More news from fundie Florida!
27 April 2009 by StardustJust saw this over at the Friendly Atheist site. Dying Jeebus license plates had been approved by the Florida Senate WITHOUT THEM SEEING IT! This one is even worse than the South Carolina ones that say “I Believe” or Indiana’s “In God We Trust”.
27 April 2009, on 5:56 pm
Wait a second, is that the actual plate?!
Who the fuck would ever want that on their car? Oh please let this be a sick joke.
27 April 2009, on 6:06 pm
Not a joke, it’s for real…as the link is from the St Petersburg newspaper
27 April 2009, on 6:14 pm
What did you expect from the state where a teacher was fired for wizardy and a COP outed an atheist blogger because he criticized a local baptist pastor.
27 April 2009, on 7:37 pm
Looks like Jesus has been working out. Nice pecs.
27 April 2009, on 8:49 pm
The perfect tag for Fla……..
27 April 2009, on 9:34 pm
Reading the comments after the Times article, there’s not much more to say about it here.
The overwhelming response seems to be of the opinion that Florida’s government is being overrun by a bunch of total idiots. There’s only a few pro-Xtian fucktard comments.
I just hope Illinois doesn’t start pulling that kind of crap. The Blago incident was enough insanity for a while.
[Hmmm...I'd love to hear what 'our' Eve might think about it. She's in Florida, right?]
27 April 2009, on 9:43 pm
So glad I live in California, where the religious idiots aren’t allowed to PROPag8 such nonsense…
…oh, wait…
27 April 2009, on 9:53 pm
Did you all notice my previous post about the Chatter with the Angel song that Florida public school was having children sing? And it was the second time the school was investigated about proselytizing songs for youngsters. Seems like Florida is winning the competition for most fundie state recently.
28 April 2009, on 1:42 am
^ Star…”Did I?”…Don’t get started on the subject of anything regarding fucking Angels.
As a musician, and even as a kid, I always thought children’s songs really sucked. Add to that, the whole ridiculous concept of Angels, and them singing, no less. Which, IMO, couldn’t create a more mindbogglingly boring mental picture.
I cringe whenever I hear that bullshit line: “He/She has a voice like an angel”.
WTF!
Who knows what a fucking Angel sounds like, anyway. I mean…if they even existed, they’re probably some fucking Extraterrestrial Aliens…maybe absolutely tone-deaf grays? And some Sheeple include that Angel choir crap in their notion of Eternal Heaven (not the Alien version, of course.). I can’t imagine a more boring existence…for all Eternity…being in, or listening to a fucking “Choir of Angels”. I’d be yelling something like:
“Hey assholes…try singing some 12 tone atonal stuff…Penderecki, maybe…something more avante garde…or some Jazz, Afro-Cuban, Jazz/Rock/Funk, etc.; but absolutely none of that fucking ‘Praise Jeebus’ Hallelujah shit”. Especially the totally lame and anal, white-ass variety; only good, IMO, for barfing…in the choir…and on the congregation…and on…and perhaps, behind…the organ.”
“Better yet…just shut the fuck up…or go away entirely!!! Yeah…make like a Golden Silence!”
Sheesh!
See…you got me started Star. I could go on; but I’ve got a sore back of the tongue and lost my voice from that fucking cold. I can only imagine what some asshole troll would say now.
“(Fucking) Angel’s revenge”?
What!…”I meant no harm!…or…I didn’t mean that in a BAD way!”
Actually…I meant every fucking bit of it! So there!
Sorry, I needed a little “Humor Break”, I guess. An occasional, cathartic rant. Thanks for the opening?
Sometimes, the only thing that keeps me going at all, is my sense of humor. Lose that, and I’m dead…literally!
[Somehow, I don't think I'm totally alone regarding that.]
28 April 2009, on 11:26 am
If it’s ok to show tortured individuals dying on a license plate where do I get my GWB being waterboarded plate?
28 April 2009, on 11:47 am
There is nothing wrong with this plate.
It doesn’t say it’s Jesus (and he doesn’t look Middle Eastern) and there is nothing about Christianity either.
It just looks like torture porn to me. And if that’s what Floridians want on their cars who am I to argue?
