Jack Black still somehow gets work, even though he never has been and never will be funny
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i think nacho libre is freaking hilarious!!!!!

and yes, the name of the game these days is to do "shocking" things that will get you face time (see kanye west).

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There is nothing funny or humorous about praying to satan.

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I respectfully disagree.

Anything can be funny.

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If you were a satanist would you be angry that Jack Black is mocking your evil lord, or would you be grateful for the high profile plug?

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You might not want to mock a satanist. They have friends in low places.

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Anything can be funny.

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Strongly agree.

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he does not believe in satan nor does he believe in god... neither exist

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Prove it.

You might not want to mock a satanist. They have friends in low places.
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true.

You can't have it both ways Thad. Believe it or not but some people find prayers to Jesus just as insulting as you find this prayer to Satan.

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You can't have it both ways Thad. Believe it or not but some people find prayers to Jesus just as insulting as you find this prayer to Satan.

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Why?

Mephisto. Are you asking why you can't have it both ways?

[This message has been edited by Samsill98 (edited 9/17/2009 8:21p).]

You'd have to be pretty uninformed to think he was genuinely praying to Satan.

I seriously doubt ANYBODY actually worships Satan. There are a few geeks in the world playing with Tarot cards and Quija boards who dress up in robes to play devil worshipper, but they're nobody to take seriously. They're lost in a fantasy world just like the Comic Book Guy on the Simpsons.

The Devil made him do it, forgive him.

No. Why would praying to Jesus be just as offensive as praying to satan?

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Why would praying to Jesus be just as offensive as praying to satan?

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In my opinion, I don't think it is.

It would seem that an athiest might view a prayer to God as silly. Not sure why it would be offensive however. The athiest probably just considers it a waste of time.

Consider on the other hand a prayer to Satan. In that case, the person saying the prayer is indicating that he believes in the theology but has chosen to fight for the other side.

The latter certainly seems like it could be considered more offensive than the former.

Consider the issue in sports terms, if my neighbor is a big fan of the Detroit Red Wings, I, not being a hockey fan, won't be bothered in the slightest. However, if he is instead a big football fan and a supporter of the teasips when they play A&M, I'll be a bit more bugged by his choice of suppport. AND if I find out that he is supporting tu only because they are playing A&M and he knows that it bugs me, then I really will be offended.

All that being said, I don't think Jack Black was serious or that his actions rise to the level of being offensive. Distasteful, perhaps. But I am sure that we have all seen things on MTV that would be considered much, much more distastefull than that! Hanson? Tony Basil? Falco?

Agree, petro.

Can't figure out how a prayer to God or Jesus would offend compared to the prayer to an entity who stands for evil in all forms.

Perhaps Wormwood would be pleased to announce this behavior to Uncle Screwtape, but there is not much traction here with Jack Black other than surface blasphemy... but I am sure Screwtape is very pleased with all the so-called "Christian" participation with MTV and the like...

The logic would go something like "the Jack Black satanic prayer is 'good' thing only if the patient does not ask, 'should I be watching MTV at all'..."

and

"If you can keep the patient watching MTV and have the hairless vermin see it as merely as another outlet for their time then you have secured the MTV audience in the 'reality' house of our Father below"

"… and Wormwood let 'sleeping dogs lie' when it comes to atheists; they are secure in our camp. In you excesses of temptation do not allow them to question their own 'reality' by over exposure to the simple question of life. Just imagine the look on their pathetic faces when the disgusting human hybrid is torn into and it’s living soul should see us in the reality of Hell… during this unholy event, this sweet time of consummation of the irreversible ownership you can feel the reach toward the Enemy, the bowing of the knee they say… then they are our Father’s always"

your increasingly ravenous,

Screwtape

A memo from the devil

AgGermany:

I'm surprised you'd be quoting from a man who believed that God was going to save many non-Christians. You think Anglicans are going to hell, don't you?

LAR,

I believe man is saved by Christ alone and no amount of good works or good writing can one save himself.

One must submit to Christ on his terms.

I do NOT judge anothers servant, I do judge want is said or taught... it is every Christian's duty.

Anyone who truly promotes Merely Christian is on the right path, whether he is on the straight an narrow that is for God.

...but you have judged me now haven't you?

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Black appeared sporting a mullet, wearing a muscle suit, and carrying a larger-than-life battleaxe. It is uncertain whether his Satan worship was a gag or something he truly embraces

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He was "sporting a mullet" and "wearing a muscle suit," but they are not sure if it was a gag? Really??

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He's just leading a prayer in his faith, whats wrong with that Thad? Isn't that what you want?
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This. It's intellectually dishonest to cry about your lack of "rights" to pray over a microphone, and then want to take someone else's away because they believe something different.

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This. +1

Thad, I usually agree with your posts and consider you quite insightful. But, you still have failed to answer this question. I understand that YOU find this offensive and will no longer watch MTV. But do you honestly believe that he SHOULD (not does) not have the right to do this? I would like you to answer that question.

My opinion is that it was in bad taste. But I understood the merit behind it. I do not agree with his actions, but I am not offended by them in the least. Either he was a comic making a badjoke at the expense of Christians, or he was an actual satanist praying in public. Either way, I'm not offended.

Sure he's got the right to do it. I've got the right to jump off of a skyscraper if I want to, but I wouldn't recommend it. I've never watched MTV for longer than a minute or two at a time ("Me so Horny" kind of turned me off). I have MTV blocked from my kids, along with a lot of other c-rap on the satellite.

I read a story once about the birth of Rock and Roll in Clarksdale Mississippi, and the pact Robert Johnson (blues singer) supposedly made with the adversary. No word if it's true or not, but it is an interesting story....If you google it, a lot of stuff pops up....

So rock and roll is bad because it might have come from the devil?

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So rock and roll is bad because it might have come from the devil?

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Not exactly what he was saying.

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read a story once about the birth of Rock and Roll in Clarksdale Mississippi, and the pact Robert Johnson (blues singer) supposedly made with the adversary.

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He just stated what that one singer did. I am sure that there are other artists out there that contributed to rock and roll.

Rock & Roll is neither good or bad. It becomes good or bad by the lyrics involved and how it affects people.

Robert Johnson: Crossroads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd60nI4sa9A

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I went to the crossroads, fell down on my knees
I went to the crossroads, fell down on my knees
Asked the Lord above, have mercy now, save poor Bob if you please

Standin' at the crossroads, tried to flag a ride
Whee-hee, I tried to flag a ride
Didn't nobody seem to know me, everybody pass me by

Standin' at the crossroads, risin' sun goin' down
Standin' at the crossroads baby, the risin' sun goin' down
I believe to my soul now, po' Bob is sinkin' down

You can run, you can run, tell my friend Willie Brown
You can run, you can run, tell my friend Willie Brown
That I got the crossroad blues this mornin', Lord, baby I'm sinkin' down

I went to the crossroad, mama, I looked east and west
I went to the crossroad, babe, I looked east and west
Lord, I didn't have no sweet woman, ooh well, babe, in my distress

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And all this time I thought that song was by Cream.

cream stole alot of songs, but did a good job with them.

As I understood the legend of the Crossroads, it was the beginning of the morphing of blues into what became rock and roll. Who knows if it's true or not?

All Satan wanted was a Ferrari Cake on his birthday, Thaddeus... why do you have to rag on him.

Jack Black still somehow gets work, even though he never has been and never will be funny
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You have got to be kidding.
He's a funny dude who unfortunately has reached saturation level.
But you don't think this is funny? I mean he's no Bob Hope or anything, but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcJwz7wu8_s