The Funny Picture Thread

[Zalis]

Yeeeeah... not quite the whole story. (although, as a non-Catholic, crucifixes don't make much sense to me either) But that's another thread and another discussion.

Anyway, my friend sent me this link and said it's what he ordered for my bachelor party.*

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Not actually going to have strippers, which makes it funnier.

[Rob Van Der Sloot]

every religion is about a god and Christians are praying to a dead guy.....and that's a holy thing?

He's considered a messiah, and some consider him to be God. Makes perfect sense in that respect.

[The Pointless]

every religion is about a god...

At the risk of sounding Ill-educated and/or ignorant... Buddhism?


Posted from my cyberbrain. There may be typos.

[Giggles]

Buddhism isn't a religion though. Not supposed to be anyway. It's supposed to be a way of life. Polytheistic or Gaiaism doesn't really fit the above mould.

[Guided Daggers]

In Dutch, we have two words for that:

Godsdienst and Religie
Godsdienst is worshipping a god, religion is more like a philosophy.

[The Pointless]

Buddhism isn't a religion though. Not supposed to be anyway.

I officially hate the UK education system even more.

[sorudo]

Buddhism isn't a religion though. Not supposed to be anyway. It's supposed to be a way of life. Polytheistic or Gaiaism doesn't really fit the above mould.

if memory serves, they do have Buddha......that's where the name comes from anyway.

[RD]

I officially hate the UK education system even more.

Nah, Buddhism can be a religion.

if memory serves, they do have Buddha......that's where the name comes from anyway.

The Budda is not a god, though. Unless you are thinking of Budai (Fat Budda / Laughing Buddha) - a LOT of people think that is the Buddhist Buddha (it's not). Though, reading up a bit, it looks like in Hinduism, he is considered one of the avatars of Vishnu (which is kind of weird - wasn't there some tension in the early days of Buddhism among Hindus, because of Buddhism's rejection of the caste system?).

The Buddha was just a man (Siddhartha Gautama) who achieved Enlightenment and taught others how to do the same. Buddhism is largely based off his teachings.

I tried to be a Buddhist for a bit; I don't have the dedication to meditate and stuff like that. Love the teachings, though, so I'm kind of all about it as a philosophy. Maybe I should give it another whirl.

[Jez]

I haven't seen these yet... (I read the posts starting 2009.)

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[RD]

It's a good thing they add the celebrity names under that last one because I only can identify two people out of that whole image lol