Ghandis Blood for sale
In London versteigern sie demnächst zwei Objektträger mit Ghandis Blut. New School Relikt für Hindu-Dexters, oder so.
Two microscope slides bearing the blood of former Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi are to go on sale in London on Tuesday and are expected to fetch from 10,000 pounds to 15,000 pounds ($15,200-$22,800).
Lord Ganesh, the Elephant Aubergine:
„Worshippers are gathering to pray to a vegetable that looks like a Hindu god. More than 80 people have so far visited a small temple at a catering company in Leicester where an aubergine that resembles Lord Ganesh – the elephant- headed deity – was discovered.“ (via Arbroath)
Australian Cat Ladies snatch Australian Christian Lobbys Domain-Name
Australische Feministen haben der Christlichen Lobby in Australien (ACL) die Domain geklaut und machen dort unter Australian Cat Ladies und machen damit Stimmung für die Gleichstellung gleichgeschlechtlicher Ehen. Nice one!
A trio of Melbourne feminists, calling themselves the Australian Cat Ladies, pounced on the domain name AustralianChristianLobby.org when the ACL, which only uses acl.org.au, failed to buy it. Their site, called Australian Cat Ladies, says it stands for marriage equality, the rights of couples to abortion, an end to discrimination, sex education and responsible cat ownership.
The link went viral on social media, earning the site about 260,000 views since its launch last night. A spokeswoman for the Australian Christian Lobby told Leader the group would continue to use its old website to communicate with members. Site co-founder Hilary Bowman-Smart said the founders’ intention was not to embarrass the ACL but “we would certainly not be upset if we did”.
“We’re really not fans of them,” she said.
Kaleidopope
Kaleidopope, the holy grail of psychedelica has been achieved.
KaleidoPope is an hypnotic interactive kaleidoscope. I composed a photo collage of historic portraits, which is then abstracted when viewed in repeated slices. The lavish textile patterns and mosaic textures provide a rich material for the abstraction.
KaleidoPope (via AnimalNY)
Gods To-Do-List
Von The Reason Stick: „I was able to hack into God’s PC and search through the unbelievable amount of filth he’s been downloading and eventually locate the .mpp file he’s been using to manage this curious project. The good news is that believe it or not, God does actually have a plan, the bad news is that it’s a little high-level.“
Religious Nuts wrapped in Plastic on a Plane because dead People
„When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe. In Awe! Of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, Religion. No contest.“ (George Carlin) Aber hey! Immerhin hat der Mann seine Religion mit ‘nem Stück Plastik gehackt, ist ja auch was!
Kohens are prohibited from flying over cemeteries (“A kohen initially was not supposed to approach any dead body, and if he did so he became ritually impure”), which as you can imagine, could be a major problem for travel. According to Haaretz, Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, the leader of the Lithuanian Haredi community in Israel, “found a solution to this issue, ruling that wrapping oneself in thick plastic bags while the plane crossed over the cemetery is permissible.”
Orthodox Jewish Man Covers Himself In Plastic Bag On Plane (via Death&Taxes)
Giant Shiva-Pumpkin
„When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe. In Awe! Of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest.“ (George Carlin) Aber hey! Linus Van Pelt hätt’s gefreut! Ich bezweifle allerdings, dass die Leute da in Indien den Kürbis mit „It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!“ anbeten.
Residents of Bokaro, Jharkhand, have started worshipping a pumpkin believing it to be a reincarnation of Shiva. The 87kg pumpkin has become the talk of the town with people thronging the town’s biggest vegetable market Dundibagh to worship the vegetable. […]
The news about the ‘Shiva’ pumpkin spread like wildfire and local people rushed to get a ‘darshan’ of it. “The pumpkin is like a Shivalinga and it blessed me and my family,” said Guddu Singh, a devotee.
Residents worship giant pumpkin believed to be reincarnation of Shiva
Vaticans favorite transsexual Pornstar:
„I really like that my work is reaching out so far that even people in the Vatican are enjoying my work.“ Ein Interview mit Tiffany Starr, „Vatican’s favorite transsexual porn star“.
Romanian Lawyer sues Exorcists for failing at Fart Demon
Es ist die Daily Mail und damit wahrscheinlich Bullshit, wobei das in diesem Fall ohnehin eine Tautologie ist, denn: Ein rumänischer Anwalt verklagt einen Bischof und vier Priester, weil sie es nicht schafften, einen furzenden Dämon zu exorzieren, der ihm seine Geschäftsräume vollflatulenzt hat. Die Anklage läuft unter „Religiösem Kunstfehler“, was ja nochmal eine Tautologie ist, da Religion per se aus Kunstfehlern besteht. Die Klage wurde bereits abgewiesen, der Mann will damit aber vor den europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte. Wie auch immer, Furzdämonexorzismus, file under Fantasy-Comedy.
