A Sign From God

    Omigod!  I'm betting on the Cavs to go all the way this year!!

Gullibility

    Strange but true:  "Gullibility" is not an actual word in English.  Don't believe me?  Go try and look it up in the dictionary.

The End of the World (Again)

    Yep, folks, there was a nutcase fundamentalist preacher who decided he had figured out when the world was going to end, and it was ...well... today.  Years ago, I knew some weirdos in the Pentecostal movement who foretold the same thing  Needless to say, their predictions didn't hold true either.

    If they threw these publicity-seeking morons out of their respective churches (they are, after all, by their own scriptures, false prophets), it might cut back on this silliness.

    Then again, given the tendency of every zealous and ambitious fundamentalist upstart to go out and start his/her own church, maybe not.

Religion in Schools

    My sentiments, precisely!

Dinosaurs and Humans

    Proof that dinosaurs and humans coexisted 6,000 years ago.  Your move, evolutionists!

One Year Ago...

    ...and Charlie Hebdo is alive and well.  Take that, religious zealots!

To repeat...

Because Marriage is a Sacred Rite

    What a f*cking hypocrite.

Math Wednesday

    Or Religious Idiocy Wednesday.  Whichever floats your boat.

Word for the day : Stylite

   Stylite (n.) : a religious ascetic who spends his life on top of a pillar.

    The original, and the most famous stylite was one Simeon Stylites the Elder.  He's the dude on the left in the picture above.  He reportedly stayed up there for 37 years.  You can read about him here.

  The second pic is also of our Simeon the Elder.  His little perch was originally only 9 feet high.  But over time, his townspeeps built it up to a towering height fo 50 feet.

    It's comforting to know that the 20th/21st Century doesn't have a monopoly on religious nutjobs

Contraception, Dinosaurs, and Gays

     Sad to say, but there are a bunch of people out there who think the Bible reads this way.   But they're not to blame - they've been led to believe that due to listening to their local pastor, priest, bishop, or whatever.  Sheeple, please.

    I'm not keen on letting anyone tell me what to think, particularly someone who claims some Deity has given them a divine message.  If the Creator wants to tell me something, I'd like to think She can come to me directly.  And so far, She hasn't.

    But then again, several of my multiple personalities are Gnostic.  So what can you expect?

True on both counts

It's always fun to be accosted by missionaries when we walk our dogs at night. Elder Elder exudes utter confidence as he tries not to look like a total dork in his crash hlemet and on his ten-speed. Elder Younger lags behind to learn. . I'm not really in any mood for a theological debate, and our three dogs just want to go on walking. So I amble away. Which Elder Elder is sure means I have no answer for his persuasive personality.

Will he or won't he?

We're down to the last day before the Pentecostal goofball in Florida decides whether to burn his Korans or not. He certainly has gotten his 15 minutes of fame. Thank goodness he has no idea what Twitter, Facebook, and blogs are.