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[–]CosmicToaster 89 points90 points ago

Christian Bale visited shooting victims, Atheist Bale did not.

All tied up 1-1

[–]hazie 26 points27 points ago

Robert H Goddard developed modern rocketry, Robert H Atheistdard did not.

1-2.

[–]Xvash2 5 points6 points ago

Lassie the dog saved that poor kid, Lassie the God did not. And we're tied at 2 again.

[–]joemoffett1 15 points16 points ago

This is the first time ive seen where somebody didnt reset the score.

[–]Spicy_Brown_Mustard 3 points4 points ago

The Godfather was a good movie. The Athiestfather sucked.

1-3

[–]mazure13 5 points6 points ago

Godfather 3... auto deduct of a point in favor of atheists.

[–]Spicy_Brown_Mustard 0 points1 point ago

I'll concede that.

[–]TurMoiL911 2 points3 points ago

Christopher Nolan directed The Dark Knight Rises. Atheistopher Nolan did not.

[–]BigBassBone 0 points1 point ago

Also Christian Bale cured a kid of cancer.

[–]JohnJay721 23 points24 points ago

Actually, his original name in Japanese was Gojira

[–]hithazel 38 points39 points ago

Atheists- 1 Goj believers- 0

[–]Quacksbro 0 points1 point ago

[–]datzmikejones 3 points4 points ago

Gojira is a pretty good metal band.

[–]jingks 0 points1 point ago

How have they not been sued? I thought Toho sued anyone who tried to use that name, they even had Sea Shepard change their vessel name.

[–]datzmikejones 0 points1 point ago

Sea Shepherd? The non-profit organization that saves animals?

[–]jingks 1 point2 points ago

Yup. They named their boat 'Gojira' but changed it to 'Brigitte Bardot' after they were served a notice from the copyright holders.

Article about their lawyers.

[–]datzmikejones 0 points1 point ago

I'm assuming they got authorized use of the Romanized Japanese spelling.

[–]m3rk1nm4k3r 4 points5 points ago

Gorilla Whale

[–]eMan117 1 point2 points ago

a whale sized gorilla... it all makes sense now

[–]radeky 6 points7 points ago

This is just stupid.

[–]RICH_LITTLE 13 points14 points ago

Sorry if this is a repost, but you have to admit it's sorta funny.

[–]tyrannischgott 12 points13 points ago

Don't apologize for reposts. Those of us who don't spend every waking moment on Reddit are happy to see them, since for us it may be the first time.

[–]superpastaaisle 5 points6 points ago

Hey atheists, how come you can't spell atheist without theist?

Checkmate, athetits.

[–]PENGUINS_SNORT_COKE 1 point2 points ago

How come the score between christians and atheists is always 1 - 0

[–]Calibansdaydream 1 point2 points ago

You never win, you just hope to do a little better each time.

[–]Iazo -1 points0 points ago

God resets the universe to 0-0 after each picture.

[–]RawrXD 1 point2 points ago

More like the universe resets itself.

[–]Cakeflourz 2 points3 points ago

From Wikipedia:

"Gojira (ゴジラ?) is a portmanteau of the Japanese words: gorira (ゴリラ?, "gorilla"), and kujira (鯨(クジラ)?, "whale"), which is fitting because in one planning stage, Godzilla was described as "a cross between a gorilla and a whale",[3] alluding to his size, power and aquatic origin." ...

"The Japanese pronunciation of the name is [ɡodʑiɽa] ( listen); the Anglicized form is /ɡɒdˈzɪlə/, with the first syllable pronounced like the word "god", and the rest rhyming with "gorilla". When Godzilla was created (and Japanese-to-English transliteration was less familiar), it is likely that the kana representing the second syllable was misinterpreted[citation needed] as [dzi]; in the Hepburn romanization system, Godzilla's name would have been rendered as "Gojira", whereas in the Kunrei romanization system it would have been rendered as "Gozira"."

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[–]SirTheBob 0 points1 point ago

If I'm remembering the story correctly, a radio DJ in L.A. (?) was talking about the film before the whole thing took off, mispronounced it as "Godzilla," and it just kind of stuck. Kind of weird, in my opinion.

[–]itsme0 1 point2 points ago

I've actually never seen the original godzilla, only the... late 90s(?) remake.

[–]d3aDmAnxS0I0 0 points1 point ago

if you talking about the american one that took place in NYC i think it was 2000

Edit: never mind it was 1998..somthing cool my friend google just told me that a new godzilla is in pre-production and scheduled for 2014

[–]palparepa 2 points3 points ago

I like how that "lame" Godzilla was utterly defeated in a few seconds by the "real" Godzilla, in the 2004 movie. [video]

[–]lvlegabyte 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, who would have thought that a Japanese movie would show the American Godzilla being defeated by the Japanese Godzilla easily lolz. But, really they really could have done better in the 1998 movie.

[–]palparepa 1 point2 points ago

"American Godzilla" wasn't even a godzilla to begin with, just some big lizard. Didn't even have atomic breath. I guess it was added to this movie just for the lolz.

