Saw it. Liked it.

People...

It's a joke. Just a joke. And a damn funny one, I think...

1.) Of course the actual text of the Bible (as vague and contradictory as it often is) has its value. I'm a die-hard atheist and I own copies of various religious texts. Mythology in any form says a lot about what it means to be human. This doesn't make the gag any less funny.

Especially because, as an atheist, I'd sooner get rid of my Bible than I would my pornography. Porn is often more expensive and less ubiquitous.

2.) I'm sick to death of milquetoast atheists who are so terrified of offending of anyone or "giving ammo" to the other side that they can't appreciate a gag like this. That's not tolerance. That's shame.

For me personally, if I walk away from a conversation with a die-hard believer feeling that I haven't offended them in some way, that makes me ashamed.

Arguments keep things interesting. As does having a sense of humor.

idk, the trojan war? totally about sex.

I think it's also fair to say that up until the point where people started making a larger distinction between their secular and spiritual lives, creating works of art of a sexual or really any nature besides devotional would have you branded as a sinner, a heathen, or heretic. And we all know how charmingly tolerant everyone was in the old world.
I will concede that a fair number of the surviving so-called great works of art are of a religious nature, most of which were probably commissioned by the Church or its patrons in the first place and then subsequently hoarded, but I'd still wonder how many of the artists were really inspired by the gospel, and how many just found the iconography to be fascinating.

I question this logic, because there were people who did non-devotional work and painted erotic art without major incident. They were in the vast minority, yes, but I think that reflects the values of the time. Regardless, this is pretty much a derail. My point is much more that for all the humor of this, I think it's harmful to their cause.

But anyways, none of this artsy talk has to do with the original post, so eh...
Blaming the bible for the sins committed by its followers is akin to blaming Marx and Engels for all of the atrocities committed in the name of socialism.
Still, this would totally be worth it just to get a rise out of all the self-righteous religious groups on campus and in the community.

If the Bible is such a good book, why do Christians always give it away?

Ugh, college atheist think they are so clever.

Come to think of it, the bible has much more porn anyway...all that begetting and begotting...they were all about free love. And where better to look for fetishes? Playboy has nothing on them...although they do have good science fiction.

The post on their site also says they did it partly to gain religious material for their group to use as reference, which I think is pretty ingenious really.

Want to amuse me?

Join the Satanist group.

So I can fucking kick you out.

Hilarious - ironically I own more bibles than porn, but thats just because I usually get more bibles free than porn. That and people have a tendency to borrow porn and not return it moreso than bibles.

It's not shame at all. I don't feel ashamed for being an athiest. Quite the contrary. I often feel smarter than those other people. (Because honestly, I am.) It's just that I understand the value of not cracking black jokes in a room full of black people when I'm white. It doesn't go over well. Even if the jokes are funny, it doesn't go over well. Hang out with your friends, crack your jokes, you just don't rub them in the faces of the people you're making fun of. Not if those people are (appaerntly) in the majority and we may someday want to cooperate with them.

I was way ahead of the game years ago. I started my own bible exchange program. Except instead of the entire bible it was one page at a time. And instead of porn it was a spliff. And it wasn't so much a trade as it was a conversion. And not everyone could participate. It was mainly just myself.

I think it's funny. It's not like they were actually stealing bibles from the hands of babes. (And they apparently offered porn for *any* religious text, not just the Bible - I wonder if the Flying Spaghetti Monster was offered.)

It's cool that they offered a different battle field over porn - you get to see high and mighty types crusade in prime time about the evils of porn (causing us to lose some here *ahem*!)...those crusades have a moral bent, "We're better without porn."

The event had fun, which the crusades don't.
The event raised attention, in a wholesome way - people might have been offended by ideas, but it's not like they had a large screen TV blasting it out.
No one's rights were abrogated.

I think I'll set up a campus crusade for Cthulhu at the next student activities fair. Pitchers of blood. Black candles. Free Calamari for everyone.