February 3, 2011
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Porn For Bibles
A group of atheists are on a college campus at UTSA offering porn for Bibles. Any student can come and hand over their Bible and they will be given a pornographic magazine. Here is the link: Link
They did this last year too.
Would you trade your Bible for porn?
Comments (122)
LMAO WHAT?
I’m curious as to what the atheists would do with the Bibles and how many people took them up on their offer
Isn’t this really old news?
Keep your bible and just read the Song of Solomon.
Aren’t magazines usually cheaper than Bibles? Seems like a bad deal to me.
@LSP1 - +1
@LSP1 - truth.
Well we all know the only real difference between an agnostic and an atheist is that atheists are assholes
And That’s Hector on the far right.
It seems like anti-theism, as opposed to atheism.
I have the internet, you can get a full bible here online. So sure, why not?!
Oh wait, there’s porn online, too?
Sounds like a deal to me.
“And the LORD saieth unto Moses, ‘for whoever takes a vow of celebacy and doth not exercise their horniness is doomed to everlasting misery. Srsly.’”
@LSP1 - Win
@trunthepaige - Not all of them.
@llamalima - Exactly!
@LSP1 - Lol exactly!
people could just stay at home on the internet, where both things are available for free..
When will these people start enjoying the .0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 fraction of eternity God has allotted them? :P
noooooooooooo i’d much rather chill with Jesus than watch porn
Ha ha ha…no
This is so ridiculous. I’m not a religious person, but COME ON. Being an atheist does not mean you have to gallivant about offending other people for their beliefs. It’s the same as those religious people who go to college campus’s and scream at people for “sinning”, all you’re doing is embarrassing yourself and what you “stand” for. Being an atheist does not mean you have no morals, or that you should try and destroy other peoples. UGH.
Also, although I’m not religious, I do have morals. Pornography goes against mine.
@trunthepaige - ”Well we all know the only real difference between an agnostic and an atheist is that atheists are assholes”
You’re a cunt. Not all Christians, just you in particular.
@trunthepaige - Pot-kettle, paigey. Like you’re not a flaming asshole. Just like Curtis (aka Loborn.) Tsk, tsk.
And you hate when atheists generalize! Are you really that retarded, or are you putting on a show, like Curtis?
@Celestial_Teapot - You post the best comments. That was picture perfect.
Well I’m an atheist, and I think they are confusing their heavy-metal-rebellion with an ideology. (Not that there’s anything wrong with heavy-metal.)
They are like that mathematicalbagpiper guy wanting to blow of steam rather than discuss issues, but not seeming to know the difference.
@trunthepaige - Why are you being so judge mental?
It’s not any better than what those bozos are doing.
I don’t like the gimmick– it’s a transparent publicity stunt. (besides, at retail, I’m sure a good study bible is worth several Playboy’s)
If you want symbolism, then just throw it away. I think I ended up recycling my mine. Now, the paper is probably in someone’s Starbucks cup somewhere.
Mais, I hide guns in my bibles.
I admire their straight forward, clear disdain for the Bible.
@caroliiineee - ”noooooooooooo i’d much rather chill with Jesus than watch porn”
You know, there are genres of porn where you can do both.
This is hilarious.
No… but I do think that pornographers should jump on the bandwagon and come out with their own Bible (pictures included) just like everybody else is doing. There is some serious money to be made in The Bible business!
I’ve read of times and places where the ownership of either the Bible or porn was considered reason to send you to the Gulag. I think both factions should count their blessings.
@LSP1 - true that
I don’t need porn and I don’t have a bible. So doesn’t apply to me I guess.
I can’t think of a single thing I would trade for porn.
come again?
That is sick.
Wow, they have far too much time on their hands and no I wouldn’t trade my bible for porn. I think pretty much everything in porn is covered in my bible anyway.
hahaha, thats awesome.
no. and what a “sellout” message any one who DOES is sending. that’s ok. it only proves god’s words when he said “narrow is the gate….”
Whatever.
facepalm.
Not with Song of Songs and Ezekiel 23:20
I wouldn’t trade anything for porn. It’s disgusting in every meaning of the word.
I have a soul to be saved or lost/and if I should ever save it/I must be faithful to bear my cross/and be true unto God who gave it.For if my holy birthright I should sell/to feed on carnal pleasure/my soul will surely sink in hell/and in sorrow without measure.
-Old Shaker tune
I’m not religious at all and don’t own a Bible, and I still find that completely rude and obnoxious. Weird stuff.
@squeakysoul - Boy, you’ve changed. I would have expected an icon like that from one of those irreverent atheists, but not you. (Not that it’s bad. Just different)
No.
@Cestovatelka - Apparently they are desperate to give up porn and just REALLY want Bibles.