A Romanian lawyer is suing his local Orthodox bishop and four priests claiming they failed to properly exorcise flatulent demons that were forcing him out of his home. Madalin Ciculescu, 34, accused the five of fraud after they turned up several times to exercise the demons which were responsible for the bad smells that were ruining his business. He claimed that after the failed exorcism the demons even started haunting him at his home at Pitesti in Arges County in central Romania.
The case alleging ‘religious malpractice’ is reportedly the first time there has been such an allegation made in a Romanian court.
Porno-Pirates in the Vatican
Als Andy von Torrentfreak eine Story über irische Priester-Piraten gelesen hatte, die sich Filme aus alternativen Quellen besorgen, kam er auf die Idee, mal zu schauen, was im Vatikan so runtergeladen wird. Viel hat er nicht gefunden, dafür schaut dort aber mindestens einer „BDSM Sklavin Züchtigung im dunklen Hobbykeller teen fesselspiele.avi“. Ist sicher nur der Hausmeister.
Paul Flynn, the owner of a DVD rental store in Limerick, Ireland, has a rather interesting customer. […] “Back in January, he mentioned he had watched Lincoln the night before,” Paul explained. “So I asked had they shown it early in the cinema or something and he said: ‘No, we have a film club once a week and we watched it up at the monastery’.” Of course, back in January the movie wasn’t out on DVD, so either the priest is an Oscar voter or there’s another more likely explanation. And it gets worse. […]
It seems that while Vatican dwellers aren’t all that interested in Hollywood movies, they do enjoy adult related celluloid. In the interests of science we researched each of the titles (including the curiously named RS77_Episode 01) and discovered that downloaders in the Vatican have one or two unusual ‘niche’ interests.
Priests Watch DVD Screeners While Pirates Download Filth in the Vatican
This Hell is fake: Turkish Show forgets the Special FX
Youtube Direkthell, via io9
Eine Serie eine türkischen (religiösen) Senders wollte in einer Szene die Hölle zeigen und hat die Spezialeffekte vergessen, weil… a) die Hölle (und Gott) nicht existieren, b) die Trial-Version von After Effects abgelaufen ist, oder c) who gives a shit about hell. Wahrscheinlich stimmen alle drei. Von Redditor HabibAllah:
STV is pretty religious TV station. You may argue a TV station can’t have a religion but as you can see this is not the case here. STV is also known for making TV series which are completely ridiculous in terms of story and apparently special effects. The stories are pretty much the same. There is a bad guy doing bad deeds and in the end he suffers in hell. What is happening here though a little different. We see a man pleading for help from his son crying “please help me son, I’ve been a fool. It hurts” and something like this. […] And the son is like “yeah I’ll save you, hang on, whatever”.
Then we see the imam is holding the son’s hand and thanks to the holy force powers he have, he is able to show that man that his father is burning in hell. Also that smile is creepy. At the same time we hear a deep voice explaining the situation here for us confused audience, “if you don’t cleanse from your sins your father will be tormented and shit”. Yeah, I’m serious. Looks like the son is Jesus of that family or something like that.
And finally the son wakes up from his dream or nightmare depending on how you look. Looks like whole thing was not real. But… are we so sure about that?
From a Turkish TV series. They forgot to put special effects in a scene.
Richard Dawkins pulls a XKCD: Science works, Bitches!
Youtube Direktbitches!, via Death and Taxes
Richard Dawkins auf die Frage eines Christen bei einem Diskussionspanel im Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, der die wissenschaftliche Methode in Frage stellt: „It works, Bitches!“ Was er selbst möglicherweise – vielleicht aber hoffentlich doch – gar nicht weiß: Er hat damit einen XKCD gepullt, und zwar den hier. Randall Munroe hat dazu auch ein Wiki und ein Shirt dazu gibt’s auch.
