Nazi Buddha from Space
Klingt wie aus ‘nem Indiana Jones-Film, ist aber echt: Wissenschaftler haben nachgewiesen, das eine Buddha-Statue aus der Mongolei aus dem 11. Jahrhundert aus einem Meteoriten geschnitzt wurde. Man nimmt an, dass es noch weitere religiöse Figuren from Space gibt (unter anderem der Schwarze Stein von Kaaba in Mekka), diese Buddha-Statue, die 1939 von den Nazis nach Deutschland gebracht wurde, ist allerdings die erste, deren Abstammung from Space nachgewiesen wurde. Und als nächstes öffnet sich ein Tor in eine andere Dimension und Hellboy kommt da raus.
One religious statue has a stronger connection than most to the heavens. An 11th-century carving from Mongolia of the Buddhist god Vaiśravana was fashioned from a meteorite fragment, a chemical analysis shows. Its extraterrestrial origins make it unique in both religious art and meteorite science. The iron-rich statue, 24 centimetres tall, has had a colourful past. It was apparently brought to Germany in 1939 by a Nazi-backed archaeological expedition to search for the roots of Aryanism.
A swastika on the armoured Buddha’s breastplate may have been a motivating factor in bringing the statue to Germany. The swastika is a common symbol in eastern culture and decorates many Hindu and Buddhist statues – although the version on the statue is a mirror image of the form favoured by the Nazis.
Buddhist statue acquired by Nazis is space rock
Und apropos from Space: Ende 2013 wird ein Komet auf der Nordhalbkugel der Erde sichtbar sein, der soll angeblich heller scheinen, als Vollmond. Die bezeichnen das als „quite possibly a once-in-a-civilisation’s-lifetime event“. Whoa!
Jesus had a Wife.
Eine Historikerin aus Harvard hat ein (wohl authentisches) Stück Papyrus identifiziert, auf dem geschrieben steht, dass Jesus eine Frau hatte. Die Kirche wird dieses lächerliche Detail natürlich ignorieren, aber kann sich der denkfähige Teil der Menschheit jetzt mal bitte darauf einigen: Jesus hatte ‘ne Frau, war nichts weiter als ein ziemlich weltlicher Revolutionsführer, Maria war keine Jungfrau und es gibt keinen Gott.
A historian of early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School has identified a scrap of papyrus that she says was written in Coptic in the fourth century and contains a phrase never seen in any piece of Scripture: “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife …’ ”
The faded papyrus fragment is smaller than a business card, with eight lines on one side, in black ink legible under a magnifying glass. Just below the line about Jesus having a wife, the papyrus includes a second provocative clause that purportedly says, “she will be able to be my disciple.”
The finding was made public in Rome on Tuesday at the International Congress of Coptic Studies by Karen L. King, a historian who has published several books about new Gospel discoveries and is the first woman to hold the nation’s oldest endowed chair, the Hollis professor of divinity.
Historian Says Piece of Papyrus Refers to Jesus’ Wife (via io9)
New Mag for Exorcists
In Polen haben sie grade ein neues Monatsmagazin für den Exorzisten von heute an den Start gebracht. Das Ding heisst Miesięcznik Egzorcysta (Monatlicher Exorzist oder besser: The Monthly Exorcist), ein Jahresabo kostet 100 Złoty (24,50 Euro) und in der ersten Ausgabe geht’s um Briefe von Toten, den verlorenen Glauben an den Teufel und die Nichtverhandlungstaktik bei Dämonenbefall. Lustigerweise hat Polens Chef-Exorzist dem Kapitalismus die Schuld für den Anstieg der Exorzismen in die Schuhe geschoben.
“The rise in the number or exorcists from four to more than 120 over the course of 15 years in Poland is telling,” Father Aleksander Posacki, a professor of philosophy, theology and leading demonologist and exorcist told reporters in Warsaw at the Monday launch of the Egzorcysta monthly.
Ironically, he attributed the rise in demonic possessions in what remains one of Europe’s most devoutly Catholic nations partly to the switch from atheist communism to free market capitalism in 1989. “It’s indirectly due to changes in the system: capitalism creates more opportunities to do business in the area of occultism. Fortune telling has even been categorised as employment for taxation,” Posacki told AFP.
“If people can make money out of it, naturally it grows and its spiritual harm grows too,” he said, hastening to add authentic exorcism is absolutely free of charge.
Exorcism boom in Poland sees magazine launch (via Animal NY)
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Pope blesses Porn-Actors
‘Ne schwule Pornoproduktion hat zwei als Priester verkleidete Pornostars im Vatikan zum Papst geschmuggelt und der hat beide tatsächlich gesegnet. Die Szenen sollen in einem kommenden Porno verwendet werden.
The Pope has been tricked into blessing two porn actors and a video of the moment is set to be included in a new Bel Ami gay movie. That’s according to famous gay porn producer and Bel Ami founder George Duroy who annouced the news on an online forum. The new film, Scandal in Vatican, is going to be released in September. It is the story of a couple of young priests, dressed as Catholic clerical students, who enjoy their sex experiences in the little country in the heart of Italy’s capital, Rome.
