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[–]ajfdesign2012 28 points29 points ago

And a theological thinker is a slave to the agenda of their leaders.

[–]TsarCastic 12 points13 points ago

"thinker" is an erroneous adjective in that sentence.

[–]pubicstaticvoid 4 points5 points ago

don't you mean "noun"? GRAMMAR HEIL!!!

[–]TsarCastic 0 points1 point ago

Well yes, but then it reads "And a theological is..." so I thought the best fix would be changing it to "And a theist is..."

[–]pubicstaticvoid 1 point2 points ago

crafty

[–]ajfdesign2012 1 point2 points ago

Yeah I realized 'thinker' wasn't a great word as soon as I posted it.

[–]Color_Bars 0 points1 point ago

Free is the adjective. Thinker is the noun.

Stupid are the theists behind the slogan.

[–]Endangered_Robot 4 points5 points ago

I think if you could correct this billboard it would read something like this sign with the purple letters.

[–]AnticScarab3 28 points29 points ago

Freedom is slavery, apparently.

[–]ileikguitars 16 points17 points ago

War is peace

[–]Sentinull 13 points14 points ago

Ignorance is strength.

[–]pew43 5 points6 points ago

No means yes... wait...

[–]PlatoPirate_01 6 points7 points ago

yes means harder?

[–]lidlin 0 points1 point ago

Harder means softer

[–]ledzep4life 10 points11 points ago

2+2=5

[–]Turnerinc 14 points15 points ago

I read the first bit as "assembly of GOD.... FAG!"

[–]etandel 1 point2 points ago

when i read "assembly of god", all i could think of was: mov eax edx add eax ebx ;;etc

[–]Turnerinc 2 points3 points ago

when i read "mov eax edx add eax ebx ;;etc", all I could think of was: ಠ_ಠ

[–]NukeThePope 1 point2 points ago

May Intel have mercy on your soul!

[–]Namingway -1 points0 points ago

me too thanks for saving me the reply :)

[–]Pegasus_Epsilon 9 points10 points ago

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." - Gautama Siddhartha Buddha

Jesus vs Buddha. Round 1. FIGHT!

[–]Aidinthel 2 points3 points ago

The message is mainly just amusing. I think I'm more offended by the weird spacing than anything else.

[–]Kalimdrone 5 points6 points ago

Careful, that kind of thinking makes you satan's slave.

[–]MDKLXCS 5 points6 points ago

Yeah, because the only thing Satan really did was try to give Adam and Eve the knowledge of good and evil. If that's such a bad thing.

And another thing, in the O.T it says Satan works for God, tempting people and then reporting to God which people sinned against Him.

If a free-thinker is the devil's slave, and the devil is God's slave, then by mathematical induction I am God's slave! You Christians should be thanking me. I am doing the Will of God.

[–]LyricBomber 0 points1 point ago

If Man is 5, if Man is 5, if Man is 5

Then the Devil is 6, then the devil is 6, then the devil is 6, then the devil is 6, then the devil is 6

Then God is 7, then God is 7, then God is 7

This monkey gone to heaven.

[–]PivotalPlatypus 2 points3 points ago

Rearrange satan and turn it into santa.

[–]pakron 2 points3 points ago

Reverse it and you get 80's skater and king of the ollie Natas.

[–]TsarCastic 2 points3 points ago

Well I guess that means Satan has given me much more than any god can.

[–]MagicSandwich27 2 points3 points ago

A FREE thinker is slave to no one

[–]Sloppy_Twat 2 points3 points ago

[–]Elranzer 0 points1 point ago

Nice username

[–]Sloppy_Twat 2 points3 points ago

its a family name

[–]Bazinga121 4 points5 points ago

Sometimes I think crazy christians are modern day Nazis

[–]NukeThePope 2 points3 points ago

[–]YvesSch 1 point2 points ago

Let the grandeur of science speak for itself, and religion will die a natural death by ignominious comparison.

-Richard Dawkins

Natural selection applies to belief systems, too. It's a great model for many types of dynamic systems, not just life forms.

EDIT: formatting

[–]sugarwaterprpl3 1 point2 points ago

Free thinkers are dangerous. Blame, hate, for fate's seed!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

further evidence of America's love affair with anti-intellectualism.

[–]Aulritta 1 point2 points ago

Yeah, that's true, but you know, Satan is really sexy with a cat-o-nine tails! You can't fault me for liking it!

