I 100% believe the Roman gods are still real, so don't fucking mock me!

[Logical]

I will sick Zeus on your ass!!! I am serious!!

[PeaceNikki]

1. .

Patton Oswalt on respecting beliefs.:

[Logical]

2. Thanks for the clip. That is really great! Nt

[PeaceNikki]

3. Patton is great.

[oberliner]

70. He's no Christopher Hitchens

Some of his remarks on this subject are the stuff of legend.

[PeaceNikki]

71. I hear ya. I go into youtube junkets of his stuff.

I miss his voice weeks like this.

[amuse bouche]

46. That is great

I detest religion, so that made me howl

[PeaceNikki]

48. Have you heard his "Sky Cake" bit?

I adore him

[amuse bouche]

50. Haha...Love it. Maher and Oswalt would be a hoot together

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Here's the hour long stand up version

[randys1]

53. Now wait just a god damn minute, did he just make fun of SASQUATCH?

Patton, what happened to you man

Hey, I am a little goofy and I believe in Sasquatch, UFO's, Leprechauns and flying monkeys, but god?

I said I was goofy, not crazy

[cyberswede]

4. Jupiter.

...though Zeus is cool when he's played by Sean Bean.

[Logical]

7. That makes me angry. Zeus will visit you tonight!!! nt

[HappyMe]

5. If that is what you believe,

then no, I won't mock you. Mocking people's beliefs isn't my thing.

[Logical]

6. How about believing that homosexuality will send you to hell? Nt

[HappyMe]

8. I don't know anybody that believes that.

[Logical]

10. Want some links? Nt

[HappyMe]

12. Not particularly.

[tkmorris]

27. Yes you do

You may not KNOW you do, but you do.

[HappyMe]

29. lol! Sure, sure.

Because of course, you know everyone that I know, which makes you the Knower. That gives you the ability to judge people's friends and family through the internets.

[Warren Stupidity]

51. Actually there are people on DU who believe this.

At the same time they claim that this is not at all homophobic belief. On the one hand, as it is a ridiculous belief, it is hard to take offense, but really it is homophobic.

[HappyMe]

56. If I see it, I'll call it out or

if it's just hideous, I'll alert.

Just because I post here doesn't mean I read every thread. Sometimes I fling threads into the trash can with wild abandon if they are about the same thing.

[Warren Stupidity]

62. Well after having that discussion I became one who causes others to be "Baited By His Mere Presence"

and worthy of being told: "Fuck You, You Fucking Fucker".

[Fred Sanders]

11. And when they want to make their beliefs into government policy then someone better mock them.

[Logical]

14. Not according to some people here. nt

[Fred Sanders]

17. Leave them alone when their religion drives their political policy? Isn't there something in the

Constitution about that? Why does Christianity get a pass?

Let it pass? No Thanks!

[kelly1mm]

77. Nope! Nothing in the US Constitution that prohibits a politician from basing their position solely

on their interpretation of what their religion teaches. No prohibition at all. Be that Christian, Muslim, Buddhist .......

In many states there are 'blue laws', maily on alcohol sales. It is not unconstitutional to prohibit certain activities on certain days of the week. It can be argued that the reason for having no alcohol sales on sundays is because people should be 'sittin in the pews!'.

Nothing at all unconstitutional about that.

What WOULD be unconstitutional is saying everyone HAD to be sitting in pews on sundays.

[HappyMe]

23. There is separation of church and state.

I don't vote for people that would do that.

[dawg]

24. Or .... you could just come up with a logical, persuasive argument as to why that is a bad idea.

Mockery is mean-spirited. Even when the mockers are right about something ... they are assholes about it. That doesn't engender love from anyone. It sure doesn't help in swaying the fence sitters.

[pennylane100]

32. My favority type of mockery.

http://www.willamette.edu/~masantos/Site/Introduction.html

[randys1]

55. That is what the republicans are DOING in several states, Sharia Law I think it is called

[MohRokTah]

9. I SOOO totally believe that Loki is fooling everybody else into worshipping his HOLY PENIS!!!

Don't mock me for my beliefs, you Loki Penis worshipper you!

[YoungDemCA]

13. I see your Zeus, and raise you Joe Pesci

[Logical]

19. I believe in Joe also, so I will not have Zeus punish you tonight! Nt

[dissentient]

15. lol. Oh Yea? Well, I believe I am an extraterrestrial from the planet Zeenu, and take trips around

the galaxy from time to time. Mars has some great beaches, I'll have you know.

Top that.

And anyone who mocks me or questions my beliefs are committing hate speech.

[KamaAina]

16. Um, Zeus is Greek.

[Logical]

21. Quit mocking me! nt

[FSogol]

18. Don't you mean, "I C% believe the Roman gods are still real..."

From the Dead Milkmen:

Up on the hilltop where the vultures perch
That's where I'm gonna build my church
Ain't gonna be no priest, ain't gonna be no boss
Just Charles Nelson Reilly nailed to a cross
I don't piss, I don't shit, I'm gettin' no relief
People shake their heads in disbelief, go

Just me on a hilltop with 15 girls
In a Nelson Reilly orgy that'll make your hair curl
I don't piss, I don't shit, I'm gettin' no relief
People shake their heads in disbelief

Yeah, Charles Nelson Reilly, he's our man
He can't heal the sick with the touch of his hand
He can't walk on the water, can't make wine flow
Just another greedy actor on the late, late show
I don't piss, I don't shit, I'm gettin' no relief
People shake their heads in disbelief, go

Just me on a hilltop with 15 girls
In a Nelson Reilly orgy that'll make your hair curl
I don't piss, I don't shit, I'm gettin' no relief
People shake their heads in disbelief

[d_r]

52. I'm gettin nooo relief

people shake their heads in disbelief

Thanks for putting that son in my head now I have an earwig crawling towards my brain.

