Oct 24, 2009
Atheist Vows to Disobey Every Command in the Bible Over a Year: Sarcastic Saturday
A Note from Ed: I’m starting a new section on my blog that I’m calling Sarcastic Saturday, a collection of humorous, fictional, and hopefully sarcastic posts aiming for a little redemptive fun with religious subjects. I also hope to take the parody/sarcasm discourse up a level by aiming to make some kind of redemptive point or lesson without sounding pithy and trite—or like a Reader’s Digest Story.
I’m adding this section also because some of the leading Christian Parody sites are either updated sparingly or missing in action of late. I figured I may as participate through my own web site. So without further ado, here’s the inaugural Sarcastic Saturday:
New York, NY—Atheist lecturer Robert Strandon has announced that in the year 2010 he plans to embark on a project to disobey every command in the Bible throughout the year. The noted scholar claims that his project is both an attempt to carry out the agenda of the new atheism movement and a response to allegations that atheism leads to complete moral bankruptcy.
“I intend to show that one can not only ignore the Bible and live a good life, but completely disobey every command while still leading a healthy, active, productive life as a citizen,” shares Strandon about his Biblical Disobedience Project. When asked whether he intends to murder anyone during his project, Strandon grinned and replied, “In our modern world there are plenty of ways to ‘kill’ someone without getting one’s hands dirty.”
Strandon has been hard at work compiling lists of commands from both testaments, especially the bulky 613 commands found in the Old Testament. With so daunting a task ahead of him, Strandon believes he’s well on his way. “You could say I’ve already been engaged in this project for most of my life. The challenge will be going out of my way to ensure I don’t unintentionally obey any biblical commands.”
Strandon’s wife could not be reached for comment on the implications of the Biblical Disobedience Project on their marriage or home life. So far no publishers have stepped forward to capitalize on the publicity buzz that Strandon expects to surround this project.
“I’ve been a half-hearted atheist for most of my life,” shares Strandon. “I no longer believe it’s adequate to simply ignore God. I need to convert my atheism into concrete action.”
So funny. Makes me think, too.
I actually blogged about atheists today, but without the sarcasm.
Have you seen/heard about the ads a coalition is putting up in NY subway stations?