Topics pertaining to religions (yes, plural) and how they help and hinder people.
I stumbled over an interesting article, from a couple years ago, on passwords. The most interesting part, to me, was a pair of statements buried in the text: Cuss words were very popular. Boy, there’s a lot of aggression out there. I was surprised about how many Christian-sounding — for example, “Ilovejesus” — log-on names …
Unbelievable. After 150 years of steadily-accumulated evidence in favor of evolution, we’re still getting garbage like this Expelled movie? Expelled expresses the opinion that the universal support of evolution in the scientific community is the product of some sort of bias or ideological inflexibility. It is, on the contrary, the result of decades of hard …
I stumbled across this interesting quiz a few days ago: Even if YOU don’t know what faith you are, Belief-O-Maticâ„¢ knows. Answer 20 questions about your concept of God, the afterlife, human nature, and more, and Belief-O-Maticâ„¢ will tell you what religion (if any) you practice…or ought to consider practicing. Of the religions it listed …
I answer a soft knock on the front door a few minutes ago, still in my houserobe because the recent blizzard has driven me into semi-hibernation, to find two soft-spoken and well-dressed men at the door. One is in his late twenties, the other maybe forty, and each carries a handful of literature and a …
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This “Virgin Mary USB Flash drive” is just ridiculous. “Plug her in and ‘she comes to life, her red LED heart starts to beat — in passive state slowly, quicker whilst connecting or saving data’ […]” Thanks, but I’ll take a USB Rocket Launcher instead. (Oh darn, it looks like it’s Windows-only.)
Abduction and brain-washing by a Satanic cult… it’s all just too eighties for me.
On the Dilbert Blog today, Scott Adams mentioned a fascinating New York Times article about why people vote. It’s worth reading in it’s entirety, but the executive summary is that many people seem to vote in order to be seen voting, not because they think their vote will make any difference whatsoever. The more observant …
Be careful when visiting Iowa. This fellow was arrested there… for throwing an onion at his wife. While you’re at it, be careful endorsing unpopular thoughts there too. Un-frickin’-believable.
There’s something I’ve never understood about people: how some (most?) people will adopt a specific position about a subject, and thereafter simply won’t be able to comprehend any argument to the contrary.
Maybe you heard about the recent flap over a lawsuit that Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers filed against God last week? Apparently God just answered.