Just one more special Easter note for you, kids. (Then I’m off to the drugstore to see if I can score any half-price Cadbury Mini Eggs.)
This one comes from Ray in Mount Vernon, Ohio, who said it was left on his wife’s windshield a while back, in response to a bumper sticker on her car that reads “What Would Buddha Do?”
Alrighty then. Back to your pagan traditions!
related: but He took the wheel
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#1
plausibletheories
Happy Easter, PAN community!
Apr 4, 2010 at 1:24 pm rating: 5
#2
Pagani
Wait, if he is alive…where is he? I met a couple of people outside the White House who claimed to be Jesus but I didn’t believe them. Oh yeah, the story covers that too. It’s always “It happened but we can’t prove it you just have to believe us” isn’t it?
I enjoy fantasy fiction as much as anyone but I don’t think it is a good idea to run your life by it, be it Jesus, Harry Potter, Jack Sparrow, or Luke Skywalker.
Apr 4, 2010 at 1:32 pm rating: 45
#3
dex73r
notice the high Xtian/PassiveAggressive ratio.
(a buddhist would’nt do something like this)
Apr 4, 2010 at 1:34 pm rating: 19
#4
president_benson
Was the car parked at a library? Either way, the note writer was carrying around a disposed Card Catalog card. Weird.
Unrelated, but I now have an urge to read “Flying Blind.” Regardless if it was written for readers “ages 9-12.”
Here’s the plot:
“Fourteen-year-old Jay Cooper is enjoying the view from his Uncle Rex’s Cessna when a low-flying 757 speeds past them. Caught in its wind turbulence, their small plane is shaken violently, knocking Rex unconscious and leaving Jay blind from a head injury.
With fuel running out fast, Jay drifting in and out of consciousness, and the plane heading straight for a mountain range, this high-flying adventure shows the importance of faith as Jay faces numerous unseen dangers.”
Whee!
Apr 4, 2010 at 1:35 pm rating: 23
#5
c3m
Jesus must be a zombie then! AHHHH!!
Apr 4, 2010 at 1:41 pm rating: 30
#6
Critical Grass
Let’s just ignore the writer’s lack of sense of humor, right? Right.
That said, all I can read is: “My God is better than your-rs la la la la lalaaaaaa!”
Apr 4, 2010 at 1:46 pm rating: 20
#7
The Great Joe Bivins
Is this the Bible-thumpers’ watchword this year? Almost this exact sentence is currently written on the sign for the church by my house.
Apr 4, 2010 at 1:58 pm rating: 1
#8
Missy
I can’t get over some of the stuff that people believe. As we get older we grow out of believing in the Easter Bunny, etc. Ya know, because it’s completely impossible? Duhhhh is right.
Apr 4, 2010 at 2:08 pm rating: 14
#9
VM
What amuses me is that the note writer, having JUST SEEN the bumper sticker with the name Buddha on it, STILL misspells it!
Apr 4, 2010 at 2:24 pm rating: 25
#10
bug
well i haven’t seen jesus do anything lately either. at least buddha has an excuse
Apr 4, 2010 at 2:28 pm rating: 32
#11
sliverofjade
Your God (in the form of Jesus) was nailed to a cross.
My God (Thor) has a hammer.
Any questions?
Apr 4, 2010 at 2:37 pm rating: 33
#12
Kate
An enlightened person knows that there is a Buddha in each of us.
My bumper sticker:
“What Would Each of Us Do?”,
although it creates mammoth time-consuming considerations.
Apr 4, 2010 at 2:59 pm rating: 24
#13
willard
The use of the conditional tense, “would” doesn’t seem to me to require the subject of the action to be alive, anyhow. One could as easily say “What would Abraham Lincoln do?” Moot point, note-leaver person.
Apr 4, 2010 at 3:04 pm rating: 25
#14
park rose
You know, I think the Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha actually reached enlightenment, and therefore, either reached Nirvarna, or is kicking about in all of us somewhere. He might have come back, or remained, as a bodhisattva (saint) to help us all out, and everyone is Buddha . . . it’s a major tenet of the religion, I think. I guess in the same way that everyone is meant to have Christ in them, in the way that St. Thomas probably preached. So monotheists, your logic is kind of flawed, but when did logic and religion ever go hand in hand? And don’t worry about it too much, the polytheists are allowed to tolerate you, so your rampant inclusiveness – garnering exclusiveness – will go unchecked.
By the way, the above is the Cliff Notes’ version, and is probably wildly inaccurate.
Apr 4, 2010 at 3:09 pm rating: 13
#15
Padma
Happy Jewish zombies day!
Apr 4, 2010 at 4:54 pm rating: 21
#16
Monzo Matic
Athiests think they’re so funny. You’re not.
