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| Abraham | Corruption of Brahma, Vedic creation God, with three heads, and four arms. Four books are attributed to his inspiration, he is one of a trio of supreme deities. (See Trinitarian Monotheism, Trimurti, Vedas, Evangelists.) |
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| ACLU | Acronym for American Civil Liberties Union, or Anti-Christian Lawyers Union. An organization of evil liberals, bent on thwarting God's Plan, by insuring that one group of religious fanatics does not impose its will on the whole population. |
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| Agnostic | - One who claims a superior right to be neither right nor wrong.
- One who believes it is more right and less wrong to be neither right nor wrong.
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| Agnosticism | No-mans land where Absolutely nothing goes. |
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| Ahriman | Zoroastrian twin of Ahura Mazda, or Ormazd, the Wise Lord. Originally conceived as his offspring, Angra Mainyu, the Destructive Spirit.
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| Akhenaten | The only sincere and frank Monotheist, in that he made no pretence about where his beliefs originated. A Pharaoh and proto-pope, sponsored the arts while alienating his priesthood and bankrupting his nation. (See Sun of God, Reformation)
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| all- | Prefixed to a word to show that it applies to a tiny fraction of the set of things to which it might apply. (e.g. An all-forgiving God forgives between 144,000 people and one third of the worlds population depending on who you ask.)
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| Alternative medicine | The name given to a wide variety of pseudo-scientific practices that fill the gap between what "real" medicine can offer, and doing nothing at all. Alternative medicines predicated on the assumption that everything we think we know about the Universe is wrong.
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| Amen | - Make it so, Number One.
- Abner, Andrew, Angus, Albert, Arthur, Alfred, etc.
- Vocal starting pistol for the alteration of reality to suit the personal desires of the praying person.
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| Amun | The Hidden One, Egyptian Creator, all other Gods are taken as manifestations of his form. Merged with Ra, the Sun God (Amun-Ra,) who in turn assumed the identity of Horus, (Ra-Harahkte.) (See Trinitarian Monotheism, Assimilation, Jesus) |
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| Anti-miracle | A fatal lightening strike. (Buying all number permutations and not winning the Lotto.) (see miracle)
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| Apocrypha | Religious scriptures that not enough of the right people believed in for them to make it into the official book (Bible, Torah, etc.) but are otherwise indistinguishable from the ones that did.
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| Apostle | A person sent by another; a messenger; envoy; suspected origin of the word "postman" and "postal". (it explains why fundies are lunatics and murderers)
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| Ark | - A wooden vessel capable of carrying one human family plus two or seven members of every other species on earth for an entire year, during the worst weather ever experienced, while every other creature on the planet drowned, in God's mercy.
- 200' long boat on a 6000 meters tall mountain, which cannot be found while asteroids less than 10' across can be seen from millions of miles away. With a scratched VIN and no license plate, the ark police are having a hard time tracing it.
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| Ark of the Covenant | - One of the most important artifacts in Judeo-Christian mythology... which apparently has been misplaced
- An alleged ancient container that hosted an ancient version of 'Shroedingers cat'... or not.
- Mystical biblical device that has the miraculous ability to make Steven Speilberg and George Lucas $100 million.
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| Articifer | A person engaged in any kind of manual occupation (ie. Jesus as a carpenter); probable origin of the word "artificial".
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| Assimilation | Recruiting people, their superstitions, and their oppressors to the task of promoting Religion. (See Leap of Faith, Blood Sacrifice, Constantine, Lazarus)
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| Atheism | As much of a religion as baldness is a hair color. Doesn't say anything about any kind of political or sexual preference, doesn't say anything about people's behavior, doesn't say anything about age, "other" ideas about abortion, evolution, or whatever - yet theists just LOVE to attribute any of the above to atheists. Not to be confused with anti-theism.
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| Atheist | Someone who believes in one less god than Christians and other monotheistic cults. - According to some theists, someone who really believes in the existence of God, but hates Him, or wants to rebel against Him.
Any theist who behaves in a way that is unacceptable to other theists, enabling them to attribute any number of anti-social behaviors to "atheism".
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| Athiest | - Nefarious, shadowy no-goodnik apparently threatening the Christians of the world. Usually prefixed by "evil".
- The most Athi.
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| Atrocity | - Violence committed in God's name
- That which pleases the Christians' concept of God.
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| Baptism | A ceremony in which a person asks an imaginary being for forgiveness for sins he/she has committed and for sins his/her ancestors committed, usually done with the hope that eternal happiness in heaven will be the reward. (see heaven) Ritual and symbolic drowning. Holy hair washing.
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| Baptist | One who does not believe in the divinity of a Methodist. |
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| Bear | A wild animal used by God to kill groups of children for making fun of bald prophets (2nd kings 2:23-24). |
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| Bearing False Witness | Lying. (A violation of one of the Ten Commandments, unless it is done to advance the cause of Christian Expansionism.) |
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| Beetle | A flying insect whose folded wings are protected inside a flap of exoskeleton. Obviously God's favorite creature, as there are over 300,000 known species.
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| Belief | A form of intellectual laziness, combined with intrinsic greed, fear and guilt, and born of ignorance. |
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| Bible | - A collection of stories from Christian mythology.
- Yahweh's Big Book of Fairy Tales. A collection of stolen mythology and morality tales....of course which side of the moral fence it's on is rarely made clear.
- According to a certain type of Christian, an infallible instruction manual. Like the documentation for much contemporary software, it is badly-written, out of date, and ignores the fact that most modern humans are not backwardly-compatible with the original version.
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| Bible Code | - The notion that God has put secret messages in the bible, hidden in the patterns of letters. Ignores the fact that the bible is supposed to be the complete, inerrant word of God. Presumably, God was worried that the Bible, as written, was too clear and consistent, and needed another level of obfuscation.
- A source of great comfort to "true believers" who fear to think about such things too deeply.
- Another example of how people can attribute meaning to random noise in an attempt to feel valued.
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| Biblical Interpreation | - A gift from God, granted only to True Christian fundamentalists. It enables them to tell which of the many contradictory rules and regulations in the "inerrant" Bible are actually meant to be applied literally (i.e. the ones about persecuting gays/women/anyone they don't like) and which were only intended in a "spiritual" sense (i.e. the ones about giving all your possessions to the poor).
- It also allows them to identify:
- Bits God put in just to trap unbelievers,
- Bits where Satan makes evil atheists and non-fundamentalists see contradictions which aren't really there. (See "cop-out".)
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| Bigot | An obstinate and intolerant holder of particular religious opinions, who refuses to listen to reason and is ready to force others to agree with him. The term arrived in English via French, having originated centuries earlier among Germanic/Frankish tribes of Gaul. Bei Gott (By God) mocked the exclamation frequently used by the crusading Christian missionaries who were bludgeoning the tribes into conversion.
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| Birth control | - A religious plan where if a man has sexual relations with any of a long list of people, both he and the woman are put to death Leviticus 20. (Note, there is no provision for waiting 9 months to see to it that any unborn baby gets a "right to life" first).
- Option the church attempts to deny women.
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| Blasphemy | - Speaking rudely to/about the IPU (see Invisible Pink Unicorn).
- Offensive language used against a god, made acceptable when Jesus did it (see Matthew 26:65).
- A "crime" committed by one who insults or shows disrespect to an omnipotent deity who nevertheless requires a human law to protect Him or Her from hurt feelings. Curiously, like the tree falling in the forest, it appears that blasphemy can only occur when a religious zealot is present to hear it. Nevertheless, blasphemy remains a criminal offence in the United Kingdom (last prosecution late 1970s - but fundy groups constantly threaten new ones) and in many Islamic countries, where such offences can incur the death penalty, and where questioning even the tiniest aspect of Islam is considered blasphemous.