Dawkins’s response: „It works. Planes fly, cars drive, computers compute. If you base medicine on science, you heal people. If you base the design of planes on science, they fly. If you base the design of rockets on science, they reach the moon. It works … Bitches.“
Den kompletten Vortrag gibt’s hier: Richard Dawkins, Rowan Williams, Anthony Kenny: “Human Beings & Ultimate Origin” Debate
Holi: Festival of Colors 2013
Vergangene Woche ging in Indien wieder das Holi Festival der Farben über die Bühne. Das Thema wird zwar mittlerweile auch von irgendwelchen Event-Agenturen in Deutschland durch die Medien gepeitscht, aber da können ja die Pigmente nix für und die Bilder aus Indien sind ohnehin schöner. Am spannendsten ist vielleicht das Posting von Reuters-Fotograf Vivek Prakash, der gleich noch erklärt, wie man seine Kamera sauber hält:
Holi is celebrated widely across India, but it is more popular in the north of the country. The epicenter of all the action is in a triangle of villages around the city of Mathura – the fun begins at Barsana, then moves to Nandgaon, Vrindavan, and Dauji before finally finishing a week of rolling celebrations in the region where the Hindu god Krishna and his consort Radha are thought to have been born and lived. It’s a festival that celebrates the arrival of spring, but in this region it also has special significance as it celebrates the story of Radha and Krishna and their love for each other.
The enthusiasm of the people is unmatched – the energy combined with sheer numbers make for fantastic scenes drenched in water and color. It makes for delicious pictures. But I have to admit, after having covered it for the first time, it’s harder than it looks to get a great picture. Keeping your equipment dry and operational is a big challenge.
The Big Picture: Holi celebrations 2013
The Atlantics In Focus: Holi 2013: The Festival of Colors
Reuters: Riot of color
Vorher auf Nerdcore:
Bilder von Indiens Holi Festival der Farben
Indiens Holi Festival der Farben 2010
Holi: The Festival of Colors 2011
Festival of Colors in Utah, 2011
Holi: The Festival of Colors 2012
Festival of Colors in Utah, 2012
Naked Rapper does not attack Westboro Baptist Church, askin’ „Who’s your Daddy?“
Youtube Direktbilly, via Reddit, Gawker
Das Video oben zeigt nicht, wie sich Billy The Fridge, ein 250 Kilo schwerer Rapper aus Seattle, während eines Interviews mit David Phelps, dem angeblichen Sohn des Gründers der Westboro Baptist Church Fred Phelps, nackt aus dem Klo schleicht, den angeblichen Christenfundi anfällt, sich auf ihn setzt und fragt: „Who’s your daddy?“ Weil: Fred Phelps hat keinen Sohn namens David und das Video ist ein Viral für eine Live-Kreuzigung am Sonntag, offensichtlich eine Verarsche des Osterfests. Schade. Aber auch so: Perfekter Karfreitags-Content.
The interview footage, as it turns out, is an entirely staged promo for “the first public crucifixion in America,” which will allegedly be “televised” live at BattleCam.com this Sunday. While many websites were rushing to post the ultimate “justice porn” video, they ignored one crucial detail: Fred Phelps doesn’t have a son named David. Phelps actual son, Fred Jr. confirmed as much on Twitter.
Atheist Shoes vs Discrimination of godless people by the US Postal Service
Großartiger Marketing-Stunt der Schuhverkäufer von Atheist Berlin, die festgestellt haben, dass ihre Päckchen in den USA mit Atheist-Klebeband ziemlich oft ziemlich spät ankommen oder gleich ganz verloren gehen. Also haben sie’s getestet und insgesamt 178 Päckchen an 89 Leute verschickt, jeder Kunde bekam zwei, einmal mit und ohne Atheist-Klebeband. Ergebnis: 9 Atheisten-Pakete gingen verloren, nur 1 ohne Branding, die Atheisten-Pakete brauchten dreimal länger. Tolle Aktion! Auf dem Bild rechts trägt Matthew Chapman, Ur-Ur-Ur-Enkel von Charles Darwin, ein paar der gottlosen Schlappen.
We have lots of customers in the USA, but sometimes the shoes we send them take longer than they should to arrive, or even go missing. And, when some of our customers asked us not to use ATHEIST-branded packing tape on their shipments, we started to wonder if the delays were caused by the US Postal Service taking offence at our overt godlessness…
We sent 178 packages to 89 people, in 49 US-States. Each person was sent 2 packages; one sealed with ATHEIST-branded packing tape, the other with neutral tape. They all left Berlin on November 21st, 2012 and, in theory, the branded and unbranded packages should have travelled at exactly the same speed.
USPS Discrimination against Atheism? A Study by the makers of Atheist Shoes
