1. Comment #26109 by derbysbright on March 17, 2007 at 2:19 am

Very good satire - doubt it the fundamentalist rednecks in Washington would get the joke however

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2. Comment #26113 by shetlandforpeace on March 17, 2007 at 2:51 am

This is great! Succinct, entertaining and (sadly) relevant. In the right hands ridicule can be one of the most powerful weapons.

Young people in particular are going to get the message right away with this one and that's critical.

Congratulations to the makers. If I was Hank, I'd give you a million dollars to make more.

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3. Comment #26114 by Vadjong on March 17, 2007 at 3:03 am

We're all a-Hankists, I just kick one ass further.

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4. Comment #26119 by blackbeauty on March 17, 2007 at 4:10 am

Maybe Karl is the last prophet too. Probably he is the only one who is allowed to marry anyone including a 9 year old. It is allowed only for him.

Now Jesus: This chap's words have been polished to suit the modern age and zeitgeist. He was not very different Mohammed.

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5. Comment #26122 by Planeswalker on March 17, 2007 at 4:31 am

Good one, Vadjong.

And yes, the film is pretty cool.

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6. Comment #26138 by USA_Limey on March 17, 2007 at 7:05 am

Saw this a few months back on UT, still excellent to watch! Pushes all the right buttons and makes all the salient points about why organized religion, (in particular), is such a crock.

IMHO this is how you chip away at the big three monothestic religions; don't waste your time debating the finer points of evolutionary theory with them that's just giving them ground and letting them fight on our turf. Take it to them and riducule every chance you get the absurdities of their particular version of 'Hanks letter'

Great job!!

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7. Comment #26142 by EverLastingGodStopper on March 17, 2007 at 7:17 am

Cute video.

The original story was written by "Rev J Huger" and can be read on his site here: http://www.jhuger.com/kisshank.php

He has given expressed permission for people to print out the piece he wrote if they use his .pdf, which is on his site, or here:
http://www.jhuger.com/pamphlets/kha.pdf

There are also various translations of the story, into various languages, on his site.

The video is very funny.

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8. Comment #26151 by J. J. Ramsey on March 17, 2007 at 8:52 am

USA_Limey: "Pushes all the right buttons and makes all the salient points about why organized religion, (in particular), is such a crock."

I wouldn't go that far. It has about nothing to say about Judaism, for example. "Karl" is obviously a stand-in for Jesus. It certainly makes the point that the form of Christianity believed by a large swath of Protestants is bunk, though.

The neat thing about "Kissing Hank's Butt" (yes, there's an expurgated version :)) is that it takes what is actually preached by many Christians and, for the most part, just changes the labels. When viewed closely, there is surprisingly little exaggeration.

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9. Comment #26159 by Luthien on March 17, 2007 at 9:39 am

wouldn't go that far. It has about nothing to say about Judaism, for example. "Karl" is obviously a stand-in for Jesus. It certainly makes the point that the form of Christianity believed by a large swath of Protestants is bunk, though.

LOL!

"Karl" is a stand in for anyone who writes a book, and then claims that it was dictated to him by a higher power. Fine examples include the writers of the old testament, the gospel writers of the new testament, that bloke wot wrote the Koran, the book of Mormon, the gospel of the flying spagetti monster; i.e. basically anyone who says or writes anything that they claim came from some sort of deity.

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10. Comment #26173 by Kingasaurus on March 17, 2007 at 1:00 pm

I basically agree with Luthien:

"Karl" isn't really a stand-in for Jesus. He's a stand-in for anyone who claims to be an intermediary between "Hank" and potential believers. This includes all "prophets", priests, church officials (including those who codified biblical canon), scriptural authors of any kind, etc.

Basically, anyone whose pipeline to this "Hank" is claimed to be better than yours and can supposedly tell you something true and useful about him that you really need to know. This includes the God-spoke-to-me-last-Tuesday types, but isn't limited to them.

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11. Comment #26178 by MelM on March 17, 2007 at 1:46 pm

Reminds me that all the insane stories in all the holy books and tales were just invented; people sat around and made-them-all-up.


BTW, I'm glad to see that the Three Little Pigs have been properly reinstated in the UK. Appeasing a contemptible irrational superstition from a toxic ideology is not the way to save the world.