Pope Blesses Porn Actors (Danke Daniel!)
Psychedelic Christian Record Covers from Hell
Jim Ed Blanchard hat eine tolle Sammlung alter Plattencover von christlichen Bands aus den 60ern und 70ern, die er in Second Hand Läden gekauft hat… ich hab mal die schönsten, fiesesten und psychedelischsten davon rausgesucht. Mehr von dem Quatsch nach dem Klick.
Steve Jobs reincarnated as Warrior-Philosopher in the Sky
Steve Jobs war bekennender Buddhist und wurde neulich als himmlischer Krieger-Philosoph wiedergeboren. Er lebt in einem schwebenden Apple Store Glas-Palast über dem Apple Campus. Meinen zumindest ein paar thailändische Mönche aus Thailand. Steve Jobs in the Sky with Diamonds!
When Apple founder Steve Jobs died after a long fight with cancer last year, software engineer Tony Tseung sent an email to a Buddhist group in Thailand to find out what happened to his old boss now that he’s no longer of this world. This month, Mr. Tseung received his answer. Mr. Jobs has been reincarnated as a celestial warrior-philosopher, the Dhammakaya group said in a special television broadcast, and he’s living in a mystical glass palace hovering above his old office at Apple’s Cupertino, California headquarters. […]
“After Steve Jobs passed away, he was reincarnated as a divine being with a special knowledge and appreciation for science and the arts,” the Dhammakaya leader said in the first of a series of sermons beamed to hundreds of thousands of the group’s followers around the world. […] Among other things, he has said the reincarnated Mr. Jobs spends much of his time lounging in a glass palace resembling an Apple store. Phra Chaibul also has said the being formerly known as Steve Jobs is attended by 20 servants, who seem to resemble the Apple store ‘Geniuses’ who help customers set up their iPhones and other devices here on earth.
Thai Group Says Steve Jobs Reincarnated as Warrior-Philosopher (via /.)
Femen cut a Cross with a Chainsaw to support Pussy Riot
Femen haben während der Urteilsverkündung gegen Pussy Riot (Updates hier, aber diese Aktion hier verdient ein eigenes Posting) ein Kreuz mit ‘ner Motorsäge gefällt. Take your „Religious Hatred“ and shove it up your butt.
Activists belonging to feminist group FEMEN have taken a chainsaw to a cross in Kiev, Ukraine, in support of Pussy Riot. The felled cross was in a park near Independence Square in the center of the city
[update] daMax schickt mir „die FEMENaktion inklusive Nippel“. Danke Max!
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Interview with Richard Dawkins about New Atheism
Youtube Direktdawkins, via Reddit
Schönes halbstündiges Interview auf Al Jazeeras The Stream mit Richard Dawkins über New Atheism. Finde ich nicht zuletzt auch wegen des Formats sehr spannend, die Fragen werden live von Reddit, Twitter und GooglePlus geholt. Und Dawkins sieht irgendwie sehr rot aus, oder? Entweder zu lange in der Sonne gelegen, am Vortag gesoffen oder schlecht gepudert, der Mann. Viele zitierbare Stellen dabei, unter anderem diese hier, die man von gläubigen Menschen viel zu oft hört:
But doesn’t Religion also provide a Context that without we would be in a pretty cold society if we would be living on science and facts alone, mean, a lot of people look to religion as providing a context and emotion and morals and principles to life?
No. We certainly wouldn’t be living in a cold context with only science and rationality. We’d have art, we’d have music, we’d have literature, we’d have philosophy, we’d have nature, we’d have love, human love, we’d have all those things, those wouldn’t go. The only thing that would go, would be supersticious belief in supernatural things. And since there is no evidence that supernatural things exist, or do anything or ever have done anything, wouldn’t we be better off without them?
Christian Fight Club – The Documentary
Auf Kickstarter hat man sich grade die Finanzierung einer Doku über die sich kloppenden Evangelikalen aus den USA gesichert, über die ich vor zweieinhalb Jahren schonmal was gebloggt hatte. They kick ass in the name of the lord usw usf, hier die Facebookseite der Doku.
FIGHT CHURCH is a feature documentary about the confluence of Christianity and Mixed Martial Arts. The film follows several pastors and fighters in a quest to reconcile their faith with a sport that some consider violent and barbaric. Faith is tried and questions are raised. Can you really love your neighbor as yourself and then punch him in the face?
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Monty Pythons Form-Letter to Life of Brian-Haters
Letters of Note hat den Formbrief, den Monty Python an wütende Gläubige schickten, die sich wegen des angeblich blasphemischen Films „Life of Brian“ beschwerten. Man muss sich den Brief mit der Stimme von John Cleese im Kopf vorlesen und dabei die vergnarzten Gesichter angepisster Katholiken vorstellen. Brüller.
