Author Archives: lizard
who wants to go to fire lake?
I wrote this in response to this piece, entitled “If God is dead then what?” It should be noted that the writer is a dear friend of mine, and has been since junior high, so to say we go way back is putting it mildly. I have a great deal of respect for him, though [...]
objects in reflective surfaces are usually you
One of my favorite blogs, Infidel753, has written a scathing rebuttal to the progressive Christian claim that Jesus overruled the Old Testament evils and replaced them with a kindler, gentler form of spiritual law, citing Matthew 5:17-19 and explaining: (Emphasis added is mine) All the laws of the Old Testament remain in full force and will [...]
inhuman nature
On Beliefnet, Rod Dreher offers a study in contradictions, starting with the title: Atheism and our inhuman nature. If human nature has a tendency towards evil, then evil isn’t inhuman, is it? Then, as part of his argument for the necessity of religion, he cites atrocities in the Congo, then states: This is not a [...]
Posted in Evil, Obnoxiousness 9 Comments
debate fail
It started out innocently enough. Coworker A comes back from session with chiropractor/massage guy, starts telling me funny story about how he did this test where he pressed down on her arm and told her about her past lives. We were sharing a good laugh about 187 past lives (about average for his clients) and [...]
like, omg
A few months ago, I somehow managed to secure the username “god” at formspring.me. I then promptly forgot to attend to the inquiries, and this morning discovered there were 48 of them. I answered each and every one, except the one about how many dicks I can fit in my mouth. I regret that, because [...]
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physicists see Michael Jackson’s face in hardened polymer
Jesus isn’t the only one who occasionally makes an appearance in, erm, alternative media. David Fairhurst, a physicist at Nottingham Trent University in the UK, explains the discovery: The ugly-looking globular mound is a droplet of polymer solution, the kind of substance you might find in the ink cartridges of your printer. As the solution [...]
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15 seconds of super bowl vs. 75 employees for 1 year
Ahh, the choices we face in life. Imagine you are an executive with Focus on the Family. I know, I know, it’s unpleasant, but bear with me. Now, imagine you have a difficult choice to make: do you run a $3,000,000 advertisement for fifteen seconds during a football game, or do you hire back 75 [...]
what is it with that silsby woman?
Exactly: But don’t judge her just by the (for lack of a better word) smile. Listen to “Carol”, a former employee of Ms. Silsby: A woman, I will call her Carol*, contacted me after reading my article on OS earlier this week regarding the Baptists missionaries detained in Haiti. She reached out to me because [...]
states ranked by religiosity (and IQ)
Not that correlation equals causation or anything. Clicking actually embiggens now! It’s amazing how useless it is to edit lightbox.js, when it’s using lightbox.min.js. Share
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