{"id":2224,"date":"2011-04-25T08:08:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T13:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2011-04-25T08:08:21","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T13:08:21","slug":"thinking-seriously-about-nonsense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2224","title":{"rendered":"Thinking Seriously About Nonsense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I was on the Huffington Post\u2019s religion page over the weekend and saw a ton of articles that just seemed silly to me. Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n<p>Who Killed Jesus? An Examination of the Evidence<br \/>\nPontius Pilate v. Jesus: Was It a Fair Trial?<br \/>\nRe-Enacting The Trial Of Jesus<br \/>\nThe Mysteries Of The Last Supper And Jesus&#8217; Final Days<br \/>\nWhy Did Judas Betray Jesus?<\/p>\n<p>This is of course all nonsense. I know Christians hate to hear that, but it is true. It truly saddens me that people take this crap so seriously that they pepper the media with such nonsense. For Christians, let me put it another way. What if they went to a popular media outlet and saw articles with titles such as:<\/p>\n<p>Did Voldemort Really Kill Harry Potter\u2019s Parents? An Examination of the Evidence<br \/>\nJor El v. Zod: Was It a Fair Trial?<br \/>\nRe-Enacting The Trial Of Goldielocks<br \/>\nThe Mysteries of the last lunch and Yoda\u2019s Final Days<br \/>\nWhy Did Darth Vader Betray the Emperor?<\/p>\n<p>No one would take such a media outlet seriously; nor should they. It is all fiction and while such article might be fun to read at a party, no one ought to waste actual time and money researching such absurdities. Jesus is a fictional character and the story about him is fiction. People should stop wasting time with such ridiculousness and get on with their lives.<br \/>\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><br \/>\n<a onclick=\"return addthis_sendto()\" onmouseover=\"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')\" onmouseout=\"addthis_close()\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=dangeroustalk\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a><script src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js?pub=dangeroustalk\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- AddThis Button END --><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=da6d4aca-c766-42fd-8d7d-36eac8acdb56\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2224\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 317364;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I was on the Huffington Post\u2019s religion page over the weekend and saw a ton of articles that just seemed silly to me. Here are a few examples: Who Killed Jesus? An Examination of the Evidence Pontius Pilate v. Jesus: Was It a Fair Trial? 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