And when the Children of Wall Street felt that GOP had forsaken them, they came to worship a Golden Calf…
(Bull on Wall Street)
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Anyone know what’s actually going on here… ???
They be Group Groping the Bull!
click on my name for the dish.
Basically a bunch of fundies that didn’t realize praying to a golden calf for a better economy might NOT be what God wants
Good gravy… massive christian irony FAIL.
Keeping up the proud tradition of ignoring 90% of the bible, while fervently adhering to the remaining 10%.
…when it suits.
I agree. I agree wholeheartedly…
disturbing, isn’t it?
This Christian Fundie thought it was an irony win. America has been so wealthy for so long that we’ve forgotten God. And if it requires making America poor to get this nation to turn back to Him, so be it.
How many of us voted according to how much we’d be getting under the various tax cut plans ? Elephants AND Donkeys are guilty of this …. elephants moreso.
Sounds like a little ‘bull’ to me there.
Grabbing Wall Street by the horns?
I think the bear is more prominent just now… they’ve been “worshipping” the bull for a while now, and that’s what forsook them.
I’m not really detecting any funny from this lol.
Now they’re just worshipping bull and the bear is no where in sight.
LOL n8, I just asked my friend who is in economics (and sitting next to me) and apparently the bull represents a strong economy. If you see a bear, it represents a recessionary economy.
If you knew this congrats, cause I didn’t until 5 mins ago.
Bull markets are fast, rather than ‘strong’ per se. The Bull tends to run away with itself, the Bear to hoard its resources over-zealously, so the metaphor goes.
mooby~?
I was totally thinking that too!
…but I do believe in this… What does that MEAN?!?
You didn’t say God Bless You when I sneezed!!!
Heh, nice.
For anyone that may not know, it is a reference to the Bible.
ooh..bible.
Looks very much like a scene in the old 10 Commandments movie, where Moses (Charlton Heston) comes down from the mountain carrying the stone tablets of the Commandments and while he’s been away, the party has gotten way out of hand, and the people are worshipping, well, a big gold bull. The book say’s “calf” but in the movie it has horns.
Moses gets pissed off, smashes the tablets, melts down the calf and pours it down the throats of several people. Gold has a rather low melting point for a metal, but it is still a bit too warm to be a healthy beverage.
God is also pissed.
The humor is that this is a rather powerful and widely recognized (at least among people my age – upper 40′s) religious image. It is probably the best known visual example of a violation of the First Commandment.
The picture is damned funny.
No offense, sir, but you just managed to single-handedly suck the funny out of this picture.
I laugh and laugh whenever “The Ten Commandments” is aired. Usually around Easter, go figure. That acting is definitely NOT kosher and I have decided to take Lactaid the next time I watch since cheese has started to disagree with me.
Wow, I dodn’t ever hear about pouring molten gold down people’s mouths. Is that in the bible too? I’d love to hit some fundies with that one!
I found some video footage, and commentary, for what it’s worth. Click my name here.
What’s going on. A group of fundamental Christians gathered on wall street to pray for the stock market to recover. Honestly the truth. Same bunch who claim their prayers for lower gas prices brought the price down. Apparently they have removed the parts of the bible about idol worship and the golden calf. Better caption might be “what american christians really worship”. (Or “Christians group groping golden bull”, thanks srrslysry)
No Charge
STEREOTYPE FAIL.
Sorry dear, but as an American Christian, not all of us are fundamentalists or even Republicans. In fact, I’m quite liberal, thnx.
true that homey. now personally i’m an athiest and think your beliefs are silly, but i know not all who are religious are fanatical one direction or the other, and i do respect someone’s right to believe what they want. the problem is that media and a lot of us libs (i’ve done this i admit) will tend to lump chirsitians into one category. tis unfair, and i’ve been trying very hard not to the past year or so. i came form a baptist fundie background, and mostly was exposed to fundie only people, so it took me years to get over the anger, agression, and disgust i felt with the faith overal and to realize not everyone is as bat-sh*t crazy as my parents and thier church.
Here, here.
Seconded!
That story goes on, and on, and on… the f*ck-ups perpretrated upon children in the name of God (or atheism for that matter) are horrendous. That anyone ever wakes up at all and takes control of their lives and figures things out for themselves is amazing. Good for you!
thanks!
Thank you Tego! Not just for writing that, but for personally working through your pain to see other people’s perspectives. That says a lot about you.
and again…musicmom i <3 you….
