Comments on: Burning Worldly Stuff

By: Just Burned My KJV

Just Burned My KJV — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:27:46 +0000

They burn stuff now because they can’t get away with burning people anymore, and they have to find someway of quenching that urge to destroy anyone who is “evil.”

By: Steve Condrey

Steve Condrey — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:57:03 +0000

It certainly makes for a memorable occasion (or not, depending upon which drugs are being burned ) Be sure to have an ice cream truck available for the occasion…

By: Big Gary

Big Gary — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:58:47 +0000

Burning drugs in a public bonfire is good for building attendance figures.

By: Steve Condrey

Steve Condrey — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:56:07 +0000

Galileo was not executed by the Church; he lived and continued to work for another 12 years after his trial (only his poor health slowed him down). He also remained loyal to the Church, completing his prescribed pennance and continuing to support two daughters in a convent.

Galileo’s trial was motivated more by Church politics, the larger geopolitical picture posed by the Reformation, and Galileo’s personal conduct (he had a reputation even before publishing the Dialogue for pissing off highly-placed officials) than by what he actually taught. For the record, the Catholic Church removed all of Galileo’s writings from the Holy Index within 100 years of the trial, and formally accepted heliocentrism around 1800 (around the time direct experimental evidence was available; Galileo’s observations were indirect and could have been explained by other mechanisms accepted at the time).

By: tigersharksteph

tigersharksteph — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:35:41 +0000

my youth group used to convince us all our cds were evil and we would get together and break them into peices, my boyfriend at the time becasme very irritated becuase every few months i would have to ask him to re-burn cds for me and then break them a few months later!!

By: phil

phil — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:38:45 +0000

Socrates was killed by the Athenians-not fundies.

By: Sarah Schoonmaker

Sarah Schoonmaker — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:39:11 +0000

Hi Darrell,

I found your website through the “Constructive Curmudgeon.” Good points about the fundies. While they may still burn non-Christian music, mini-skirts, non-Christian books, and maybe even drugs (you made this great comment!), it is interesting to note that this is nothing new for fundies. Burning “harmful” materials to protect their faith is not a far cry from their despicable behavior in history: burning witches and executing heretics (many of them had significant contributions to society, i.e. Socrates and Galileo). Christianity is based on a barbaric God, who commands senseless killing of various nations to merely extend his “anger” and “justice.” It’s also interesting to note that America with it’s mostly Christian worldview is one of the most unhalthy, prescription drug abusing, depressed, nations in existence today. Just some thoughts to ponder.

Cheers,
Sarah