Dear __________
Thank you for your letter regarding the film Monty Python’s Life of Brian. Whilst we understand your concern, we would like to correct some misconceptions you may have about the film which may be due to the fact that you have not had the chance to see it before forming your views. The film is set in Biblical times, but it is not about Jesus. It is a comedy, but we would like to think that it does have serious attitudes and certain things to say about human nature. It does not ridicule Christ, nor does it show Christ in any way that could offend anyone, nor is belief in God or Christ a subject dealt with in the film.
We are aware that certain organizations have been circulating misinformation on these points and are sorry that you have been misled. We hope you will go see the film yourself and come to your own conclusions about its virtues and defects. In any case, we hope you find it funny.
Best wishes,
Monty Python
We’re sorry you’ve been misled
Der Brief stammt aus Graham Chapmans Buch „Calcium Made Interesting: Sketches, Letters, Essays & Gondolas: Sketches, Letters, Essays and Gondolas“ (Amazon-Partnerlink)
Batman Preacher
YT Direktbatman, via MeFi
Gotham Street Preach: “Bringing you the teachings of the Keaton, the Kilmer and the Holy Bale. Do not believe in Clooney for he is a false prophet!”
Flying Spaghetti Monster vs Drill Sergeant
Folgenden Dialog eines Drill Sergeants und einem Atheisten in der militärischen Grundausbildung bitte unbedingt in Full Metal Jacket-Tonlage vorstellen. In der Grundausbildung kann man wohl nur ein Buch mitnehmen, und es muss ein heiliges sein. Also hat Herr Griffith den “Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster” mitgenommen.
Drill Sergeant: “Private Griffith – is that some contraband?”
Me: “No, Drill Sergeant. It’s my holy book.“
Drill Sergeant: “Give that to me…” *Yoink!* “Flying Spaghetti Monster!? What the fuck?”
Me: ”I’m a Pastafarian, Drill Sergeant.”[he shot me a look like he was t minus 5 seconds from throwing me into the Sun]
Drill Sergeant: “Are you fucking with me? Are you fucking with me at 0600, Private Griffith? Before I even get some goddamned breakfast?”
[I did my best to return the intensely humorless stone face.]
Me: “No, Drill Sergeant.”
Drill Sergeant: “Flying Spaghetti Monster!? I don’t fucking believe it!!!”
Me: “I believe it, Drill Sergeant.”
First Wedding for Filesharing-Religion Kopimism
Vor ein paar Monaten wurde die schwedische Kopimism-Religion offiziell anerkannt und vor ein paar Tagen haben sie auf der Share-Konferenz das erste Paar getraut. Ich mag vor allem die Stelle über DNA-Remixing. Super Synonym fürs Kindermachen.
This belief in sharing is not restricted to files, code and information, but also applies to love. It was only a matter of time before the first Kopimist couple would become married, and last weekend this joyful union took place at the Share conference in Belgrade. On stage, a Romanian woman and an Italian man were joined in a holy Kopimist act. Both promised to share the rest of their lives together and to uphold the highest sharing standards. The Church was delighted to bring the news and commented: “We are very happy today. Love is all about sharing. A married couple share everything with each other.”
Like any other matrimony, a Kopimism marriage is bound by rules. The Church of Kopimism allows the couple to share their love with others, as long as those others don’t steal it. Most importantly, however, they have to copy and remix themselves. “Hopefully, they will copy and remix some DNA-cells and create a new human being. That is the spirit of Kopimism. Feel the love and share that information. Copy all of its holiness.”
Harmless – Christian Horrorfilm about haunted Porn
YT Direktporn, via io9
Großartig! Ein christlicher Horrorfilm über ‘ne verfluchte Kiste voller Porno. Der Film sucht grade Finanzierung über Kickstarter und erwartungsgemäß ist da noch Luft nach oben.
Harmless is a feature film shot in the popular found footage style. It’s the story about a husband and father and his battle with a box of porn that is found in the closet. Once opened, the box of porn begins to torment the family, much like a poltergeist. It’s sort of a social commentary on how pornography can destroy a family.
Teenage Girl Exorcist Squad in the News
Vor einer Weile hatte ich ‘ne Meldung über drei Mädchen gebloggt, die tatsächlich Teenage Exorcists sind. Damals hielt ich die Story wegen der Quelle für Bullshit, aber anscheinend ist das kein Scherz, sondern ernst gemeint: ABC hat die Gören zuhause besucht. Frohe Ostern!
[update] Dangerous Minds hat ein paar Hintergründe: “TV and radio “exorcist” Bob Larson’s daughter, Brynne, is now a second-generation demon rebuker herself, along with two of her girlfriends and now Pastor Larson—who has never, ever, been accused of being a fraud or of taking advantage of mentally ill people for financial gain, uh uh, no, not this guy—is trying to sell a TV reality show about them. They’re just “normal girls who do something extraordinary for God.” Well, God and $$$.”