Mmhmm. No one’s sterotyping us all – I for one find it unutterably jaw-achingly funny.
Not the stereotype. You are an American who is Christian. These are followers of a sect who openly believe that only people who have been born in the US and follow John Hagee can be true Christians. Hagee and his group have openly claimed that no one in Europe or any other country can be Christian. I tried to provide a way to get to the original text by the person who took the picture but it didn’t come through the comment control. I don’t usually comment here. I don’t usually see pictures taken by those I know. Careful Melody, your probably one of those people I am truly grateful to have around. If I knew how to do the smiley things one would be here with a wink.
Group groping the bull….. I loled.
I have no problem believing that praying for gas to go down was a factor. I know I was praying pretty hard. And you do realize that ‘laying hands on’ is a bit different than ‘praying to’, right?
Although, I think they did miss the obvious irony of laying hands on a symbolic creation instead of the people involved.
Their zeal was a little off-target is all
Yeah, but while you were praying for prices to go down, the oil execs were praying for the prices to go up! How does God decide who wins? Secondly, when the prices go up again, will that prove or disprove the power of prayer?
I often wonder what the difference between an ‘imprecatory prayer’ and ‘magic’ is, other than the former is to a mainstream deity.
Does make ya wonder.
There may be little difference in most people’s actual practice, I admit. But prayer generally is supposed to take into account your own lack of understanding & desire to know God’s will. I think their [the folks in the pic] desire may have been honest, but the zeal really is misplaced in more than just the ironic image. As frou pointed out, praying for people most adversely affected would have been smarter. It also would not have been as media-worthy, tho, and there’s plenty of christians who think media coverage is the way to go.
I was going to step on here and say that the Dems were maybe more at fault for the crash, but I don’t really care anymore.
Look! A ripoff of an Ipod!
Dang! I wouldn’t know a rip off from the real thing at this angle.
How? They’ve not had power in 8 years…
praying to a golden calf for more money…I’m surprised god didn’t strike them down right there.
Where’s Charlton Heston when you need him?
(Yeah, I know, dead…)
having his gun prised from his hands as we speak
Ya know, I don’t see the word Christian in this LOL anywhere but I see Christians whining. Is this an admission of being a Child of Wall Street? My humble little brain interpreted this LOL as biblical stories repeating themselves.
Those lost in the wilderness without guidance stumbling over their old laws and falling into idolatry, desperate for any savior, living or dead.
But that is my little brain churning over details, pay no mind.
Why not give your little brain a rest every now and then?
I really, truly should. But I would have to give this place a rest for a bit. I take it you are asking me to leave then?
NO!!!!!!!!!!!! I had a super super super bad day, you can’t be all, “maybe I’ll just leave then” ’cause I can’t handle it today!
*hugs and pets* There, there sweets. I’m not going anywhere. I won’t be on the weekend but that isn’t a change. I will be back and annoying as ever come Monday like always.
Phew! I was worried. We already lost eddie, what would we have done if you left us for the real world?
Probably talked about it for a couple threads and then move on as if I never existed? Maybe utter a few of my phrases from time to time… I have yet to be necessary anywhere I go but that my be my mood drop talking. Least I am done with my day in 10 minutes. -_-
It’s your mood talking. You gone would leave a great gaping wound in teh funny. Phillip may be able to step up to fill it, but by golly NO ONE ELSE’S wang could ever do the same job ;>
DWN’s wang is something that brings people of all political beliefs together. DWN’s wang should run for president 2016.
… in bed.
Eddie’s gone? When?
Right after the election. It wasn’t a sour grapes thing, more of a I have to get back to real life thing. He may be back (’cause really, how can you stay away).
You’re not supposed to make fun of prayer. Prayer is a sacred function of an individual crying out to God. And things aren’t funny in deadly serious (not necessarily fundamentalist) church groups simply because humor has the potential for making you look past whatever it is you’re supposed to believe and seeing something lacking.
God I love the Quakers; THERE’S a bunch with a sense of humor!
Hey I took it the same way as you and I am christian.
That is because you are awesome.
It could’ve been worse, they could’ve sacrificed a virgin, but on Wall St all they could find were people who had raped and pillaged the financial system…
Oh this is good!
That’s just a little to creepity for me. It’s funny though.
So… if this works, does that mean God DOESN’T exist?
Isn’t that one of Obama’s deities?