John Iacoletti picks up our mail from the PO Box, on those occasions when we remember there’s still such a thing as snail mail. Occasionally this means he has the most fun job of any of us.
Aug 03 2010
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BathTub
August 3, 2010 at 1:34 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Hehe, which tracts did they include?
Johannthecabbie
August 3, 2010 at 1:42 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Sorry, but I can't make fun of this guy. It's too easy, just too damn easy.
Darren Cubitt
August 3, 2010 at 2:08 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
At least they didn't write it in ALL CAPS.
George From NY
August 3, 2010 at 2:17 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Hell will be no party?Now they tell me. What am I going to do with all this dip?
Blast Radius
August 3, 2010 at 2:45 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
I'm so glad you labeled this "humor," Martin. Really, that made my day. If only these fundies could take half the amount of creativity they implement into their punctuation and apply it to skepticism.
Clintsc9
August 3, 2010 at 2:50 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
"Hell will be no party whatsoever"?This guy hasn't seen the guest list.
Cafeeine Addicted
August 3, 2010 at 3:46 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Adequate penmanship, better than mine."Hell will be no party whatsoever". Good, because I hate parties. Damn kids.Are you gonna give us a pic of the pamblets (sic)? Don't leave us hangin', our sole is on the line! Our trout even!
Buster08
August 3, 2010 at 3:46 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
This is both scary and hilarious at the same time. can somebody help me? he says "please read this #####" I can't make out what he's trying to say.
robert
August 3, 2010 at 5:23 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Well, that's me convinced.
Frits
August 3, 2010 at 5:51 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
I think he is trying to wriet Pamphlet there
TheDon
August 3, 2010 at 7:44 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
So what are Pamblets? Do they go good with garlic butter? The least they could have done is provided a recipe.
Excredulous
August 3, 2010 at 7:51 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
That must have been awfully funny to open up. Email is so easy to use, it's understandable that you might get notes that aren't very well conceived or executed. But to know someone went to the trouble of using snail mail, and opening up…this? Friggin' hilarious.
ersagun
August 3, 2010 at 9:06 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Hell will be no party? We will have all the rockstars(Maybe Jim Morrison won't come), almost all of the great scientists, prostitutes, drug dealers…
Matto the Hun
August 3, 2010 at 11:35 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Hell may be no party, but from what I've heard, heaven is no party either.If it's a party he is looking for, he should convert to Islam. Seventy-two virgins? Now, that's a party!
ernobius
August 3, 2010 at 12:47 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
I couldn't really laugh at this… It seems to be another indoctrinated child. I agree with Dawkins that this is absolutely not a good thing.I can usually watch any movie eating, no matter how disgusting the director wanted to make it, but "Jesus Camp" made me disgusted in just a couple of minutes.But at least Matto cheered me up: "If it's a party he is looking for, he should convert to Islam. Seventy-two virgins? Now, that's a party!" And we're wondering why Muslims are so religious…
ribidons
August 3, 2010 at 1:23 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
@Matto the Hun:Virgins? Don't waste my afterlife. Those are people who made it through life without getting laid — kids and old maids, mostly. Give me some freaky sinners, three at once on Sundays please!
Buster08
August 3, 2010 at 1:43 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
I wonder what kind of "pamblets" he sent them. Maybe some "Chick's Tracks". I miss reading those.
Tom Foss
August 3, 2010 at 2:04 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Seventy-two virgins? Now, that's a party!Yeah, a LAN party.
John
August 3, 2010 at 4:13 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
There were 4 "pamblets". Two from Fellowship Tract League ("Where Are You Going to Spend Eternity?", and "One Heartbeat Away"), and two from Evangelical Tract Distributors ("A Camel And His Master", and "A Hebrews Search for the Blood of Atonement").
tracieh
August 3, 2010 at 4:13 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Holy cow. Too cute.
shreddakj
August 3, 2010 at 5:50 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
What's scary is that I can imagine my former (Christian) self writing something very similar. It's been a year today since I came out as an atheist, and now I can't help but pity people like this. Hand-written threats of hell… What a considerate person…
Mayhemm
August 3, 2010 at 5:58 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
I read the note and this is what my brain picked up:"SIN! FIRE! BRIMSTONE! HELL! JESUS! HELL!Please recycle this threatening note. Thank you."
BathTub
August 3, 2010 at 6:14 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Tom, that's just mean…. and so very very true.
Eyedunno
August 3, 2010 at 6:54 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Okay, I read those tracts online. They should have sent Chick tracts instead.
Adam Jones
August 3, 2010 at 9:36 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Reminds me of an article on http://www.AtheistAdam.com where Richard Dawkins talked about dangerous memes
magx01
August 3, 2010 at 10:56 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
This should actually be categorized as an obituary, because clearly we are witnessing the death of a mind.
DavidCT
August 4, 2010 at 7:45 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
We know we are going to hell if the Christian god exists. There is only the choice of which one. The choice is spending eternity worshiping the worst sociopath in literature or heading for the place with really good central heating.It amazes me that these people who threaten non-believers with hell have not read their rule book very carefully. A trip over to the "god is imaginary" makes it clear that nobody can qualify for a trip to paradise. I spite of this most christians think they have a gold plated invitation.
Ing
August 4, 2010 at 8:51 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
"If only these fundies could take half the amount of creativity they implement into their punctuation and apply it to skepticism."Half of zero is still zeroSeriously, regurgitating shit (a physiological miracle in of itself) is not creative.
Sillysighbean
August 5, 2010 at 11:28 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
No party in Hell? Forget it then, I don't want to go.
Demarlos
August 6, 2010 at 3:47 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Makes me wonder what would happen if a letter like this was directed at an Islamic group. I'm thinking… major lack of tolerance.
Rational Jen
August 9, 2010 at 8:33 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
My wife says you shouldn't make fun of people's intellectual challenges!
magx01
August 10, 2010 at 2:02 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
@ Rational Jen:That's your first mistake. Never, ever listen to yuor wife. That's like…..the law.;)
Ing
August 11, 2010 at 6:45 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
"My wife says you shouldn't make fun of people's intellectual challenges! "It's like when my dog used to try to hope through the screen door. You know you shouldn't laugh, but its so damn funny.
KJ95
August 15, 2010 at 9:57 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Clintsc9 is right. Bill Maher, House, Richard Dawkins, Bill Gates, Ricky Gervais, Ron Reagan, Jr., and so many more. George From NY, your dip will not have been acquired in vain.
KJ95
August 15, 2010 at 10:00 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
@Matto The Hun: No one guaranteed that the virgins will be of the sex that you're attracted to, or attractive even if they are. Silly Muslims.