Episode 18: Out Both Ends
Lamar got food poisoning, but we have guest host Bizket joining us. We dumped the main topic this week and went for an all news extravaganza because Lamar took the show notes with him to the bathroom and none of us were brave enough to go in after them.
Al Sharpton elbow-drops religious people, atheists fail the “so help me God” block, Bush tapes his tainted name to religion forever, God fucks up some guys new lamp and tossing out some crackers is apparently worse than genocide. Also: religion makes prostitution interesting, atheism is no longer an obstacle to being a christian, to some faithful faces are like boobs, Colonel Sanders may be the Catalyst for all life on earth, we determine that most of congress probably listens to our podcast and apparently “turn the other cheek” now means “beat their ass with a Louisville Slugger.” We missed Lamar, but it was a great show with Bizket sitting shotgun.
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In regards to the listener’s poll on language used in the show and Eli’s desire for a little more dignity… did I hear correctly that the cry for dignity is coming from the same person who – in the last podcast – made a reference to sand in the vajayjay?
I just want to make that clear before I vote.
On the last topic of conversation – whether or not religious belief is a hinderance on bad people doing bad things… I’m leaning towards agreeing with Eli on this. Because even if you don’t fear the police or legal system, if the notion that you might spend eternity in a pool of fire trying to outswim piranha *does* stop you from doing bad things, then perhaps you aren’t that bad of a person to begin with.
In addition, I’ve seen instances where people are just downright nasty to their fellow man, and when confronted they say it doesn’t matter whether they are forgiven here, because all they need to worry about is whether or not God/Jesus forgives them… in other words they can do anything they want Monday – Saturday, and so long as they make it to church on time Sunday and confess they are completely at peace with themselves and their actions. It’s a way of shedding themselves of their responsibility for their actions, and I’ve always found that to be cowardly.
One last comment: you can correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t recall specifying that the drinking game had to involve alcoholic drinks per se… my brain just latched on to the irony of the phrases “Jesus” and “Christ” and started keeping a tally, and I didn’t want to be the only nerd out here keeping track.