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12. Comment #26184 by Duff on March 17, 2007 at 2:18 pm

I don't know if the creator of this stuff is a Mormon, but I'll bet he/she is. Those two "missionaries" are "two by two", in conservative suits and white shirts. The only thing missing is their name tags.
The "law" about alcohol and all the other proscriptions are straight out of Mormon doctrine, as is the stuff about Karl and his son and all the writers of the tales.
I should know, I used to be one of those guys.

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13. Comment #26191 by J. J. Ramsey on March 17, 2007 at 2:57 pm

"'Karl' is a stand in for anyone who writes a book, and then claims that it was dictated to him by a higher power. Fine examples include the writers of the old testament, the gospel writers of the new testament, that bloke wot wrote the Koran, the book of Mormon, the gospel of the flying spagetti monster; i.e. basically anyone who says or writes anything that they claim came from some sort of deity."

Nitpick: Actually the writers of the wouldn't qualify at all, since to the best of our knowledge, they didn't claim that they were dictating something from a higher power.

Still, point taken, at least insofar as Karl is a generic stand-in for, as Kingasaurus put it, as intermediary between "Hank" and potential believers.

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14. Comment #26200 by MelM on March 17, 2007 at 4:15 pm

Door To Door Atheists Bother Mormons video.
http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=185806

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15. Comment #26203 by USA_Limey on March 17, 2007 at 4:36 pm

Comment #26151 by J. J. Ramsey: "I wouldn't go that far. It has about nothing to say about Judaism, for example. "Karl" is obviously a stand-in for Jesus."

Can't really add anything to what Luthien and kingasaurus had to say here; except that was my take as well obviously. What consistently amazes me though is the duality of mind of certain sections of the religious types. By this I mean, their ability to see the absurdity of some other religions 'letter from Hank' and it's version of 'Karl' and yet their complete inability to apply the same thought processes to their own 'Karl' and 'Hanks letter'. A complete duality of mind. Both facinating and terrifying at the same time!

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16. Comment #26227 by Master Baiter on March 17, 2007 at 8:46 pm

>This has about nothing to say about Judaism, for >example. "Karl" is obviously a stand-in for Jesus.

What?! Have I missed something, or wasn't it Moses who supposedly took dictation from Jahweh? And isn't the Jews who insist on irrational dietary restrictions?

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17. Comment #26245 by Ohnhai on March 18, 2007 at 2:14 am

I just love the gag at the end where they were talking directly to Hank and didn't even know it :)

LOL

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18. Comment #26250 by Yorker on March 18, 2007 at 3:15 am

Pretty good, and yes; for "Karl", read Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, or our very own David Robertson!

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19. Comment #26273 by isaone on March 18, 2007 at 8:57 am

In answer to the question "... if the creator of this stuff is a Mormon" He actually is not. He is however the only person I know who states that he is an Atheist because God told him he(god) did not exist. His story is here. I have met and talked with Mr. Huber (yes I know that is not the spelling of his website URL, the "g" is a typo that he decided he liked) and I strongly recommend his writing.

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20. Comment #26282 by nine9s on March 18, 2007 at 9:52 am

Back in college in 1997, a group of friends and I did "Kissing Hank's Ass" as a skit for a party in my co-op. One of my favorite college memories involves me and one of those friends practicing in the university library and loudly cracking up when I got to the line, "Isn't it worth a little kiss on the ass?"

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21. Comment #26283 by nine9s on March 18, 2007 at 9:55 am

You bunless, cut-wienered krauteater!

I love it!

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22. Comment #27115 by Savanthar on March 23, 2007 at 7:23 am

Brilliant! This production really parody's religion. So many people are kissing an imaginary God's ass in just this sort of way. They are hoping for rewards by kissing their sugar daddy's ("God's") ass, but alas they shouldn't hold their breath, because there are no rewards for such stupidity.

By the way, off the subject a little, but my maxim is, "Evolution rules, science proves, and creationism fools!" This video really shows how bogus religion really is and by that I mean ALL religions. Religions is just plain stupid.

-Savanthar

Religion is all bunk. -Thomas Edison

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23. Comment #27353 by Dutch on March 24, 2007 at 7:58 am

This does a good job of accurately skewering some of the worst absurdities of fundamentalist Western religions, but it makes me ask an important question:

If religion is this crazy, why are the vast majority of humanity religious in one form or another?

The answer lies in this simple truth:

Believers believe with their hearts, disbelievers disbelieve with their heads.

This site is a very head-heavy little corner of the net (and I'm one of you) but it's important to remember that we're a minority (sometimes I fear a very small one) in the sea of billions of human faces.

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