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I believe you can pray someone to death under the right conditions. What?
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Lately the top guy in Iran, Ali Khamenei, is getting pushback from the faithful because the Supreme Leader's job description is feeling a bit too much like God's job, and polytheism is a big no-no under Islam. My theory is that if people in the United States start praying to Khamenei, his own people will stone him to death to protect monotheism.

It wouldn't take many people praying to him to do the trick. A few thousand people might be enough. We could call ourselves Khameniacs and make t-shirts with his image. If praying to a false god seems like too much work, you can just tell people you do it. That sort of thing is hard to verify. The shirt would be ugly, but a good prank like this takes some sacrifice.

 
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Jan 10, 2010
I think that would be a good idea to put in practice with the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez.

(By the way I'm from Venezuela :P)

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Dec 11, 2009
that's about what a voodoo curse is. I guess it works on the mind. but look at how long dick nix lasted.
 
 
Dec 8, 2009
I like it when your inner Dogbert writes a post. It makes my inner Dogbert wag.
 
 
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Dec 8, 2009
And you could also wear the shirt when performing your 'Flashdance' routine.
Sorry, everyone, for the mental image.
 
 
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Dec 8, 2009
What a great shirt to wear when boarding airplanes...
 
 
Dec 8, 2009
Scott,

While I realize the chance of this happening is extremely remote, have you considered that if your idea catches on and this guy gets killed on account of it, you will have indirectly caused a man's death?

I'm not necessarily saying that's a bad thing in this case, but it seems like a pretty huge thing to think about.
 
 
Dec 8, 2009
Dwigt,

True, but that idea didn't originate in The Simpsons--it was a cultural reference to an actual shirt. "Ayatollah A$$ahollah" shirts actually existed for a while (years before The Simpsons began) and were even semi-popular.

It's amazing what passed for clever in the 1970s.
 
 
Dec 8, 2009
It's sort of like Karma. Very simple.

God Bless Khamenei and Osama may they live forever.

My take on the spartan insult.
 
 
Dec 8, 2009
You're a sick, sick man.

And I like sick men. Not sure what that says about me. Check that - am sure, don't care.
 
 
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Dec 8, 2009
To curiouschul:
The facts in that regard are undisputed.
The reason is equally obvious: The test subjects were all praying to the wrong god and the rightful one punished the participants in order to prove her point.
 
 
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Dec 7, 2009
Putting on a t-shirt with that image is like wearing a target on your back ... it is going to make you real popular with totally the wrong kind of people for all the wrong reasons ... trying to explain yourself out of this one, citing the Dilbert/Scott Adams blog, when you see them coming is not likely to work ... in time ...

Scott I am pretty sure you needed a big disclaimer on that suggestion ... but you didn't ... you might find yourself trying to explain yourself out of this one ... which is probably still a hell of a lot better than trying to explain yourself out of the above described situation ... and the word hell is very fitting here ...

Other than that it is a very entertaining post.
 
 
Dec 7, 2009
This is just evil.


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As a side note, I've heard that studies done on prayer for people with illnesses show that the groups who know they are being prayed for become slightly less healthy. Is it performance anxiety? Or do people care less for themselves if they think a deity is about to step in and fix everything?
 
 
Dec 7, 2009
It's a good idea, but even if it works -- and that's a long shot -- I don't think it counts as "praying someone to death." It counts as manipulating idiots into doing murder for you. If they were American idiots, or any civilized country in fact, it would be illegal. I'm not sure about the legality of international manipulation.
 
 
Dec 7, 2009
The skeptic in me wants to know if you really believe that or if you just needed an excuse to use the word "Khameniac."
 
 
Dec 7, 2009
No, you probably cannot pray someone to death. <a href="http://reason.com/blog/2008/03/24/hard-time-killing-fraud">This guy tried</a> (on national TV even) and failed miserably.
 
 
Dec 7, 2009
Finally Scott, a truly entertaining post. I'm in.
 
 
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Dec 7, 2009
I'm in! Do I have to do it Muslim/Islam? Or will this suffice?

In the name of the Father, the Son and Ali Khamenei... Amen.
 
 
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Dec 7, 2009
You really can... A good number of the Psalms in the Bible are prayers for destruction (see Psalm 35, 68, 137, etc). You're not supposed to smash anybody but you're sure allowed to ask God to..... which is a lot different than asking the Muslims to....
 
 
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Dec 7, 2009
I recall a Simpsons episode in which Homer had a t-shirt that read "Ayatollah A$$ahollah."
 
 
 
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