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This entry was written by whyevolutionistrue and posted on July 27, 2010 at 5:38 am and filed under atheism, LOLz. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.
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So wonderfully silly, I am splitting my sides with laughter.
The Lion of Judah will sort out those Gnu Atheists!
(if he actually exists, which I have to rudely point out is rather unlikely)
Revelation 5:5, you buncha heathen!
“And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.”
If only his followers would open a book now and then.
When I saw the title of this post, I thought you’d be talking about this GNU.
But it would be even better if it were this one!
As a Gnu Emacs user, that’s actually what gave me the idea (although technically that kind of Gnu is pronounced differently).
GNU Emacs is God.
I really prefer “Gnu Atheism” to “New Atheism”. It highlights the silliness of atheism being “new” rather than “old” to the title. I think I will use it from now on instead of “New Atheism”.
Where’s “Tom Johnson”? You need to add a little weasel eavesdropping in the corner.
… & as Flanders & Swann sang
“I’m a gnu a-g-nother gnu
I wish I could g-nash my teeth at you”.
Exactly what was going through my mind too.
Hahahahahaha.
Thanks, doc, I needed that.
the one on the right is a sockpuppeting oryx
GNU – Gnu not unicorn.
Nice one.
How about “GNU’s Not Uncivil”? (context here)
I eagarly await Chris Mooney’s “elevation” of this incontrovertible photographic proof to a post on the incivility of New Atheists…
Lolz! Strident Gnu iz strident.
Racist.
They prefer to be called “Connochaetan-Americans”, thank you very much.
GA’s: So strident! So confrontational! So shrill!
How ghastly!
Who let such Bohemian rapscallions in here?
Oh. I thought I saw that, but I didn’t riddle it – I didn’t kgnow the right prognunciation then.
Thanks!
When I read the headline, I thought Hurd, not herd…
Damn unemployed atheist wildebeest got no culture.
Well, there’s good gnus, and there’s bad gnus…
This isn’t gnus. Besides, I’m the one on the left.
What a wonderful new descriptor for outspoken atheists!
It may be, though, that the accommodationists prefer the english translation for “wildebeest”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildebeest
Come to think of it, I’ve never heard of a gnu believing in god(s).
Is gnu atheism unanimous?
I think a lot of them just follow the herd.
Gnu Atheist says,
“Religion is the opiate of the mooses.”
groan. . . .
I just gnu people would try to be punny. Now all we need is Keyboard Cat playing us off with a kazoo.
I would be “splitting my sides with laughter” too, but can a rotund object be said to have sides? I fear I shall simply burst, and then where would I be?
Oh, go on.
It’s wafer thin.
I like this (ok, “my”) definition (previously posted here) of Gnu Atheism, based on the Wikipedia entry for New Atheist:
spelt G-N-U? The gnicest piece of gnature in the zoo?
Or – No gnus is good gnus?
Would ‘wildebeest atheist’ do as well?
The non-gnu may be wrong, but they’ve got a better sense of humour than the gnu…
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