1. Comment #26477 by Seti on March 19, 2007 at 3:15 pm

Oh dear - are you absolutely sure these are fake? (cue little sardonic laugh icon.) I've seen stuff on fundie sites which are at least as bad as that.

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2. Comment #26486 by foxfire on March 19, 2007 at 5:06 pm

ROTFL! I *so* love the Onion! Thank you !

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3. Comment #26494 by Roedy on March 19, 2007 at 6:18 pm

The Onion is known for clever spoofs. They often catch people since they tend to spoof the already nutty.

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4. Comment #26499 by StephenH on March 19, 2007 at 8:12 pm

http://www.theonion.com/content/feeds/radionews

Podcast, seems to be a new one each day.
Always good for a laugh
They are rated as 'Explicit' on ITunes

The Onion Radio News is a daily podcast featuring a short news clip from The Onion's award-winning 24-hour radio news network. Read The Onion at www.theonion.com.

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5. Comment #26506 by Venator on March 19, 2007 at 11:57 pm

This is a perfect example of Poe's Law.

"Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

It's always funny to try and spot the someone.

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6. Comment #26526 by opposablethumbs on March 20, 2007 at 5:57 am

re 5. Venator. It's not so much that the gullible are caught out, though of course that happens and I'm sure I would be no more immune than the next person - it's more that it's practically impossible to parody fundamentalism. You think you've come up with something so insane that nobody on earth could possibly proclaim it for real, only to discover that somewhere out there there are real fundamentalists who sincerely believe something very similar to (or even more extreme than) your furthest-fetched flights of fancy.

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7. Comment #26535 by Venator on March 20, 2007 at 6:48 am

Exactly and perfectly expressed.

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8. Comment #26544 by tylersoap on March 20, 2007 at 8:09 am

Nice work from the Onion as usual.

Heres something else to laugh at :

http://www.needgod.com/

Have fun guys :)

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9. Comment #26546 by BaronOchs on March 20, 2007 at 8:37 am

http://www.nmsr.org/alabama.htm

Yes go ahead and laugh, I only just discovered the whole "pi equals 3? it does in alabama!" was a hoax . . .I think . . .

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10. Comment #26553 by Shatite on March 20, 2007 at 9:58 am

Venator, your avatar is hilarious.

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11. Comment #26554 by scottishgeologist on March 20, 2007 at 10:57 am

Of course, the classic spoof site is Landover Baptist:

www.landoverbaptist.org

The work of Chris Harper who is staggeringly funny IMO. I love that site - never, ever fails to make me laugh.

Chris Harper gave a speech which is simply the dogs bollocks - no other description for it:

http://www.landoverbaptist.org/sermons/GMOW.html

This speech is something else.

The thing about Landover is that some folk think it is REAL and not just a spoof. That in itself is scary...

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12. Comment #26563 by Planeswalker on March 20, 2007 at 1:13 pm

It's scary because it could be real ;P

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13. Comment #26707 by glittergulch on March 21, 2007 at 8:18 am

tylersoap on March 20, 2007 at 8:09 am
avatarNice work from the Onion as usual.
Heres something else to laugh at :
http://www.needgod.com/

I got all the way through that thinking it was a joke and then found out it's real. Hahaha!

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14. Comment #27256 by macronencer on March 23, 2007 at 4:31 pm

@#26544 by tylersoap:

> Heres something else to laugh at :
> http://www.needgod.com/

Disappointed, I was hoping for a clever spoof. I got bored once it became technically impossible to answer Yes or No due to their begging the question. I didn't stick it out to the end so if it is a spoof I missed it.

This bit was incredible:

"The First of the Ten Commandments is "You shall have no other gods before me." That means that we should love God with all of our heart, mind, soul and strength. The Bible tells us that no one has kept this commandment (see Psalm 14:2-3) -- if you said you had, you have also broken the 9th Commandment by lying."

What a load of BS. How do they get from a statement about other gods to one about loving with all our heart etc. blah blah blah? Thing is, I have NOT broken the first commandment because I have no gods AT ALL : The Bible, of course, is well known for its dedication to logic... ahem.

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