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| Blessed Virgin Mary | Reputed to be the mother of Jesus, she amuses herself by presenting to her followers images of herself in oil stains, knots of wood, etc.
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| Blind Faith | - The total inability of theists to see the absurdity or danger or negative influence of their belief systems, no matter how clearly it is demonstrated to them or how closely it is waved in front of their face.
- Seeing things that aren't there, such as invisible sky pixies and magical events called "miracles".
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| Blood Sacrifice | The ritual slaughter of thousands to enforce conformity to a centralized theocracy. The Conquistadors were appalled by such atavism during their conquest of the New World, and were pleased to import their native religion from a continent that would burn thousands alive for heresy, or an additional X chromosome. The Aztec priestly caste found Christianity highly appealing.
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| Book | - A bound volume of divine, god-given wisdom (if it's part of any of the two first installments of the Middle-Eastern Trilogy).
- A bound volume containing demonic, magical and satanic knowledge (if it's scientific, political or philosophical).
- A foul demon (according to John the Chrysostome).
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| Book of Mormon | A fictional storybook concerning a bunch of Hebrews that sailed across the Pacific to the New World, built a huge civilization, was visited by Christ, and who conveniently disappeared just before Columbus arrived. Rather inconveniently, they left no archeological remains behind, except for a golden book written in Egyptian which also conveniently disappeared. |
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| Borg | Mechanistic precision-drilled savants bent upon the conquest and absorption of the civilized universe, lacking any spark of independent initiative or thought. (See: Wahabite, Fundamentalist, Assimilation.)
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| Boy Scouts of America | Group that Darrell Lambert was expelled from because he couldn't handle making a meaningless oath to a nonexistent being.
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| Brain | - A marvelous organ that allows humans to think critically, but which God expects you not to use.
- A marvelous organ that is at risk for disuse atrophy in many theists.
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| Brian | Name of a martyr who was born in the stable next door to Jesus's, who accidentally started his own cult, and was eventually crucified. A movie of his life was produced by members of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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| Bumper sticker | Sign (usually) affixed to the rear of a vehicle proclaiming to everyone how unoriginal the driver is and that nobody else's opinion matters. |
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| Cardinals | Group of old men in Rome who, because they have been celibate all their lives, jealously restrict the amount of sex everyone else is allowed to have to the absolute minimum. |
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| Casino | A monstrous vampire in the shape of a big gaudy building, which feeds upon gullible people who tend to perceive patterns in randomness. (see also: church) |
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| Chariot of Iron | Device needed to defeat the Christian god |
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| Chick Tract | Simple-minded cartoon for simple-minded people, that illustrates how ridiculous the claims of the Bible are. (read some of them and decide for yourself) |
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| Christ | - Common word used to express annoyance.
- One of the most misused words known to man. It is the English, bastardized version of "khristós", a Greek word meaning both "annointed" and "savior". Commonly thought to be the last name of Jesus of Nazareth when it is, in fact, a title; in other words, he should be referred to as "Jesus the Christ". Don't let any Fundies hear you say that, though.
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| Christ, Accepting as your savior | Non-surgical lobotomy. |
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| Christian Religion, The | The world's largest insurance company. "Pay your premiums all you life and when the big accident comes, you will be in good hands. No one has ever asked for their money back."... nor has there ever been a demonstrated pay-off. |
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| Christian Values | A phrase used when you don't want to reveal what you really think about a subject and/or is trying to imply that anybody who disagrees is an immoral, unpatriotic atheist. It is especially useful on subjects such as capital punishment, child abuse, male supremacy, war, slavery and rape. Sex, sexuality and free thought...BAD....Repression, suppression and violation...GOOD.
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| Christian Fundamentalist | - A person who ascribes to the basic beliefs and teachings of Jesus Christ (e.g., "don't judge others," "live humbly and simply," "treat everyone equally as if they were your brother or sister,") and demonstrates same by castigating, attacking and reviling anyone who does not think precisely the same things they do, often telling them they will be damned to hell for said lack of agreement. (see also Hypocrisy)
- Somebody who believes that, before the language even existed, everybody spoke in an extremely awkard Victorian English.
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| Christian love | - (See atrocity)
- Having complete, true and unconditional love for everything and everyone...except for the things and people who you hate.
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| Christian Voodoo | The correct way to refer to what a Christian who is trying to convert you is telling you (i.e. "Keep your Christian Voodoo to yourself").
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| Christianity | A religion that started many bloody wars, some lasting several decades, as well as inspired pogroms in which nonbelievers were slaughtered on a mass scale. A religion that did nothing to halt the practice of slavery. A religion that for centuries suppressed dissent and the pursuit of knowledge by torture and execution. A religion that only started to behave in a manner marginally resembling "good" when enlightened secular societies succeeded in pushing forth the separation of church and state, the result being that the church could no longer use bloody force to achieve its ends and thus had to put on some semblance of a humanist face to entice followers instead. - Second installment of a fantasy trilogy. (see Middle-Eastern trilogy)
- splinter sect of Christianity that firmly believes it is monotheistic, despite the fact that it worships three beings (see Father, Son, and Holy Ghost).
- A good religion which is very different from the bad ones. See http://www.funnystrange.com/quiz/
- A religion invented by people too boring to create more than one deity.
- A religion based on the idea that because its God temporarily sacrificed a small part of itself for three days, every other person ever born after that must sacrifice every thing they have to it and its representatives on Earth... whether they want to or not.
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| Christmas | A time when people get together and offer each other gifts in the spirit of receiving more of the above mentioned gifts... Unless you're poor, in which case weather and lack of nourishment will likely kill you and your loved ones. Also known as the happiest time of the year, and the time when suicide rates summit.
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| Church | A place where it is taught that we should treat each other equally and fairly yet demands freedom from taxation. |
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| Circular Argument | (See circular logic) |
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| Circular Logic | (See circular reasoning) |
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| Circular Reasoning | (See circular argument) |
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| Clairvoyant | Someone who charges $40 to give you his two cents. |
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| Clergy | - A horde of paedophile, "celibate" parasites who can't get a useful job.
- A great way for governments to waste taxpayers' money.
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| Closed System | - The bit of the Second Law of Thermodynamics which creationists ignore when trying to use it to prove that evolution cannot occur.
- The mind of a creationist.
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| Cognitive Illusion | - The tendency of the mind to think that something "makes sense", when it doesn't. For example, the following two sets of results from tossing a coin equally likely, though one seems more "random": HHHHH vs. HTTHT.
- The reason that many erroneous, superstitious beliefs get to be widely accepted.
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| Commandment | Rule invented by Christians for non-Christians to obey.
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| Common Sense | Euphemism for "superstitious belief." The quaint notion that beliefs passed down through the generations are more reliable than more modern ideas. Ignores the influences of cultural bias and cognitive illusion, which tend to make "common sense" commonly just plain wrong. |
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| Conservative | A person that cares about your personal life in the name of god, but then again doesn't give a damn if you lay off 1,000 workers for no real reason. (See right-wing ideology) |
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| Constitution | A very important document in America, that must always be followed, except in cases where it limits Christianity's ability to impose its religion on others.
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| Contradiction | - An invisible biblical error otherwise known as Truth. A method used by God to test gullibility.
- An illusion commonly seen in Holy Scripture by those under the influence of Satan. Their illusory nature is amply proven by the fact that "True Believers" never see them.
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| Covet | To desire another's possession -- for example, your neighbor's ox, or his ass, or his wife, or his wife's ass. |
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| Creation | A member of the genus "Homo", species "cretin", whereby the main differential characteristic between this and Homo sapiens is that the species contains a cognitively non-functioning brain and does not contain the frontal lobes. This evolutionary adaptation has been found to be caused by the gradual lack of use of the brain in reasoning and logic and the erosion of costly, unused cerebral tissues. The creature is also commonly known to have a quite irreverible growth upon either one of the hands or under one arm, termed Biblitis nonsensicus. It is believed this species is endangered with extinction. |
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| Creation Science | - A commonly used example when explaining "oxymoron".
