Archive for November, 2007
Tell Me Religion Isn’t a Business
Saturday, November 24th, 2007The New York Times has an article on the economic activity of churches in the US. I seem to recall this isn’t new - rumor has it that the Catholic church is still largest landowner in the world.
Seriously, many (most?) religions are economic powers first - everything else is in support of that.
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Silly book banning
Friday, November 23rd, 2007An Ontario Catholic school board has ordered copies of The Golden Compass removed because the author Phillip Pullman is an atheist:
The board for Catholic schools in Ontario’s Halton region said a complaint was lodged after British author Philip Pullman stated in an interview that he is an atheist.
Now really, this is just silly. Based on […]
Sorry for the complete absence
Sunday, November 18th, 2007There are a least a few people who check out this blog, and I’m sorry to have been gone so much. Here’s the story - in the past month I have changed jobs and moved to SFO, all the while traveling constantly. This has just been too crazy and I haven’t had time to think, […]
Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don’t Add Up
Sunday, November 11th, 2007This looks like one of the more interesting books coming out, Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don’t Add Up by John Allen Paulos. Too bad we have to wait until 26 December to read it, it would have been great un-christmas reading.
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Blasphemy Challenge Part II?
Sunday, November 11th, 2007Stumbled on the BDSM Jesus Dressup. Can’t decide if this counts as blasphemy considering the whole story is sort of BDSM.
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What Kind of Atheist
Saturday, November 10th, 2007Here’s mine - about what I thought.
What kind of atheist are you?created with QuizFarm.com
You scored as 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 […]
Turning of an Atheist
Monday, November 5th, 2007This isn’t new news, but the NY Times does a nice job of telling the story. NY Time Magazine features an article on Antony Flew coinciding with the release of his new book. I particularly like what Dawkins said of him, during the George Mason lecture IIRC - something along the lines of: I’m surprised […]
Too Funny - Oral Sex on a Church
Sunday, November 4th, 2007Take a look at this short video, half way through you see an ‘abomination’
OMG ! ON A CHURCH ! - More bloopers are a click away
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