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(3 News New Zealand) Spiffy Church puts up billboard showing the Virgin Mary shocked as she reads the results of a home pregnancy test   (3news.co.nz) divider line 223
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talulahgosh [TotalFark]
2011-12-13 11:13:05 PM
this is an actual church?!?!!?
who knew religion could be so open-minded.....
this makes me want to have my niece brought up catholic (as opposed to my aethism as a result of over-southern baptisting me as a child)
 
Winning [TotalFark]
2011-12-13 11:15:53 PM
Why is she shocked, wasn't she told in a dream that it was going to happen?
 
urban.derelict
2011-12-13 11:17:51 PM
See, the thing is, there's no reason for a woman who hasn't been having sex to even need a home-pregnancy test.

/
 
Chariset [TotalFark]
2011-12-13 11:24:29 PM
*faithpalm*
 
penthesilea [TotalFark]
2011-12-13 11:48:58 PM
i470.photobucket.com

Their 2009 billboard was pretty good.
 
R.A.Danny [TotalFark]
2011-12-13 11:52:37 PM
Saint Joseph: You are NOT the father!
 
Bathia_Mapes [TotalFark]
2011-12-13 11:55:44 PM
R.A.Danny: Joseph: You are NOT the father!

i136.photobucket.com
 
FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 12:11:03 AM
Bathia_Mapes: R.A.Danny: Joseph: You are NOT the father!

[i136.photobucket.com image 499x334]

It's okay, Murray, I'mma raise 'im like he's my own.
 
Bathia_Mapes [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 12:16:40 AM
FirstNationalBastard: Bathia_Mapes: R.A.Danny: Joseph: You are NOT the father!

[i136.photobucket.com image 499x334]

It's okay, Murray, I'mma raise 'im like he's my own.

Have a Maury Christmas. :-D
 
Pocket Ninja [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 12:20:11 AM
I wonder what the fallout might look like if, say, some internet pranksters were to take this image, add the logo for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in the upper corner, and then add the words "Imagine no religion" to the bottom.
 
muck4doo
2011-12-14 01:51:11 AM
What a fun thread for the bigots to come out and play. +1Fark.
 
miss diminutive
2011-12-14 03:09:19 AM
wa2.www.3news.co.nz

When I first looked at the photo I thought to myself "Who cast soul trap on the Virgin Mary?".

Turns out I might be playing too much Skyrim.
 
Ed Finnerty [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 03:42:14 AM
More fake Christians who are not Catholic (the only real Christianity) making jokes about a God they insult every day with their fake religion.
 
Skail
2011-12-14 03:52:20 AM
Holy crap... a Christian group with a sense of humor about itself??
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 05:34:06 AM
"What does a virgin need with a pregnancy test?"

disinfo.s3.amazonaws.com
 
AbbeySomeone
2011-12-14 06:13:55 AM
So much early morning win here, I tip my coffee cup to this thread and all you magnificent farkers.
 
AverageAmericanGuy
2011-12-14 06:29:45 AM
I hate it when anti-choice advocates try to use religion as a bludgeon to make their point. There are many religious people who believe in choice and don't appreciate this misuse of dogma.

It's cute how white they made her, though. (Mary probably wasn't blond, you racists)
 
Shakespeare's Monkey [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 06:30:49 AM
LOL, Mary peed on a stick.
 
Madox84
2011-12-14 06:32:21 AM
The "Virgin" Mary: Turning a lie about a one night stand into the biggest farking mess ever.
 
CeroX
2011-12-14 06:33:52 AM
AverageAmericanGuy: It's cute how white they made her, though.

she does look quite Aryan in that picture doesn't she?
 
AbbeySomeone
2011-12-14 06:37:55 AM
CeroX: AverageAmericanGuy: It's cute how white they made her, though.

she does look quite Aryan in that picture doesn't she?

Mixed race. God is white - duh.
 
RatMaster999
2011-12-14 06:39:13 AM
Wait? A church being cool? A Christian church?

I blame Satan.
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 06:41:22 AM
Madox84: The "Virgin" Mary: Turning a lie about a one night stand into the biggest farking mess ever.

"Yeah, you had better be the son of God, I'll tell you that. You had BETTER be him, little mister. And you better be the ONLY son of God.'" - Sam Kinson as Joseph
 
Gordon Bennett
2011-12-14 06:43:26 AM
AverageAmericanGuy: It's cute how white they made her, though. (Mary probably wasn't blond, you racists)

She had to be recognisable, and that's the way she was painted in Europe for centuries. Media works in stereotypes out of necessity. I doubt that most people working in scientific research wear white lab coats and have a microscope nearby at all times, but if you need to depict a scientist, on goes the coat and the microscope gets shoved into the frame.
 
protowood
2011-12-14 06:43:51 AM
I just want to say .... wow a SANE church.................................................... if i believed in organized religion i would think about going to this church... that and its in a different hemisphere...
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 06:44:01 AM
Ed Finnerty: More fake Christians who are not Catholic (the only real Christianity) making jokes about a God they insult every day with their fake religion.