- A pseudoscience that succeeds only in proving that theists' view of the world is so warped that they believe that they are entitled not only to their own opinions, but their own facts.
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| Creatonist | A member of the genus "Homo", species "cretin", whereby the main differential characteristic between this and Homo sapiens is that the species contains a cognitively non-functioning brain and does not contain the frontal lobes. This evolutionary adaptation has been found to be caused by the gradual lack of use of the brain in reasoning and logic and the erosion of costly, unused cerebral tissues. The creature is also commonly known to have a quite irreverible growth upon either one of the hands or under one arm, termed Biblitis nonsensicus. It is believed this species is endangered with extinction. Somebody who feels "dehumanized" by the fact that we evolved from lesser life, but has no problem with the myth that we were created from dust. A person, typically of Jewish/Christian/Muslim background, who rejects scientific evidence about evolution and geology, opting instead to believe that, 6 millennia ago, an ancient Palestinian deity created people from dirt.
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| Cretin | A stunted or intellectually subnormal person, came into English in the 18th century from Franco-Provençal creitin or crestin, both derived from the Old French "chretien" (Lombard, cristanei) meaning "Christian"!
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| Cross | - A device used to kill the savior of the Christian religion.
- A symbol frequently used to indicate the Christian religion and which is used during its practice.
- The way people feel when someone tries to shove the Christian religion down their throats.
- A gold ornament to be worn around the neck to show that you're not Jewish.
- Symbol constructed from two lines intersecting at right-angles. The equal-armed cross commonly symbolizes the sun, and the unequal-armed cross the phallus. Both symbols represent life, vitality, strength etc.
Certain death centered religions have been known to use the unequal-armed phallic cross hung upside-down (longer arm down) in the "limp" position symbolizing death, negation, weakness etc. (see stauros)
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| Cult | - What Christianity once was.
- A relatively unpopular religion perceived by Christians as being based on false teachings, often founded by a charismatic, inspiring leader. Yet another example of how blind to irony Christians can be.
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| DamNation | Any country on Dubya's "evil axis" list. |
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| Darwinism | A belief system, as defined by some Christian fundamentalists, that encompasses everything from the origin of the Universe, the origin of the first living things, and the origin of species. Bitterly renounced by said fundamentalists because it tries to explain the workings of the physical world without invoking the aid of undetectable magical beings. |
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| DaVinci Code, The | - Actual definition. "The DaVinci Code" is a novel by Dan Brown that describes a conspiracy in the Catholic church. This conspiracy hides, among other things, knowledge of Jesus' descendants. The fact that the front cover says "a novel", indicating that it is a work of fiction even before the reader opens the book, is of no consequence to Christians, who have really gotten their panties in a wad over it.
- Christian definition. "The DaVinci Code" is a devil-inspired work of fiction that dares to suggest the blasphemy that there was more to our dear, sweet Jesus' life than what the Bible says. Amen. Dan Brown, praise God, will burn in Hell for his heresy.
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| Decalogue | The somewhat close to ten commandments.
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| Denominations, Christian | - Subsets of Christianity devoted to interpreting the perfect and infallible Bible.
- A source for large quantities of entertainment.
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| Discernment | - The ability to perceive that which is not there.
- The ability to read into words that which has not been said.
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| Disease | A condition of sin or demonic posession (that is if you believe the Bible), fixable by ordering the person to be well, forgiving sin, casting out demons, and among other methods the creative use of spit. |
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| Divine Intervention | - The perceived "hand of God" in human daily affairs, that, on close examination, is indistinguishable from random events.
- The ability to survive an incredible tragedy, and thank a god for it, while standing up to your knees in the bodies of others. (see also Selective Intervention)
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| Dogma | - The rabid enforcement of religious rules.
- Very funny movie starring "Jay and Silent Bob, George Carlin, and Chris Rock.
- A wildly questionable idea that demands not to be questioned.
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| Donation | (See offering) |
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| Doubting Thomas | One of Jesus's disciples. When he was told of Jesus's return from the dead, he demonstrated an appropriate degree of skepticism. Jesus said to him, "Blessed is he that has not seen, but believes anyway". In other words, believe anything you hear, no matter how far-fetched. Then they wonder why people tend to become less religious as they become more educated.
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| Dropseven | The use of the number seven in ancient and modern texts relating to religion and protest politics.
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| Easter | - A holiday featuring fertility symbols such as eggs, rabbits, and a big resurrection.
- Easter, corruption of Ishtar: Babylonian Mother Goddess, Assyrian War Goddess. Known as Sheperdess of the Lands. (See Assimilation, Borg, Demotion, Lamb of God.)
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| Eastern Religion | Any of a group of religions arising in Asia, such as Taoist or Buddism, that teach harmony and inner peace. Shunned by practitioners of Christianity because they don't "proclaim the Gospel of Jesus", and are thus deficient in violence and blood-shed. |
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| Editition | The editing of an already edited text. Seen all too often in the New Testament. |
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| Elder | Mormon male 19-21 years of age.
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| Episcopalian | Catholic lite. |
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| Epsilon | - Fifth letter of the Hellenic (=Greek) alphabet.
- A new-fangled name for the ancient Hellenic (=Greek) gods. This name has been invented by a group of people like Yiannis Fourakis and Anestis Keramydas, who seem to be the pioneers of this new "cult". Many modern Hellenes, disgusted with their country's and nation's cultural de-evolution (caused by 17 centuries of Christian fundamentalism), have turned to their ancient ancestors' history, philosophy and even religion for (almost exclusively philosophic and artistic) inspiration. This has scared the cross-bearing, gilded, fat parasites, so, somewhere around 1996, the aforementioned deranged gentlemen Fourakis and Keramydas pioneered the "Epsilon". They have mixed the gospels with the alleged teachings of Apollonius of Tyana (who they identify with the Christian religion's Jesus), added a hefty dose of racism, anti-semitism and ridiculous theories about Jews being the vile descendants of some supernatural beings from the constellation of Draco, the Olympian gods being from Andromeda, the Hellenic RACE (what utter BULLSHIT! The ancient Hellenes never even pondered a theory of racial discrimination or superiority) being from... Sirius, some apocalyptic crap and other such idiotic ramblings. Unfortunately, many gullible people, in their (rightful) effort to escape the grasp of the church, have fallen to this cult, which is basically a rebadged christianity, equally stupid, equally moronic, equally detrimental to civilization
(Webmaster's Note: This guy really has a bone to pick with all Greek religious institutions, doesn't he?)
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| Equal Time [for Creationism in schools] | The practice of teaching mythology in a science class.
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| Evangelist | God's telemarketer.
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| Evidence | Object or event that supports the proposition in question. Insisted upon by creationists regarding evolution, but completely unnecessary regarding the existence of God.
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| Evidence for the existence of God | None
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| Evidence for the existence of Jesus | The testimony of his own cult members.
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| Evil | - Something that only the absence of God, or the presence of the Devil can explain.
- A problem the Christian church hasn't solved in the last 2000 years, and is not likely to.
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| Evil Atheist Conspiracy (EAC) | - Definition removed for your own good.
- What? No such conspiracy exists and most importantly, it is not attempting to subvert and undermine the truth of Christianity.
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| Evilutionist | Proof that some creationists don't know how to spell.
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| Evolution | - A sinister plot intended to destroy the moral fabric of our country, thinly disguised as a scientific theory.
- A flawed theory, (ONLY a theory), concocted by stupid scientists, who are otherwise smart enough to land on the moon, invent computers, etc.
