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kmortis
2nd February 2007, 10:44 AM
Ok. I'm listening to what is quite possibly the funniest podcast ever. Reggie is interviewing Pastor Harry of Landover Baptist. He's even better "live".
Peter S.
2nd February 2007, 08:16 PM
Ok. I'm listening to what is quite possibly the funniest podcast ever. Reggie is interviewing Pastor Harry of Landover Baptist. He's even better "live".


My favorite line: God doesn't care if the money comes from a white man's wallet or a negro's shoe.
a_unique_person
4th February 2007, 04:04 AM
Would you have a link to it?
Curnir
4th February 2007, 07:02 AM
Would you have a link to it?

http://media.libsyn.com/media/infidelguy/Tape403_Pastor_Harry_Hardwick_II.mp3
Wowbagger
4th February 2007, 09:08 AM
That was so funny, and disgusting, at the same time, I couldn't decide if I should be laughing or throwing up.

I can't believe I listened to the whole thing!
Vitnir
4th February 2007, 10:49 AM
I played this episode with my wife listening, after 5min she asked "is this guy for real?". Well its kind of hard to tell since some christians are just like him. Solid gold comedy.
Wowbagger
4th February 2007, 01:34 PM
I don't know if I would catagorize this as comedy. What that minister was saying was monstrous! He openly supports terrorism, as long as it is Christian Terrorism, he is openly racist, and he has no qualms interfering with people's private lives!
He has no problem with Bush destroying the world, because he thinks he will be raptured to heaven.

And he says all this with the sweetest of voices, the most grandfatherly of dispositions.

He may not be actively dangerous, himself, but if this is what he is preaching, I would be worried.
We may laugh at his delusions now, but when these guys hijack public policy, it is no longer humorous.
Curnir
4th February 2007, 01:51 PM
I don't know if I would catagorize this as comedy. What that minister was saying was monstrous! He openly supports terrorism, as long as it is Christian Terrorism, he is openly racist, and he has no qualms interfering with people's private lives!
He has no problem with Bush destroying the world, because he thinks he will be raptured to heaven.

And he says all this with the sweetest of voices, the most grandfatherly of dispositions.

He may not be actively dangerous, himself, but if this is what he is preaching, I would be worried.
We may laugh at his delusions now, but when these guys hijack public policy, it is no longer humorous.

Landover is a parody site. Or so I've been told.
Wowbagger
4th February 2007, 02:05 PM
Landover is a parody site. Or so I've been told.How the hell are we supposed to tell the difference?!
a_unique_person
4th February 2007, 08:00 PM
That's what makes it so clever.
Vitnir
5th February 2007, 03:01 AM
One clue is that Infidel Guy was laughing so hard he had to take a break :)
JAStewart
5th February 2007, 04:26 AM
I heard that Landover Baptist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landover_Baptist) was a hoax.
kmortis
5th February 2007, 05:35 AM
I heard that Landover Baptist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landover_Baptist) was a hoax.

It's not a hoax. Like Curnir said, it's parody, satire even. What makes it good parody is that it's almost totally indistinguishable from the real thing.
Wowbagger
5th February 2007, 08:44 AM
Actually, I did become mighty suspicious when he started talking about altering those PS3 games.
kmortis
5th February 2007, 01:09 PM
Suspicious about what? That he was or wasn't a parody? That Reggie was really eating Andy Capp Hot Fries while interviewing Pastor Harry? That really, at the end of the day, it gets dark? What?
dglas
5th February 2007, 04:54 PM
I played this over the PalTalk channel. I must admit there were a few occasions when I actually felt quite uncomfortable with some of the satire and subject matter. I found myself immediately telling people who entered the room that it was satire...

I like the intro and end theme though....
Wowbagger
5th February 2007, 07:27 PM
Suspicious about what? That he was or wasn't a parody? That Reggie was really eating Andy Capp Hot Fries while interviewing Pastor Harry? That really, at the end of the day, it gets dark? What?
It's didn't seem "realistic" that a church would give away free PS3, and even less realistic that they would alter those games to include Jesus Christ and enable "god mode" cheats.

Unlike almost everything else he spoke about, that seemed like the one thing I didn't think a church would really do.
NiallM
6th February 2007, 01:39 AM
When I first came across Landover a long time ago, I enjoyed reading the message board and the comments from those who thought that it was serious.

The word "satire" was banned in messages, being replaced by asterisks.
kmortis
6th February 2007, 05:15 AM
It's didn't seem "realistic" that a church would give away free PS3, and even less realistic that they would alter those games to include Jesus Christ and enable "god mode" cheats.

Unlike almost everything else he spoke about, that seemed like the one thing I didn't think a church would really do.

<kaf> (http://www.leftbehindgames.com/)
Yeah, cause the Christian Fundies would NEVER make a video game. ;)
Wowbagger
6th February 2007, 08:37 AM
<kaf> (http://www.leftbehindgames.com/)
Yeah, cause the Christian Fundies would NEVER make a video game. ;)
Oh, I know they can make video games. But, I didn't think it was realistic that they would be interested in providing alterations to games, as described in the interview.

Funny, though, that that would be the only fakery I would pick up on...
Vitnir
8th February 2007, 02:42 AM
I never bother to read through the legal stuff on games but distributing hacked copies sounds like a crime to me.
The thing that otherwise would seem out of place would be that a fundamental with his ideas on homosexuals would go out camping with 4 gay men to explore gay sex even for research purposes (that was so funny).