The whole concept is pretty ridiculous. If someone is willing to turn in their Bible for porn, why own the Bible? Plus, as previously mentioned, the internet is chock full of pretty much any sort of deviancy that catches your fancy.
It’s Militant Atheism (I do not know if there is a such thing, but I think it fits :/ ). They claim that Christians are intolerant, that they shove their opinion down everyone’s throat, and that they should let people believe what they want, BUT when the tables are turned, the atheist is intolerant of the Christian and will go so far as to shove their opinion down the Christians throat, that they do exactly what they protest against. It’s illogical, to say the least, on the intelligent side alone (let alone spiritual).
Everyone has the right to believe what they will. The atheist, agnostic, pagan, Muslim, Jew, and Christian alike, all have the right to believe what they want. While I believe that they are wrong, it’s NOT my job to MAKE them believe what I believe. My only job, as a Christian, is to share the Gospel. After that, it is up to the individual. No amount of rhetoric or screaming or preaching hellfire and damnation, will make ANYONE believe and, unfortunately, this is where many Christians err.
@llamalima - Actually, quite the same. Atheism isn’t so much the idea that there is NO God (Non-Theism), but that they are in opposition to God or the belief in God. Atheism is quite impractical in that aspect.
@trunthepaige - If you were trying to make a point, it was probably lost in the disparaging comment.
@TheThinkingPerson - I don’t recall reading that one
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@Legendairy - Maybe they’re secretly converting and that’s why they want Bibles?
lol
@VeritatisAmans - It is the difference between negative and positive atheism, is it not?
just cuz you are an atheist, doesnt mean you cannot be an idiot
Oh that is hilarious.
Particularly since, by collections laws in many states, the family Bible is statutorily protected from collection. Your porn collection is not protected from collection efforts.
That’s right – Creditors can use their attorneys to force you to sell your playboy collection to pay them.
So think of that the next time you trade your family Bible for porn.
thats blasphemous
@llamalima - Well, as with anything, the religion or ideology is almost never to blame (I say ‘almost’ because there ARE religions/ideologies, I’m sure, that are to blame), but it is the people that misrepresent them, or warp that religion or ideology to fit their own desires and plans.
Take for instance a ‘pro-lifer’ willing to bomb an abortion clinic. That’s pathetic. If you believe that ALL human life is sacred then you must admit that even the life of an abortionist is ‘sacred’. Therefore, they weren’t ‘pro-life’ at all, rather they were radical anti-abortionists. MOST Muslims are NOT suicide bombers. MOST Christians don’t HATE homosexuals. MOST atheists don’t hate Christians (I certainly hope o.O ). Islam does not teach suicide bombing, Christianity does NOT teach hatred (quite the contrary), and I’m sure that hatred is not the core of atheism.
Does this make sense?
I don’t see the point… what do they do with all the bibles??? And it better be some damn good porn, cuz bibles are generally more expensive than a magazine.
If there was true caring, they would just hand out the porn without an exterior motive. Right? I guess it’s poetic.
@LSP1 - Word! That stuff is steamy!
@VeritatisAmans - “The whole concept is pretty ridiculous…”
No.
The goal of the campaign isn’t to get Bibles off the streets and porn in distribution, it’s to raise awareness and start discussions about the club and about atheism in general. Even if no one took the group up on its offer, judging from the press coverage and the sort of discussions in this thread, the campaign would still have been a success.
“It’s Militant Atheism.. They claim that Christians are intolerant, that they shove their opinion down everyone’s throat, and that they should let people believe what they want…”
What the fuck is your problem?
Atheists, atheism by your disagreement or disagreement by people like you, are not disqualified from the marketplace of ideas– their right to speech, to try to persuade, are not fucking nullified. Just as Christians, on college campuses all around the country, are free to form fellowships, as they have the right to pass out pamphlets, and the freedom to picket and gather– us non-believers can say no. We have a right to push back, to disagree, and to try to affect minds in kind.
If you’re making a larger critcism of taste and methods, then do. But “militant atheism” isn’t bad speech, hate speech, or dangerous speech just because we dare disagree and reject Christianity. Outspoken atheism isn’t in and of itself transgressive.
You’re free to disagree or ignore speech of this sort. But it is not out of line for that student group to express their position– in free speech– through a satirical bartering campaign.
@mangotini - ”I don’t see the point… what do they do with all the bibles??? “
The winter is long and cold.
@Celestial_Teapot - You’re right. I don’t plan on giving up my Bible. However, if it’s by freewill that people take it, then it is just that – Freewill.
