Comments on: video

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +0000

I don’t get how these atheists can still claim to be so nonconformist, when they have what amounts to conformity contests. I think the entire idea of getting offended is pointless, as is the idea of deliberately offending people (unless you do it in a way that is funny or causes them to think).

BTW 2 points:
1. I love this comic strip which is arguably not that offensive and satisfies both of the above.
2. Lets face it, some Atheists have used their belief system to rationalize horrible acts just as religious people have. Consider China’s Cultural Revolution, which now even the Chinese consider to have been a bad idea.

(Some religious people would argue that explicitly atheist dictators have done more damage than explicitly religious ones, but I think that it’s all pretty subjective, especially seeing the comparative sizes of populations involved. Also there’s borderline cases like Saddam and Hitler who mostly just used religion without really following it).

By: gorgardard

gorgardard — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:23:50 +0000

TaoAndZen: Your post about christianity having all these deities is very close to the truth – the fact is that many of the stories and figures in the bible have roots in earlier Semitic polytheistic religions, which still correspond to many of the archetypes in many polytheistic religions(Satan, the Tempter/Trickster(a staple in pretty much every polytheistic religion, except in this one he’s seen as strictly evil, never a source of good), Mary, The Mother(Cybele, Gaia, etc…), Jesus The martyr on the cross(Baldr dying on Yggdrasil, the world tree, Atys being hung upon the ash tree), or the child of a virgin birth(Mithras)…. one could go on. It’s interesting to point out that the original Jews were NOT monotheistic – they simply believed that THEIR God was the highest, and that if you didn’t worship him you would be punished.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:07:41 +0000

Tyciol, the Rational Responders were the ones doing this promotion (and Penn Jillette participated, ) and they are selling the DVD for $20 here.

http://www.rationalresponders.com/the_god_who_wasnt_there

Brian Flemming’s site is selling it for $25 here.

http://www.thegodmovie.com/direct-sales.php

I bought it for $6.66 a while ago during an earlier promotion of his. It’s a great documentary.

By: tyciol

tyciol — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:37:23 +0000

Do they still offer this DVD? I don’t have a camera so I’d have to buy one… which probably offsets the freeness of the DVD.

But I was going to use the camera to videotape myself doing backflips to get chicks.

Once I learn how to do them.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:09:10 +0000

Nope, sorry, Jonathan Somethingelse.

By: TB

TB — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:15:31 +0000

Jonathan Andrews?!!!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:07:20 +0000

“I feel sorry for Jesus.”

Don’t feel sorry, he’s in a better place now.

By: Not to be taken seriously

Not to be taken seriously — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:17:26 +0000

j ‘n’ m have made it to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_and_Mo and is also listed at http://www.thewebcomiclist.com/ and Comixpedia at http://comixpedia.org/index.php/Jesus_and_Mo

By: Satantiago

Satantiago — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:25:28 +0000

I feel sorry for Jesus.

By: DJK

DJK — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:13:35 +0000

@Shadow of God: Click on the permalink hyperlink just below the comic, everytime there’s a fresh strip. That displays the comments and enables commenting.

By: TaoAndZen

TaoAndZen — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:20:00 +0000

r00db00y,
Understand what you mean there. But I would observe that spiteful (vindictive, capricious, malevolent, incoherent) higher power seems to be a charactersitic of Abrahism in particular and Indo-European religions in general, albeit not exclusively. Older “religions” (probably incorrect to label them so) such as Old-Europe goddess worship, Eastern Numenisms and Philosophies are commonly more benevolent and balanced and less inclined to political dominion. After all, Buddhism is explicitly atheist.

By: carolita

carolita — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:50:02 +0000

I have no problem with the idea of a deity, but I have a BIG problem with organized religion. Monotoning the “Profession of Faith” in Church always made me feel like just one of many zombies. Why not just say, “I just want to be part of this crowd and not stand out and be ridiculed or rejected, however incredulous I feel about this whole resurrection thing.”

By: r00db00y

r00db00y — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:42:36 +0000

TaoAndZen,

Not surprising really, since all religions since the dawn of man have preached the same thing; there is a higher power which controls each aspect of your life, usually a spiteful, unobliging power. However, it’s hard to base a religous text on the phrase “life sucks” so each religion had to employ a certain amount of character development

By: mat

mat — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:55:46 +0000

Reminds me of a Richard Dawkins quote: “We are all atheists in regard to 99% of the gods that have existed in history. So, why not take it that one small step further?”

By: Saint Gasoline

Saint Gasoline — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:45:56 +0000

Pfft, I was denying the holy spirit before it was cool!

By: TB

TB — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:24:06 +0000

Happy new year of full of love,sex,and video games!

By: CrimsonBeardOfDoom

CrimsonBeardOfDoom — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:00:44 +0000

Awesome =) I’d love to post a Blasphemy Challenge video, but I don’t have a camera

ShadowofGod – click the title of the new comic (where it says “permalink”) and you can access the comments there

By: Ketil G

Ketil G — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:45:42 +0000

hehe this was funny.

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all Jesus and mo Readers from me.

By: ShadowofGod

ShadowofGod — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:52:57 +0000

And how come one can only post a comment on the newest comic if you go back to the last comic and forward to this one?

By: ShadowofGod

ShadowofGod — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:51:31 +0000

They get The God Who Wasn’t There dvd, it’s a good documentary.