Catholics are the only Christians now? What, did they install a qualifying child molestation quota?
 
Skr
2011-12-14 06:46:41 AM
Without some sort of context I wouldn't have assumed that was a picture of Mary.
While wearing that many layers, I wonder how difficult for her it was to piss on that stick (the most sophisticated piece of technology she ever peed on.)


/she looks a bit soulless in that painting
//Parthenogenesis is serious business.
 
citizenj
2011-12-14 06:46:44 AM
Mugato: Madox84: The "Virgin" Mary: Turning a lie about a one night stand into the biggest farking mess ever.

"Yeah, you had better be the son of God, I'll tell you that. You had BETTER be him, little mister. And you better be the ONLY son of God.'" - Sam Kinson as Joseph

I like you guys. You bring teh funnie. Someday, you send me newsletter.

/no, seriously
//guys? Hey guys, wait up!
 
timbrr_wolf
2011-12-14 06:47:16 AM
Anyone have the pic they can share, the link is broke already
 
citizenj
2011-12-14 06:49:14 AM
timbrr_wolf: Anyone have the pic they can share, the link is broke already

Yeah, it's higher up in the thread. The one with the blonde whore covering her mouth and checking out the ept.

/dirty, dirty whore
 
hillary [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 06:50:36 AM
Ed Finnerty: More fake Christians who are not Catholic (the only real Christianity) making jokes about a God they insult every day with their fake religion.

www.ohdearism.com

Hey look -- you have no penis!
 
markfara
2011-12-14 06:50:51 AM
Mugato: Ed Finnerty: More fake Christians who are not Catholic (the only real Christianity) making jokes about a God they insult every day with their fake religion.

Catholics are the only Christians now? What, did they install a qualifying child molestation quota?

Actually, his argument was predicated on you NOT making that particular point. Debate over.

/raised Catholic
//never molested
///left church anyway

Oh, and I'm going to stop FARKing for a few days until the commercials go away.
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 06:51:00 AM
citizenj: Yeah, it's higher up in the thread. The one with the blonde whore covering her mouth and checking out the ept.

/dirty, dirty whore

You don't call rape victims whores.
 
ThurmanMerman
2011-12-14 06:51:11 AM
"But he told me I couldn't get pregnant if he just whispered in my ear!"
 
citizenj
2011-12-14 06:53:00 AM
Mugato: citizenj: Yeah, it's higher up in the thread. The one with the blonde whore covering her mouth and checking out the ept.

/dirty, dirty whore

You don't call rape victims whores.

Dude, look at those robes. RED?! She was asking for it.

Probably showed ankle while riding the damn donkey too.
 
buckler [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 06:56:35 AM
FirstNationalBastard: Bathia_Mapes: R.A.Danny: Joseph: You are NOT the father!

[i136.photobucket.com image 499x334]

It's okay, Murray, I'mma raise 'im like he's my own.

I was thinking more along the lines of Jerry Springer...

Joseph: "What? WHAT?! Where this God dude at? Imma fark him up!"

Jerry: "Now, I know you're upset, but in the interest of fairness, we think He should be allowed to explain His side of things, so let's bring Him out. Here's God!"

GOD comes out, kisses MARY

Joseph: "MUTHERFARKER!"
*chairs thrown*
*security dashes onstage as God and Joseph begin pummeling each other*

Audience: "JER-RY! JER-RY! JER-RY! JER-RY!"
 
ArcadianRefugee
2011-12-14 06:58:32 AM
hillary: Ed Finnerty: More fake Christians who are not Catholic (the only real Christianity) making jokes about a God they insult every day with their fake religion.

[www.ohdearism.com image 400x300]

Hey look -- you have no penis!

Hey look -- you have no sense of humor!
 
HairBolus
2011-12-14 06:59:36 AM
Mugato: You don't call rape victims whores.

Actually that is quite common in Mid-East cultures of which Judaism is one.

Women are raped because they asked for it and are punished by being stoned to death.
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 06:59:57 AM
citizenj: Probably showed ankle while riding the damn donkey too.

She did that too? How did she make it over to Tijuana? Maybe you were right about her.
 
Matthew Keene
2011-12-14 07:02:12 AM
HairBolus: Mugato: You don't call rape victims whores.

