Why Don't Bees Go to Heaven?

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Why Don't Bees Go to Heaven?

Hello RRS People,

I have been visiting this fine site for a while now. Please consider this a ‘message in a bottle’ from Australiathe state of Queensland in particular. As they say in the movies—“we’ve got a situation here!”

In defiance of the Australian constitution, government funded ($160,000,000) Pentecostal evangelists have been installed in a majority of Queensland’s supposedly secular public primary (elementary) and high schools along with 'programs' and Jesus boot camps run by Pentecostal/AOG churches including Australia's dreaded Hill$ong church (currently invading the US via 'Idol'). We are on a roller-coaster ride back to the dark ages.

This abominable scam is a leftover—or should that be a 'rightover'—from our ex-prime minister John Howard's (as you know, the world’s foremost sycophant, suck and groupie to George Bush) last minute panic spree of pork barrelling in a vain attempt to get re-elected. Fortunately, in November 2007, Howard was given the bum's rush from Australian politics by the same winds of change we are sure will be blowing a gale this November in the US. However, we remain stuck with these outrageous, intelligence-challenging circumstances. A moralistic minority of deep-north (remember, we’re upside down) religious right loonies appear to be remote controlling the Queensland state government public education system.

A daily-growing number of appalled parents across the state are fighting back at our website:


http://www.thefourthr.info

Throughout this battle though, I have become weary of being told by sanctimonious psychotics that those who don’t believe in ‘god’ don’t ‘believe’ in anything, so I’ve written a rational anthem which marvels at evolution, exposes the discriminatory ‘speciesism’ built into most mainstream religious dogma while promoting the concept of paying ultimate respect (not interactively I hasten to add!) to the ultimately mysterious infinite universe while looking no further for ‘miracles’ than that of our consciousness—our very existence—temporary as it is. All of the stuff I rabbit about at my http://www.renaissanceofreason.com website.

The song is titled “Why Don’t Bees Go to Heaven?”. It’s at iTunes and Amazon MP3 among others and there’s a video clip at Vimeo:

http://www.vimeo.com/1185698

YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOHPQusSc5Q

And, of course, here:

http://video.rationalresponders.com/item/W1MH4YDYR67D8NY3


iTunes earnings (if we get any!) from the song can go towards our Fourth R ‘fighting fund’.

Please, as they say in Australia, ‘have a gander’ at our little movie. We passionately have ‘faith’ in everything it conveys. It just happens to be profundity in a funny hat. Should you find it entertaining, please circulate and embed it freely while telling our sorry tale. Lunatics taking-over the asylum we can accept—usurping our public education system we can’t.

Below are a couple of pics from the Renaissance of Reason site used in past pokes at Bush & Howard. ‘Twins’ is self explanatory. The other is Howard—as Bush told everyone at APEC last year—“inspecting the Austrian troops in Iraq”.

Keep up the good work,


All the Best,

Ronnie Williams 

 

 

 A snap of Ex Australian Prime Minister Howard inspecting the Austrian Anorexic Horse Regiment on an unusually cold day in Iraq


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Very cute song! I favourited

Very cute song! I favourited it and 5 starred it, and subscribed. Hope that helps.


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Thanks for the bottle, Bee

So sorry to hear your constitution is under attack -- again !

And I thought things were bad here in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Saved. Huh, little did I know....

Your song is cool, catchy and I think I'll be humming it all day now.

Cheers!


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The title reminded me of

The title reminded me of when I was a little kid and used to stomp on bees when I saw them (I thought bees were bad because they stung.) Afterward they appeared to sink into the grass. I actually thought at the time they were being sucked into hell! 

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To paraphrase Wayne

To paraphrase Wayne Campbell:

It will help.. oh yes.. it will help...

Thanks heaps!


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Great!.. thanks

Great!.. thanks


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MattShizzle wrote:The title

MattShizzle wrote:

The title reminded me of when I was a little kid and used to stomp on bees when I saw them (I thought bees were bad because they stung.) Afterward they appeared to sink into the grass. I actually thought at the time they were being sucked into hell! 

They are, actually.  Bees go to hell because they sting people. 


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Don't feel bad.. Barry B.

Don't feel bad.. Barry B. Benson got the gal!

Mind you.. their offspring are going to be interesting. Just imagine.. "Oooh! look.. he has Vanessa's eyes.. but those are definitely Barry's antennae.."


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I rated it and subscribed

I rated it and subscribed too.  Keep up the fight, brother.


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Much appreciated!

Much appreciated!


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Liked the song! I gave it 5

Liked the song! I gave it 5 stars...keep up the good work.


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Many thanks!

Many thanks!


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I must admit I avoided this

I must admit I avoided this thread since I misread the title (several times) as "Why don't Bee Gees go to heaven?".  I think it was the capitalisation that did it for me.

 

However, having belatedly and myopically recognised my error I am happy to say that five stars ain't enough!

 

(To answer the theological conundrum presented by my own short-sightedness - The Bee Gees were hell!)

I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy


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Great song i favorited it. 

Great song i favorited it.  Keep fighting irrationality one day we may have a world w/o it, even if it is after our lifetime (though I hope not!).

 

 


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Thanks for the kind

Thanks for the kind comment!

As for the Hee Bee Gee Bejesus.. maybe old Shirl MacLaine can channel Maurice to see where he landed.