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Perhaps you have seen the bumper sticker that shows up every now and then: Shit Happens. This irreverent look at religion compares the different traditions through this theme.
Except for placing Taoism at the beginning, there is no particular order. The list has a definite Western flavor - the lesser Eastern views are not represented. Perhaps there is one that you would like to add.
| Tradition |
Doctrine |
| Taoist |
The shit that can be named
is not the true shit. |
| Confucianist |
Confucius says, "Shit happens." |
| Buddhist |
Shit is and is not. |
| Hindu |
This shit happened before. |
| Muslim |
We don't take any shit. |
| Protestant |
If shit happens,
it was predestined to happen. |
| Anglican |
Ah, yes, shit ... we've heard of that. |
| Catholic |
It may look like shit, but
it's only really shit when he says it is. |
| Orthodox |
As a matter of fact, the Desert Fathers found their faith in deep shit. |
| Jewish |
Why does shit always happen to us? |
| Unitarian-Universalist |
We affirm the right for shit to happen. |
| Existentialist |
Shit doesn't happen; it just is. |
| Secular Humanist |
Shit evolves. |
| Course in Miracles |
Shit if you must. |
| Swedenborgian |
We know for a fact that angels shit. |
| Atheistic |
Shit doesn't happen. Shit is dead. |
| EST |
I got IT! I finally got IT!! |
| Fundamentalist |
There's no shit in the Bible. |
| New Age |
If shit happens, honor it and share it. |
| Twelve-Step |
Shit happens one day at a time. |
| Mormon |
If shit happens, shun it. |
| Rastafarian |
Smoke dat shit, mon. |
| Amish |
Shit is good for the soil. |
| Dianetics |
"Why does shit happen?" See p. 157. |
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