From the monthly archives:

January 2008

Richard Dawkins answers questions

January 29, 2008

The following video is an excerpt of a talk Professor Dawkins gave a Macon’s last year. A young woman asks him that time worn question of “what if you’re wrong” and his response is priceless:

The text as I heard it:
Well, what if I’m wrong? I mean, anybody could be wrong. We could all be wrong [...]

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Hating the gods ain’t the same as being an atheist

January 29, 2008

Why do so many theists persist in telling testimonies that are completely at odds with claims that they were atheists?
I read one such testimony recently where the man telling it made a statement to the effect that he was an atheist because he was too arrogant to bow down before the cross of Christianity. [...]

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Make sure you tie one on this evening before turning on the tellie

January 28, 2008

King George I President Bush will be giving his (hopefully last) SOTU address. His plan is to:
“… report that over the last seven years, we’ve made great progress on important issues at home and abroad. I will also report that we have unfinished business before us, and we must work together,”
I suppose if [...]

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Copeland declares "holy war" against Grassley

January 28, 2008

Last November Senator Grassley of Iowa decided to investigate claims that several prosperity gospel ministers were abusing their tax exempt status by using the loot donations they get via their ministries to fund their near obscene lifestyles.
It’s been an uphill battle since with the targeted ministers suddenly pronouncing their support for separation of church(es) and [...]

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Bad science or just good faith?

January 28, 2008

If you’ve been an atheist for longer than five minutes you’ve probably heard the one about the stereotypical self-destructive atheist who after years of being an all around jackass finds himself* in a situation that is life-threatening. Despite being a cold-hearted machine that runs on pure reason said atheist decides that Jesus really does [...]

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The problem with moderate Christians

January 28, 2008

The problem with moderate Christians is that they are unwilling to bluntly state that the conservatives are wrong and will hem and haw to avoid bluntly stating that the Bible itself is wrong. If there’s one subject that they clearly show this tendency on, it is evolution.
A simple reading of the bible makes it [...]

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A question of morality

January 27, 2008

I found this “science project” over a Possum Momma’s place and thought it would be amusing to answer them.
Question: Do unchristians make less moral choices than Christians?
Hypothesis: The Bible is the perfect guide to life that shows us how to be moral people. Without believing in the Bible you can’t know God and he can’t [...]

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YouTube: Message to Scientology

January 26, 2008
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Americans are so fat they should be starved

January 26, 2008

The obesity crisis hounds have finally showed their hand via Megan McArdle who stated that the stimulus package should not include food stamps because:
The poor don’t need more food. Obesity is a problem for the poor in America; except for people who are too screwed up to get food stamps (because they don’t have an [...]

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The mocking of Miss America by pageant officials

January 26, 2008

There’s a new reality show in town and it’s goal is too mock the shit out of beauty contestants. When I first saw the promo I thought “well, that’s pretty nasty”. It now appears that the show mocks Miss America and is being run by the Miss America Organization in an attempt [...]

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