The Mormons haven’t thought the consequences through

I’ve got a class to teach in an hour and a mountain of snow to clear from my driveway and sidewalk, and the morning was looking rather grim. And then I saw this cartoon and laughed, so I feel better now.

Mormon Heaven is going to be a much more interesting place now, especially since Stephen Colbert had all the dead Mormons converted to Judaism, so they’ve been sucked right out of the place and presumably sent to Sheol, instead.

The Right Faith

Have you ever had relatives give religious books to your kids as Christmas or birthday presents? And then you start thinking about sending their kids science books to teach them a lesson? Here’s another way to do it: send them The Intelligent Design Coloring Book. Then time how long it takes them to figure out it’s satire, rather than an admission of your conversion.

The only worry is that they might not ever figure it out.

Imagine no heaven

It’s been a long day — classes and lots of grading. I was ready to sit back and switch off my brain and take it easy, and then Mr Deity dives into the tangled twisty logic of paradise, and suddenly I’ve got a brain-ache.

I don’t even like Disneyland, why would I want immortality of any kind, let alone one where I’m supposed to be happy for eternity? I think the only afterlife I’d like would be the kind where I get to storm the gates of heaven and end the whole tyrannical empire.