@xFgtxRainbowx - Agree
@Landon76 - Well, if I had a spare, water-damaged copy of the Bible (in a translation I didn’t prefer) and wanted to get rid of it– it’d be the recycling bin or free porn. I’d probably go for free porn.
Why?
Ezekiel 23
19 But still she went on the more with her loose behaviour, keeping in mind the early days when she had been a loose woman in the land of Egypt. 20 And she was full of desire for her lovers, whose flesh is like the flesh of asses and whose seed is like the seed of horses. 21 And she made the memory of the loose ways of her early years come back to mind, when her young breasts were crushed
Lol that’s weird, I wonder how much they actually got
@trunthepaige - Bump. A sense of humor is always an asset in this day and age.
@Celestial_Teapot - You may very well be correct and I certainly don’t disagree that they have the right to do it.
sadly, I have no Bible to trade for porn. But I do have the internet.
@TheThinkingPerson - Thupper lyke… Srsly totilly.
Love it!
Wow, I am not a Christian or a religious person at all, but this is a tad bit crazy. A little disrespectful.
depends…what kind of porn?
Dude. That’s not cool.
Interesting! Bold, too. But I like it.
This is sad.
I’ll keep my Bible…it’s full of drama…passion and betrayal…stakes through heads…talking donkeys…miserable failure and miracles…sin and redemption…Song of Solomon…and a happy ending for all who believe. And lots of good advice in Proverbs. Pretty much covers every genre in one book.
@s_marcel_d - I so love people who still have one
@VeritatisAmans - No judging from the responses it hit the cord. My honest point was that the only difference between a skeptic and and outspoken atheists such as these is that some people just need to be assholes
@FoliageDecay - Much better actually I speak the truth. Many are skeptics but activist atheists are simply assholes and that is the only thing that separates the two from each other
@MaryVerina - I especially like the stake through the head bit…o.O
@Unstoppable_Inner_Strength - You do know that my having a well known cyber stalker and perv (you) as a obsessive enemy is a complement. And I find it rather amusing
@Celestial_Teapot - Oh I gatherer I am suppose to not notice that activist atheists are such freaks. Take my word for it most other atheist notice it as well and do not even like being called atheists because of people like these
@nidan - What good is snappy line if I need to be so careful that is fits everyone. Considering that almost eveyone has run into the asses I am talking about and knows exactly what I was talking about
@TheThinkingPerson - Bahahahahaha.
WIN.
that is an odd exchange isn’t it?
That’s anti-theism, not atheism. Anyone can do things like this, “hand over your bible, receive a qu’ran” or whatever. It stands for anyone vehemently trying to change someone’s mind. It is not exclusive to atheists, nor do these atheists represent the general populace of atheists. Most of us just want religion-hurting-people things to go away, and then to get on with our lives.
never,
i’m a person of minimal religion
I would like point out this:
a bible has much better writing than any magazine article.
for that reason alone, as a reader i’d say no.
@trunthepaige - So you are considering me an asshole?
But you don’t know anything about me.
I’m definitely open with people that I think atheism is the better position.
But I don’t think there is anyone who knows me that would describe me that way.
@FoliageDecay - dude you have been a real prick to me before, take my word for it you can be an ass. Pulse the lack of a sense of humor is not helping you much
@Cestovatelka - They arent doing it to use the bibles, they are doing it to prove that people will abandon their beliefs so quickly.
@trunthepaige - I think you might have me confused with someone else. I’m not sure I ever commented to you before. But on the off chance you remember where it seemed like that, let me know, and maybe I could explain.
Sometimes over the internet, what I type can offend people–possibly because they can’t hear my tone of voice. In person I’m known for my ability to diplomatic with difficult issues. I guess, it’s because in person, I can use tone of voice to criticize someone’s view in a way that does not convey hostility.
You may criticize me for lacking a sense of humor, but on my end it seems I could say the same about you.
The atheist group above are being jerks for their own entertainment. It may be humorous to them, but it’s still offensive and still counter-productive to dialog.
Just like your comments about atheists.
@Rob_of_the_Sky - I agree. Totally non-profitable.
@FoliageDecay - I will take you word for it. As you said you can’t see tone of voice, facial expressions, or inflections on line
@VeritatisAmans - Thank you for commenting on this post in a sane and sensible way. Some of this contributor’s posts are unnecessarily ‘sensational’ tending to insure him ‘top readership’ in my opinion. I seldom reply to the man. However, your comment was really helpful and I am truly grateful to you. It’s beautiful to see such a young man as you replying to the ‘older and supposedly wiser’ contributors with wisdom and panache! I wish you God’s richest blessings and am privileged to learn from you.
GD
@bakersdozen2 - I KNOW.
Fuck. I can get porn for nothing on the internet. Pass.
that’s just rude.
