
The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with
you?
Why did you do that?"
The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today
protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say
stupid ***** and actlike an *****. So, He sent me."
THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING
You mean "This is stupid, shut the ***** up."
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace
alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing
it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
- H. L. Mencken
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| User: "Sarcum" |
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| Title: Re: Fw: Shock & Awe by jabbers |
11 Mar 2007 10:02:47 PM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.03.12.02.19.16.948394@com.mkbilbo...
On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:37:51 -0400, Anonyma wrote:
A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU.
One day the professor shocked the class when he came
in.
He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real,
then
want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15
minutes." The lecture roomfell silent. You could hear a pin drop.
Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here
I am God. I'm still waiting." It got down to the last couple of
minutes
when the Marine got out of his Chair, went
up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him
off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to
his seat and sat there, silently.
The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with
you?
Why did you do that?"
The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today
protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say
stupid ***** and actlike an *****. So, He sent me."
THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING
You mean "This is stupid, shut the ***** up."
Jabriol posts as "Anonyma". Anything cross-posted to "rec.ponds" is
Jabbers aka Antonio L Santana. He's creating noise to harass the group.
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
------------------------------------------------------------
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace
alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing
it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
- H. L. Mencken
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| User: "tirebiter" |
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| Title: Re: Fw: Shock & Awe |
12 Mar 2007 08:25:29 AM |
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On Mar 11, 9:19 pm, "Mark K. Bilbo" <g...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:37:51 -0400, Anonyma wrote:
A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU.
One day the professor shocked the class when he came
in.
He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real,
then
want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15
minutes." The lecture roomfell silent. You could hear a pin drop.
Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here
I am God. I'm still waiting." It got down to the last couple of
minutes
when the Marine got out of his Chair, went
up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him
off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to
his seat and sat there, silently.
The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with
you?
Why did you do that?"
The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today
protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say
stupid ***** and actlike an *****. So, He sent me."
THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING
You mean "This is stupid, shut the ***** up."
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
------------------------------------------------------------
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace
alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing
it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
- H. L. Mencken
I'd be very surprised if this ever really happened. The whole thing
smacks of some fundie's mind's eye concept of what's funny. They
probably actually believe that it is proof that god intervenes, even
though if the incident happened at all, the Marine acted on his own.
The whole "soldiers fight so others can say disagreeable things that
annoy soldiers" point at the end is a complex dichotomy that I often
ponder.
I have to agree with John Baker. If this did happen, there is now one
ex-Marine who is looking at substantial civil settlement charges.
---
a.a. #2273
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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12 Mar 2007 10:40:06 AM |
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On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:25:29 -0700, tirebiter wrote:
On Mar 11, 9:19 pm, "Mark K. Bilbo" <g...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:37:51 -0400, Anonyma wrote:
A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU.
One day the professor shocked the class when he came
in.
He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real,
then
want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15
minutes." The lecture roomfell silent. You could hear a pin drop.
Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here
I am God. I'm still waiting." It got down to the last couple of
minutes
when the Marine got out of his Chair, went
up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him
off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to
his seat and sat there, silently.
The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with
you?
Why did you do that?"
The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today
protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say
stupid ***** and actlike an *****. So, He sent me."
THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING
You mean "This is stupid, shut the ***** up."
I'd be very surprised if this ever really happened. The whole thing
smacks of some fundie's mind's eye concept of what's funny. They
probably actually believe that it is proof that god intervenes, even
though if the incident happened at all, the Marine acted on his own.
The whole "soldiers fight so others can say disagreeable things that
annoy soldiers" point at the end is a complex dichotomy that I often
ponder.
I have to agree with John Baker. If this did happen, there is now one
ex-Marine who is looking at substantial civil settlement charges.
First, it didn't happen (of course). It's just another urban legend of
which Christians are fond. Been around forever in one variation or another.
Second, I do *love the way it conforms to the New Testament injunctions
against retailation don't you?
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace
alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing
it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
- H. L. Mencken
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