Philosophy
Great story from Hanno:
OK, so I teach a course on Political Philosophy, and in part of that course we read Marx's Communist Manifesto (not related to the Comedist Manifesto). And I have a student taking this course who happens to be a Christian, and he carries a bible with him in his backpack. This being the Bible belt, periodically there are people who come to campus giving away free Bibles. My student was approached by one such person, who asked if he wanted a Bible. My student replied "No, I already have one!" and reached into his backpack, and grabbed what felt like his Bible. But in fact, he pulled out triumphantly the Communist Manifesto, complete with a large hammer and sickle insignia!
The old man passing out Bibles was stunned, his jaw dropped, and a look of shock replaced his look of joy.
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Philosophy
Corrupting the Youth, Sorta
Great story from Hanno:
OK, so I teach a course on Political Philosophy, and in part of that course we read Marx's Communist Manifesto (not related to the Comedist Manifesto). And I have a student taking this course who happens to be a Christian, and he carries a bible with him in his backpack. This being the Bible belt, periodically there are people who come to campus giving away free Bibles. My student was approached by one such person, who asked if he wanted a Bible. My student replied "No, I already have one!" and reached into his backpack, and grabbed what felt like his Bible. But in fact, he pulled out triumphantly the Communist Manifesto, complete with a large hammer and sickle insignia!
The old man passing out Bibles was stunned, his jaw dropped, and a look of shock replaced his look of joy.
- Fruitcakes?
Guestpost today from YKW: There are few people I truly hate (politically) more than would-be demagogues like James Dobson. He?s the second coming of Henry Ford, minus the cars. (CNN) -- A top U.S. evangelical leader is accusing Sen. Barack Obama of deliberately...
- Larceny Week: Buridan On Fundamentalism
Jean Buridan was a fourteenth century thinker whose theory of impetus began the march away from Aristotelian physics and towards Newtonian. Consider an arrow. While the bow is pushing on it, we can understand why it moves forward, but the instant it leaves...
- St. Shecky's Day Eve
Tomorrow, April 1, being the holiest of holy days for Comedists, I will celebrate by posting the first part of our holy skripture The Comedist Manifesto. Stay tuned......
- If Fifty Shades Of Grey Is Not Dirty Enough For Your Taste, Try The Bible, But Don't Say I Didn't Warn You
When I was a little boy, the Bible was one of my favorite books. No, it's not because I was a goodie-two-shoes... it was because I loved the story of Sampson and how he would kick major ass and cause havoc wherever he went. I also liked the apocalyptic...
- Is Pluto A Planet?
A few days ago we saw that Joe the Plumber (representing the view of thousands or millions of Americans) prefers the Bible to science books because science books go through constant revisions while the Bible contains eternal, unchanging truth. Of course,...