This is an actual picture from book about dinosaurs I had to read at my Christian private school. Seems accurate.

MInTheGap · 2012-10-03T18:34:59+00:00

Here would be the original picture:

http://villagesnews.blogspot.com/2010/03/blog-post_28.html

Not sure of the context, but this is the original.

shabba7 · 2012-10-03T16:15:45+00:00

Velocirapture?

slow56k · 2012-10-03T15:48:00+00:00

TIL Jesus is an unlockable character in Golden Axe

Woden1Eye · 2012-10-03T16:25:25+00:00

brb, converting to christianity

tn_herren · 2012-10-03T15:22:28+00:00

Please tell me this is a joke!

Rosstafan · 2012-10-03T15:14:35+00:00

Donkeys 2000 years ago were ... A little different! :D

palparepa · 2012-10-03T16:29:40+00:00

Nowhere in the bible does it say that jesus isn't a raptor.

PhaedrusSales · 2012-10-03T17:03:21+00:00

This is so damn stupid, everyone knows raptors had feathers.

monalisafrank · 2012-10-03T20:07:31+00:00

People on this subreddit claim to be skeptics and fans of logical inquiry, yet they totally accept that this image is from a Christian textbook just because it would support their beliefs. If even atheists can't be inquiry-minded, I just don't know what the rest of the world is coming to, you guys.

getblunted · 2012-10-03T16:22:30+00:00

This picture is wrong! We all know the son of god/god (depending on which you believe) would have rode around on a T-Rex.

Yoshi511 · 2012-10-03T16:17:17+00:00

I want this book in my life

SUPERMENSAorg · 2012-10-03T18:04:53+00:00

This is why Catholic schools > Weirdo American Christian schools

Say what you want about the Church, but at least they accept evolution

Deradius · 2012-10-03T16:07:29+00:00

This image is ridiculous. It's extremely inaccurate.

While there are people in the middle east who could be mistaken for European, it's very probable that if Jesus was indeed one person, he looked more like this.

ihoj · 2012-10-03T15:51:14+00:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7230309@N05/3866040918/in/set-72157614318889304/

And according to this book, dinosaurs breath fire

Fradzombie · 2012-10-03T16:44:47+00:00

As a graduate of a Christian private academy, I can attest that these kinds of "textbooks" do exist and are used. My "science" book opened the chapter on evolution with a picture of a human riding a brachiosaurus or some shit and instead of explaining what evolution was, went into detailed arguments about why its the dumbest thing ever invented and how to combat people who want to teach evolution. Makes me sick to think about it.

edit: googled the book title, got this, http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3424/3866040918_b2947f9715.jpg was not disappointed.

Ron_Pauls_Balls · 2012-10-03T15:50:23+00:00

Jesus Chirostenotes!!!

Yea it's a dinosaur look it up bitches.

Dartimien · 2012-10-03T17:21:05+00:00

Which one is jesus?

ThisOldMan_ · 2012-10-03T22:02:58+00:00

I'm calling bullshit. The two pieces of art don't match.

zaviex · 2012-10-03T22:03:32+00:00

This is a 4chan meme picture from 4 or 5 years ago

AcidLuepert · 2012-10-03T22:36:57+00:00

If it's a real picture, why do you have the exact resolution image of one posted a long time ago on 4chan? Why is there no rest of the book around it?

Diknak · 2012-10-03T16:38:42+00:00

This is outright disgusting. It really makes me sick thinking that the children in our country are being fed this crap. It's one thing to have a faith based on the Bible, but the Bible does not claim to have any relationship with dinosaurs what so ever.

My wife is very religious and if she ever gave this to my daughter, there would most certainly be a problem.

YoRpFiSh · 2012-10-03T15:27:56+00:00

http://i.imgur.com/K0LKY.jpg

Scampjock · 2012-10-03T17:44:48+00:00

No it wasn't.

SmellsLikePup · 2012-10-03T15:19:25+00:00

Guy in the top right is all "Damnit, Jesus! Get your fucking dinosaur out of here before I smack ya with this stick!"

tiffanne523 · 2012-10-03T16:39:13+00:00

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110531190951AApz8nD haha these comments are silly.

