Anyone want to play a great practical joke on the fundies?

[EstimatedProphet]

This was taken from the opening of one of the Six Feet Under episodes:

Let's all plan to get several inflatable dolls, fill them with helium, and let them loose all at once. The fundies will theink the Rapture is going on.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Supposedly that was based on an actual event!!!

[EstimatedProphet]

2. Wouldn't it be great to do it en masse?

[NYCGirl]

4. You mean this one? Debunked by Snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/religion/rapture.htm

[BrklynLiberal]

12. Yep. That is the one.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Problem is that it seemed so probable among the believers.

[TechBear_Seattle]

15. Elroy Willis has written some great, great things

My favorite is "She died with Jesus in her heart," also found in Snopes:

http://snopes2.com/religion/plastic.htm

[EstimatedProphet]

16. Now that's funny!

[liberal N proud]

3. While back there was a story about a woman jumping from a car

because she thought the rapture was happening.
Apparently she thought she saw people floating to heaven.
It turned out to be inflatable dolls filled with helium that escaped a car.

I tried to find the story but no luck,,, it was a DU post several months ago.

[NYCGirl]

5. Posted above from Snopes. NT

[liberal N proud]

6. That's the one I was remembering

[EstimatedProphet]

7. Without advocating traffic fatalities-I think this would be a scream!

Picture 10,000 people, each with a dozen blow ups inflated with helium, all of them releasing them at 3:00 pm one day around the country...

[unhappycamper]

8. Where can I find me some cheap blow up dolls? n/t

[BeFree]

9. On a Sunday

In front of fundie churches as they let out. Put a big banner in the sky, too, advertising the event. Ya know, like a message from God.

:roflmao:

[EstimatedProphet]

11. Written in smoke...

I like it!

[China_cat]

13. Better yet

Release them during a Fred Phelps protest.

[MuseRider]

10. Wait until they are all gathered

in a stadium. Surround the stadium and release them. As much as I hate practical jokes when they are pulled on me I could actually go for this one.

[TechBear_Seattle]

14. The truth behind this urban legend

http://www.snopes.com/religion/rapture.htm

Elroy Willis posts frequently to the Usenet group, alt.atheism. I remember when he first posted it there as an EAP (Evil Atheist Press) newswire story. The story was stolen (without credit) by not only the producers of Six Feet Under but also by the World Daily News.