Cult Worshiped Giant Teapot

1. L
   March 5th, 2008 at 7:11 pm

   That teapot cult sounds familiar. Are you sure it wasn't featured on Neatorama sometime in the past?

2. Ali S.
   March 5th, 2008 at 7:35 pm

   Teapot? Of all the things to worship...maybe they were really into tea? :p

3. NiteWhite
   March 5th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

   teapots aren't that strange. heck, some people worship a sky-fairy! i worship a flying spaghetti monster who touches me with his noodley appendage all the time.

4. Jules
   March 5th, 2008 at 7:40 pm

   Worshiping a teapot? Well good a holy symbol as any I guess.

5. Skully
   March 5th, 2008 at 9:16 pm

   I used to worship a giant coffee urn, but then when the toilet broke, well.....

6. Lemons
   March 5th, 2008 at 10:22 pm

   Not to be confused with Russell's Teapot, I suppose.

7. Barbwire
   March 5th, 2008 at 11:53 pm

   I think that under Sharia, all Muslims are liable for the death penalty for changing religions.

8. roger
   March 6th, 2008 at 2:15 am

   It doesn't seem like they worshipped the teapot itself as a divine being, but rather revered it as a sacred symbol (read the links from the Wikipedia article). They also apparently used a giant umbrella as another sacred symbol.I'm sure this subtlety made little difference to her shariah persecuters and novelty-seeking Western commentators who love sensational copy. But I think the real story is more interesting than "crazies worship teapot".

9. ted
   March 6th, 2008 at 6:46 am

   What's really sad is that a "former teacher" is worshipping a tea pot. Gotta wonder how well this teacher's students did.

10. peach
    March 6th, 2008 at 7:57 am

    Worshiping a teapot is just as good as worshiping a meteorite or a Buddha or a man hanging on a crucifix.

11. Andri
    March 6th, 2008 at 9:02 am

    I know lots of people that 'worship' two wooden sticks put together. They feel these items somehow get them closer to their deity.

12. Tempscire
    March 6th, 2008 at 10:14 am

    This reminds me of some old Star Trek episode where the people on some remote planet worshiped ...I can't remember the name given to it, but it was spelled out from the remaining letters naming the Voyager space probe or something.

13. Gisen
    March 6th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

    What barbwire said: the Quran is unusually clear on the subject of apostates and those who change their religion: Big no no, definitely not to be tolerated by the rest of them.

14. Paul
    March 6th, 2008 at 2:34 pm

    Where is this world going?? They could have worshiped me I would have at least said thing to them. If you believe in evolution then you will know that we are getting smarter as the generations come. And you would think that if in fact we are getting smarter then we stop building things to kill each other and stop worshiping tea pots.

15. Christophe
    March 6th, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    I myself worship my Nutella jar.

16. pot tea
    March 6th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    i worship aliens who defecate on the Koran during their rituals.

17. NiteWhite
    March 6th, 2008 at 7:58 pm

    Paul, I agree with you but I should add people don't 'believe' in evolution, they either 'accept' it or not. Evolution is a scientific theory just like the Theory of Gravity. It's hardly a belief, and more like a LAW.

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