[–]coratrash 1 point2 points ago*

This picture is taken in my good old hometown of Monticello, Minnesota. Right off of highway 25.

Trust me, everyone here is confused by it too. And this photo is over a year old, the sign was up for a few months. They always have really out there signs up, to attract attention. But yeah, as I said...this is from last summer.

[–]glory_haze 0 points1 point ago

I was going to post this exact same thing a while ago too. Great job Monticello.

[–]LockenessMonster 1 point2 points ago

My bible belt senses are tingling.

[–]Sandbox47 1 point2 points ago

It ... it boggles the mind.

[–]ArtemisMaximus 2 points3 points ago

wasnt this picture posted yesterday?

[–]Logical_Psycho -4 points-3 points ago

That is very possible, but you see, some people have a life and do not spend every single day on reddit so they may not have seen everything on the internet yesterday.

[–]ArtemisMaximus 2 points3 points ago

Thats rather logical, but its a common courtesy to wait at least 1 month before reposting.

[–]taylorguitar13[S] 1 point2 points ago

Sorry, I missed seeing this yesterday. I didn't deliberately repost. But regarding the previous comment, I visit reddit every day and still manage to hold up a pretty nice social life.

[–]ckallas2 1 point2 points ago

       WAR IS PEACE  
   SLAVERY IS FREEDOM  
 IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

[–]YvesSch 0 points1 point ago

Did you really see this somewhere?

[–]etandel 0 points1 point ago

Probably right, since one of my favorite song says " I'm on the highway to hell"!

[–]Shniggles 0 points1 point ago

I'm a slave to the rave.

[–]ImAFlyingWhale 0 points1 point ago

If you aren't a free thinker then you're a slave.

[–]0ctopus 0 points1 point ago

A-men!!

[–]Toshichi 0 points1 point ago

I suppose they thought they were being clever.

[–]PlatoPirate_01 0 points1 point ago

Take that you free thinkers! (wait, what?)

[–]iamwhale 0 points1 point ago

"...open behavior is lacking; suppression and the darkened chamber are the Christian way."

[–]faythington 0 points1 point ago

When you see signs like this. Its for attention. These aren't followers of god their either extremists or a really small church desperate for money.

[–]serratedproboscis 0 points1 point ago

America, land of the free... :/

[–]Kamigawa 0 points1 point ago

Despicable creatures.

[–]BabyNinjaJesus 0 points1 point ago

HAIL SATAN

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

It's too easy to create fake church signs nowadays.

[–]shenaniganschek 0 points1 point ago

I was a member of an Assemblies of God church for several years ... oh the horror.

[–]bibliophile190 0 points1 point ago

Well, considering it's an Assemblies of God church, this isn't surprising. Seriously, I had 18 years of their crap. No more.

[–]truthisane 0 points1 point ago

what did you expect?

[–]jasnooo 0 points1 point ago

Awesome... just upvoted to '666'.

[–]IAMAGolfer 0 points1 point ago

I upvoted this to 666. Fuck yeah

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

I'd rather be a free thinking slave than a brain washed unthinker.... Hot damn I am eloquent!

[–]coyote1284 0 points1 point ago

This free thinker holds Satan's leash, but in this case, Satan is a tiny ankle biting Papillon.

[–]Aradiel 0 points1 point ago

Slave if you think, slave if you don't.

Since I'm a slave no matter what, I think I'll think, as that way I at least get something positive out of it.

[–]NagantTwo 0 points1 point ago

Well, I've been Satan's slave for quite a while and I feel I've been doing pretty well. Problem?

[–]flyonawall 0 points1 point ago

teach a man what to believe and you make him a slave to your beliefs. teach a man how to think and you make knowledge his slave.

[–]skreendreamz1 0 points1 point ago

I wonder if they thought that one up themselves...

[–]somaliaveteran 0 points1 point ago

I can count to potato.

[–]emjaiz -2 points-1 points ago

Reposted over 9000 times on r/atheism. Well, that was the last straw for me, unsubcribing.

[–]zombieinferno 2 points3 points ago

According to karmadecay, actually posted 8996 less times then your estimate.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

To be honest I am quite sure it was posted here at least 30 times, the reposts at karmadecay are only 2-3 days old while that image was created not after 2010.

[–]zombieinferno 0 points1 point ago

one of them was listed as 5 months ago, but sure whatever. at least it not drama queen exaggeration.

[–]ozzyvixen 1 point2 points ago

Later.

[–]Alphanova1 -1 points0 points ago

FAG's