28 April 2009, on 11:57 am
keddaw, torture porn! LOL!
I would beg to differ though that there is nothing wrong with this plate. It’s using government property to proselytize. Even though we pay money to have plates, they ultimately belong to the state. And Jeebus is the centerpiece of Xianity, therefore it is a huge visual statement which is basically an ad for zombie Jesus. If Floridians want this crap on their cars, then get bumper stickers and license plate holders.
28 April 2009, on 8:14 pm
Holey Hands, just saw your link to crucified Mickey! LOL!
28 April 2009, on 11:40 pm
I just took another long look at that plate–it has got to be one of the tackiest pieces of kitsch I’ve seen in a long time.
Man, does that Jeebus guy have a taste for really uncomfortable hats or what?
29 April 2009, on 9:42 am
Just read a story about the US courts upholding the “no swearing” policy of the Federal Communications Commission.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8023341.stm
So it IS OK to show a dead man with a crown of thorns on his head in public where any impressionable kid can be horrified by it, but saying F*#K on TV (where parents can control their kid’s exposure) is TOO OFFENSIVE.
Someone please explain how this makes any sense at all.
29 April 2009, on 10:16 am
Lynda,
That’s the whole point about religion, it doesn’t have to make any sense and woe to any who dare question it. There are lots of other examples.
One Sunday, my during a shopping trip, the clerk told me he could rignng up all the items in my cart except for a six pack of Newcastle Brown Ale. Why? Because there was a law on the books (I really hope they changed it) that prevented alcoholic beverage sales on a Sunday before noon (and this is in New York City!). The clerk joked that they passed the law so that no one would go to church drunk. I told him that was probably the only way anyone could get me into a church.
29 April 2009, on 11:55 am
This made it on Pharyngula, too, and people had a fun time coming up with “vanity” plates that would undercut the symbolism…
Stuff like
BRB ( ) LOL
OW ( ) OW
DED ( ) IHS
ZOM ( ) BIE
you get the idea…
29 April 2009, on 12:03 pm
That’s the whole point about religion, it doesn’t have to make any sense and woe to any who dare question it. There are lots of other examples.
We have proof of this right now with an evangelical Catholic nun who is visiting us in the SoulWow.com post.
She admits that she is trying to convert us. 
She says she is trying to convert people via the way she lives. Well, I pointed out that doesn’t convince anyone here because we are atheists and we are good people, helpful, kind, and hopefully good examples for our children and others. And we do it without the idea of trying to convert people to anything. We just live our lives.
30 April 2009, on 1:20 am
Holy crap! What is it with this Christian fetish of plastering an image of a dead guy everywhere they can?
30 April 2009, on 5:03 am
Many of you may be thinking that the person depicted on that licence plate is Jesus. You are wrong. It is actually Sam Ple, Jesus’ twin brother. When Jesus was tried, Sam offered to take Jesus’ place on the cross. After Sam was crucified and his body was placed in a tomb, Jesus crept out in the middle of the night, opened the tomb and removed Sam’s body, and proceeded to bury it in a shallow grave. Jesus then grabbed a rusty nail and stabbed himself in the hands and feet. The following morning, he approached his disciples, and they cried, “Jesus has risen!”. And the rest, as they say, is history.
30 April 2009, on 10:19 am
k9_kaos,
ROTFL!
30 April 2009, on 11:51 am
We atheists can be just as creative and imaginative as god inventors!
2 May 2009, on 11:34 am
I’m a Florida resident, and I’m pissed! Not only do we have the “CHOSE LIFE” license plate for these Krixstain Mo-Fo’s , who are against Woemn and the right to choose, now we have this! I’ve already written a letter to Governor Crist ( Funny how close the mother-fuckers name is to Geebus’) and I told him that I wished he would wedge several of these “Geebus” license plates , sideways, up his tight Krixstain ASS for promoting Geebus in direct opposition to the United States CONSTITUTION, which expressly forbids Government from endorsing religion. What the fuck is this!!! I will now start carrying a can of spray-paint in my car to obliterate these plates any time I see one. I’d advise others to do the same!!!!