A wonderful little animation about the true differences between open-minded individuals, and those that are close-minded. Pay close attention please.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
I am embarassed to live in Texas
Knowing that Texas governor Rick Perry appointed a CREATIONIST onto the state's Board of Education should be humiliating enough. But no, it goes further than that. A creationist cunt on Texas' BoE has decided to present a legislation or whatever that allows a 'broader' analysis and representation of the universe's age. What does that mean for her and other fundamentalist christians? They can squeeze in their nonsensical bullshit about the Earth only being 6000 or so years old. Guess what? The bill passed 11-3. It's sickening and makes me want to gtfo this part of the world. Read the whole article and see the video HERE.
UPDATE (5/11/09) - After rummaging through the article's comments, I came across one from Richard Drumm that really said it like it needs to be said. I'll share it with you:
"OK, I’m back. I feel a little better now… Only a little.
UPDATE (5/11/09) - After rummaging through the article's comments, I came across one from Richard Drumm that really said it like it needs to be said. I'll share it with you:
"OK, I’m back. I feel a little better now… Only a little.
The YECs are right to be anti-scientific. Science is their belief system’s enemy.
They should be failing, but they’re succeeding instead. I don’t know why. Ignorance is easy and the electorate is taking the easy path.
Maybe it’s the sheer size of the coursework one needs to carry nowadays to become a scientist that’s the problem. In the early part of the last century it was easy enough for the lay person to follow and mostly understand science (with the possible exception of Quantum Mechanics) so science was accessible. Now maybe science isn’t so accessible and the masses turn their backs on it and seek out the easy, comforting rituals of yesteryear, that “Old time religion” from the song.
Outreach is more important than ever…
I have an old friend who I used to work with back in the mid ’80s who was never religious back then. Now he goes to church and said “It’s good to have a friend in the man upstairs.” the other day. I didn’t say anything, just smiled… What can you say to such a deluded person? It’s a comforting delusion, I’m sure, but a delusion nonetheless. I wish I had an answer to all this but I don’t. Clearly he was looking for me to agree with him and maybe then he’d invite me to join his church. I’m sure this would raise his stature in his church and make him feel powerful. He has no idea I’m an atheist.
Clearly, too, the schools are the new battleground and we are in the fight of our lives!"Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Bill Maher on the Swine Flu and Evolution
"You can’t crap all over Darwin and stem cell research and global warming, then come crawling back to science when you want Tamiflu."
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Stand By Me
"Stand by Me" performed by musicians around the world from SKAT on Vimeo.
"If this video doesn't bring a tear to your eyes and makes you smile for the rest of the day, you are a cold hearted bastard. Watch it from beginning to end—you won't regret it.
This cover of Stand By Me was recorded by completely unknown artists in a street virtual studio all around the world. It all started with a base track—vocals and guitar—recorded on the streets of Santa Monica, California, by a street musician called Roger Ridley. The base track was then taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, where Grandpa Elliott—a blind singer from the French Quarter—added vocals and harmonica while listening to Ridley's base track on headphones. In the same city, Washboard Chaz's added some metal percussion to it.
And from there, it just gets rock 'n' rolling bananas: The producers took the resulting mix all through Europe, Africa, and South America, adding new tracks with multiple instruments and vocals that were assembled in the final version you are seeing in this video. All done with a simple laptop and some microphones."
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Why do you believe in God?
If you are a religious individual, and follow a religion that worships a single god (christianity, judaism, islam, etc.), I want to know how you would respond to the following question were you asked in conversation:
"Why do you believe in God?"
You may reply anonymously if you so choose. All I ask is that you leave a truthful, responsible answer. It can be as short or as lengthy as you choose.
If you are still asking, "Why should I tell an atheist like you why I believe in my god?", please understand that this is simply an experiment. I do not need to know who you are or your background history or anything else for that matter. I just want to hear the average religious individual's reason for believing in something I find incredibly impossible to believe in. I am not trying to 'find god' or anything close to it.
To leave your response, simply click on the comments link below this post and leave your answer. Thank you to anyone who participates.
UPDATE: Comments left that are not related to the subject presented will be deleted to keep an on topic atmosphere for this experiment.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
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