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| Exodus | A book of the Old Testament that describes the liberation of several hundred thousand Israelite slaves in Egypt after a series of plagues. The liberated slaves went on to live in the desert for 40 years. The fact that Egyptian records from that time fail to mention any plagues, nor the loss of the Pharaoh's army, and the lack of archeologic evidence of people wandering in the desert are not enough to convince "true believers" that they are believing a myth. |
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| Faith | - Belief without proof. Often confused by theists with the word "belief," but it is actually a subset of that word. Oddly, many theists don't feel comfortable if they can't accuse other people of also having some sort of faith. (See also "wishful thinking")
- Foundation for fantasy.
- One's ability to believe in something that they know is not true.
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| Faith-Based Initiative | An act intended to advance one group's religious agenda. (See Sept 11, 2001)
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| False | What you believe. (see truth) |
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| Family values | Euphemism for homophobia. Teaching your children to despise homosexuals and non-Christians. |
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| Fate | Common theme in childrens' stories where a master-plan determines the path of all the characters and guarantees a Happy-Ever-After™ for all the pleasant characters.
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| Fetta Cheese | The end result of milking sheep. (See religion) |
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| Fish symbol | A plastic emblem you can place on the back of your car to demonstrate to people behind you that you are potentially dangerous, and that even cretins can operate complex machinery.
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| Flying Spaghetti Monster | Creator of all that we see and feel. The so called "overwhelming scientific evidence" pointing towards evolutionary processes is nothing but a coincidence, put in place by Him with His Noodly Appendage. Further descriptions of Him and His followers can be found in an open letter to the Kansas School Board on this website: http://www.venganza.org/ |
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| Fool | Any idiot that believes that a sky pixie cares about his sex life. Any person who does not wholeheartedly and without question agree with Christianity. Someone who is a "Non-Christian". (see Non-Christian)
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| Fossil | The mineralized remains of a plant or animal. - In creationist philosophy, any of a set of inconvenient objects whose existence should be ignored.
John Ashcroft.
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| Free Speech | One of several civil liberties vigorously defended by Christians, as long as the speech in question is pro-christian (prayer at public school functions), and just as vigorously protested when it is not pro-christian. (see Hypocrisy) |
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| Free Will | - A stupid belief among Christians that says that we can disobey God and do as we please yet suffer the consequences of his ire if we do so if God does not approve of it, even though he knows precisely what we are going to do, and yet does not do anything to prevent bad acts. He does not, however, hesitate to punish us eternally for committing such bad acts even though they were preventable.
- A limitation on the powers of an all-powerful God.
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| Fundie | One who rejects fact in favor of one of the editions of the Middle-East Trilogy.
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| Gap | What we don't know yet. The only place where "God" could still be. In ancient time almost everywhere. Now almost nowhere.
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| Genesis | A fairy tale written by bronze-age goat herders, not believed by anyone over eleven years old (mental age)
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| Genesis Shuffle | The belief by fundamentalist theists that science and scientific evidence is irrelevant because when they say something from their religion is true, that makes the entire Universe and all evidence and Natural Laws magically rearrange themselves to fit whichever particular myth they are claiming is God's word.
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| George W. Bush | The only known, documented case of de-evolution. (Don't believe me? Bush or Chimp?) |
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| God | - That almighty, all-powerful Creator of the entire Universe who couldn't be bothered to stop 9/11 from happening but did assert His omnipotence by ensuring two steel I-beams in the shape of a cross remained in the wreckage, thus proving His almighty Bad-Assitude.
- A proposed magical super-being who expects everyone to believe in Him, while carefully concealing all evidence of His existence.
- A proposed magical super-being who can create Universes, is all-knowing and all-powerful, and cares about the sexual practices of every person in the world.
- A man-like being vaguely known to some. Identity uncertain, although there is widespread evidence that his last name is "Dammit".
- The CEO and founder of Religion, Inc., a not-for-profit mass- advertising, life-management and "protection" firm. Has been investigated for a lengthy list of criminal behaviors, including mass-murder, but has never been convicted.
- Mythical Deity which has no creator, was never created, existed since the beginning of time (see Universe) or created itself. Possibly made by God (see God)
- (the father.) Jupiter. Corruption of Deus (Zeus) Pater. (See Zeus)
- A totalitarian that you can't see.
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| God's Plan | What God wants people to do. Based on the Bible and the interpretation thereof by various religious groups, the "Plan" seems to be: fill the entire world, shoulder-to-shoulder, with people who are unwilling to think critically, who are intolerant of homosexuality, who oppose any attempt to manipulate reproductive biology (except to enhance fertility), and who are not opposed to exterminating entire civilizations if they displease the Almightily, unless, of course, they have chariots of iron. The question of *why* God wants a living wall-to-wall carpet of bleaters remains open. |
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| God's Will | God's unknowable, incomprehensible reasons for his actions and Grand Plan for us that must be followed at all costs. |
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| God-shaped hole | The gap that lies between the ears of a fundamentalist.
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| Goddidit | A phrase used by theists to express the idea "I don't know". It differs from the common usage of "I don't know" in that it implies that "I don't wish to find out, either."
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| Good | Standard of behavior that God is restricted to. This standard either existed before God, or can be arbitrarily decided at any time by God. |
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| Graven Image | A depiction of a creature, person, or deity, usually in statue form. An idol. The Judeo-Christian religion has a commandment against the creation and worship of graven images. Examples of graven images include a statue of a golden calf or a dead guy on a cross. |
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| Great Flood | A period about 4000 years ago when the whole world was covered with water by the Guy in the Sky in order to kill all the naughty people, except for Noah and his family. This event went unnoticed by the ancient Egyptians who miraculously didn't get their feet wet and, disappointingly to some, saw no upsurge in umberella sales. |
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| Greek Orthodox Church | One of the two largest paedophile rings of the world (see Roman Catholic Church). Also does its best to keep the country it's based in well into the Middle Ages via an elaborate propaganda of deceit. |
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| Gullible | Used to describe one who is foolish enough to believe in peer-reviewed scientific theories based on observational evidence and logic, rather than in the mistranscribed, mistranslated and misquoted creation myths of a group of Middle Eastern tribes. |
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| Hank | The name of a billionaire philanthropist who will give you a million dollars if you kiss his ass, otherwise he'll kick the shit out of you. (more info on Hank) |
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| Harry Potter | - The name of a character in series of books for young readers, who, despite being honest and ethical, is believed by many Christians to be a threat to the salvation of children everywhere.
- The name of the Commanding Officer in the popular TV show, M*A*S*H. (if we're going by last names only :))
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| Heaven | - As imagined by Christian fundamentalists, a place that any sane, rational person would perceive as being Hell.
- A place where a person's soul may go if they have sufficiently sucked up to the appropriate god.(see soul)
- An imaginary place that anyone can supposedly get to no matter how evil they were as long as they ask to be forgiven and pay homage to an imaginary God. (see carrot definition #4)
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| Hell | - Where all the sane, rational people go when they die, as punishment for being sane and rational.
- An imaginary place that anyone can supposedly get to no matter how good they are if they simply refuse to acknowledge the existence of an imaginary God. (see stick definition #12)
- Where people go for the company AND the climate.
- Somewhere unpleasant, which is usually defined as being very hot and where lots of bad stuff happens. (see Middle East)
- Punishment for using the brain god gave you.
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| Heresy | - (original definition): A Greek word signifying
- A choice.
- The opinion chosen.
- The sect holding the opinion.
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| Holy communion | Ritual and symbolic cannibalism. |
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| Holy Grail | - The cup that Jesus drank from during the last supper. (Not to be confused with the Holy Fork that he also used at that same meal.)
- A truly excellent Monty Python movie.
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| Holy Roller | Device used to roll out the dough to make the pies that were served at the Last Supper. (see Holy Grail) |
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| Holy Shit | - An exclamation of surprise.
