Philosophy
You'd think that if you build a giant statue celebrating the son of God, God would be pleased, right?
Well, it seems last night the statue was struck by a bolt of lightning, confirming my suspicion that Zeus is still reigning supreme and kicking major Christian ass :)
And of course, none of this could be complete without a little YMCA blasphemy :)
Could it be that Muslims don't create representations of Allah because they know Zeus would totally kick his ass too? :)
Update: Do you know what was next to Touchdown Jesus and didn't burn down? The porn shop :)
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Philosophy
God destroyed in Act of God?
You'd think that if you build a giant statue celebrating the son of God, God would be pleased, right?
Well, it seems last night the statue was struck by a bolt of lightning, confirming my suspicion that Zeus is still reigning supreme and kicking major Christian ass :)
And of course, none of this could be complete without a little YMCA blasphemy :)
Could it be that Muslims don't create representations of Allah because they know Zeus would totally kick his ass too? :)
Update: Do you know what was next to Touchdown Jesus and didn't burn down? The porn shop :)
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