Blasphemies and other Forms of Artistic Expression

This is an old article , but still worth a visit!  Our old buddy Pat never ceases to entertain! This happens to be a Top Ten list of Robertson's greatest batshit crazy moments, as compiled by Time Magazine.  Some are video clips, so you get to see the words fall out of his gob!

"People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practised." ~ Samuel Butler

God exists only when you do not believe there is a God. When you believe in God, that God no longer exists. This is to say that God is to remain a completely abstract concept.  As long as God remains a concept of consciousness, God can exist.  At the point in time where God is personified and given identifiable human aspects, then that God has been given a corporeal existence.  As such, this God can not possibly exist..

Teacher sued for disparaging creationism cleared on appeal This is a bittersweet victory. I'm not one for injecting the sciences into religious thought, mainly because we have to accept that the source is accurate and scientific in itself. Of course, that doesn't work, as anyone who was hiding under their desks on May 21st could tell you. I have to side with the atheists on the area of creationism - it's bunk science. We are to assume that there may have been an 'intelligent designer' who was responsible for life on earth. That in itself is not a scientific question, but rather, a philosophical one. I can say that I believe in God because I do not take up the task of attempting to prove what god is or is not. It's not a scientific view by any means; but I feel that any discussion of God and science is pointless at best, and just plain batshit crazy at worst. If the creationists are willing to accept any source of occurance (including a godless , rand...

October 21, 2011 Judgment Day and End of the World! Tract - eBible Fellowship If you have not been to this site and listened to this podcast, you are really doing yourself a great injustice. 2+2 really can equal 5 if you wish and pray hard enough! New to the site is an explanation as to why we're all not wailing and gnashing our teeth in the eternal flames. Essentially, the earthquakes were more figurative, though everything else related to the rapture is assured to be literal. Please note that the 'final, official' rapture will occur on October 21, 2011 (rain or shine.) I, for one, will be celebrating the second annual Judgement Days (May 21 and Oct 21) by renting some top quality apocalypse movies and a sumptuous Last Meal. All are invited!!

Is the arrogance of an atheist any less great than that of an Xian?  What is the difference between an Xian trying to convert someone to Xianity and an atheist doing the same? Both sides have both created a God in their own image, but for entirely different reasons. 

I have been giving a lot of time and thought these days to my own ego and sense of worth.  It seems that we all strive to strike a balance between who we think we are, who we project ourselves as, and who we actually are.  The closer the first two are to the third idea, the centered our personality becomes. I am, of course, assuming I know what I am talking about.  But as I write this, I can sense the three aspects of my ego (read: personality) working their way into this post. Now - on to religion.  The proper belief and adherence to xianity hinges on the surrender of ego.  This would mean dropping any assumption of what the individual thinks they know of their gtod and meditating on what they cannot comprehend.  God is meant to be beyond good and evil - to assume that 'god is good' to to assume that one knows god, who is by definition unknowable.  So I would assume that praying to god to win a contest or 'give me strength' is a rather heretic view ...

On YouTube, I found an audio reading of Christopher Hitchen's 'God Is Not Great' . It was a reading of chapter two - 'Religion Kills.'  I listened to the reading, and kept an open mind to his point of view, as I tend to disagree with atheists for the same reasons I disagree with xians on the role of religion. Listening to the two of them debate is like listening to a political debate between Democrats and Republicans - pointless and needlessly cutthroat. So, in listening to Hitchens rant on about religion being evil, I could imagine the xian responses to his arguments, and how unconvincing they would be to his.  Hitchens uses religion as the backdrop to all the evils of the world, which isn't correct.  Given the theme of his chapter, I would argue that God, to quote Concrete Blonde, is more like a bullet.  And everyone knows that bullets don't kill people, people kill people!  Just as basing murder on the teachings of the three plus monotheistic religion...

I'm not a religious person, but I have an idea for the Xian concept of the Garden of Eden.  Genesis (Book 3) states that Adam and Eve were cast from the garden of Eden after eating of the Tree of Knowledge.  As most Christians, I was brought up to believe that this is the Original Sin, the core act of disobedience against the word of God that condemns man to death (and Hell, if you were fundamentalist Baptist.) Now, suppose that the Tree of Knowledge has nothing to do with knowing what is good and what is evil.  Rather, it is to know the true nature of God. Then the parable would make more sense: To admit that God exists is to say that God is not real. To say that God does not exist is to admit that God is real. Simply, to say that there is knowledge of God is to confess no knowledge of God.  To confess that there is no God is to acknowledge God.  God cannot exist if we believe He is real, though if we believe He is real, He cannot exist. It's too e...

BBC News - US pastor Terry Jones cancels Koran burning Finally, everyone can shut the fuck up about this! Two things: * Is it really the case that the whole world was up in arms about some idjits in some backwater church? * What carries more weight? The message of the book or the physical pages? The guy had every right to burn those books. They are just objects. Burning them would do no more harm than burning a pile of napkins. The real effect is in the worth everyone puts in the objects and not in the message within. No matter how many Korans this guy might burn, the message remains the same. In America, it (one's own) God given right to be a moron and express it freely. I'm still blaming the press and it's 24 hour feeding frenzy for turning this non-story into a global sensation. No one seems to be calling tem out on that, though . . . .

Sometimes, you just have to take the young ones out and let 'em play in the snow.  Now, if they're out there playin' 'tragic crucifixion disasters' and the neighbors freak out, then, well . . . . .

It's been a while since I've been blogging in my own space. So this is my official re-'kick-off.'

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. Emo Philips

This is a speech from the author of History of God . She has a very insightful approach on how people of faith, those without, and everyone in between. As an atheist, she speaks very eloquently about faith and what it should mean.

"If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?" I John 4:20 I would say that this verse applies to anyone of any faith.

So far, this article ( Arlen Grossman: Obama's Special Olympics remark not hurtful ) has been the 'vibe' I get when people explain why what Obama said during his Tonight Show appearance 'wasn't so bad.' I ws so insensed after reading it that I had t say something then and there! After I posted, I thought that maybe I was baited for a comment (Limbaugh style.) After a bit of retrospect, I'm sure it was the autor's real feelings on the matter. This was my response to the article. I thought it bore repeating: "1. Developmentally disabled people were not offended by the joke. Hardly any of them would understand why they should be offended." Wow! I heard that animals don't feel pain - guess it's okay to torture 'em! "2. Let's consider who said it and what his intent was. " The President of the United States of America should have known better than that; more so than anyone else. "3. The truth is: Most Special Oly...

I was deeply disppointed by this. Having read some of his campaign fodder on ASD , I was hoping to see more of an inclusionary attitude come from Washington this time around. I found this video on YouTube of Obama, preaching the good word and wanting to get the message out on a united populace: When president Obama made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: It was as quick as it was insensitive. And it passed through with very little acknowledgement from the press or the public. So I decided to take a bit of stock in myself, did some research, and took the R-Word Pledge . I hope the president decides to do the same.

BBC NEWS Americas Obama renews US sanctions on Iran Just met the new boss, Same as the old boss . . . How does that decision coincide with the fact that Iran doesn't have any weapons-grade uranium ?

I'm not thrilled with the world today. I wish I could bake some cookies and hide in a dark rom under an electric blanket. Sometimes you feel like nothing you do is going the right way. But you always cheer up a little when you realize that the feeling is only temporary. I feel a little better already! Now - where are those cookies?

"Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning." Bill Gates