Tag: passover

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – that time of year when christians and jews celebrate people being killed

It's time for easter and passover, where human blood sacrifices by torture, and the pointless deaths of the first born are celebrated. Mark Tapscott, of Hillfaith, has a post about an old youtube video he made about how true the silly easter story is. Unsurprisingly, he fails and it isn't.Some of his exquisite nonsense "But … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – that time of year when christians and jews celebrate people being killed →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – some prior posts about easter and passover

I'm being lazy and well, there just isnt' much more to point out about how unpleaseant these religious bits of nonsense are.Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – FFRF’s Blog “Easter fools, April Fools and Jesus’ pundits” Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – this year Easter is on April Fool’s Day Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – what … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – some prior posts about easter and passover →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a three-fer this year

Some of the big holidays/months for the abrahamic religions happen this month. Easter is this weekend. Passover starts on Friday. Ramadan is the whole lunar month. Passover - we have a celebration that the Israelites got their freedom, the "exodus", but it's not quite that simple and requires the death of children and people who … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a three-fer this year →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – happy ridiculous holiday weekend!

I've done quite a few posts on just how silly Passover and Easter are. My exodus series can be begun here. Here is a main post on easter.  I'm sure you can find more just by searching over here in the upper right hand corner search box. Conservative Christian antics about easter is here in … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – happy ridiculous holiday weekend! →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Exodus redux

Lest anyone think that I have only issues with Christianity, here is the link to the first part of my Exodus series.  I look at the strange story of the exodus in the bible. Passover is based on the idea of putting blood on doorways to avoid being killed by the angel of a supposedly … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Exodus redux →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “Abracapocus!” plus lots of collateral damage – the peculiar story of the “exodus”, part 2

After re-reading the story in exodus, I think I would be overjoyed to find out that there is no evidence for this nonsense if I were a believer. The characters are not the sharpest knives in the block. A quick overview of what has gone before.   We have a reluctant leader and a god that … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “Abracapocus!” plus lots of collateral damage – the peculiar story of the “exodus”, part 2 →