A commenter at Jerry’s suggested a frightening possibility:
JAC, Brother Blackford, OB, and that muscular Eric McD are becoming quite a faction. OMG! You don’t suppose that there are actually EIGHT Horsemen of the Apocalypse?!?11
I suggested we could be the Four Pedestrians of the Apocalypse. I think this is a kind and generous thought, because it gives opposing factions so many openings for jokes. I’m a very giving person.
No actually I just think it’s funny, plus I am a dedicated pedestrian.
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Or, how about the four bicyclists….
Four Gnu(0B)divas of the Apocalypse?!?
The way I see it, the Horsemen threw open the gates, and among the voices they were met with were many who said something along the lines of, “Well, you know, I’m just as secular as you, but…” And the Pedestrians have patiently taken the time to show them just how ridiculous they are.
The Horsemen took on the believers, and the Pedestrians have taken on the bullshit nonbelievers.
It’s not for nothing that my blog is called The Hellfire Club.
I would be saying something about the next generation – but only once Patrick Stewart joins in.
So… if Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris and Dennett are the Four Horsemen, and Coyne, Blackford, Benson and MacDonald are the Four Pedestrians, what would that make PZ?
Well OB, I think you’d stand out a bit from the other seven riding sidesaddle on your palfrey.
Metatwaddle
The beast.
Find four more and you have a nice full set of the Apostles of the Apocalypse!
Perhaps we need some suggested candidates for the four high-horsemen of atheism.
We are the Legion of the Apocalypse! We believe in a combined arms approach — we’ve got cavalry, and now infantry. I’m volunteering to be artillery. Anyone signing up for air force or armor?
I’d be willing to trail a pike in the Gnu Model Army.
I don’t feel like fighting today. Can I be the company clerk of the apocalypse?
I will carry the gnu banner or bang the gnu drum.
PZ’s been the 5th horseman for years. But artillery sounds like a good idea! Loud scary noises; yay.
Four Horsemen + Four Pedestrians + PZ, Ebon, Greta, and Amanda Marcotte (so under-recognized as an atheist writer) = 12 Apostles. Or 12 Imams. Whatever. Feel free to substitute your own!
themann1086,
Twelve? I wanna be one of the Twelve Drummers Drumming of the Apocalypse.
PZ, in his uniqueness, is clearly the Partridge in a Pear Tree of the Apocalypse.
Can I be Private Baldrick of the apocalypse?
Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom,
Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom,
Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom,
Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!
Well, as long as you are not a … a … a thespian.
Oh gee, now I’m tempted to be Blackadder of the apocalypse.
The faithful, the religious and the accomodationists can be Black Knights.
“It’s just a flesh wound!”
@PZ
Artillery adds dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl.- Frederick the Great.
Sili – I’m sure that’s described as an abomination in Leviticus.
If there were 12 we could resurrect the Greek oath “By the Twelve!”, referring to the 12 residents of Mt Olympus.
Thought crossing mind: could PZ be the cuddlefish of the apocalypse?
Being German, the job of gnu Air Force would seem entirely appropriate for me..;)
And then there’s Jason Rosenhouse, although he’s always so frightfully civil that I wonder if he isn’t an infiltrator working to bring the whole movement down.
Ophelia can lead the 1st Unmounted Foot.