About a month ago Jack Black did a skit at the VMAs where he gave a big shoutout to ol' Satan himself. For some reason the fundies are just now having a shit fit about it.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Perspectives/Default.aspx?id=724962
QuoteThe Radio City Hall audience readily acquiesced to Black's invitation to pray to the devil. In a video posted on YouTube, Black encouraged the large audience to join in by saying, "let me see those horns." Black, dressed in a "muscle suit" continued by asking the awards ceremony audience to join hands during "the prayer." He then held hands with actress Leighton Meester while he prayed aloud.
Black's prayer went basically unnoticed among most conservative and Christian media circles -- perhaps because they feel the comedian was simply joking as he displayed his contempt for Christianity with the prayer invocation. In fact, this would be in keeping with Black's previous behavior.
In 2008 he participated in a video that mocked supporters of California's marriage initiative, Proposition 8. In commenting on that video, the Culture and Media Institute (CMI) said Black "appears as Jesus rebuking the Proposition 8 supporters while munching on a shrimp cocktail and saying that the Bible condemns eating shellfish too. Then he reels off some scripture references without context to suggest that the Bible is self-contradictory and unreliable." In their press release (December 4, 2008), CMI described Black as "an anti-Christian bigot."
Others claim last month's public "prayer" to Satan was just a publicity stunt to promote the new heavy metal video game, "Brutal Legend."
But regardless how one looks at Black's actions, it sets a dangerous precedent. Author and King's College professor Paul McGuire labels Black's prayer to Satan as "just the tip of the iceberg of what is happening in our nation and in the entertainment industry." The conservative commentator contends that "although it is hidden, Satanism is one of the fastest growing religions in America." He adds: "We can expect to see Satanists demanding and getting the same rights as any other religion."
Oh noes!! We can't go around letting just anyone have religious freedom. Liberty is only for people that worship God.
BTW, the comment section is short but full of gold.
QuoteJack Black is deceived. Satan is the master of this world now. He is the temptor of greed, racism, lust. Satan divides communities, empowers gangs, promotes wars. Jesus calls us to love one another, while Satan's values are social Darwinism.
:lulz: My irony meter is now a smolder pile of ash.
My baby bro is a Tenacious D fanatical...will inquire bout this here shinaniganship!
<3 Jack Black. He did, of course, play St. Franklin in Drunk History 2 and 2.5.
Well, they probably didn't notice because being religious authoritarians, they automatically cut themselves off from contradictory sources of information and/or temptation - its like the Daily Mail readers who didn't know that a BBC presenter did something quite tasteless until their paper informed them, because they never watch BBC comedies for fear of being the butt of the joke.
They shouldn;t worry about it
Satanism is extremely lame
ZOMGZ SATAN
SATAN ONOZ
Quote from: Cain on October 17, 2009, 03:07:16 PM
Well, they probably didn't notice because being religious authoritarians, they automatically cut themselves off from contradictory sources of information and/or temptation - its like the Daily Mail readers who didn't know that a BBC presenter did something quite tasteless until their paper informed them, because they never watch BBC comedies for fear of being the butt of the joke.
Exactly. I know lots of conservative Christians, but I don't know a single one who watches MTV.
Satanism isn't the fastest growing religion in the world, mainly because it only really looks interesting to christians.
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on October 17, 2009, 04:43:19 AM
Oh noes!! We can't go around letting just anyone have religious freedom. Liberty is only for people that worship God and read the King James Bible.
fixed.
In a semi-related note, my girlfriend might be on mtv.
She was waiting on a table, that was a couple for some reality show they're doing.
She had to sign a waver, so did a lot of people in the restaurant.
There is absolutely no advantage to this at all, in fact I guess it was more irritating than anything.
I dont know what show it is, or anything about it, nor do I care.
I'm sorry dude, MTV sucks.