# 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:** 34
**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, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/661 "2024-04-02T14:37:34Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > the man was nearly blind without his glasses But anyone without glasses can tell the difference between running down a stairwell and running straight towards a huge square of daylight. ---
**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 2, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/662 "2024-04-02T14:41:13Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > (I say assumption because they couldn’t interview him afterward.) That’s poor reporting. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/663 "2024-04-02T14:58:23Z")
It was the media’s medium day off. ---
**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, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/664 "2024-04-02T15:48:30Z")
> [@digs](#): > > But anyone without glasses can tell the difference between running down a stairwell and running straight towards a huge square of daylight. I wonder if not being able to see very well meant not that he couldn’t see it at all but misjudged distances. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/665 "2024-04-02T16:42:16Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > 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”. What I remember is, “Rats bounce, humans die, horses splatter,” but that was referring to a fall of a few stories, not 22. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/666 "2024-04-02T17:07:33Z")
Aside: The essay that quote is from is actually about politics. After all that bit about animals needing to be the right size, he turns it into governments needing to be the right size. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/667 "2024-04-02T17:47:51Z")
> [@digs](#): > > But our runner (“Insane Bolt”?) didn’t know that. Win Pane Dolt? ---
**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, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/668 "2024-04-02T19:18:17Z")
I was wondering if the man was suicidal, and this was how he decided to take himself out. ---
**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, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/669 "2024-04-02T19:30:53Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > …this was how he decided to take himself out. It took him two months to work up his officemate Jeff into a competitive lather (including sending his wife flowers), all so that he’d insist on an athletic contest. On the day that it all came to a head, the office dartboard was missing, Jeff’s basketball was deflated, and his shoelaces had been snipped, so “Barefoot Footrace” was the only option… ---
**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, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/670 "2024-04-02T19:44:32Z")
As someone unfortunately with some experience in the matter, a party where you are celebrating a holiday with people and engaged in an impromptu foot race is one of the least likely circumstances that a person would intentionally choose to end their life. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/671 "2024-04-02T21:12:03Z")
> [@digs](#): > > “Insane Bolt”? Fun fact: There’s a [racehorse in the UK](https://www.skysports.com/racing/form-profiles/horse/1024515/insane-bolt-ire) with that name. ---
**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, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/672 "2024-04-02T21:39:55Z")
I was gonna say, great superhero name. ---
**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 3, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/673 "2024-04-03T01:20:58Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > What I remember is, “Rats bounce, humans die, horses splatter,” _Haldane’s Rule of the Right Size_ > **[On Being the Right Size](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Being_the_Right_Size)** > > "On Being the Right Size" is a 1926 essay by J. B. S. Haldane which discusses proportions in the animal world and the essential link between the size of an animal and these systems an animal has for life. It was published as one of Haldane's collected essays in Possible Worlds and Other Essays. > Haldane's thesis is that sheer size very often defines what bodily equipment an animal must have: > Insects, being so small, do not have oxygen-carrying bloodstreams. What little oxygen their cells require... ---
**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 19, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/674 "2024-04-19T11:18:16Z")
There’s no truth or justice here, and it’s certainly not my idea of the American Way. > **[In Superman’s 'hometown,' a pastor vows to fight Satan’s influence at the...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/metropolis-illinois-library-books-battle-superman-rcna148352)** > > Apocalyptic warnings of an "evil" assault are fueling a struggle for control of the public library in Metropolis, Illinois. ---
**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 19, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/675 "2024-04-19T11:41:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Baxter also elaborated on her refusal to apply for state grants. She had chosen instead, she said, to rely on God to provide. > > “We don’t need to live by the regulations and the rules of this state,” Baxter said. “We are here to serve and to honor God.” Nice of her to confirm that she was unwilling to follow rules and regulations. A pity she also failed on the “honoring God” part. > [@](#): > > Otherwise, Anderson said, the library would soon resemble a scene “straight out of Sodom and Gomorrah.” So…where can I get a library card application? ---
**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 19, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/676 "2024-04-19T11:42:55Z")
Depending on God to send them money seems like a poor financial plan, though I am not an accountant or have any sort of business background. ---
**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 19, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/677 "2024-04-19T12:57:45Z")
The paranoia is fascinating. “They’re coming for you! They want your children dead!” Jesus Christ. I don’t understand how you confront such a pathology except by brute force—i.e., outnumber ‘em, relentless opposition, etc. There is no getting through to them. It must be exhausting to be sane in places like that. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/678 "2024-04-19T22:32:07Z")
If a list of books that crackpots want banned is published, that will only encourage folks to check them out. When I was in high school Spanish we read a book that the publishers of the school edition said had three small portions excised to make it ok for young people. First thing I did, and some others as well, was to go to the city library to find out what we were missing. I was quite disappointed, and to even my young mind those bits were fairly PG. No gay characters? Oooh, one of my favorite series, the Nantucket trilogy by Stirling, has a prominent character who is lesbian, with a partner. Marian is a tough Coast Guard officer, and she and her partner have instructed thier two young(adopted) daughters to gang up on anyone who bullies them for having two moms. Don’t mess with Marian. ---
**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 19, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/679 "2024-04-19T22:38:39Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > If a list of books that crackpots want banned is published, that will only encourage folks to check them out. Somewhere I still have this button from the 80s, [![](https://www.buttonmuseum.org/sites/default/files/CA-i-read-banned-books-button_busy_beaver_button_museum.png) ](https://www.buttonmuseum.org/sites/default/files/CA-i-read-banned-books-button_busy_beaver_button_museum.png) ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/680 "2024-04-19T23:06:53Z")
I can’t find it online (of course) but I saw a comic where a woman is at a table passing out copies of a list of books that should be banned. Another woman is shown picking up a copy. In the second panel the woman who picked up the list is passing out (presumably) copies of the list and saying, “Class, this is our reading list for this year”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066.md?page=35)