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Day 254 – Memories
254/365 (Sept 11, 2011) – What do you say on the anniversary of a horrific event committed in the name of religion. Kirk was flying back home from Indianapolis and I spent an hour wandering around Mountain View Cemetery this afternoon while waiting for his plane to arrive. Somehow it seemed fitting. I wasn’t expecting the rows upon rows of…
Read more »‘Sinners, you have four days until Judgment Day. Are you prepared?’
Entertaining column in the Vancouver Sun this morning….. ‘Sinners, you have four days until Judgment Day. Are you prepared?’ OPINION - BY PETE MCMARTIN, VANCOUVER SUN – MAY 17, 2011 6:15 AM “End is nigh come May 21, billboard campaign proclaims” — Vancouver Sun headline of May 5 story on U.S. evangelist Harold Camping’s prophecy predicting Judgment Day for May 21.…
Read more »Day 279 – Difference of Opinions
279/365 (October 6, 2010) – I am an atheist so I don’t believe in your god, but I can say that I appreciate the architecture of the monuments that you build in the name of your beliefs. The Nanaksar Gurdwara Gurusikh Temple out on Westminster Highway. I was driving out to pick up a new leather motorcycle jacket that was…
Read more »Richard Dawkins on militant atheism
Long, but a great and highly entertaining lecture. Richard Dawkins urges all atheists to openly state their position — and to fight the incursion of the church into politics and science. A fiery, funny, powerful talk. If you don’t know of Dawkins – As an evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins has broadened our understanding of the genetic origin of our species;…
Read more »Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene
I love this, not even so much for what it says as for what it doesn’t say. When someone doesn’t share your values or ideals, it is assumed that “Something must be wrong with them” and that “We must look for a cure so we can change them and make them see things our way” Wouldn’t the world be a…
Read more »What Century are we in?
Tragedy strikes a small, poverty stricken country in the Caribbean, an earthquake devastates parts of the island of Hispanola and destroys homes, history, and lives. And one man gets on his podium and says, “The Devil did it”. This is another example of why religion can be so dangerous. The television evangelist claimed that The Haitians reached an agreement with…
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Why Computer Operating Systems Are Like Religion
I don’t really know what made me think of this the other day. I was wandering around the internet and reading some of Ann Coulters racist, bigoted, mean-spirited conservative writings. Why? Well, how can you argue against something the other side says if you don’t pay attention to it and try to understand it. It’s easy to blow something off…
Read more »Appliance Shopping and Religion… Who Knew That the Two Were Connected?
We have a few appliances that are on their last legs. Our dishwasher gave out last year and we finally replaced it after Kirk repaired it several times. We’ve been wondering about our fridge as it has become rather loud and ice cream actually softens in the freezer. Our teensy microwave that basically only gets used to heat milk for…
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