[–]ultimapanzer 0 points1 point ago

I know. Matt LeBlanc was good in it though.

[–]webchimp32 0 points1 point ago

Jean Reno was better.

[–]N4KED_TURTLE 0 points1 point ago

I felt like i was watching power rangers again. Yunno with all special effects and all

[–]palparepa 0 points1 point ago

Did you know the "Power Rangers" was, like, the 16th season of the sentai series? It started in the 70s.

[–]N4KED_TURTLE 0 points1 point ago

whoa

[–]SuedoNymph 0 points1 point ago

That makes me sad in my face area.

[–]jingks 2 points3 points ago

Playing devil's advocate, what would be a proper ridiculous response?

"Because only God could create such an awesome creature."

"If evolution is so great, why doesn't Atheistzilla exist?"

[–]Bebebemusic 2 points3 points ago

This is stolen from 4chan. http://imgur.com/gallery/ALfR6

[–]wildstargoethe 0 points1 point ago

Nearly everything on Reddit that is funny, originated from 4chan.

[–]I_conTroll_you 0 points1 point ago

TIL if you are an atheist, and you repost, all is forgiven. Holy shit, reposts are sins in atheism! Confess your reposts and ye shall be redeemed!

[–]robothouserock 4 points5 points ago

Forgive me father for I have reposted.

[–]PunkChick -1 points0 points ago

Forgive me father Sagan for I have reposted.

[–]Urantianaut -1 points0 points ago

Don't forget the unforgivable sin of making any spelling or grammatical mistakes. Language must be held in the utmost sacred regard. Failure to conform to ritualistic usages results in being cast out as a heretic. /s How refreshing.

[–]zoltek -1 points0 points ago

It's all good OP. I at least didn't snort my drink all over the keyboard.

[–]Lowbacca1977 2 points3 points ago

What stops them from pointing out that Japan isn't exactly full of good Christians? And they don't exactly have a problem with non-believers suffering. Biblically speaking.

[–]Inferno8 -1 points0 points ago

Cause Japan is Buddhist, which means they worship the devil!

[–]CleverCider 1 point2 points ago

Silly atheists, it's because Tokyo is a haven for Godless perverts getting what they deserved like Sodom and Gomorrah.

[–]RawrXD 0 points1 point ago

Sodom.. sodomize?

[–]ClankOnTheCob 0 points1 point ago

Sure... You didn't know it was a repost, I hear ya...

[–]Ceigee 0 points1 point ago

Well God is a figure in Christianity. So the more proper remark would be Flying Spaghetti monsterzilla since FSM (mockery or not) to Atheism is what God is to Christianity.

[–]alittler 0 points1 point ago

What the cuss?

[–]DoctorPaxton 0 points1 point ago

hi ryan. <3 u

[–]Ndoor 0 points1 point ago

Because Atheistzilla is made up and Godzilla is real!

[–]sadperson90 1 point2 points ago

This is one of the very few "funny" posts on /r/atheism that was actually funny.

[–]Laggyzaki 0 points1 point ago

With all the "Atheism: 1, Religion: 0" posts I'm always left wondering, who keeps resetting the score?

[–]blkbox 0 points1 point ago

One logic to rule them all.

[–]bumblerattack 0 points1 point ago

I know reposts are good sometimes, but I see this way too often.

[–]ntongh2o 0 points1 point ago

Saw this on /r/circlejerk a while back.

[–]1ceyou 0 points1 point ago

Saying sorry if repost when you know its a repost...damn you.

[–]Ryuubu 0 points1 point ago

Fun fact: in the Godzilla lore, the American Godzilla is referred to as Zilla be abuse it doesn't deserve God in its name.

Zilla is beaten by the original Godzilla in under 10 seconds in the movie Godzilla 2000.

[–]steakmeout 1 point2 points ago

This subreddit is such absolute shit. While you're all busy sharing memes and circlejerking the world is discussing a law for committing Blasphemy and yet you still continue to share childish memes and circlejerk. You're a bunch of fucking morons.

[–]Iazo 3 points4 points ago

The UN has been discussing that proposal most years since the UN was formed.

Knock off the tinfoil-hattery.

[–]steakmeout -3 points-2 points ago

It's a current event and /r/shiteism is as usual too busy sniffing its own collective arsehole to discuss it.

Also, it's only been in discussion since 1999 and I'm pretty sure the UN was formed some years before then.

Don't try and talk down to people when you're an ignorant, uninformed idiot.

[–]Iazo 0 points1 point ago

Fine.

[–]meantamrajean -1 points0 points ago

Repost but up vote anyway because its just so damn funny

[–]meantamrajean -1 points0 points ago

Repost but up vote anyway because its just so damn funny

[–]Mack488 -2 points-1 points ago

Wat....

[–]Tonialb007 -3 points-2 points ago

Repost, but I will forgive you since you are a new redditor.

[–]Singaya -3 points-2 points ago

Upvoted as worthwhile repost. Sadly, its really funny 'cause it's so true.