• friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    32·
    3 days ago

    Why are they always so sad, or why are they so sad when there are evangelical christians around? Because I think it’s the latter.

  • echolalia@lemmy.ml
    24·
    3 days ago

    Holy shit. I can’t believe I recognize this art.

    This shit is ancient, and it was drawn as satire/bait. Nobody is handing out these flyers seriously. This post is rather embarrassing. Satire is dead I guess.

    Edit: sources:

    Source for text: scroll for text. I don’t know where the goat went. This website is a high-effort satire page that hasn’t been updated since like 2010. Looks real at first glance but just click around, it’s clearly not a real church.

    • lunar17@lemmy.world
      19·
      3 days ago

      So I followed your link, found the quoted text, and and had a look around the website. I genuinely cannot tell if this is satire. Most of the links are now dead, but the ones that work seem to lead to serious sources. If it is satire, it is very high effort.

      Anyway, I’m going to share with a friend who has more personal experience with this kind of thing and get their perspective.

      • lunar17@lemmy.world
        15·
        3 days ago

        So quick update: my friend who was homeschooled in a religious household but is now atheist thinks it is not satire. My take is that if this is satire, it’s going over a lot of people’s heads.

        • Chad McTruth@lemmy.world
          6·
          3 days ago

          i cant believe some people think this is satire i mean come on its a real ministry with a clear message of love and salvation through jesus christ its not some kind of joke or parody its a genuine attempt to spread the word of god and bring people to christ

          i mean look at the content like habus corner where it says wouldnt you rather have just one god who loves you a bunch than a bunch of gods that dont love you at all thats just so profound and insightful

          and the maze training where you help lambuel get to the church on time while avoiding temptations thats just so practical and wise i mean who wouldnt want to avoid money and ice cream and slutty lips and a cozy bed

          i mean what kind of person would create a fake ministry just to mock good christians and make fun of their faith

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          Well, there’s this…

          …but honestly, I could see somebody sufficiently naive not recognizing that for what it is.

          This one, however, is a bit less covert:

          And then you recall reading this in the intro on the first page, and a pattern starts to develop:

          My OBJECTIVE is JUST 4 KIDZ! The “Z” is for “ZEALOUSNESS,” 'cause Jesus wants us to be hot for Him, not lukewarm.

      • echolalia@lemmy.ml
        4·
        3 days ago

        There is an image to a shop page:

        This link is broken. Hmm… If this were a real organization that needed money, wouldn’t they either shut this site down entirely or fix their shop page?

        Notice the LOL acronym. Now visit this page:

        kids artwork

        Here are some of my favorites (notice most of these children are pretty talented and drawing with computer programs in 2010):

        Edit: I should have grabbed the image with “shotacat” lmao

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      I don’t know where the goat went.

      It tries to serve you .swf (Shockwave Flash) versions unless your browser doesn’t support embedding, in which case it’ll serve you .gifs instead. I guess that, since modern browsers do support embedding in general but not Flash, that’s why they don’t display either version.

      Here are some of the .gif alternatives:

    • MeatsOfRage@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Man this brings me back, haven’t seen this since the 2000s. You can find the goat as a printable figure on the Kidz crafts link

  • traches@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    16·
    3 days ago

    I am immensely more fulfilled and content now than when I thought there was a wizard in the sky who reads my mind and judges me

    • Furbag@lemmy.world
      7·
      3 days ago

      New gospel: All Gods are real and the reason they no longer meddle in the affairs of mortals is because they are too busy fighting their wars in heaven.

  • Seigest@lemmy.caEnglish
    10·
    3 days ago

    If I remember correctly this is from a site it gave fursona to other groups they didn’t like including Jewish, and Islamic folks. It was an educational site directed to children

  • LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    13·
    3 days ago

    ROFL That’s hilarious, I’m only grumpy on the days that fatigue can’t be beat by sleep. Otherwise, I’m pretty happy as my joy doesn’t come from the belief in something that might not exist.

  • UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    6·
    3 days ago

    I was WAY more grumpy as a believer. Whoever wrote this probably pisses off all the atheists around them because they don’t know how to treat them.