Octopus Overlords

Defiant wrote: Sun Jun 24, 2018 1:41 pm

Skinypupy wrote: Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:24 pm

Defiant wrote: Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:25 am ‘Daily Show’ Exposes How Trump Fans Have No Idea What ‘Space Force’ Is

The best response is:

Spoiler:

“It doesn’t make a lot of sense and would be wasting a lot of dollars,” he said. “But at the same time, it’s going to be cool.”

Although "Space ISIS" is meme worthy.

Blackhawk wrote: Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:31 am Can't... stop... laughing... "Space ISIS!"

Holman wrote: Tue Jul 03, 2018 7:14 am The caption writer seems to think he caught a goof. I'm 100% sure it's intentional.

It’s Not a Typo

There is an intentional ambiguity embedded in the expression GODISNOWHERE. There are (at least) two ways of reading it. “God is now here” refers to the familiar concept found in Christianity - God’s omnipresence. God is near, close, even everywhere.

“God is nowhere” can be said to refer to the experience of God’s absence. A less familiar concept, but nonetheless as central to Christianity as God’s “immanence”. Jesus’ cry on the Cross, “My God, why have you forsaken me?” points to this ambiguity.

We cannot, in fact, experience the presence of God without also experiencing God’s absence.

To take this a step further, the expression functions as a critique of a kind of dualistic thinking which separates people into "us" and "them", theists and atheists. Both theists and atheists affirm and reject particular notions or concepts about "God". Early Christians, in fact, were considered "atheists" for their rejection of Roman gods (Justin Martyr). Theists and atheists may have more in common than is immediately obvious. Gods come in all shapes and sizes. Just read (or soon watch) Neil Gaiman's American Gods.

Nonetheless, the comments continue: yet another silly church sign gone wrong. Some are offended and wish it were removed and others dismiss it as simple minded carelessness. One news outlet (ABC affiliate) reported knowing the church ("in Newtown") did not “intend” for it to read the way it does. I'm not sure how they discovered our intentions.

naednek wrote: Fri Jun 29, 2018 3:03 pm Ever catch these blurbs after big bang or young Sheldon? This one was cool.

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Holman wrote: Sun Jul 08, 2018 7:06 pm OK... *something* is coming from Sacha Baron Cohen.

https://twitter.com/SachaBaronCohen/sta ... 7903442944
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LordMortis wrote: Thu Jul 12, 2018 3:54 pm

hepcat wrote:Somebody must have yelled "Look to your left!"

Holman wrote: Sun Jul 08, 2018 7:06 pm OK... *something* is coming from Sacha Baron Cohen.

https://twitter.com/SachaBaronCohen/sta ... 7903442944
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