# Omnibus Religious Fucks in the NEWS **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066 "2022-02-07T18:33:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 33
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/641 "2024-02-22T01:36:13Z")
You liked the post, I didn’t. I would bow to the original poster who made the statement. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/642 "2024-02-25T06:02:51Z")
Several days ago, YouTuber Penguinz0 (that’s a zero at the end) did a great video bashing Kenneth Copeland. I had no idea he was interested in religion on any level - he’s primarily a gamer - but he was spot on. It’s about 23 minutes long and does contain profanity. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/643 "2024-02-26T01:03:55Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Several days ago, YouTuber Penguinz0 (that’s a zero at the end) did a great video bashing Kenneth Copeland. I had no idea he was interested in religion on any level - he’s primarily a gamer - but he was spot on. > > It’s about 23 minutes long and does contain profanity. ⁢ Sounded either informative or cathartic, but he did it react style, and I couldn’t stand listening to Copeland speak. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/644 "2024-03-13T11:00:02Z")
It’s good to hear that someone is looking out for the children and trying to put them on a good moral path in life. /s > **[NC school voucher dollars are funding Christian Nationalist indoctrination •...](https://ncnewsline.com/2024/03/12/nc-school-voucher-dollars-are-funding-christian-nationalist-indoctrination/)** > > veteran North Carolina public school teacher explains how state's school voucher dollars are funding Christian nationalist indoctrination ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/645 "2024-04-01T04:13:46Z")
But are the kids learning how to read and write? Oh, yeah, that doesn’t matter any more, as long as they learn the right political doctrines. (sarcasm) A flatbed trailer full of Bibles was parked near the church led by controversial “pastor” Greg Locke, and set on fire. This just totally smacks of “inside job” to me, on every level. I mean, who transports printed material on a FLATBED TRAILER? > **[Trailer full of Bibles set on fire outside Mt. Juliet Global Vision Bible Church](https://channel3now.com/2024/03/31/trailer-full-of-bibles-set-on-fire-at-mt-juliet-global-vision-bible-church-near-old-lebanon-dirt-road-and-chandler-road/?fbclid=IwAR03Q_GIxy75UCo1eqt_f5LrAOBkHeZqgv7abA46FSS0YfjqAp8KUq3XyNw)** > > Sheriff Robert Bryan informed Channel3 NOW that he has no doubt the fire was intentionally set to burn the Bibles. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/646 "2024-04-01T04:25:47Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > This just totally smacks of “inside job” to me, on every level. IIRC Locke claims to be a King James Onlyist. If these ‘’‘Bibles’‘’ ain’t KJs, and given his [history of burning books](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Locke#Career) I wouldn’t be surprised that these ‘’‘Bibles’‘’ just caught fire at a less than desired time. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/647 "2024-04-01T10:14:03Z")
Let’s not rule out “God shot down a thunderbolt.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/648 "2024-04-01T10:42:05Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > Let’s not rule out “God shot down a thunderbolt.” - That’s just God flicking his Bic. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/649 "2024-04-01T18:34:52Z")
That’s why we should worship Thor. He seems like a guy who’d get stuff done. Smite someone? Can do! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/650 "2024-04-01T19:15:57Z")
By Jove, Zeus also always has been good at smiting, with his lightning strikes. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/651 "2024-04-01T19:17:10Z")
I personally think YHWH smites the arrogant fairly often. But not directly (more’s the pity). See, the way nature’s set up, we don’t have to wait too long until the arrogant person bends the laws of physics far enough and ZAP! the tines of the fork slip into the outlet, or a window of the Sears Tower objects to being slammed into during a foot race… > **[1984 Darwin Award: Physics Lesson](https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1994-02.html)** > > 1984 Darwin Award: Physics Lesson: Near the top of one of the Windy City's mighty skyscrapers, a twenty-nine-year-old attorney named Reginald was locked in a heated dispute with one of his colleagues. Or… a pastor gets ratted out for burning Bibles. And hopefully ends up in jail, and then another line of work. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/652 "2024-04-01T19:28:06Z")
> [@digs](#): > > And hopefully ends up in jail, and then another line of work. White House Chaplain? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/653 "2024-04-01T19:59:44Z")
> [@digs](#): > > See, the way nature’s set up, we don’t have to wait too long until the arrogant person bends the laws of physics far enough and ZAP! the tines of the fork slip into the outlet, or a window of the Sears Tower objects to being slammed into during a foot race… > > [1984 Darwin Award: Physics Lesson](https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1994-02.html) I was suspicious of that Darwin Award story since they didn’t even give a last name, and those awards are sometimes for urban legends. But this one was real. > **[Lawyer plunges to his death - UPI Archives](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/07/05/Lawyer-plunges-to-his-death/3496457848000/)** > > A young lawyer who raced down a skyscraper corridor without wearing his glasses crashed through a window and plunged 39 stories to his death during an early... The worst part: > Police said portions of the man’s body were scattered around the street near the 41-story Prudential Building in Chicago’s downtown area. Did he explode on impact?! ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/654 "2024-04-01T23:06:35Z")
I didn’t see this covered on the Dope, but the “religious” right are currently losing their mind over Biden apparently making Easter Sunday _Trans Visibility Day_. > **[Joe Biden has betrayed Christian America](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2024/03/31/joe-biden-easter-transgender-day-of-remembrance-christian/)** > > Easter Sunday is about bringing Christians together. The president has proven he only cares about division A couple of things you’ll notice from my cite: The first is that this is a UK tabloid; basically the Telegraph and Daily Mail fight for the title of Britain’s FOX. The point of citing it is to illustrate that this particular bit of nonsense misinformation has been resonant enough to make it across the pond. Also note that it claims that Trans Visibility Day only dates back to 2021. This was just the first year that the white house recognized it, the day itself started in 2009. In any case, it makes no difference to the point, it’s just purely a deflection from acknowledging that the attack on Biden was baseless. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/655 "2024-04-01T23:13:30Z")
Incredibly, one of the best debunks was on FOX: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3_8frZ9-0l0/maxresdefault.jpg "Fox News Reporter Goes OFF SCRIPT, Blows Up Republican Talking Point On-Air") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_8frZ9-0l0&t=63/) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/656 "2024-04-01T23:53:01Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Did he explode on impact?! I think the technical term is splatter. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/657 "2024-04-02T05:30:33Z")
Egads. This sounds like a (I hope) non-deliberate variation of this. > **[FACT CHECK: Did a Man Die Demonstrating a Window's Strength?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/window-strength-death/)** > > A Toronto lawyer demonstrating the safety of window panes in a skyscraper ironically plunged through a window to his death. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/658 "2024-04-02T08:57:10Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I think the technical term is splatter. When it comes to the effect of a high-speed impact on the human body, the applicable metaphor is “Hefty bag full of vegetable soup”. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/659 "2024-04-02T14:25:03Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > This sounds like a (I hope) non-deliberate variation of this. It wasn’t deliberate, the man was nearly blind without his glasses and wasn’t wearing them. The assumption is that he literally couldn’t see where he was going. (I say assumption because they couldn’t interview him afterward.) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/660 "2024-04-02T14:32:43Z")
From what I’ve read, he took his glasses off SO THAT he could have a foot race FOR WHICH he took his shoes off SO THAT he’d be sure to slide on the polished marble floor… WHICH butted right up to floor-to-ceiling glass windows\*. So many bad choices made in a few seconds. . \*which had aging rubber seals that, even when they were new, were built to “give way” when uninflated. But our runner (“Insane Bolt”?) didn’t know that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066.md?page=34)