Monthly Archives: September 2009
Why Celebrate Blasphemy Day?
Looks like there has arisen a worthy cause for International Blasphemy Day — repealing the Irish Blasphemy law and providing Ireland with a secular constitution. It’s hard to believe in 2009 there’s a country with a blasphemy law on … Continue reading
Advice Columnists
I just finished reading an internet advice column. I am damn glad I am not an internet advice columnist. Someone writes to you 500 words. From those 500 words you are supposed to figure out what their real problem is … Continue reading
Filed under Miscellaneous
A Bit of Faust in All of Us
“There’s a bit of Faust in us all, believing as we do that the more we learn about something the closer we are to it.” – Flora Courtois Some years ago, I had a friend who I imagined was so … Continue reading
Filed under Consciousness, Enlightenment, Learning, Religion, Spirituality, Thinking
ACORN
As just about everyone knows by now, several ACORN employees have been caught on camera offering advice on how to evade taxes, set up brothels and smuggle illegal immigrants into the US. Although the employees have been dutifully fired, and … Continue reading
Filed under News and Current Events, Politics
CIA Report: Israel Will Fall Within 20 Years
Is there really a CIA report predicting that Israel will fall within 20 years? Or is the rumor of one just some kind of scam?
Filed under News and Current Events, Politics
About Bombing Iran
As you most likely know by now, Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, and Nicolas Sarkozy announced yesterday that Iran harbored a secret uranium enrichment plant — a plant that would relatively soon be operational and capable of producing weapons grade uranium. … Continue reading
Filed under Neocons, News and Current Events, Politics, Village Idiots, War
Glenn Beck To Get Keys to City Despite Protests
The mayor of Mount Vernon, Washington, Bud Norris, is fixing to honor Glenn Beck tomorrow. Glenn Beck is a native of the town, which had a population of 26,000 in 2000. He was born there in 1964. And on … Continue reading
Filed under News and Current Events, People, Politicians and Scoundrels, Politics
God’s Favorites
“The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and three hundred sixty-two admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn’t mean that God doesn’t love heterosexuals. It’s just that they need more supervision.” – Anonymous
Filed under Miscellaneous
Personal and Impersonal Nature
Around 2500 years ago, the Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers conceived the notion that nature operates in a law-like and impersonal manner. As it turns out, that’s a rather interesting notion. Consider, for example, the well-known tendency of thongs to ride up … Continue reading
Filed under Nature, Philosophy, Science, Scientific Method(s)
September 30th: Blasphemy Day
Blasphemy: n. the act of denying or scoffing at God or God’s alleged attributes. I just heard the news that the Center for Inquiry and its sister organization, the Council for Secular Humanism, have teamed up to sponsor a Blasphemy … Continue reading
Snow on the Mountains
The furnace came on today, pushing dusty heat into the apartment. When I went outside, there was snow on the mountains and the clouds were aligned in stormy ranks — looking more winter than fall-like. The changes have taken me … Continue reading
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