[Desert805]

57. One of my favorite bands ever! Eom

[FSogol]

65. Same here. n/t

[FLPanhandle]

20. If I were to believe in gods, I would pick the old Roman and Greek theology over any other

Those guys were entertaining.

Much better than God in Jew/Christian/Muslim fantasy.

[Silent3]

22. Since belief in Roman gods is rare these days, mocking you would be "punching down"...

...so please permit me instead to praise you for boldly pronouncing your faith, and to proclaim (with all of the sincerity I can muster) that you and your faith deserve Great Respect™.

[LanternWaste]

25. While yet others believe national borders are real...

While yet others believe national borders are real...

[Xyzse]

26. I'm more in to Vulcan than any one else.

He's a builder.

[hunter]

30. Sorry, most of them are already gone and Captain Kirk sweeps up the last of them.

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Who_Mourns_for_Adonais%3F_%28episode%29

[napkinz]

31. what does God need with a starship?

[Nye Bevan]

33. If you want people not to mock you,

and for the BBC and the New York Times to solemnly decline to show cartoons that mock your views, and for people to write handwringing editorials urging "sensitivity" to your religion, you need to adopt certain strategies towards those that do mock you.

[ProfessorGAC]

39. WIsh You Hadn't Gone There

Now, i've got to rethink my whole "let it go" philosophy. I'm horribly confused just because of you.

And here i thought "live and let live" was such a good idea.

[ProfessorGAC]

34. You Mean Jupiter

I mean, if you are going to worship the roman gods (and i'm not criticizing), call them by their given names for goodness (or is that godness) sake.

[MohRokTah]

37. Stop mocking his religious beliefs! eom

[ProfessorGAC]

38. I Wasn't Mocking

I was critiquing. Far more innocent and well intentioned. Or, just disguised as innocent and well intentioned.

Or, i was just messing around. Gee, apparently all this doesn't even matter.

[MohRokTah]

40. See how that whole "don't mock religious beliefs" works?

[ProfessorGAC]

41. Want To See Pictures Of My Dog?

See? I have already moved on.

[Pacifist Patriot]

35. So there is this Greek Orthodox Church I pass almost daily...

They, like many churches, post pithy signs out front. One message that gets put up at least once a year for a few weeks is, "Believe in Zeus? Neither do we!"

It makes me chuckle when I spot it each year. But it probably doesn't tickle my funny bone quite the way they intended.

[Maedhros]

36. I'll respect your right to hold whatever beliefs you wish.

I will criticize actions you take based upon those beliefs if those actions are detrimental to the common welfare.

[Codeine]

42. Thunderbolt and lightning! Very, very frightening me! nt

[PeaceNikki]

43. Galileo!!!

[cemaphonic]

44. I like Greco-Roman religion for it's self-consistancy.

Most of their legends are based around the idea that the gods are powerful, capricious, and will ruin your life if you get on their bad side. None of this "God loves every single living person, so much that he frequently inflicts hideous disasters on them because reasons" framework that later religions had.

[progressoid]

45. Jupiter will strike them down!

[chrisa]

47. I raise you one Cthulhu

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

We await his return...

[trusty elf]

49. Yes, no casting asparagus!

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[Fearless]

54. They are... Gold, oligarchy, and war.

The three most influential of Roman gods, all still prominent today!

[Major Nikon]

58. I haven't seen anything like this since the Anita Bryant concert

[Logical]

61. Great line!! nt

[Blue_In_AK]

59. They weren't gods,

they were aliens. What's wrong with you?

[Logical]

60. That is MOCKING!!!! nt

[Blue_In_AK]

64. Je suis Zeus.

[tblue37]

63. You must mean *Jupiter*. Zeus was Greek. nt

[LiberalElite]

66. Uh, ok but Zeus is Greek nt

[Logical]

68. Roman, Greek, it is religion, so facts do not matter! :-)

[hardcover]

67. Oh no you don't! Odin protects me.

[Logical]

69. Zeus is pissed now. nt

[hardcover]

72. Yes he is, at you for not knowing from whence he rules.

Odin's laughing and that doesn't help your case.

[Logical]

73. Hope your affairs are in order!!!!! nt

[hardcover]

74. They are. All is in the hands of Odin.

[Logical]

76. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Nt

[Wella]

75. Why Zeus? (Jupiter, for the Romans, BTW) There are so many others to pick from.

And if you want to go back further into Roman history, you could call on the Lares and the Penates.

[uriel1972]

78. You so do not want to piss off Diana/Artemis...

She is said to have an exceptionally cruel imagination. Especially where men are concerned.

[Wella]

79. But she has a great aim...