Posted in General, Humor at 3:00 pm by Hemant Mehta
A Swedish man claiming to be the Son of God was sentenced to prison for a month for “unlawful driving,” after getting picked up by the cops four separate times without a license over the course of four months.
On one occasion, the man also attempted to hide his expired registration tabs by fashioning false plates out of cardboard, but Norwegian police saw through the ruse.
The Swede defended his actions during questioning by police in the town of Moss, arguing he was Jesus, the son of God, and that he ruled the world.
Hmph. That excuse doesn’t work. Who knew.
Said one friend of mine: So much for God being his copilot.
Several months ago, Dano Johnson (the director of the wonderful, animated version of Flatland) and I began to talk about making a video in support of the Secular Student Alliance. He volunteered his services at no charge and stuck with us even when we requested changes late in the game.
I’ll spare you all the additional details that get discussed when this sort of video gets made Needless to say, we had a lot of talks about the content and I hope it’s worth the effort that Dano’s team put into it.
I think he did a wonderful job and I am proud to finally share the final product with everyone:
If you like it, please share it with others!
Remember: The SSA is still ~$5,000 away from meeting the Todd Stiefel $50,000 match. The thermometer in the righthand sidebar shows our progress and you can help us get to the top!
Recently, Fred Phelps and the other nuts at Westboro Baptist Church protested near a midwest high school for no good reason (other than, perhaps, the existence of liberal faculty members…?).
I’ve blurred out the school’s identifying information in the pic below, but you can see that several of the high school students staged a counter protest, which I think is just great.
It’s hard to see, but a few students are holding up a poster which says “Come Hug Me.” The full message contains a $5 offer to any of Phelps’ people who will come get a hug from a gay student.
No one took them up on the offer…
That picture comes courtesy of a reader named Sarah, who attended that high school years ago and stopped by when she heard Phelps’ people were coming for a visit.
She came in proper attire, too.
The picture below shows Sarah (right) and her friend Kat (left) wearing well-stated “I’m Not with Stupid” shirts as they stand near a member of the Phelps Clan:
Fighting ignorance with humor — I like it.
I don’t know why that guy is wearing a rainbow-y thing, but Sarah suggests it may just indicate a connection between the signs and homosexuality.
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Doesn’t it give you a warm, fuzzy feeling to know that so many young people realize how crazy Phelps and his clan’s beliefs are? The Westboro group’s views regarding homosexuality are only slightly more extreme than those of the Christian Right in general.
These are the same students who will eventually vote and help us get marriage equality for all throughout the country. That time isn’t as far away as the conservatives think. Hallelujah.
Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron will soon be distributing copies of Darwin’s masterpiece (along with a Creationist introduction) at campuses across the country.
I don’t think that’ll go over so well… many college students (though not all) are capable of thinking for themselves and that’s not good for Cameron or Comfort, who need you to follow them where the evidence doesn’t lead.
We are born without belief in God; that belief has to be drilled into us. If no one taught us what to believe, no doubt children would come with an explanation for how our world and the creatures inside of it came to be.
It’s our job to provide children with natural explanations so they don’t go chasing after the popular mythology their friends may buy into.
Secular Student Alliance Member Todd Stiefel has agreed to match all donations to us by 12/21/2009 up to a total of $50,000. Double the value of your support and help us get the whole match by donating now.
Needless to say, we had a lot of talks about the content and I hope it’s worth the effort that 