Actually that is quite common in Mid-East cultures of which Judaism is one.

Women are raped because they asked for it and are punished by being stoned to death.

I wish someone would stone my cheatin' ex-wife to death.
 
citizenj
2011-12-14 07:03:10 AM
HairBolus: Mugato: You don't call rape victims whores.

Actually that is quite common in Mid-East cultures of which Judaism is one.

Women are raped because they asked for it and are punished by being stoned to death.

Psshhh- you can't get stoned to death. Trust me, I've tried. $300 per Oz. and all I got was some serious munchies and a drained bank account. And red eyes. Red burning unfocusing eyes ... kinda like the color of that whore's robes.
 
drjekel_mrhyde
2011-12-14 07:04:38 AM
AverageAmericanGuy: It's cute how white they made her, though. (Mary probably wasn't blond, you racists)

+5 That's why you show up in green on monitor
 
CanisNoir [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 07:04:48 AM
AverageAmericanGuy:
It's cute how white they made her, though. (Mary probably wasn't blond, you racists)

They're using the popular image of Mary which was made iconic in art of early and Renaissance Europe to make it more recognizable. I don't think they were intentionally being racist, just trying to make their point.
 
citizenj
2011-12-14 07:08:21 AM
Mugato: citizenj: Probably showed ankle while riding the damn donkey too.

She did that too? How did she make it over to Tijuana? Maybe you were right about her.

Oddly enough, the donkey dick double drink specials attraction started in Jerusalem. It was shortly thereafter replaced by Sheeptacular Saturdays and the Got your Goat Gomorrah-style underground clubs which are still popular to this day all over the middle east.
 
Lagaidh
2011-12-14 07:12:24 AM
I respect a church whose followers live in the real world and have a sense of humor.

Could you imagine either the 2009 billboard showing Joseph and Mary laying in bed with the caption "Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow" or this current billboard being displayed in the USA?

The butthurt and aimless outrage could cause a singularity of derp-a-doo.
 
WhyteRaven74
2011-12-14 07:14:48 AM
Lagaidh: Could you imagine either the 2009 billboard showing Joseph and Mary laying in bed with the caption "Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow" or this current billboard being displayed in the USA?

Oh hell you can have some people contort themselves like pretzels if you bring up the Bible twice mentions Jesus' brothers and in one case names them, and also in that verse mentions him having sisters. Granted them are some other bits and pieces in the Bible that might lead one to think how we picture not just Mary but the early life of Jesus as way off the mark.
 
CravenMorehead
2011-12-14 07:14:50 AM
Funny, but at no point in the bible does Mary act like she got knocked up by God. And she's constantly amazed or indifferent by how her son Jesus is acting. It's as if the whole virgin birth thing was made up. Crazy, I know.
 
Lagaidh
2011-12-14 07:16:52 AM
markfara: Mugato: Ed Finnerty: More fake Christians who are not Catholic (the only real Christianity) making jokes about a God they insult every day with their fake religion.

Catholics are the only Christians now? What, did they install a qualifying child molestation quota?

Actually, his argument was predicated on you NOT making that particular point. Debate over.

/raised Catholic
//never molested
///left church anyway

Oh, and I'm going to stop FARKing for a few days until the commercials go away.

AdBlock plus with Firefox also takes care o' them. But yeah- ads are fine if you want revenue, and I'll click on one regularly to support my favorite free sites; however, the moment they become talkies with no way to stop the sound... well, your site gets AdBlocked!
 
Egoy3k
2011-12-14 07:20:00 AM
CravenMorehead: Funny, but at no point in the bible does Mary act like she got knocked up by God. And she's constantly amazed or indifferent by how her son Jesus is acting. It's as if the whole virgin birth thing was made up. Crazy, I know.

What does that have to do with a funny billboard?


/Go go gadget sense of humor.
 
Lagaidh
2011-12-14 07:21:24 AM
WhyteRaven74: Lagaidh: Could you imagine either the 2009 billboard showing Joseph and Mary laying in bed with the caption "Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow" or this current billboard being displayed in the USA?

Oh hell you can have some people contort themselves like pretzels if you bring up the Bible twice mentions Jesus' brothers and in one case names them, and also in that verse mentions him having sisters. Granted them are some other bits and pieces in the Bible that might lead one to think how we picture not just Mary but the early life of Jesus as way off the mark.

Yeah... some groups actively seek out things to which they take offense. It's pretty much each extreme end. The uber-left will go to Indignation-Con 5 within seconds of somebody calling a black person black, and the uber-right simply stays in a ready state of cloud-yelling; like a gun that fires continuously waiting for a target to walk in front of it.

Yay bipolar USA!
 
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