# Religion ruins everything. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 12, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-ruins-everything/476848 "2008-12-12T06:08:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-ruins-everything/476848/61 "2008-12-14T11:38:29Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Dude, stop pining over old girlfriends. All the Christian charity collectors in the world can’t help get you a big steaming cup of Get The Fuck Over Her. 😛 Preaching to the choir 🙂 But hey, sometimes I also figure it’s from a sexy, secret admirer. … … It could happen. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-ruins-everything/476848/62 "2008-12-14T11:39:23Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Dude, stop pining over old girlfriends. All the Christian charity collectors in the world can’t help get you a big steaming cup of Get The Fuck Over Her. 😛 And I can’t see how penguins could be blamed for his lousy love-life…unless there is something he isn’t mentioning? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-ruins-everything/476848/63 "2008-12-14T11:42:18Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > And I can’t see how penguins could be blamed for his lousy love-life…unless there is something he isn’t mentioning? Ever seen _Good Luck Chuck_? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-ruins-everything/476848/64 "2008-12-14T12:14:40Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Preaching to the choir 🙂 > > But hey, sometimes I also figure it’s from a sexy, secret admirer. > > … > > … > > It could happen. Am I to assume that you’re to blame for the hordes of winged monkeys presently flying out of my ass? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-ruins-everything/476848/65 "2008-12-14T13:00:04Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > Let’s give it a go: > > Pass this on **ONLY IF YOU MEAN IT!!** > > Yes, I do Love Penguins. > > THEY are my source of existence and Savior. Get thee behind me, Penguin! ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-ruins-everything/476848/66 "2008-12-14T13:41:08Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Am I to assume that you’re to blame for the hordes of winged monkeys presently flying out of my ass? 😛 Nope, that’s all\*\* Skald the Rhyme\*\*r’s doing. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-ruins-everything/476848/67 "2008-12-14T16:21:28Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I’m with the OP, although i agree that religion is far from the only culprit here. > > Here’s an email i got from a friend the other day:The only thing missing from the above quote is the list of 654 names underneath, and the 24 point, red, comic sans font that the body of the message was composed in. > > There are about 50 things wrong with this email. A quick read of the [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger) and [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/bulger.asp) entries on the Jamie Bulger murder makes very clear what they are. The true version of events is horrifying enough. Jeez, I’d never heard of that case before. How awful. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-ruins-everything/476848/68 "2008-12-14T16:55:41Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > The true version of events is horrifying enough. Jeez, I’d never heard of that case before. How awful. > ☹ Oh, indeed. It was quite the attention-getter over here at the time - not least because of the extreme youth of the perps. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-ruins-everything/476848/69 "2008-12-14T18:47:25Z")
Jeebus + Santa = Hell ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-ruins-everything/476848/70 "2008-12-16T01:36:20Z")
The problem with penguinists is that they see everything as black and white. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-ruins-everything/476848/71 "2008-12-16T04:06:42Z")
> [@rivulus](#): > > The problem with penguinists is that they see everything as black and white. Yeah, they just polarise everything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-ruins-everything/476848.md?page=3)