- The excrement of a divine being.
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| Holy Spirit | - One of the three main gods worshipped by monotheistic Christians.
- Bombay Sapphire gin.
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| Homosexuality | Sexual attraction toward members of the same sex. Fear of confronting such feelings provides a powerful motivation to many who enter the clergy. Though common in many animal species, including humans, it is an "abomination" to adherents of some religions. |
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| Humility | - The trait of affecting subservience while experiencing the feeling of superiority.
- Pride of lowness.
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| Idol | - Somebody or something greatly admired or loved, often to excess.
- A thing that is forbidden to make or to worship (give homage to) for both Jews and christians. See Exodus 20 ("the Ten Commandments") ex. Making or Saluting a flag. Sentence: The christians debated the wording of the flag salute, although their scripture forbids creating an object then paying homage to it.
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| Illusion | An easily believed simple explanation for observations that is measurably incorrect, for those who take the time to measure. e.g. Optical Illusion. |
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| Immoral | A description levied against anyone who doesn’t believe the same religion as the speaker, no matter how kind, fair, and honest the person actually is. (see moral) |
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| Inquisition | Sharing the milk of human kindness through torture and ritualistic murder. |
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| Institute for Creation Research (ICR) | A group of people who like to believe that their religious beliefs are scientific. |
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| Intelligent Design | - As relates to evolution, something which is neither.
- Euphemism for intentional ignorance.
- An Apple computer.
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| Invisible Pink Unicorn | The IPU is the Supreme Being, the creator of the universe and a guide for all Unicornians.
Unicornianism is based both on reason and faith. We have faith that the IPU is pink, and we know she’s invisible because we can’t see her. (take from the IPU FAQ)
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| Jesus | - A dead carpenter.
- A man who was supposedly his own father and his own son, who worshipped himself and tried to get other people to worship him too. Needless to say, few people would follow him during his lifetime and his behavior often scared away potential followers. His legacy only really began to grow after he was no longer around to scare people off.
- Too many others to list... got his own page.
- Corruption of Horus, Egyptian Deity associated with the Sun-God, Ra. Adversary of Set. (See Satan, Sun of God, Assimilation)
- Along with Savio, Miguel and Jose, a member of the 1997/98 WWF team "Los Boricuas"
- (see Christ)
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| Jesus H. Christ | Expression denoting extreme annoyance. Usually used in conjunction with "fucking". |
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| Jews | The tribe that killed our Jesus. |
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| Job | A righteous man who had his family and all of his possessions destroyed by God just for His amusement. Despite the obvious evidence to the contrary, Job persisted in his belief that "God is good". A popular brand of rolling papers.
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| John 3:16 | Atheist translation: "The only way God could restrain himself from torturing us was to vent his anger by killing his natural son, and whosoever accepts that perverse notion of justice gets to move in with the guy, forever.
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| Joseph | The first (and only) man to be cuckolded by God. |
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| Judaism | First installment of a fantasy trilogy. (see Middle-Eastern trilogy) |
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| Judas | The poor schlub who was picked by Jesus to betray him during the last supper. (See John 13:21-30.) He was supposedly paid thirty pieces of silver for this betrayal, but he later threw the money into the temple before he hanged himself, died, bought some land with it, exploded, and then died a second time. (See Matthew 27:5 and Acts 1:18.) |
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| Kind | - Attitude expressed by many religious fundamentalists toward non-believers, as long as they think you might convert.
- A group of species, such that over sufficient time, any species could evolve into any other species in the same kind. <br>
(Note: all species that currently exist and that have ever existed are of the same kind.)
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| Lamech | According to Genesis Chapter 4: The two timing sex craved murdering maniac that God chose to bless as the progenitor of human kind after the flood in which the rest of the sex craved murdering humans were eliminated. Or, Noah's dad. |
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| Last Days/End Times | The period shortly before the end of the world... which at this time have lasted over 2000 years and likely to last another few million. |
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| Laying On of Hands | A practice performed on a sick person, intended to save their life, that usually results in their death. |
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| Lazarus | El-Azar-Us figure raised from the dead by the Egyptian Hero-God, Horus. |
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| Leap of Faith | Sudden belief in your ability to defy the laws of physics (such as thermodynamics, gravity) induced by persistent hallucination. (See Roadkill) |
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| Liahona | A defective compass found by a bunch of wandering Hebrews. Because it pointed East rather than North, the wandering Hebrews wound up in the New World. (see Book of Mormon) |
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| Lieberal | A word used by someone who thinks he's clever. |
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| Light | - A common hallucination experienced by a brain that is starving for oxygen. Commonly reported by survivors of "Near Death Experiences", it is interpreted as a sure sign that there is an afterlife, and it's very well lit.
- Theists claim to see this all the time; atheists prefer to wear shades so they can see where they're going and aren't blinded by the sun.
- What theist see rather than the truth. It`s impossible to see anything else with a bright light shining in your face.
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| Lord of the Rings | Fantasy epic which, despite having way more sorcery and evil creatures than the Harry Potter series, is not perceived by Christian fanatics as a threat to anyone's salvation. This is possibly due to the fact that the author, J.R.R. Tolkien, was known to be a Christian apologist. |
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| Lottery | - A tax on the mathematically incompetent.
- Idiot tax. (I know it's off topic but it's funny)
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| Love | - A very common human emotion.
- A super-intelligent sentient being who designs and creates universes (e.g. "God is Love").
Usage note: Although apparently two quite different definitions, it is common to switch from one to the other without offering a reason. Anyone who disagrees with 2) is branded immediately as incapable of experiencing 1).
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| Luck, Good/Bad | Random events that, when beneficial, allow theists to justify their belief in God, and when detrimental, allow theists to justify their belief in God, but with a different rationalization. |
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| Luther, Martin | German Catholic priest who felt that the Pope was misinterpreting the word of God. He founded the Protestant religion, so that lay people could misinterpret the word of God for themselves. |
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| Macroevolution | The result of microevolution over a period of several million years. |
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| Manna | Mate of Womanna. |
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| Mark | Christian story of the life of Jesus, initially recieving poor reviews so it contains two endings. Despite this further poor reviews necessitated a rewrite in the form of 3 other gospels. After decades of attempted inspiration, the Christian God finally managed to get a bible writer off his backside to write down the life of Jesus in this book. It is an important read as it contains important ideas which advanced medicine such as the demonic posession model of disease and how to use spit to heal. |
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| Marriage | - A sacred bond of man and woman before God, or in some instances of two men or two women (in rare occasions dogs have also been known to get married). This bond can only be broken by the death of one or the other, or through divorce, separation, or a sexy stripper called Leona. This ritual is often performed by a priest, or an Elvis look-a-like.
- From a pure Biblical standpoint, and as described in the Pentateuch, a legal transaction between an older man (the father of the bride) and a younger man (the bridegroom), involving the exchange of ownership of a valuable piece of property (the bride). Just as in modern property transactions, legal safeguards were needed to protect against fraud: defilement or theft were punishable, there was a fixed scale of prices, and sellers who misrepresented the value of what they had to sell were punished by having their goods destroyed. The idea that a woman was actually a person with her own rights would have seemed as silly to people of Biblical times as the idea that a house or an ox had any rights or purpose other than to be coveted by men (see the Tenth Commandment). It is truly scary that some people seriously think that the Bible is a suitable moral guidebook in the present age.
