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March 30, 2009

Remember When These Christians Prayed To This Golden Bull?

by Ken Layne  

He had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.These supposed Christians made a mockery of their faith in October, when they cavorted about this golden idol of mammon, the Molten Calf of Wall Street, because obviously the best way to head off a global recession is to sing God Bless America to a statue of an animal. What has happened since these idolaters demanded that Jesus fix the stock markets?

Are you there God? It's me, Wall Street.
So, while it may be impossible to time a market, it’s a pretty good bet that when fundamentalist conservative Christians are praying to a golden bull statue while wantonly massaging the beast idol, you can pretty much move to cash for six months.

{ 68 comments }

Mr Blifil March 30, 2009 at 11:57 pm

Oh fuck Moses will be pissed when he hears about this…

Custerwolf March 31, 2009 at 12:02 am

Jesus is such a fucker.

HomoPolitico March 31, 2009 at 12:02 am

Ha ha. Silly Christians. Don’t they know we jews control the economy?

Next time, try saying the Shma.

ifthethunderdontgetya" March 31, 2009 at 12:04 am

Then they spent the next few months surfing yiff sites (like FOX).
~

Internally valid March 31, 2009 at 12:08 am

This is bullshit!

Custerwolf March 31, 2009 at 12:08 am

I’ve heard the scientologists are going to try their luck next. This week we should be getting some great photos of John Travolta riding the bull in full western regalia.

Aurelio March 31, 2009 at 12:12 am

Very good, Ken. A little empirical disconfirmation. But they will just say that God refused their prayers because he is pissed off at America for its sinfulness. And this is just the beginning of the Last Days.

iolanthe March 31, 2009 at 12:15 am

Didn’t Moses break the tablets of the Commandments in anger, when he caught the Israelites worshipping the golden calf?

This really is Bizarro World.

Custerwolf March 31, 2009 at 12:18 am

[re=277183]iolanthe[/re]: That wasn’t Moses – you’re thinking of Charlton Heston.

SayItWithWookies March 31, 2009 at 12:20 am

Newsflash: St. Paul shorts eternal life, makes killing.

bonghitsforjesus March 31, 2009 at 12:20 am

They’d have better luck praying to Bob Dobbs. He really gets into the wanton massaging.

rambone March 31, 2009 at 12:22 am

[re=277184]Custerwolf[/re]: Let my 401K grow!

Czn939 March 31, 2009 at 12:24 am

[re=277178]HomoPolitico[/re]: I think there was even a picture of someone blowing on a shofar. A real, honest shofar. It was way too ironic.

Custerwolf March 31, 2009 at 12:29 am

[re=277190]Czn939[/re]: Ivana Trump blew her shofar and look where that got her.

Bearbloke March 31, 2009 at 12:30 am

These folks are all busy getting their kids ready to play the “Abraham & Isaac” game

chascates March 31, 2009 at 12:30 am

It doesn’t work until you have scantily-clad maidens rubbing themselves all over it.

And some tambourines I think.

Also.

Bearbloke March 31, 2009 at 12:34 am

[re=277193]chascates[/re]: That’s the lunch-time show over at Club Minotaur, over on 42nd Str…

Custerwolf March 31, 2009 at 12:38 am

[re=277191]Custerwolf[/re]: Um…actually – I think it was Marla (my girlfriend was his PA and told me stories)….now I don’t remember. Besides, I don’t think I was supposed to tell anyone anyway. Never. Mind.

Snarxon's Holler March 31, 2009 at 12:38 am

Why does Jeebus hate America?

Custerwolf March 31, 2009 at 12:42 am

Today we are all beef strokers.

DC Hates Me March 31, 2009 at 12:47 am

Invest in Gold Bullion.

Bearbloke March 31, 2009 at 12:47 am

They prayed to the Sacred Golden Bull and got the blessing when the bull shit out Solid Gold Ameros!

