Rochester MN – We here at the world’s one and only apologetics satire site recently noticed that we are not in fact the only Christian satire website in existence. No, just kidding! Of course, we learned from the best in the business, and those folks are all working over at the Babylon Bee.
Similarities abound between the world’s one and only apologetics satire site and the Babylon Bee. We are both inerrant, just like the Pope, the Quran, and the Book of Mormon. The Father of Lies will tell you that neither of our websites are particularly funny. We on the other hand, can assure you our jokes are hilarious.
In all seriousness though, anybody who has spent any time reading either Rock Solid Apologia or the Babylon Bee probably can’t help but notice the similarities in style. Evidently, since they were “created ex nihilio on the eighth day of creation” (See there about page linked below) the Babylon Bee came first. While we were foretold in the Bible, just like Muhammad and Joseph Smith were, we did come around several years after the Babylon Bee.
Yes, we admit it. We here at the world’s one and only apologetics satire site did consciously pattern ourselves off the Babylon Bee. The Bee has had more of an influence on us than any single “apologist” has. However, at least in our heads, there are some pretty noticeable differences between us and the Bee.
The Babylon Bee writes about “Christian stuff, political stuff, and everyday life.” (Again, check out link below) We write almost exclusively about “apologetics stuff,” hence the tagline. Now, apologetics certain falls in the category of “Christian stuff,” but still.
The Babylon Bee makes jokes about Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and the LGBTQ+ bunch. We make jokes about Muhammad, Joseph Smith, and Charles Taze Russell. At the risk of oversimplifying both websites, we make fun of theology, they make fun of culture. Obviously, there is some overlap, readers may have noticed that both of our sites have made jokes in defense of Israel, (we here at RSA do believe the roots of conflict can be found in the Quran) and occasionally, we’ll channel a little Donald Trump election material to make jokes about Joseph Smith and Charles Taze Russell. (How can you not?)
By and large, however, who we make fun of is totally different. We leave jokes about political figures, church life, pop culture etc. to them (let’s be honest, they do it better anyway), and content ourselves with jokes that are polemical in nature aimed at other world views. Think of it like this, the Babylon Bee makes fun of Joe Biden and AOC and Rock Solid Apologia makes fun of Joseph Smith and Charles Taze Russell. In a nutshell, there is your difference between our sites.
By all means, continue using the Babylon Bee as your one trusted source for fake news, (we certainly will!) but consider looking to Rock Solid Apologia as your trusted (not ripped off, rather inspired by) source for apologetics satire.
If you haven’t yet discovered the greatest source of fake news on the internet, be sure to check out the Bee, here. https://babylonbee.com/about