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| Metaphorical (bu*l/shi:t) | Written in a literal or strict sense but obviously wrong. (e.g. "Much of what is written in the bible is ~.") |
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| Methodist | Climbing the stairway to Heaven by meaningless "square-filling." Each check mark on the mass of blocks brings you that much closer. |
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| Microevolution | The parts of evolution that are so obvious even a YEC (Young Earth Creationist) cannot deny it. |
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| Middle-Eastern Trilogy | Also referred to as the sunstroke trilogy. Classical fantasy literature which originated in the Middle-East some three thousand years ago and is still popular among children and historians. Critics of this series state that the trilogy is essentially three very similar editions of the same book. |
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| Mildew | Greenish or reddish streaks on wall surfaces placed there by god. (Leviticus 14)The process of having this be declared clean is given using a live bird and the blood of a dead bird. Note well that a similar process also fixes skin rashes although for that one you need to shave your body twice. |
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| Miracle | - A seemingly random beneficial event, that was, in fact, random.
- A qualification for an incident, based on the belief that one beneficial event amongst thousands of negative ones cannot happen without the intervention of a magical being.
- A non-fatal lightning strike. ( Winning the Lotto without buying a ticket.) (see anti-miracle)
- Fatal lightening strike on a non-Believer or a non-fatal lightening strike on a Believer.
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| Mohammed | You ain't nothin' but Mahound, dog (mahound is an alternate, derogatory name for Mohammed) |
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| Moment of Silence | (as proposed to be used in schools) Prayer time. |
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| Monotheism | Belief in a single god, being The Father, The Son (optional), the Holy Ghost, three archangels (Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel), Satan, the archdemons, various angels and demons (many unspecified), etc. |
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| Monotheist | - Someone who is, in fact, an atheist toward all the gods people have ever invented, except one.
- Someone who is only one god away from being right.
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| Moral | A description that many theists use to describe the members of their own religion, despite the fact that a number of them break the law and their own commandments. (see immoral) |
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| Mormon | A version of Christianity that thinks it is 3 times better than other Christians, because in addition to an old World Book of Mythology (see Bible) it has a new world book of mythology (see Book of Mormon), a book of commandments (Doctrine and Covenants), and a really bad mistranslation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead (Pearl of Great Price). It is also the only religion that considers the Jews to be gentiles. |
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| Moses | The most common name given to pet birds by Pentacostal Christians. |
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| Mother Teresa | An overrated nasty old bitch who denied anesthetics to patients so they could share the pain that Jesus experienced on the cross. She also denied any family planning assistance to her patients because "it is unnatural", then went to the Mayo Clinic for a pacemaker implant. |
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| Mysterious Ways | An act, believed by Christians to have been committed by their God, that is so blatantly evil that they have to admit that they cannot reconcile it with their notion of a loving God. |
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| Mystery | An event not yet described in magical terms. |
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| Mythology | - A collective system of beliefs, typically attributed to primitive man's need to explain those phenomena he could not otherwise explain, e.g. thunder and lightning, most aspects the life cycle, seasons and weather. In more scientific cultures, the term mythology has devolved into somewhat of a slur. For this reason, most modern western religions prefer to use the word 'obvious' to describe this same concept.
- A collection of stories and tales once accepted as truth and believed by the faithful.
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| Naturalism | The philosophy that the events in the world follow impersonal laws that can be deduced by careful observation and experimentation. Despite spectacular success from applying this philosophy, it is believed by some theists to be inferior to the competing philosophy of "supernaturalism". |
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| Nero | Very popular "bad guy" figure among Christians. A very popular, almost populist, Roman emperor accused of burning Rome (the fact that he wasn't there to do it and that, after the incident, he gave his palaces to the homeless is irrelevant). Driven to death by the Roman elite, because he was considered dangerous to the aristocrats' economical and political interests. |
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| Non-Christian | Someone who is by definition wrong, misled, or mistaken. (see Fool) |
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| Non-denominational | Seemingly benign and unthreatening term fundie churches use to make it seem like they won't push dogma on you, i.e., "We're Non-denominational. It's like...we're not even a religion or anything!" |
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| Non-Theist | A person who appears to theists to be less evil than an atheist yet more than an agnostic. Name applied to nonbelievers by theists purporting to advocate tolerance. Atheist-lite. Heretic.
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| Oath | To swear that a statement is true. In view of Matthew 5:33-37 swearing by any object is forbidden in the Christian religion. An object would include a Bible (court testimony) or a flag (as in a pledge to one). It renders debates such as the Christian view of the wording of the pledge to the flag bizzare. |
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| Offering | Protection money to the invisible, celestial, all powerful, and omniscient mafia don that couldn't handle primitive chariots on a level plain even with the battle plan because they were made of iron. |
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| Ohmigod | An interjection which means roughly, "This event parallels my non-belief in God, because had I not witnessed it myself, I would not have believed it." |
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| Original sin | The belief that someone who has just begun to live bears the responsibility of the sins of his/her ancestors and should therefore be punished for eternity unless he is baptized. (see baptism) |
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| Palm Sunday & Ash Wednesday | Holidays originally created by the palm tree conglomerates around 1,500 years ago to sell more palm fronds and kept by the Christian religion because they didn't read the fine print when they bought it. |
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| PanDeism | Belief in God who is both PanTheistic and Deistic. |
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| Papacy | Efficient device for the expenditure of the labors of the many, and the talents of the enlightened, on the vanities of the few, and the terrors of the ignorant. |
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| Pentateuch (a.k.a. The 5 Books of Moses) | The first five books of the Bible supposedly written by Moses. The books cover a period of time from the beginning of the universe up to a point somewhat after the death of Moses, it's author. |
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| Perception of God | An obvious feeling that God exists, cares, and lives inside of you. (see Illusion) |
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| Persecution of Christians | According to Christians, being stopped by legal or other means from controlling the lives of every single person on the planet, in such ways as... |
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| Pilgrimage | Often resembling the Trail of Tears, this walk in the park is participated in by many people who feel sinning and occasional prayer may not be enough get on God's "good-side. |
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| Plan B | A "morning after" contraceptive, available over-the-counter in Europe. Widely known to be safe and effective, it has been banned by the FDA for use in America because it conflicts with the religious agenda of the current Administration (see Separation of Church and State). |
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| Pledge of Allegiance | A proclamation of belief in God embedded in a proclamation of loyalty to the USA. Only theists may proclaim their loyalty. |
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| Politician | A public servant who gets paid to collect money from people he doesn't know, in order to spend on programs to benefit other people he doesn't know. Whether or not the programs actually benefit anyone is irrelevant, as long as they make the politician look good. |
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| Pontius Pilate | A Roman bureaucrat, vilified by Christians for practicing good personal hygiene (washing his hands). Possibly the first documented case of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. |
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| Ponzi scheme | A scam in which people at the bottom of the pyramid get shafted, while those at the top are wealthy beyond belief. Both sides are convinced they are getting an incredible deal. (see religion) |
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| Pope | - An old guy in a silly hat who tries to tell others the way his infallible God wants them to behave and what He wants them to believe, though these statement may change depending on new facts discovered by man.
- Old geezer dressed as a Klansman and behaving as such.
- Technical engineer, specialized in turning clocks backwards.
- A man with a phallic symbol on his head.
- A misspelling of dope.
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| Prayer | - Communication with powerful beings for the purpose of:
- Begging them to change their plans,
- Begging them to fulfill their plans,
- Making food/drink safe/better to ingest/imbibe,
- Thanking them for all of the above.
- For asking that all Natural Laws be suspended for their personal needs.
- AKA: wishful thinking.
- Ritual and symbolic laziness.
- (see Witchcraft)
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| Priest | A man who wears a funny collar while sexually abusing young boys. |
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| Pro-choice[r] | Somebody who forgot to use a condom. |
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| Pro-life[r] | - Someone deeply concerned about your right-to-life when you're in the womb, and your right-to-life when you're dying in agony from some horrific disease, but at no other point in between.
- Somebody who doesn't want to use a condom.
- Somebody who doesn't want YOU to use a condom.
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| Prophecy | A veiled threat that actually happened, usually revealed after the event.
