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I basically want to make a hate piece on religion. Luckily for me, I can do that in the form of a fake postcard(like postsecret). What I'm looking for are two things:
1) An appropriate image that shows the harm of religion.
2) A quote or statistic that I could put on there.

Now, if the statistic is good enough the image could just be a church or something. But I'm thinking something like a man in a hospital in africa with a newspaper style cutout of a statement by the catholic church encouraging africans not to use condoms.

So, trying to make a postcard mimicking the postsecret postcards with a hate on for religion. Suggestions?

I basically want to make a hate piece on religion.

Keep fighting the good fight.

A picture of Bin Laden, with the burning Twin Towers in the background, with Bin Laden saying "I'm a Muslim!"

Or draw a picture of the Prophet Mohammed that says "To look at me is heresy".

If you wanna be a troll, troll all the way.

41 million women, children & men in sub-Saharan Africa have died of AIDS

The Catholic Church says "condoms spread HIV" and discourages their use.

Short, punchy, and I'm pretty sure it's the most evil plank in any mainstream religious platform.

Kinda loses its impact due to the Pope's latest ambiguous comments.

Besides, bashing Muslims makes academics rage more.

It really depends on if you want generic religion bashing or specific religion bashing.

Along the line of specific, anyone hear about Marion Westpfahl's investigation? Hilarious. Most widely abusive diocese, and Ratzinger goes ten years and mysteriously only one file exists.

Yes. Covering up pedophilia is so funny.

*deadpan*

Psychic Robot wrote:

I basically want to make a hate piece on religion.

Keep fighting the good fight.

Yeah, I already went over it with my prof. I have specifically been told that making a piece on the evils of religion is a good idea.

Kaelik wrote:It really depends on if you want generic religion bashing or specific religion bashing.

Along the line of specific, anyone hear about Marion Westpfahl's investigation? Hilarious. Most widely abusive diocese, and Ratzinger goes ten years and mysteriously only one file exists.

General is probably better. The closer I can mimic one of the post secret cards, the better.

Sashi wrote:41 million women, children & men in sub-Saharan Africa have died of AIDS

The Catholic Church says "condoms spread HIV" and discourages their use.

Short, punchy, and I'm pretty sure it's the most evil plank in any mainstream religious platform.

The statistic could be handy. A specific press release from the church that I could make into a newspaper clipping would be pretty killer.

Note: I'm more looking for ideas to work with than anything. The project isn't due for another week, so getting useful stuff to work with will help,

The biggest difference between what you're proposing and the post secret cards, is that post secrets are generally personal.

If imitating the post secret cards while exposing the evils of religion is your goal, then your best bet would be to find things about religion that are horrifying and put yourself into the shoes of someone who was affected by that scenario. Then write the card(s) from that perspective.

Things like:

My Taliban husband doesn't know I learned to read.
My priest doesn't know my spouse and I use condoms because we don't want kids.
I know I'm Hindu, but I really do like hamburgers (or Jewish/Muslim & bacon, whatev).

Maj wrote:The biggest difference between what you're proposing and the post secret cards, is that post secrets are generally personal.

If imitating the post secret cards while exposing the evils of religion is your goal, then your best bet would be to find things about religion that are horrifying and put yourself into the shoes of someone who was affected by that scenario. Then write the card(s) from that perspective.

Things like:

My Taliban husband doesn't know I learned to read.
My priest doesn't know I use condoms because I don't want kids.
I know I'm Hindu, but I really do like hamburgers (or Jewish/Muslim & bacon, whatev).

Maj, I love you. That's way better than my idea.

ubernoob wrote:Maj, I love you. That's way better than my idea.

I think it actually opens up a lot image-wise, too. For example, to go along with the secret of the Taliban wife learning to read, you could pair it with a simple picture of the cover of a Qur'an.

Maj wrote:

ubernoob wrote:Maj, I love you. That's way better than my idea.

I think it actually opens up a lot image-wise, too. For example, to go along with the secret of the Taliban wife learning to read, you could pair it with a simple picture of the cover of a Qur'an.

Yeah, that is both feasible to do and creates the illusion of depth in the assignment. Many thanks.

Maj wrote: I know I'm Hindu, but I really do like hamburgers (or Jewish/Muslim & bacon, whatev).

Now that's really funny.

Zinegata wrote:Yes. Covering up pedophilia is so funny.

Yes, but what does the New York City School System (and their "rubber rooms") have to do with religion? *deadpan*

ubernoob wrote:Yeah, I already went over it with my prof. I have specifically been told that making a piece on the evils of religion is a good idea.

