Post #291,465
8/24/07 12:59:39 PM
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Help me out here
I can't work out whether this is a parody or not.
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Post #291,466
8/24/07 1:37:04 PM
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Parody
It is too well written for a bunch of fringe lunatics. Anyone who thinks rape should be called an Unplanned Sexual Event and be regarded as a blessing would be a fringe loony. Even fewer women would want their name with such an idea. The range of loony rants is also poor. Neither are we seeing the usual, boring newsletters of churches.
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Post #291,469
8/24/07 1:44:17 PM
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Quite possibly not.
The unplanned sexual event bit hit the main stream media some time in the last year without any particular blow back. That may be with us for a while :-(
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Post #291,467
8/24/07 1:41:53 PM
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I don't think it's parody.
I think they're sincerely nuts. Their term of service is completely humorless unless you like laughing at crazy people.
These idiots have more say in our government than lucid people and it's not going to change any time soon.
Sorry.
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Post #291,504
8/25/07 7:25:51 AM
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Me neither.
There's something about the way it's written that says to me that they're genuine. I wish they weren't. In some ways, the Internet makes the little dingbats more visible.
Wade.
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Post #291,468
8/24/07 1:42:25 PM
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It's pretty good, isn't it?
I mean, not being able to figure it out instantly.
Check out the [link|http://baptistsforbrown2008.wordpress.com/use-prison-ministry/|U.S.E. Prison Ministry] - especially the Legal Statement on the lower right.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #291,471
8/24/07 2:11:43 PM
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parody, baptists wouldnt know blood pudding if it turned up
in their sunday morning bloody marys.
thanx,
bill
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Post #291,510
8/25/07 11:23:24 AM
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Parody
I\ufffdd like to point out for the record that this steaming pile of blatant misogyny is a parody. Read the comments from the supposed \ufffdeditors,\ufffd which are sheer lunacy even by Southern Baptist standards. Also, google \ufffdRockdale, Georgia.\ufffd It\ufffds not a town, it\ufffds a county. A search for \ufffdThe Second Baptist Church of Rockdale\ufffd yields similar results: that church doesn\ufffdt exist. Sam Brownback, however, is real, and it appears that the quotations that are attributed to him are also real. So, the obvious intent of the parody is to expose what a creepy, anti-choice whackjob he is by amplifying his comments. It\ufffds pretty typical. I don\ufffdt find it particularly amusing though, as I was raised Southern Baptist and have witnessed that kind of woman-hating vitriol firsthand on multiple occasions. [link|http://starfishrevolution.wordpress.com/tag/sexism-on-parade/|Link] Seamus
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Post #291,513
8/25/07 11:55:54 AM
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Perhaps. It would be nice to think so.
On the other paw, what exactly is "sheer lunacy even by Southern Baptist standards"? I have a brother who is a Virginia baptist snake oil salesman and he's crazier than a shithouse rat. I'm totally unconvinced that this is a joke. My sense of humor has been totally buggered in the past few years so I wouldn't bet highly on its reliability. Go with your best guess...
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Post #291,517
8/25/07 12:21:09 PM
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Re: Perhaps. It would be nice to think so.
I think it is a parody because it doesn't look like the Second Baptist Church of Rockdale, where they supposedly held a fund-raiser, exists.
Also, when I posted a comment on the site, the phrase 'entertaining parody' was removed as profanity.
Seamus
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Post #291,520
8/25/07 12:26:21 PM
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At least you didn't get: **UnChristian filth removed** :-)
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Post #291,521
8/25/07 12:27:01 PM
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I suppose that it could be parody being too effective.
Still, "Also, when I posted a comment on the site, the phrase 'entertaining parody' was removed as profanity." would be consistent with real nutters. I would be delighted to be wrong, but I still kinda doubt it.
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Post #291,519
8/25/07 12:23:44 PM
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It's parody.
There's no doubt. It works so well because it's so close to being real. The LEGAL STATEMENT on each of the pages says: Many antogonists on the political Left would like to call it political satire so perhaps everything posted here should be understood in that context. Whatever it takes to keep their tiny brains from overloading. The carefully misplaced spelling helps, a little, doesn't it? Have a look at [link|http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Poe's+Law|Poe's Law] (via a thread at [link|http://richarddawkins.net/articleComments,1505,Scarlet-Letter-Campaign-Update-A-Victory,Tobin-Maker-Resident-Pastor-Baptists-for-Brownback-2008,page2|Richard Dawkin's Blog]). Another discussion of Poe's Law is at [link|http://objectiveministries.org/pastorscorner/|Objective: Ministries]. They say: God is the Creator and Supreme Ruler of the Universe and all that is in it. God is a Singular, Eternal, and Infinite being Who is composed of three Co-Equal Persons (the Trinity): the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. The manifestations and roles of these Co-Equal Persons are distributed according to the following Divine Org Chart: [image|http://objectiveministries.org/statementoffaith/divineorgchart.png|0|Divine Organizational Chart|298|550]HTH! :-) Cheers, Scott.
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Post #291,522
8/25/07 12:33:07 PM
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Thanks, I'm happy to be wrong.
All this is a little outside my sense of humor to begin with, and said sense hasn't been working particularly well. I read that legal statement too, and came away with a different take.
I may trade my brain in on a corned beef sandwich...
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Post #291,523
8/25/07 12:34:25 PM
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:-)
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Post #291,528
8/25/07 5:06:36 PM
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im not sure who has 2 much time on their hands, them r you
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Post #291,532
8/25/07 5:14:44 PM
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Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week.
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Post #291,535
8/25/07 5:21:16 PM
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ICmultipleLRPD's (new thread)
Created as new thread #291534 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=291534|ICmultipleLRPD's]
Smile,
Amy
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Post #291,580
8/26/07 8:40:18 PM
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Well researched!
It had me fooled, but then I didn't dig at all. I'm happy to be proven wrong, too.
Wade.
Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
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Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please
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