Many threats of a attack by Arabs have been received By the CIA/ FBI. And one actually happened. 9/11 was a fulfilled prophecy.
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| Prophet | Someone who becomes fabulously rich by always being wrong.
(alternative spelling: "profit")
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| Proselytising | Activity based on the deep religious philosophical tenet "I'm right and you're wrong!". |
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| Public prayer | - A practice prohibited by the mythical Jesus (see Matthew 6:5-8), but still performed by self-proclaimed Christians who say that forcing children listen to them will make the children better citizens.
- A ritual performed by hypocrites to show how pious they are and to make the "heathens" stand out when they don't join in.
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| Puritans | A group of Calvinist Fundamentalists who loved the idea of religious freedom so much that they couldn't be bothered to share it with anyone else. |
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| Queer | Having preferences different from my own. |
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| Qur'an | A book promoting peace to all, except to anyone who looks at you funny, disagrees with you or you just don't like. |
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| Rape | According to the Bible, an acceptable act as long as you marry her (the victim) and pay her father some money. Cannot exist within a Christian marriage. |
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| Reformation | Sudden realization by post-medieval European statelets that _they_ could be theocracies too, and keep the indulgences at home. (See Papacy) |
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| Reliable source | (see hallucination) e.g. "My belief in God is warranted because it comes from a ~." |
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| Religion | - (see mythology)
- A cult that has an IRS tax exemption. (see Scientology)
- A mass-scale protection racket.
- Method of turning good ideas into bad actions.
- The worst possible method of applying good ideas.
- The finest method of social control ever developed.
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| Religious Faith | Immune reaction to secular truth (facts). |
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| Revealed Religions | Name given to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (see Middle-Eastern Trilogy), because they are founded on the notion that God spoke directly to the original prophets several thousand years ago (He "revealed" Himself). Now that the original prophets are gone, adherents to each religion must try to interpret their respective Holy Scriptures as best they can, resulting in many individual sects. God has been entirely unhelpful in clearing up any misunderstandings, though He was apparently most insistent on getting things right way back when. |
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| Revelation | - One man's truth, another's hearsay (secular).
- One man's Truth, another's Heresy (religious).
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| Revelation from God | A socially acceptable form of the "voices" usally associated with chronic schizophrenia. |
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| Right to life | - Phrase not found in the Jewish nor Christian bible. Sentence: In the story of the Jewish exodus from Egypt, Egyptian first born babies were not granted any "right to life". The bible contains phrases such as "their little ones dashed to death against the ground, their pregnant women ripped open by swords" Hosea 13:16 in which the "right to life" of the baby is very difficult to discern. The bible story reports early on military generals attempt to spare lives and how this was refuted by the Judaeochristian god. Number 31:1-18 Note there was no prevision to spare pregnant women to give their unborn babies a "right to life". The story of the flood of Noah granted no baby the "right to life" when the flood waters came. Deut 21:20 recognizes the right of parents to have their child killed. Judges 11:29-38 indicates you can trade your childs life with god for military or political gain. Confusion occurs with christians that do not know the ten commandments well.These state do not murder...meaning another adult law abiding Jew. Law breakers, children, slaves and foreigners were fair game. This is often translated thou shalt not kill, however in the context with the rest of the bible, it becomes more clear. Jews who knew the other laws would understand these laws in their Jewish context.
- Phrase coined after the writing of the bible to use in political campaigns to gain votes from those that do NOT know their bible (Please find any online bible and search for the phrase "right to life") The Christian Book of revelations seems to indicate that to Christians attempting to add things to their bible is a bad idea. Rev 22:17-19 It seems that it would be a safer idea for Christians in view of that scripture to admit the phrase "right to life" is not part of their bible, and in view of the scriptures...seems contrary to its teaching.
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| Rigor Mormons | A religous group who insist on knocking on your door in the morning and boring you stiff. |
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| Ritual Cannibalism | The practice, symbolic or otherwise, of eating part of a dead person's body in order to acquire his powers. Sometimes known as "communion" |
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| Roadkill | The dearly departed, this mortal coil, the prison of flesh. |
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| Robot | (limited programming) Good Baptist wife. |
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| Roman Catholic Church | Another very large paedophile ring (see Greek Orthodox Church). Well-known for slaughtering millions of non-believers. |
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| Rowling, JK | Authoress of the popular "Harry Potter" series of books. As a single mother in abject poverty, she started writing and elevated herself to celebrity status. The central characters in her books are honest, compassionate, and industrious. However, because she is not a Christian, many fundamentalists try to get her books banned from public school libraries, for fear that she is a "bad influence". |
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| S.I.N. | - Acronym for" Spend It Now"
- Motto of fundamentalists who proclaim the imminent End of the World. "You can't take it with you", they say.
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| Sabbath | A day on which no work must be done. |
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| Sacrosanct | A false state of being used to claim blasphemy or heresy. |
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| Salad Bar Christian | Name given to Christians who "pick and choose" the parts of the bible they deem important. For example, believing the part about homosexuality being an abomination, while discounting the directive to kill your children if they are disrespectful to you. Applies to most every Christian not already in prison for killing his own children. |
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| Santa Claus | An imaginary super-being assumed by theists not to exist, despite the fact that his attributes are more believable than the God that they assume does exist. |
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| Satan | Corruption of Set, Egyptian God. Rebelled against his brother's authority, regarded as incarnation of Evil by the 26th dynasty. (See Ahriman) |
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| Satanist | Worshipper of Jesus Christ's alter ego. Non-Christian. Member of any Ethnic religion (i.e. a religion that is NOT one of the Middle-Eastern Trilogy). Atheist.
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| Savior | A mythical character that gives up everything, in order to save everyone, but proves his existence by never being around when you need him. |
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| ScapeGoat | Unable to blame God for anything negative, Christians often find goats to shoulder the blame. These animals are then tortured and put to death in a grizzly fashion, which God greatly appreciates. Sacrificing goats is however frowned upon in our civilized society, so theists often turn their attention to homosexuals, Jews, atheists, Muslims, music, and video games. |
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| Schroedinger, Mrs. | An early animal rights activist, credited with asking her husband, Erwin, "What have you done to the cat? It looks half dead." The rest is history. |
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| Science | A method of discovering predictable laws of nature, based on careful observation and experimentation. A replacement for Aristotle's method of deducing physical laws based on philosophy alone. Despite its obvious success, it is denounced by many theists when it conflicts with their religious beliefs. |
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| Second Law of Thermodynamics | "In a closed system, entropy increases". The reason that living things have to extract energy from their environment to stay alive, and why dead things get all icky and gross. Often misrepresented by Creationists as a reason why evolution cannot occur. |
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| Secret | How christians are required to pray (in their room or closet as opposed to on the streets or in a synagog ie where others see the prayer).This is by Christian tradition from Jesus on the "Sermon on the Mount" right before the "lord's prayer". Matthew 6. Christians that pray publically in a church, in groups, or attempt to pray over YOU are violating this. |
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| Selective Intervention | The ability of a god to save a beer toting, wife beating, gay beating, doctor killing fundy, while letting a bus load of kids drive off a cliff. |
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| Separation of Church and State | - The concept that the government's policy-making should not be influenced by the actions of any religious organization. This is supposedly promoted in the United States of America, but no evidence has been found to prove it.
- One of the many ways in which the Pinko Commie Atheist Liberals are destroying the very fabric of our blessed nation. Yea, they shall surely become a nice, roasty-toasty Golden Brown and Delicious after their deaths. Amen.
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| September 11, 2001 | The ultimate "faith based initiative". |
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| Sex | A satanic, foul and filthy act tolerable only if it is done between a man and a woman for reproduction. Homosexual intercourse is an abomination (see Homosexuality), although many of the biblical "fathers"; did engage in such acts and although it is practiced regularly in monasteries, particularly of the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic sects.
