Comments on: The Son Who Fell To Earth

By: Barton Paul Levenson

Barton Paul Levenson — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:27:16 +0000

gazza writes:

[[Maybe. But I definitely still reckon he’d bawl his sissy head off if someone nailed his hand to a plank. Most certainly not well ‘ard. ]]

And I reckon you’d bawl your sissy head off if you tried this crap with me in person instead of over the internet.

By: The Centipede

The Centipede — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:03:49 +0000

I see Mohammed.

*ducks and RUNS*

By: Melusine

Melusine — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:04:31 +0000

It looks like Marvel Comics' The Thing in black, but I can see Mike Haubrich's Abe Vigoda when I pull back about two feet from the screen. Jesus is looking scarier every day...

By: gazza666

gazza666 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:30:43 +0000

[[Bartion Paul Levenson]]
The man was a professional carpenter, who walked all over first-century Judaea for years. Chances are he was in better shape than you are.

Maybe. But I definitely still reckon he’d bawl his sissy head off if someone nailed his hand to a plank. Most certainly not well ‘ard.

By: Michael Lonergan

Michael Lonergan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:55:21 +0000

On second thought, it is Benny Hinn’s hair-do.

By: arensb

arensb — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:51:23 +0000

What do you see in the Rock From Space?

I really can’t make out Jesus, but I do see a large friendly dog with floppy ears.

By: Mr. Tulip

Mr. Tulip — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:41:16 +0000

Well it’s Mr. Pin. Returning as a -ing funny meteorite.
Serves him right, though. All that hot lead…

By: Derek K. Miller

Derek K. Miller — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:22:53 +0000

Four words: Han Solo in carbonite.

By: MH

MH — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:29:58 +0000

Clearl Jesus has been frozen in carbonite for failing to pay his debts to the Hutts.

By: Michael Lonergan

Michael Lonergan — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:12:03 +0000

To Barton: I thought His father was God?

BTW I agree with you about the Carpenter thing. Also, He could probably whip all our butts by the fact that He WALKED everywhere, and He did cover a lot of territory in His life. However, do allow a little levity. We are not mocking the many rational Deists, it is the fundamentalist nutbars that see Jesus in meteorites that we mock.

Now back to the hunk of rock. Hmmmmm. Ok. If I squint really hard, twist my head around 19.5 degrees… OMG! It’s Richard C. Hoagland!

By: Barton Paul Levenson

Barton Paul Levenson — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:32:51 +0000

James posts:

[[The gospels as a historical source. History must be in trouble as a discipline.]]

Really? Have you ever looked into the historicity of the gospels? Or any other ancient texts? Do you know the first thing about textual criticism?

A lot of things originally known only from the New Testament, and thus considered ahistorical by the Enlightenment philosophes, have been verified by mid-east archaeology — Quirinius being military governor of Syria, the portico with 5 columns at Bethsaida, how prisoners were crucified. The gospels are as good as any other ancient source even to an atheist historian — note the object — an atheist historian. As opposed to an atheist internet yahoo.

By: Barton Paul Levenson

Barton Paul Levenson — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:29:18 +0000

Jeffersonian posts:

[[Actually the Jesus/carpenter thing comes form one quote in Mark. It does NOT say Jesus WAS a carpenter and the other gospels are not in agreement with this as a profession. ]]

His father was a carpenter. Sons followed fathers. Duh.

By: Lars

Lars — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:47:53 +0000

Chthulhu? You almost beat me to it, but I was going to say NYARLATHOTEP! And it’s far too late to run…

Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn…

By: Ad Hominid

Ad Hominid — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:42:12 +0000

It’s Cthulhu! Run for your lives! (Not that it’ll do you any good)

By: Lugosi

Lugosi — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:18:08 +0000

Here's a photo of Jesus in a dog's butt.

By: Lugosi

Lugosi — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:13:45 +0000

Where’s the beard? Didn’t Jesus have a beard?

By: James

James — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:52:25 +0000

The gospels as a historical source. History must be in trouble as a discipline.

By: chris

chris — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:12:20 +0000

i see the skull of a chimp in the rock

By: Jeffersonian

Jeffersonian — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:31:15 +0000

Actually the Jesus/carpenter thing comes form one quote in Mark. It does NOT say Jesus WAS a carpenter and the other gospels are not in agreement with this as a profession. The quote says that people took offense that a carpenter would be allowed to preach in the synagogue in place of a rabbi. The point being “behold he is in fact a rabbi, not a carpenter”. The gospel of Matthew describes Jesus as the SON of a carpenter, with Jesus preaching Judaism as a rabbi. Like 90% of what the general public thinks about our countries most popular religion, the “Jesus Carpenter” thing is modern cultural myth without a biblical source.

By: Law Mom

Law Mom — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:18:51 +0000

Did you see the schnoz on that thing? As a (secular) Jew, I am offended by the big nose stereotype. On behalf of Jesus, someone please alert the ADL!

By: The Centipede

The Centipede — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:07:45 +0000

Doesn’t anyone else see the dreidel? It’s pretty distinct.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:44:33 +0000

It looks like Edvard Munch’s scream face to me…

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:45:58 +0000

The bottom line: the owner can make more money if the meteorite gets publicity, and claiming to see Jesus in it will give it a wide audience from which buyers will emerge. The owner is not so dumb…

I see a lion face, but, then I sometimes see mounds on the moon where craters actually exist. My brain gets mixed up that way sometimes.

By: Nadia

Nadia — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:43:54 +0000

My eyes hurt.

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:04:32 +0000

,,,beside, they’re really NSFW but that shouldn’t be a problem for you,,,

oops, forgot about the Little Astronomer,,,

GAry 7