Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Hellzahoppin'!

The good readers of the 42nd Floor have spoken! It was a long and fierce battle and, at times, it appeared that Christmas, a.k.a. the Feast of Babylon, would emerge triumphant. But in the end, Easter, a.k.a. the Feast of Ishtar, pulled through, scoring a whopping 12 votes and winning itself the coveted title of "Most Evil Holiday" or, as we like to call it up here on Floor 42, "Most Evil Hell-iday"!

And is it any surprise? Though considered by many to be the most Christian of all the holidays on the calendar, a little investigative research will tell you that it's also the most pagan! Talk about irony!

So celebrate it if you must, but remember, if you do, you'll pay! You'll pay in hell!


18 comments:

The Cliff said...

Damn that bunny...it is Scary. Is that a picture of me as a Child at the mall? I swear...all the "Easter Bunnies" that I went to see at the mall and elsewhere looked just like that.
Thanks for that forky...now i won't be able to sleep for weeks!

Anonymous said...

I am glad that the most thoroughly evil holiday won. Next time I sit, chilly and damp, at a sunrise service singing "In the Garden," I'll know that I and my fellow worshipers aren't celebrating the Resurrection at all, but taking part in the still-surprisingly-active Ishtar/Tammuz/Baal cult! Oh, well. As the Bible teaches us, it isn't what's in your heart that matters, because Jesus can't see into our hearts.

Anonymous said...

PS: That bunny-cat is one of the the vilest things I've ever seen.

Anonymous said...

Even more reasons to make me glad I made the switch a few years ago to sending out Kwanzaa cards for the holidays.

Anonymous said...

Whew! I am so glad, a-dub that Jesus can't see into our hearts, becuase, man would I be in TROUBLE!! So, I guess that if you just act like you're good - at least while Jesus is watching - then you'll get into heaven? Is that the way it works?

Anonymous said...

Yup! Nifty, huh? If only we could tell when he was watching... Good thing he isn't Santa, because HE's watching ALL the time!

Anonymous said...

good thing!!! since heaven is more important than presents - or at least that's what they say, it's a relief to know that it's easier to impress Jesus than it is Santa Claus. Do they make Jesus detectors like the radar detector you can get for your car, so you know when he's watching?

The Cliff said...

queen, they sure do sell them. there are 2 places you can get them. the first is, of course, amway. the second is from me (being a seminary student, we have access to special Jesus tools like that). they are only $99.95 and can be paid for in 4 easy installments of $29.95. They beep everytime Jesus is watching, but be careful. They beep everytime you walk by an automatic door at walmart too...unless that is where Jesus likes to hang out and see who is shopping there.

Fork said...

Wow. I never knew they gave seminarians access to such cool gadgets! Tell me, can you get a cross-shaped tommygun and some holy water hand grenades? For spiritual warfare purposes, of course.

Grizham said...

Only if you're a M/Div with a focus in Exorcisms Forky, can you get those.

Which, I happen to have, well at least the cross shaped Tommy gun. We get grenades, second year

The Cliff said...

The tools of our trade are actually opposite from what you mentioned. I have Cross-shaped Hand grenades and a tommy gun that shoots holy water. I also have a HUGE SWORD to Assault people who believe differently than me...Like Presbyterians and Mormons.

Anonymous said...

Wow, sounds like Seminary is almost as cool as Hogwarts! Do you get to duel with Catholics?

Grizham said...

I don't duel with Catholics, rather I am part of a work study class in which me an several catholics go out witch hunting

Anonymous said...

Speaking of holy hand grenades...

http://www.clubi.ie/exalted/holyhand.htm

Anonymous said...

Ahh, yes. Thank you, a-dub, for reminding us of the words of the Holy Monty Python. I am convicted.

Anonymous said...

By the time you arrive at the coveted third year in seminary, like I have done, you are able to put the gadgets down. We're more like Jedi masters. We walk around in robes and wave our hands. I use a light sabre, but it's invisible. And I can vaporize people with a glance. It's sweet. Are you looking at me funny?

The Cliff said...

Wow, it took the bakerman 3 years of seminary to do that? They had some prophesy about me...I'm suppose to bring balance to the Truett. I got my lightsaber before I even signed up for class. But it takes some of those "theology" people a bit longer. You see they have intrusted me with the WHOLE WORLD to bring balance to the mission, not just a shelf in the Library, but I guess they give to each only what he can handle.

Anonymous said...

(We allow the missions students their delusions. Anything to help them get out of the country faster.)