2druk2phluq March 31, 2009 at 12:51 am

The guy with the gray hair on the left is totally trying to stroke off the bull’s horn. Legend has it golden spooge will spurt forth if the chosen one hits just the right rhythm.

[re=277197]Custerwolf[/re]: Damn, you posted while I was trying to come up with this. I’m fucking useless.

2druk2phluq March 31, 2009 at 12:55 am

You see that low point there in March? That’s pretty much where I started stocking up on hooch and hobo beans.

iolanthe March 31, 2009 at 12:56 am

[re=277193]chascates[/re]: Oh, *I* get it! It’s OK to worship idols of materialism … as long as nobody’s playing music and dancing!

sati demise March 31, 2009 at 1:05 am

Booyah!

iwillsavethispatient March 31, 2009 at 1:05 am

Wow, if those Christians prayed to the stock market and it tanked that badly, imagine how screwed God must be by now! No wonder he doesn’t exist.

Incidentally, my friend did this back in Feb 2006. Pretty sure it caused the market to go up.

sati demise March 31, 2009 at 1:06 am

[re=277203]iolanthe[/re]: or having sex for ‘pleasure’.

Mr Blifil March 31, 2009 at 1:16 am

Golden Idols of Mammon are fucking valuable things.

KittyLitter March 31, 2009 at 1:58 am

[re=277197]Custerwolf[/re]: May I have your recipe for beef strokinoff?

El Pinche March 31, 2009 at 2:05 am

if you milk a bull, he’s your friend for life.

Custerwolf March 31, 2009 at 2:20 am

[re=277217]El Pinche[/re]: And if I just want him over “for dinner” what do I have to do?
I kid.
I’m a veg.

Custerwolf March 31, 2009 at 2:24 am

[re=277215]KittyLitter[/re]: Sure. You need just one silky smooth hand, equipped with a firm grasp, some lotion, and an active imagination.
That’s about it.
Let me know if you need a hand.

TGY March 31, 2009 at 2:58 am

Too bad that was the Schlitz Malt Liquor golden bull. An easy mistake.

Also, how do you know Jesus wasn’t responsible for that short rally? You never can tell.

Lascauxcaveman March 31, 2009 at 3:16 am

Haha! I just watched the newer movie version of Jesus Christ Superstar tonight. (Kinda ‘meh,’ but not a total loss. The tempo of many of the key songs seemed ridiculously sloooow.)

Guess I shoulda gone for the Ten Commandments instead.

SayItWithWookies March 31, 2009 at 3:49 am

[re=277226]Lascauxcaveman[/re]: Featuring the bluesy number “Idolatry Is a Sometime Thing.”

Uncle Glenny March 31, 2009 at 4:05 am

Returning to our vampire theme, school denies presence of vampires (and werewolf):

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/27/vampire_rumors_spur_alert_at_boston_latin___on_bullying/

TimesUp March 31, 2009 at 4:35 am

The Bull: the symbol of virility, potency
The Bear: the symbol of godless, red Russian Communism
Enough said.

doloras March 31, 2009 at 5:13 am

[re=277192]Bearbloke[/re]: Fun fact – according to the Qur’an, it was Abraham and Ishmael. Oh, and Mary gave birth under a date palm, not in a manger.

Jukesgrrl March 31, 2009 at 5:21 am

Jesus is mad because Bristol Palin didn’t marry the baby daddy. And tattoos. Jesus is OK with the meth, but he doesn’t like tattoos.

bago March 31, 2009 at 5:33 am

[re=277187]bonghitsforjesus[/re]: I have a story about wanton massaging in a Turkish Bathhouse near Antalya.

Cookie Guggelman March 31, 2009 at 6:20 am

“Where’s your Moses now?”

Pop Socket March 31, 2009 at 6:34 am

Hey, I’d sprinkle Parmesan cheese on the Flying Spaghetti Monster if it would bring my 401(k) back.

itgetter March 31, 2009 at 6:36 am

[re=277184]Custerwolf[/re]: Thanks. I just choke on my coffee.