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| Shakes the Clown | Alternate name for Pope John Paul II. |
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| Shroud of Turin | Alleged to be the burial cloth of a colorful historic figure named Jesus Christ. Though an obvious fake, it has value to "true believers" as the only tangible evidence that Jesus may have existed. |
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| Snake | A legless reptile that slithers on it's stomach as a means of locomotion. Although it has a split tongue it seems quite able to speak, but simply hasn't found anything good to talk about since God took away it's apples. |
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| Snip | In Usenet, an all too common Christian rebuttal technique. |
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| Soul | A part of the human body for which no evidence has been found. |
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| Spit | Body fluid used for healing in the Christian religion. See Mark 7-8 |
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| Stauros | A stake or post. An upright pole upon which a felon is hung to die. A common means of execution in societies lacking electricity, and usually burned after use. One would imagine that a crosspiece would not be added to such a device, as one does not generally engage in paying a carpenter to make an unnecessary addition to an object used so briefly and for such a purpose. (see cross) |
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| Stoning | - To get high on pot.
- To hit nonbelievers in one's faith with rocks.
- The punishment prescribed by God for a variety of capital offenses, such as being disrespectful to one's parents, or picking up sticks on the Sabbath.
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| Submarine Christian | The Christian that only surfaces twice a year to get Easter Eggs and Xmas presents and then submerges for the rest of the year. |
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| Sun of God | Cult figure worshipped by most agricultural societies. Symbol of Zoroaster's Ahura Mazda. (See Amun) |
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| Supernaturalism | - How ancient, superstitious, Bronze-Age goat herders explained the workings of the world around them. Still adhered to by some theists who refuse to be dragged into the modern era.
- An ancient philosophy, shown by experience to be untrustworthy, that relies on magic spirits to cause the events of the world to happen in wildly unpredictable ways.
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| Superstition | A false belief often formed by mis-attributing a cause and effect relationship between two events that are, in fact, coincidental. The error can usually be made apparent by careful observation, simple experimentation, and a willingness to consider the possibility that the superstitious belief is wrong. It's that last requirement that seems to give people the most trouble. |
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| Televanjournalist | "Fair and balanced" journalist committed to using the television news media as a vehicle for spreading religious propaganda, and attacking the unbelievers. |
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| Ten Commandments | Any one of three sets of "commandments" given by God to Moses (Exodus 20, Exodus 34, Deut 5). Each of the three sets is different, and the only one that is actually called the "Ten Commandments" (Ex34) would be unrecognizable to most Christians, as it deals with methods of sacrifice. Lack of a prominent display of these commandments in government offices is perceived by some as a sure sign that American society is in a state of advanced moral decay. |
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| Terrorism | Using violence, mass murder and wholesale destruction to force people to see how loving your God and how just your religion is. |
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| The Trinity | - Brian Auger's backing band (during the mod years).
- In-depth explanation.
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| Theist | - Imagine an atheist, then remove reason and accountability.
- Someone with one foot in the grave and the other in their mouth. (as opposed to the atheist who has both feet on the ground but is smart enough not to stand in bullshit)
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| Theocracy | Government of the fundies, by the fundies and for the fundies. |
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| Theology | Intellectual tennis without a net. Everything goes. |
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| Theory | In science, an explanation for some phenomenon which is based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning.
In popular use, a theory is often assumed to imply mere speculation, but in science, something is not called a theory until it has been confirmed over the course of many independent experiments. Theories are more certain than hypotheses, but less certain than laws.
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| Tithe | A tax on people who are criminally inept at science. (see lottery) |
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| Tolerance | A way of acting that theists only promote when it benefits them. |
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| Tongues | A "miracle" in which someone "miraculously" begins dishing out foreign-sounding words out of his mouth. The faithful cattle immediately think god made him speak and understand what he's saying. Fact is, what the speaker says is completely incomprehensible babble that makes no sense whatsoever, even if you've gotten high on a very powerful cocktail of hallucinogenics. |
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| Tooth Fairy | An imaginary fairy that supposedly appears at night when you put a fallen tooth under your pillow, and leave a small amount of hard cash. Strangely, it appears to favor wealthier families over poorer ones, and leaves a higher amount of money under the pillow to rich kids. It is not known what she does with the teeth she collects. |
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| Touchdown | Scoring play worth 6 points in the American version of football. Can only be achieved by True Christians. |
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| Transubstantiation | A miracle routinely performed at Catholic mass wherein the infinite, omnipotent creator of the Universe is transformed into a cracker and a cup of grape juice. This miraculous feat is performed by a member of the Catholic hierarchy who has received magical powers (otherwise known as a "priest") chanting a ritual phrase of magic words over said cracker and grape juice. The same incantation spoken by someone without the aforementioned magical powers will have no effect. |
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| Trinitarian Monotheism | A Contradiction in Terms. |
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| True | Used to describe others by one's own definitions, not the definitions that actually apply (e.g. "true Christian" and "not a true Christian") |
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| True Christian | Member of the specific Christian sect that the speaker belongs to, as all others are hell bound. |
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| Truth | - What I believe. (see false)
- The speaker's opinions/beliefs presented as fact.
- That which is un provable but only definable by a true Christian.
- What a pastor, parent, etc. has told a theist
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| truth (lowercase) | What someone knows to be so, after having seen overwhelming evidence. |
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| Unconditional | Imposing or depending on or containing a condition. (e.g. God will show his unconditional love/forgiveness provided you accept Jesus into your life.) |
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| Unique | One-horse.(From the Latin "unus" meaning "one" and "equis", meaning "horse". ) as in "My religion is unique." |
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| Unitarian | - One who disbelieves in the divinity of a trinitarian.
- One who is only one step from the truth.
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| Universe | The world around us that, unlike God, can not exist without a creator. |
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| Virgin | Unplowed. (as in virgin territory, virgin wool, or Virgin Mary) |
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| Virgin Mary | (see Blessed Virgin Mary) |
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| Vogon | Vogons are one of the most unpleasant races in the Galaxy--not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. In other words, fundie Republicans. |
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| Vote | - Action taken by atheists to throw nonatheist fundamentalists out of office.
- Action taken in a council meeting to decide if god will now and forever more be one god, three gods, or three gods in one (whatever that means).
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| Wahabite | Fundamentalist suffering from the additional delusion that Time Travel is possible and desirable. Predictably, all such efforts to defy Entropy have only increased it. |
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| Water | A miraculous substance that covers most of the earth's surface and makes life possible. Believed by some Christians to be made even more miraculous when "blessed" by a highly organized collection of carbon and water molecules wearing funny robes. |
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| Weber Thesis | - A social and economic thesis put forth by German sociologist Max Weber (1864-1920) that modern capitalism and the Industrial Revolution only became possible due to the Reformation and specifically Calvinism.
- Proof that the Good Lord helps those who help themselves to anything that isn't nailed down.
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| What Would Jesus Do? | A question, when answered, would be exactly what the asker of the question would do or wants done. |
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| Witchcraft | The attempted use of supernatural forces in a ceremony for personal benefit, often to the detriment of others. |
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| World Peace | What would have happened by now if God answered prayers. |
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| Xenobiology | The study of extraterrestrial organisms. Though none are known to exist at this time, they are a more plausible explanation of the origin of life on earth than that commonly offered by Creationists. |
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| Yahveh | A handle to control this god of one near-eastern tribe. To stop non-priests from pushing around this god, speaking this name is forbidden. |
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| Yin and Yang | Famous Oriental circus act. |
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| Yokel | A southern Christian fundamentalist -- usually from Alabama, Mississippi, or Georgia. |
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| Zealot | Dangerous individual that knows the "truth" and is intent on "sharing" it. |
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| Zeus | An imaginary god that Christians deny exists, despite the fact that there is just as much evidence that their imaginary God exists. |
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