BeaconFae · 2012-10-03T17:06:22+00:00

I always knew Dinotopia was actually James Gurney revealing himself as a prophet. http://images1.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Dinosaur-Boulevard-dinotopia-817983_700_335.jpg

NOLA_LOVE · 2012-10-03T17:57:00+00:00

Am I the only person that went to a Catholic school where I learned creationism in religion class and evolution in Science?

Caligrown710 · 2012-10-03T17:57:30+00:00

if dinosaurs were supposedly killed by the great flood wtf is jesus doing riding one?

joguwa86 · 2012-10-03T18:19:56+00:00

I have a copy of "Dinosaurs by Design" (which the OP states this is from) and also "The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible", the two big YEC children's dinosaur books. While those books are chock-full of ridiculous images, this photo is in neither of them.

This photo would absolutely not be in those books, as the Bible explicitly states that Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem.

sigmaecho · 2012-10-03T18:51:58+00:00

This image is fake. Here you can see the original UN-photoshopped painting, which depicts jesus riding a donkey.

OP's entire story is a lie. If r/atheism is really about exposing lies and telling the harsh truth, this will get voted to the top. If, however, r/atheism is just a big meme circle-jerk like it is so often accused of being, then I'll probably get buried so that I don't "spoil the fun".

sotonohito · 2012-10-03T20:28:51+00:00

The OP is lying for karma and you're all falling for it. The picture has been floating around snarky atheist circles for years. It isn't part of a textbook.

Look at the raptor, it's drawn in a completely different style (and, I should add, at a different resolution) from the other characters.

Much more important here is the original pic: http://i.imgur.com/OiEH7.jpg

Also, Christians are pretty specific about Jesus riding a donkey into Jerusalem, it's part of their whole prophecy kick.

If the OP wants to re-re-re-re-post the Jesus riding a raptor pic that's fine, but we shouldn't be rewarding them for lying about the source, and likely about their history.

We know for a fact that the OP didn't find it in a fundie homeschooling book on dinosaurs, and given that I'm doubtful that the OP (as they claim) went to a private Christian school.

FSMfan · 2012-10-03T18:01:12+00:00

I found the book the OP was referencing: Dinosaurs by Design

From the description:

Here's a valuable tool if you want to give your kids accurate information on their favorite subject. (Homeschoolers have used it for years!) Gish outlines God's divine design for dinosaurs and provides you with biblical evidence to combat today's pervasive evolutionary theories. 88 pages, hardcover from Master Books.

Nothing like the ramblings of bronze-age goat-herders to "combat" modern science.

It_AintEasyBeinWhite · 2012-10-03T22:21:13+00:00

No it isn't an actual picture.

AintNothinPersonal · 2012-10-03T16:36:42+00:00

The worst part is, the creationist author is also a biochemist. I don't quite understand why someone would pursue a degree in a field whose basic principles they ignore or defy.

KanyeIsJesus · 2012-10-03T17:44:29+00:00

No, it's not.

Heretical_Fool · 2012-10-03T17:45:24+00:00

No, it isn't.

Quazz · 2012-10-03T16:52:19+00:00

Twist: Jesus is the raptor.

kinyutaka · 2012-10-03T15:47:15+00:00

As we all know, the scientific name for the Velociraptor is "An Ass"

It says so in the bible.

TheLeviathong · 2012-10-03T16:28:31+00:00

Reminds me of Bill Hicks

Naaloq · 2012-10-03T16:52:17+00:00

There is a book that covers this concept and others, called Idiot America

Excerpt

attsw · 2012-10-03T17:03:19+00:00

Clever girl.

Logalog9 · 2012-10-03T17:06:41+00:00

Totally inaccurate. Where are the proto-feathers??

DancesWithPugs · 2012-10-03T17:33:21+00:00

YABBADABBALUYAH!

NebulousJenn · 2012-10-03T17:36:37+00:00

Repent! The raptor is coming!