Apr 4, 2010 at 6:37 pm rating: 8
#17
aaa
The Buddha wouldn’t put an arrogant-ass note on a stranger’s car. I’m pretty sure Jesus wouldn’t, either.
Apr 4, 2010 at 7:24 pm rating: 42
#18
Sparkles23
Loving the Frank Peretti library card.
It would have been better if it had been “Piercing the Darkness”
Apr 4, 2010 at 8:50 pm rating: 4
#19
Mad_luc
My gods bigger then yooooour god, my cocks double the size that yours is~
Apr 4, 2010 at 8:54 pm rating: 0
#20
Critical Grass
The note writer should consideer that Jesus’ Father is very influent on the death/living matter. Buddha has got no one but himself, so it might take a little bit longer for him to, you know, ressurect and all. Be patient, dude!
Apr 4, 2010 at 9:13 pm rating: 5
#21
oi
Buddha is not in the grave either. Hindus are not buried they are cremated.
duhhh!
Apr 4, 2010 at 9:21 pm rating: 18
#22
Eruanna
Trying to figure out what exactly Frank Peretti has to do with it.
Apr 4, 2010 at 10:07 pm rating: 1
#23
the Librarian
At my library, we used those old card catalog cards for keeping track of books/materials we order. Now I realize we’ve been terribly misguided, and I should be using them to leave ignorant and intolerant notes on people’s windshields. Awesome! That will be more fun, anyway.
Apr 4, 2010 at 10:20 pm rating: 14
#24
Adam
It’s so crazy that you posted this today, because this note has something to do with Easter.
Apr 4, 2010 at 11:58 pm rating: 7
#25
Canthz_B
Buddha Skakyamuni was born as a royal prince in 624 BC.
He need not be still in the grave…he’s had plenty of time to die and come back as Jesus, then as Muhammad, then as George Carlin.
Apr 5, 2010 at 2:24 am rating: 14
#26
MN
I’m not going to participate in a religious debate here because I could care less about what other people worship. It’s their right to do so. That said, the note writer is a douche. Someone’s belief or bumper sticker is none of their business. The note writer is the type of person that sours people not only on Christianity, but religion in general. They make themselves look bad by acting so superior and disrespecting the beliefs of others.
Apr 5, 2010 at 6:00 am rating: 6
#27
phleabo
The fact that the Buddha is still dead is actually kinda THE WHOLE POINT of Buddhism. Following the eightfold noble path leads to liberation from suffering, and thus karma, and the cycle of death and birth.
Maybe the note was left by a fellow Buddhist having a bit of fun with the guy with the bumper sticker.
Apr 5, 2010 at 6:43 am rating: 9
#28
Pterosaur
“What would Buddha do?”
Upon receiving such an ignorant yet hilariously ironic note, Buddha would have had a good chuckle and shown it to others to increase their amusement, education, and enlightenment.
Apr 5, 2010 at 9:55 am rating: 15
#29
mhadaway
It was obviously a librarian!!! S/he used an old card from the card catalog! Hilarious.
Apr 5, 2010 at 10:25 am rating: 0
#30
Mary Jane
Am I the only one who googled card catalog? who uses that anymore?
Apr 5, 2010 at 3:11 pm rating: 0
#31
Canthz_B
What’s so unbelievable about dying, being laid to rest and being seen walking the Earth days later?
If Elvis could do it, Jesus probably could too. I mean, I wouldn’t put anything past someone who knew the Hippie movement was coming so far in advance.
Apr 5, 2010 at 10:10 pm rating: 2
#32
orinoco womble
Buddhist humour:
A lady stops by a Buddhist tofu-pup stand and asks, “Can you make me one with everything?”
“No ma’am,” replies the salesman, “You have to achieve that yourself.”
She pays for her food and then says, “Hey, what about my change?”
“Sorry, ma’am,” is the reply, “Change comes from within.”
Apr 7, 2010 at 7:21 am rating: 2
#33
Laura
Why couldn’t the Buddhist vacuum in corners? ‘Cause he had no attachments.
Can’t you kind of see this whole discussion as a Sinfest cartoon?
Apr 9, 2010 at 6:24 pm rating: 1
#34
sora
doncha know that budda gets reincarnated every time he dies DUHHHHHHHHH.!
Apr 12, 2010 at 2:37 pm rating: 1
#35
Oh Jesus I love you and Buddha Too
Wow, you are absolutely right. Jesus rose from the grave so priests can molest little boys.
Apr 13, 2010 at 10:19 pm rating: 0
#36
Matthew
Apparently Duhh is the sound zombie Jesus makes.
Apr 14, 2010 at 7:44 am rating: 2
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