DC Spring March 31, 2009 at 6:46 am

[re=277242]bago[/re]: Enough of your wonton massaging already. Just eat it, don’t play with it.

AngryAtheist March 31, 2009 at 7:05 am

Stone them!!!

TimesUp March 31, 2009 at 7:36 am

Melt down the idol and make them drink it!

fishcanoeski March 31, 2009 at 8:08 am

You gotta admit, it took some Ba’als to do that.

gurukalehuru March 31, 2009 at 8:15 am

You fuck with the bull, you get the horn.

Tommy Says Soooo, Jugdish! March 31, 2009 at 8:24 am

Christopher Hitchens is all soaped up for you atheists to try a little stroking to get the “market” up. Hey, it’s not coldly rational and logical but neither are his reasons for supporting the Iraq War.

Giant Robot March 31, 2009 at 8:52 am

Ha Ha, I and Stephen Colbert laugh at these assholes trying to pray without the intervention of CATHOLIC SAINT!! St. Matthew covers most of the financial shit but I’ve started going straight to St. Dymphna – patron saint of the insane.

Pick a good one – there’s even a patron saint of boobies: http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/saints/patrons.asp#A

Numbat Dundee March 31, 2009 at 8:53 am

Personally I’ve never worshipped a golden calf. I have, however, been pretty exited by a nice set of thighs.

norbizness March 31, 2009 at 9:09 am

I can’t believe I have to wait until Sunday morning to watch one of those pre-talk show megachurch broadcast sermons in order to get my financial advice.

DC Hates Me March 31, 2009 at 9:29 am

[re=277265]Giant Robot[/re]: The patron saint of corporate businessmen is Saint Homobonus?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Homobonus

Godot March 31, 2009 at 9:32 am

[re=277188]rambone[/re]: That sounded less like Charlton Heston, and more like the main villain on Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers

MarieDeGournay March 31, 2009 at 9:49 am

[re=277183]iolanthe[/re]: Yes, and a third of the tribe was put to death. To bad we can’t do that here.

Min March 31, 2009 at 10:06 am

Jesus called. He wants his religion back.

tacodaemon March 31, 2009 at 10:11 am

Nothing is as embarrassing as the people who organized a “Prayer at the Pump” thing last summer, who even sang a modified version of “We Shall Overcome” that included the repeated lyrics “we’ll have lower gas prices, we’ll have lower gas prices” — http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=51257&t=01004553487438585767

Tommy Says Soooo, Jugdish! March 31, 2009 at 10:37 am

[re=277304]tacodaemon[/re]: Did it work?

assistant/atlas March 31, 2009 at 11:14 am

[re=277280]DC Hates Me[/re]: Yet another reason I was surprised that everyone was surprised by the Catholic kid touching. Dude, Catholic Church? Way gay.

[re=277302]Min[/re]: FTW.

McDuff March 31, 2009 at 11:24 am

All together now, in an Edward G. Robinson gangster accent: “Where’s your messiah now, see?”

TGY March 31, 2009 at 11:25 am

[re=277304]tacodaemon[/re]: Yeah, next they’ll be praying for rain. Haha..oh, wait.

Min March 31, 2009 at 11:40 am

[re=277364]McDuff[/re]: Heh.

stopmebeforeitypeagain March 31, 2009 at 12:52 pm

I think this Deplorable Episode is yet but another step down the Slippery Slope to a World Currency. Wingnutz take note. Also.

schvitzatura March 31, 2009 at 2:31 pm

Dead pool is starting to determine the day that Premier of the PRC will be taking Sawzall to Mammon Bull à la Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti circa 4/2003…

Bearbloke March 31, 2009 at 3:01 pm

[re=277242]bago[/re]: Address, please!

Bearbloke March 31, 2009 at 3:09 pm

[re=277240]doloras[/re]: Well, I say let ‘em fight it out!…

ummm… oh yeah, right…

jbd March 31, 2009 at 4:44 pm

Nice use of a lensbaby though.

I’m just sayin’.

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