Archive for May, 2007
« Previous EntriesCreation Myths
Monday, May 28th, 2007LiveScience has a nice bit on top 10 creation myths. It is rather fascinating how many similarities there are.
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The Creation “Museum”
Monday, May 28th, 2007Homer Simpson said “Good things don’t end in -eum, they end in -mania, and -teria” and I think it realy goes for this one. A lot of folks are talking about this one, so I won’t repeat, but point out Pharyngula’s collection of articles and comments on the topic.
What I haven’t seen yet is this […]
What I have in common with PZ
Friday, May 25th, 2007We’re both Scientific Atheists based on the results of a highly accurate online quiz. Via Pharyngula
Scientific Atheist, These guys rule. I’m not one of them myself, although I play one online. They know the rules of debate, the Laws of Thermodynamics, and can explain evolution in fifty words or less. More concerned with how things […]
Bombing a Funeral
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007No, this is not a story from Iraq or the West Bank - but from Virginia USA. Bomb Plot Thwarted at Falwell’s Funeral - a student of Falwell’s Liberty University planned to use the incendiary devices against protesters at the funeral. It is really hard to argue that this doesn’t fall under the administration’s definition […]
The Atheist Life
Sunday, May 20th, 2007Atheistwager has a nice post on what an atheist believes, of course not all atheists - but at least one. I really like the core values he has mentioned, which are simple, real, powerful - and do not require god in any way. I am especially in favor of the “The Power to Change” value, […]
Limbo and More
Sunday, May 20th, 2007As you know, the Catholic Church has reconsidered limbo, The Onion shares some other Catholic reconsiderations. Hmmm, funny stuff.
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Scientology
Sunday, May 20th, 2007Rolling Stone has an article titled “Inside Scientology,” as I’m sure most are aware, Scientology is one of the most amusing pseudo-religions out there. The Rolling Stone article is very interesting, while not being attacking, which probably helped to avoid the issues the BBC documentary had.
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On a Passing
Saturday, May 19th, 2007A friend of mine asked me why I hadn’t commented on the passing of Jerry Falwell. The only answer I had was ‘my mother taught me if I can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all’ and I left it at that. Yet, after reading and viewing so many opinions from my fellow bloggers, […]
Links of a Monday
Monday, May 14th, 2007No taxes on $4M parsonage - This is wrong on so many levels - can you count them all?
Math in the media
Atheist in a foxhole speaks out to Stars and Stripes
A New Board Game and Contest! - “Inheritance, a board game inspired by God” uh, hmmmmm, no.
NY Times book review of God Is Not Great […]
Religious Literacy
Sunday, May 13th, 2007Friendly Atheist has a good post about religious literacy, which is something I think is very important. I don’t want to repeat all of the points here, but let’s just say that one does not need to believe in to be educated about a topic - in fact the non-believers are often the most well […]
George Carlin quotes
Sunday, May 13th, 2007George Carlin is one of the funniest non-believers (which makes his role in Dogma even funnier). Here are 101 George Carlin quotes. My favorite:
“Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man…living in the sky. Who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific […]
iRosary - uh WTF?
Saturday, May 12th, 2007The Unofficial Apple Weblog, which covers all things Apple, has a post about iRosary, yes, that’s right, since iPods are cool with the young people and rosary beads are not - someone came up with a way to technologize Catholicism. Great.
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Stumbled Upon
Friday, May 11th, 2007Taking God’s Word literally. I find the referenced links immensely amusing.
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The Best Sentence I Read Today
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007From Ed Brayton’s post on special rights:
“…to claim that someone else wants a “special right” when you yourself already have that right is about as hypocritical as it gets.”
Now that is a good point.
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