Thats why I prefer spiritualism over organized religion. To be overly sarcastic... People who think land spirits should be respected always tend to care for the land around them, help it flourish, its symbiotic thinking. People who were told sky daddy hates pee pee touching or that theyre the "special group" often turn into fearful hatemongers and develop a sense of entitlement to the land around them and ignore the damage they do
Most reasonable people do. And now - It seems like we need him more than ever. All we can do is share that wisdom as much as we can because just about everything he said still applies today.
A very bright and pretty nice guy named Jesus reinterpreted the violent vindictive garbage his predecessors believed. Then some not very bright jerks turned his philosophy into an insane collection of fairy tales and magical but highly marketable religion that would get the people paying taxes to the Roman church again. After all that the brightest people devoted their lives to trying to make some sort of coherent belief system out of it.
why didn't that pretty nice guy Jesus say anything about how slavery is wrong? that seems like something that should have been a priority to address, especially since Jesus came to fulfill the old law, of which slavery was condoned, sanctioned, and given specific instruction FROM GOD on how to conduct slavery. Just food for thought.
How would you know if he did?Do you really believe that the Romans who loved owning other people would ever have preserved anything that criticized their favorite principle?
??? Your response made no sense, so let me reiterate on the odds you are not completely dishonest: OT gives instruction on how to conduct slavery, condoning it multiple times (Exodus 21 is particularly disgusting). Jesus never mentioned an iota of how slavery is wrong, or about slavery in any meaningful way. In fact, the most the NT mentions slavery is through Paul, who says obey your masters even the cruel ones. Cleared up for you now?
Lot of religions are started by a "hey, let's regroup and refocus on how this stuff is supposed to be about making peoples lives better" and end up re-perverted into the "hey, people follow this stuff, so we can use it as a form of mass control to get what we want from the masses!"
You forgot the step where Jesus's contemporaries killed him for daring to challenge and change the violent vindictive garbage. Or where many current self-proclaimed followers of Jesus still heavily believe the original violent vindictive garbage, when not creating their own.
I was shown this comedy special when I was younger, let's say around the age that religion stops being the thing your parents do with you and turns into the thing they expect you to take on as a responsibility. I listened to what this man said one time and told everyone I wouldn't be believing in their nonsense again. Every time I'm asked what happens if I did and there is a god I have the same answer, no one who will allow the poor and weak to suffer deserves to be able to judge me.
I recently went to 3 different religions. From the JWs, I got 'you're praying to the wrong god'. From the christians, I got 'pray more', and from the krishnas, I got 'chant more'.
What I did NOT get was anything definitive. I also have had moments where nothing comes out but anguish. NO GOD HAS EVER HELPED ME. No prayers are answered, no help comes, no comfort, not a fucking thing.
Religion is poison! But there is one thing I hate even more: Missionaries 🤮 This fucking assholes who think everyone needs to believe the crap they believe because only their shit is the true shit! Holy shit 🤮🤮🤮
I got told by some JWs that I was 'praying to the wrong god'. Like- what- the actual god is such an insufferable dick, he can't come help, regardless???
GFM311
Acting like women don't do the EXACT same shit as men when in power is pretty misogynistic, George.
EssentialLurker
Maybe this is the bad place....
Hovencl00f
George Carlin offers a spot on description of what religion is.
PerkyPervertedPet
Impressive how he made those women fangirling over him.
zombiejedediah
Speaking as a guy: he's not wrong
TheVillageGrouch9000
He was brilliant. Is it me or is this clip sped up a bit? Why?
Mahabazu
Things just seem to go by faster when you're old.
charondaboatman
sadurdaynight
religion is just stockholm syndrome with fancy texts
SecretAgentSuperBooger
And silly hats.
Imadethisaccounttopost
I used to have this on vhs.
ThatGuyFromJustSouthOfTheMiddleOfNowhere
Hatlled
The way I'm treated in society- I HAVE to be made in god's image.
CardeasIV
he kinda describes god from the Daniel Radcliff angel tv shwo...
Rihn
LokilairTTV
Thats why I prefer spiritualism over organized religion. To be overly sarcastic... People who think land spirits should be respected always tend to care for the land around them, help it flourish, its symbiotic thinking. People who were told sky daddy hates pee pee touching or that theyre the "special group" often turn into fearful hatemongers and develop a sense of entitlement to the land around them and ignore the damage they do
mygodhasabiggerdick
Ah, yes... The origin of my username. (Not shown in this clip, but this part of his routine is where it's at.)
https://youtu.be/3vdPVCNNbkc?si=pC59-XE9Uz_wiCSt
selfbiased
if only i could say that my username is "BiggerDickForeignPolicyTheory."