No. lol
Comments on that article page, wtf?? Brb arrest people for doing what christians have done for 2000 years. A lot of hypocrites on that comment page. Don’t dish it out if you can’t take it.
@LSP1 - That’s love, not smut.
I’m not into porn, but I am into my bible.
Oh for the love of… Someone just give them the darwinism award. Lol.
I’ve been stopping by this cafe to check out people’s voices. I’m not impressed. Like a playground…. Hahahaha, i’m here and am no better for it. Right, bibles and porn, atheists, assholes, and freedom of speech; How could anyone hate the bible, it’s better and has more drama than any shakespearean play. I WANT TO KNOW WHY PEOPLE HATE BIBLES!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our local Secular Student Alliance had a fiction for fiction. You could trade in your fictional Bibles for other works of fiction.
@Grampa_David - I certainly appreciate the kind words! Apart from gratitude, however, I’m left with no words to respond to your appreciation. Again, thank you
@RulerofMasons - They hate Bibles because it has more recs and subs then their Xanga
@LSP1 - best comment ever.
I’d go to a church and take like 15 bibles for this.
trade porn for fruit roll ups
@trunthepaige - “Well we all know the only real difference between an agnostic and an atheist is that atheists are assholes” I have discovered that to be only too true for some.
@VeritatisAmans - you honestly do not know about militant atheism!? how unimformed. google it my friend. they would damage you if they could. you haven’t even looked into Dawkins and his angry followers? Ibelieve they have said that they would drive stupidness like Christianity and other irrational belief systems off of the face of the earth. become informed..
When I was a kid I liked all the porn sections of the Bible such as David and Bathsheba (that was hot). There are other sections like Lot’s daughters and others. But I’d probably get more action out of a porn book so yeah, I’d trade it.
Dawkins, who is perhaps the most celebrated evolutionist alive today, was one of the most militant atheists at the conference. He stated: “I am utterly fed up with the respect we have been brainwashed into bestowing upon religion,” i.e., God (p. 9; cf. Ecclesiastes 12:12-13). Passive atheism apparently should not be tolerated. Dawkins is “ready to mobilize” his “big…enthusiastic choir” of evolutionary colleagues (p. 11). He said: “There’s a certain sort of negativity you get from people who say ‘I don’t like religion but you can’t do anything about it.’ That’s a real counsel of defeatism. We should roll our sleeves up and get on with it” (p. 11, emp. added). Dawkins even compared evolutionary scientists’ position in the 21st century to that of homosexuals in the late 1960s: everyone needs to be “willing to stand up and be counted,” so that “they could change things” (p. 11).
Dawkins likely called for such drastic action because he has seen atheism lose some of its battles. In his book, The Blind Watchmaker, he admitted that modern creationists have been “disturbingly successful” in their attempts to combat evolution in “American education and textbook publishing” (1996, p. 241). He also wrote: “There are still those who seek to deny the truth of evolution, and there are disturbing signs that their influence is even growing, at least in local areas of the United States” (p. x). The influence of anti-evolutionists disturbs Dawkins greatly—so much so that he and his colleagues feel compelled to advance evolution, while doing “away with religion” (Brooks, 192[2578]:9).
I just picked this up by randomly searching: militant atheism
This is, to be sure, what the subjects of this post had in mind.
@jesusthepsychic - I have heard of Dawkins. He is, indeed, the epitome of such named movement. Ah, well. I don’t take it personally. We were told not to expect anything better. I’m not too good to be persecuted (if such a term is fitting).
@VeritatisAmans - ok man, didn’t mean to have the edge in my comment. take care
@jesusthepsychic - Thank you for sharing!
this is awful.
no thanks.
it would need to be good porn.
Porn? Is that the best atheism has to offer? Why not a Dawkins or Hitchens book? Shakespeare? Darwin? Hilarious and pathetic.
OMG….lol… why are atheists so OBSESSED with religion?? Specially Judeo-Christian, it appears, though, i’m sure some go after all religions. They should do this with Islam, and see how long they last. hahahahahaha…
but seriously, i think atheists care more about christianity/religion than the religious folks. they crack me up, i hope they don’t EVER go away. i laugh so hard. hahahahahahahahahaha….
@jesusthepsychic - Their zeal sounds like PETA and the Westboro Baptist Church… (Critic vs Dawkins)
I don’t own a bible.And I don’t like porn.
geez, never thought i would see the day this actually happens. this definitely news to me. nothing like this would EVER happened in my part of the world. well, at least not in public. so let me get this straight, would they actually include a porn session at an atheist church/temple/place of worship? if the answer is yes, then sign me up.
ok seriously there has GOT to be something wrong about that
i hope they kept records for posterity
What’s the world coming to?