So waht was your university again? I need to get the blog-o-sphere to actively rant and protest against it.

Welcome back Tzor!

Hey, as someone born Hindu, I can wholeheartedly say that meat is tasty. Ribs and steak are nom nom nom!

tzor wrote:

Zinegata wrote:Yes. Covering up pedophilia is so funny.

Yes, but what does the New York City School System (and their "rubber rooms") have to do with religion? *deadpan*

ubernoob wrote:Yeah, I already went over it with my prof. I have specifically been told that making a piece on the evils of religion is a good idea.

So waht was your university again? I need to get the blog-o-sphere to actively rant and protest against it.

What happened to this?

ubernoob wrote:

tzor wrote:

Zinegata wrote:Yes. Covering up pedophilia is so funny.

Yes, but what does the New York City School System (and their "rubber rooms") have to do with religion? *deadpan*

ubernoob wrote:Yeah, I already went over it with my prof. I have specifically been told that making a piece on the evils of religion is a good idea.

So waht was your university again? I need to get the blog-o-sphere to actively rant and protest against it.

What happened to this?

He changed his mind?

Cynic wrote:Hey, as someone born Hindu, I can wholeheartedly say that meat is tasty. Ribs and steak are nom nom nom!

Time for a joke, I think.

A Catholic priest took his seat on a plane, and noticed he was sitting next to a Rabbi. Naturally, the two felt, being men of good (if different) faith, they could strike up a nice conversation.

Eventually, however, the priest just had to ask.
"So, have you ever eaten pork or bacon before?"
"Yes, yes I have - before I gained the faith."
"What did you think of it?"
"It was quite nice, I must admit."
"Ah. See, I have sausages for breakfast most days, I enjoy a bacon sandwich for lunch, roast pork with crackling... I could never go without eating pigs."
"I understand completely. So, have you ever had sex before?"
"Well yes, I wasn't born a priest after all."
"A lot better than pork, aint it?"

Koumei wrote:

Cynic wrote:Hey, as someone born Hindu, I can wholeheartedly say that meat is tasty. Ribs and steak are nom nom nom!

Time for a joke, I think.

A Catholic priest took his seat on a plane, and noticed he was sitting next to a Rabbi. Naturally, the two felt, being men of good (if different) faith, they could strike up a nice conversation.

Eventually, however, the priest just had to ask.
"So, have you ever eaten pork or bacon before?"
"Yes, yes I have - before I gained the faith."
"What did you think of it?"
"It was quite nice, I must admit."
"Ah. See, I have sausages for breakfast most days, I enjoy a bacon sandwich for lunch, roast pork with crackling... I could never go without eating pigs."
"I understand completely. So, have you ever had sex before?"
"Well yes, I wasn't born a priest after all."
"A lot better than pork, aint it?"

Also very funny.

ubernoob wrote:What happened to this?

My company (Thomson Reuters) just blocked almost all game sites on the web including Yahoo Fantasy Sports. Work is hell. So as long as I'm in hell I figured I would drop in on occasion.

Koumei wrote:A Catholic priest took his seat on a plane, and noticed he was sitting next to a Rabbi. Naturally, the two felt, being men of good (if different) faith, they could strike up a nice conversation.

Eventually, however, the priest just had to ask.
"So, have you ever eaten pork or bacon before?"
"Yes, yes I have - before I gained the faith."
"What did you think of it?"
"It was quite nice, I must admit."
"Ah. See, I have sausages for breakfast most days, I enjoy a bacon sandwich for lunch, roast pork with crackling... I could never go without eating pigs."
"I understand completely. So, have you ever had sex before?"
"Well yes, I wasn't born a priest after all."
"A lot better than pork, aint it?"

WIN!

I hope I can remember this one. This is a good joke. Edgy without being offensive.

tzor wrote:

ubernoob wrote:What happened to this?

My company (Thomson Reuters) just blocked almost all game sites on the web including Yahoo Fantasy Sports. Work is hell. So as long as I'm in hell I figured I would drop in on occasion.

If it ain't broke, no need to fix it.

New Scientist has had some great recent articles about the brain and religion.

There is currently evidence that religion has a genetic component.... so being religious is a lot like being born with a small dick.... not actively harmful, but something that it bound to make life hard for you.

Oh goody, I was just thinking how much we needed another apologist for child rapists.

And here Tzor comes to defend the Catholic Church by making non sequiturs.