Chebasaz · 2012-10-03T17:42:58+00:00

http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/what-happened-to-the-dinosaurs - Awesomesauce

bobulesca · 2012-10-03T19:31:23+00:00

That's super shopped....Still funny, but you sir are still a liar. I bet you don't even go to a Christian school.

javastripped · 2012-10-03T19:38:02+00:00

Interesting that no pictures of Jesus riding on a dinosaur, Raptor, etc existed before science discovered Raptors and dinosaurs.

keith_weaver · 2012-10-03T21:39:27+00:00

The obvious way around all of this is really quite simple. The Bible says the Earth was made in 6 days and on the 7th day He rested, this was approximately 6-7000 years ago. If you take that literally, you are a jackass. But, and this is how the Christers can tie it all together, the Bible also says that God existed before time and can pretty much be at all places/times always, soooooooo, a second to Him would be generations to us. Ancient man could not conceive of millions or even thousands of years, and when describing things they couldn't possibly understand, they wrote things in ways all people of the time could comprehend. Noah's rain didn't last exactly 40 days and 40 nights. 40 was a generic term used way back, like we would say 'a shit ton of...' Ali Baba and the 40 thieves, for example, today would be Ali Baba and a shit ton of mtherfkers that are gonna jack your ass. The Book of Revelation speaks of armored locusts ravaging the landscape. Imagine you were shown a photo of a tank or armored helicopter 2000 years ago and were asked to describe it. I'm sure you'd be freaked the fk out by the photograph, let alone the content of the photo.... but still.

Theologists of today can still acknowledge science and say this is how God did it. Say what you will, but science has yet to spark life from scratch. If the simplest of compounds and molecules could go from inanimate, to every frikkin thing you see today, show me. Do it. Just because it took billions of years for the Earth to get where it is today does not necessarily prove there is no God. It's just that his processes weren't comprehensible to the people that first wrote the scriptures.

fegd · 2012-10-03T22:04:20+00:00

That's fucking criminal. Makes me want to go right back to my home country.

signalfire · 2012-10-03T22:17:21+00:00

Just think how different history and the bible would have been if the dinosaurs had eaten Jesus.

kegman83 · 2012-10-03T16:55:26+00:00

If i rode into any town on a velociraptor, I bet anyone would listen to what I had to say.

frankts1 · 2012-10-03T17:15:21+00:00

Nice Troll.

gbCerberus · 2012-10-03T16:47:05+00:00

Dinotopia was better.

gilbertosfw · 2012-10-03T17:32:26+00:00

please post the ISBN!!!

spacemonkey514 · 2012-10-03T21:02:26+00:00

OP trolled you all, and you should all really sharpen those critical thinking skills of yours. First page of google image search of "Jesus Riding Donkey" http://youarerock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jesus-palm16.jpg Fucking hivemind lol

barium111 · 2012-10-03T16:38:05+00:00

Actually jesus was a raptor

prhbtn · 2012-10-03T16:01:58+00:00

Way to go on laying out that burlap sack, bro.

huonglan · 2012-10-03T16:25:49+00:00

At the very least it's got some cool pictures. It could be worse

Cyberslasher · 2012-10-03T16:39:41+00:00

VELOCIJESUS AND FSM. R'AMEN!

RabidShadow · 2012-10-03T16:46:14+00:00

You can't really be surprised can you?

GordoElGordo · 2012-10-03T16:47:52+00:00

and I thought it was Jurassic park 4

MisterBakerton · 2012-10-03T16:48:28+00:00

Seems legit.

stevospc · 2012-10-03T16:49:58+00:00

Guy on a ~~buffaloooo~~ velociraptor!!

TheAmazingLeech · 2012-10-03T16:57:29+00:00

TIL the philosoraptor was given his insight as a gift from jesus for being a rad dino and letting him ride him everywhere. Best bro's for life.

krystenr · 2012-10-03T17:00:29+00:00

makes sense.

Turragor · 2012-10-03T17:00:35+00:00

This is breathtaking. The whole thing is quotable.


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