03 April 2014

Quotes for the day -- funnyman and freedom fighter


Since ten years ago Rowan Atkinson has been at the forefront of resistance to the revival of blasphemy laws (largely pushed by Islamists) in his native Britain.  Here's some more of what he does:

3 Comments:

Blogger Tommykey said...

Regarding the turning the water into wine at the wedding, of course the Gospels are silent as to whether anyone who got drunk on that wine assaulted anyone or got sick and puked all over the wedding cake.

04 April, 2014 09:35  
Blogger Shaw Kenawe said...

Mr.Bean? One of my favorites. That sermon is better than anything I'd ever heard when I attended church services in my younger days. It makes much more sense to me.

04 April, 2014 18:31  
Blogger Infidel753 said...

Tommykey: Good point -- he could have chosen something healthier to turn the water into.

Shaw: Check out his Blackadder series too -- it's easily his best comedy work.

Even in modern times there have been con men who used standard conjurors' tricks to claim supernatural powers, like Uri Geller. Think how far such a person might have gotten in first-century Palestine.

05 April, 2014 02:27  

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