SirVG
George Carlin was so good. I miss him.
SomeFukinWizard
Most reasonable people do. And now - It seems like we need him more than ever. All we can do is share that wisdom as much as we can because just about everything he said still applies today.
Speaker2Animals
He’d have SO much material if he were still alive.
SecretAgentSuperBooger
The world today could use strong dose of Carlin, Lenny Bruce and Bill Hicks.
wadatahmydamie
Why is Denis Leary more famous than Bill Hicks?
Because there’s No Cure for Cancer
davebarton315101
A very bright and pretty nice guy named Jesus reinterpreted the violent vindictive garbage his predecessors believed. Then some not very bright jerks turned his philosophy into an insane collection of fairy tales and magical but highly marketable religion that would get the people paying taxes to the Roman church again. After all that the brightest people devoted their lives to trying to make some sort of coherent belief system out of it.
LocalUnassumingGuy
why didn't that pretty nice guy Jesus say anything about how slavery is wrong? that seems like something that should have been a priority to address, especially since Jesus came to fulfill the old law, of which slavery was condoned, sanctioned, and given specific instruction FROM GOD on how to conduct slavery. Just food for thought.
davebarton315101
How would you know if he did?Do you really believe that the Romans who loved owning other people would ever have preserved anything that criticized their favorite principle?
LocalUnassumingGuy
??? Your response made no sense, so let me reiterate on the odds you are not completely dishonest: OT gives instruction on how to conduct slavery, condoning it multiple times (Exodus 21 is particularly disgusting). Jesus never mentioned an iota of how slavery is wrong, or about slavery in any meaningful way. In fact, the most the NT mentions slavery is through Paul, who says obey your masters even the cruel ones. Cleared up for you now?
candysandy
Yeah, since anything about "Jesus" was written 100 years after he supposedly lived, it's more likely he was an amalgamation of various prophets.
sadurdaynight
Lot of religions are started by a "hey, let's regroup and refocus on how this stuff is supposed to be about making peoples lives better" and end up re-perverted into the "hey, people follow this stuff, so we can use it as a form of mass control to get what we want from the masses!"
marsilies
You forgot the step where Jesus's contemporaries killed him for daring to challenge and change the violent vindictive garbage. Or where many current self-proclaimed followers of Jesus still heavily believe the original violent vindictive garbage, when not creating their own.
davebarton315101
Oh yeah, that too.
StellarJay77
So in a nutshell, selfish, greedy, assholes have been fucking things up for everyone else for centuries.
1stDrunkJoe
Millenia
SecretAgentSuperBooger
mylastaccountwashackedin2014
Because he's the kind of asshole to bless his clubs!
laner7112000
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1Z294N2V2cmpqbWhodjgwcmtnOHV3MGN3MHFiOWR2YzY5ZWEyNDJ3aiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/knWj8IasyCf3q/200w.webp
Makerofthingsmasherofstuff
I hate religion so much.
2112eric5772
Let's be friends. I need not know anything else about you.
Jewdakris
I was shown this comedy special when I was younger, let's say around the age that religion stops being the thing your parents do with you and turns into the thing they expect you to take on as a responsibility. I listened to what this man said one time and told everyone I wouldn't be believing in their nonsense again. Every time I'm asked what happens if I did and there is a god I have the same answer, no one who will allow the poor and weak to suffer deserves to be able to judge me.
Hatlled
I recently went to 3 different religions. From the JWs, I got 'you're praying to the wrong god'. From the christians, I got 'pray more', and from the krishnas, I got 'chant more'.
What I did NOT get was anything definitive. I also have had moments where nothing comes out but anguish. NO GOD HAS EVER HELPED ME. No prayers are answered, no help comes, no comfort, not a fucking thing.
Zoldjah
The cancer of mankind
Sparck
kind feels like a thing grown babies with no direction do to cope with having panic attacks
Bollramm
Religion is poison!
But there is one thing I hate even more: Missionaries 🤮
This fucking assholes who think everyone needs to believe the crap they believe because only their shit is the true shit!
Holy shit 🤮🤮🤮
Hatlled
I got told by some JWs that I was 'praying to the wrong god'. Like- what- the actual god is such an insufferable dick, he can't come help, regardless???
Smokahontis
It makes my skin crawl.