# 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:** 64
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1261 "2026-07-28T21:19:48Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > I don’t _think_ they expect it to be visible from Earth. > > Oh man, I was picturing something equivalent to Chairface Chippendale’s plan to write his name on the moon. I was imagining a cross 2000 miles on the long side. > > [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3oPUSRWIAA7LJH.jpg](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3oPUSRWIAA7LJH.jpg) You just know some enterprising asshole is going to run with the idea, and soon we’ll see that picture with the cross at the end of the CHA, followed by GPT. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1262 "2026-07-29T20:11:33Z")
Judging from how may evangelical churches call themselves a chapel, I would imagine they don’t like the term megachurch. Seriously, to most people a chapel is a small church-like religious space, usually adjunct to something else. Airports, hospitals, and schools have chapels. A really big church like a cathedral may have a chapel or two in the basement. But evangelicals seem to love calling some of their really BIG churches “chapels” for some reason. An appearance of modesty? A dig at large non-evangelical churches (Catholic churches tend to be large)? ---
**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:** [July 29, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1263 "2026-07-29T20:38:15Z")
But then there’s the Sistine Chapel. I think that formally, a chapel is just a worship space. Most churches have one (which does not take up the whole church, since there might also be a vestry, a sacristy, a rectory, a hall, etc.), but a larger church might have multiple. But I’m guessing that for the megachurches, it’s a pretext of modesty. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1264 "2026-07-29T21:38:18Z")
So apparently it’s a thing now for [assholes to](https://www.news24.com.au/lifestyle/trending/call-the-flight-attendant-woman-divides-social-media-as-she-halts-plane-passengers-to-preach-about-jesus-after-flight-came-to-standstill/news-story/fba77ee7d71d679c6905f737e6257721) [preach on](https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/07/23/preachers-are-turning-planes-into-their-pulpits/) [airplanes](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/7/24/800074429/community/the-captain-has-turned-off-the-seat-belt-sign-you-are-now-free-to-preach-around-the-cabin/). Because their evangelical belief that a Christian must bring Christianity to as many people as possible overcomes any residual empathy that people don’t want pretty much anything forced on them while they’re locked in a metal tube for hours. I also see a element of fishing for “persecution” if an aircrew does tell them to (please) shut up and sit down. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1265 "2026-07-29T22:08:14Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > Because their evangelical belief that a Christian must bring Christianity to as many people as possible What gets me is the absolute arrogance when they act like there’s people who have never heard of Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1266 "2026-07-29T22:23:28Z")
I remember Chick Tracts: “Golly! I never heard of that there Jesus feller before! He sounds like a cool dude!” ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1267 "2026-07-30T01:37:51Z")
Hey, as long as they’re willing to listen to me tell them about my dream where I was a substitute Jesus first. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2026, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1268 "2026-07-30T01:50:50Z")
Did you have pronouncing all of the names on the roll call? Because Jesus has a lot of folks on his roster. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1269 "2026-07-30T02:03:41Z")
Hehe, if you’re meaning me, nah. The dream was really vague on what the responsibilities of substitute Jesus were or how they arrived at the conclusion that it was somehow my turn. Everyone was asking me if I was going to “call it”, meaning whether I was going to trigger armageddon (or the eschaton if you prefer). In the dream, I also had a cell phone that I was pretty sure was hacked, and I worked a shitty job in a data center that was a lot like my job in a data center about a decade ago. This job was even worse than that one, though. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2026, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1270 "2026-07-30T02:26:00Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > In the dream, I also had a cell phone that I was pretty sure was hacked, and I worked a shitty job in a data center that was a lot like my job in a data center about a decade ago. This job was even worse than that one, though. Truly, He did suffer for our sins. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1271 "2026-07-30T04:14:20Z")
Hehe, Jesus may have died for our sins, but Bob strained his back and it hurt real bad. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Bobdobbs.png) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Bobdobbs.png) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1272 "2026-07-30T06:51:16Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > This all comes shortly after one of the monks apparently drowned himself after the founder disavowed Vatican II and three others “escaped” their island hermitage (AFAIK, the monastery are the only inhabitants of the island, one of the smaller Orkneys) on a clandestine late-night sailing because they couldn’t countenance the heresy. > > Tradcath stuff is WEIRD. This is oddly reminiscent of a 1973 TV movie titled _[Catholics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholics_(ITV_Sunday_Night_Theatre))._ In the 21st century, a bunch of Tradcaths on a little island off the coast of [Ireland](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Scotireland) are visited by a Vatican emissary. They argue and argue. Anybody else remember seeing that? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1273 "2026-07-30T07:12:23Z")
I resemble that remark! No Slack for you! ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1274 "2026-07-30T07:23:26Z")
The Bob giveth, the Bob apparently also taketh appropriate deductions. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1275 "2026-07-30T12:54:24Z")
Only until the Tick closes up the C, and Omnipotus takes a bite out of the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1276 "2026-07-30T13:39:34Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Last night, I learned about the existence of [a](https://mooncross.org/)group whose goal is to put a cross on the moon. Don’t these people know that the Mormons have already enrolled everyone in the universe in their church? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1277 "2026-07-30T16:05:38Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > This is oddly reminiscent of a 1973 TV movie titled _[Catholics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholics_(ITV_Sunday_Night_Theatre))._ In the 21st century, a bunch of Tradcaths on a little island off the coast of [Ireland](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Scotireland) are visited by a Vatican emissary. They argue and argue. Anybody else remember seeing that? I remember when it was on, but didn’t watch it. I grew up Catholic, and by that time I wanted no contact with churchy stuff at all. ---
**Author:** ![Nightaudit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightaudit/32/17181_2.png) [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1278 "2026-07-30T17:50:42Z")
I vaguely recall a movie like that, it had Martin Sheen in it… ITV movie from 70s but set in the year 2000. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1279 "2026-07-30T17:54:26Z")
Yeah, I remember Martin Sheen, too. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1280 "2026-07-30T21:53:20Z")
Yes I saw that movie. Didn’t their leader give in at the end? With a look of grief on his face? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066.md?page=65)