November 2008
The Truth Shall Set You Free
catskills:
The Pagan Christ
There are 2.1 billion Christians on the planet – roughly one third of the entire human population. At the heart of their religion is the New Testament and the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. To Christianity, the written word is the glue that binds the faith of its followers.
So, what if it could be proven that Jesus never existed? What if...
Neutering the net is about repression, not... →
The Australian Federal Government wants to protect the children of Australia so their going to implement a big firewall to prevent the rug rats from being exposed to unsavoury material on the net. Yes you might ask “Isn’t that the parents’ responsibility?” but this misses the point. The real issue is shoring up support of the religious minded Family First Senator.
As well...
Financial crisis forcing more women into brothels →
The number of prostitutes in New South Wales (Australia) is expected to increase by almost 10% as tough economic conditions force more people into the legal and illegal sex industry.
On the other hand brothels in NSW are reporting that customers are cutting back on their spending. The revenue of legal brothels in NSW is expected to drop from $403 million (2007-2008) to around $357 million...
Vatican seeks to rehabilitate Galileo Galilei →
It’s like only being 385 years but the Roman Catholic Church is still trying to justify it’s role in the conviction of Galileo for heresy.
“I’m much better as a virtual friend than a real friend”
– Ariel Leve
“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.”
– C.S. Lewis (via meganmalice)
FAIL! Actually your body has two soles, one of the underside of each foot. Consciousness can make you think you have something else, but it’s just the chemicals in your brain playing with your mind.
topherchris:
I hate Facebook, but maybe it’s because I have no friends. Help?
I’d love to help Chris, but Facebook kicked me off …
“The poor blighter had actually stopped breathing and was really in trouble. The...”
– Cyril Cram from Victoria’s Portland Coast Guard says volunteers gave CPR to a drowning koala found in the sea overnight.
“No. The idea of God springs from our huge egos and the resulting notion that a...”
– John Little’s answer to the Sydney Morning Herald’s Big Question, “Is the idea of God the biggest idea of all?”
I got a job!
My 3 weeks of unemployment are now at an end. Just got a call, start Monday on a 3 month contract. Yeah!
Now where did i put that suit?…..
Dangers Of Going Green →
So your going green at home, extra insulation, sealing up all those gaps and using recycled materials.
Well you better be careful. Without correct planning and ventilation you new green home will be green with mould, red from corrosion and as well as facing large repair bills you could be very ill.
Atheist bus slogan rejected →
The bus slogan campaign by the Atheist Foundation of Australia has hit a road bump. The company responsible for putting advertising on buses has refused to display the porposed ad.
The ad would have read “Atheism - Celebrate reason!”. It along with other alternative phrases were deemed unacceptable by APN Outdoors.
“Let it be remembered that all churches have persecuted heretics to the extent of...”
– Robert Ingersoll (via brigno)
Schoolgirl acid attacks: 10 arrested →
10 Taliban thugs have being arrested by Afghan police for their involvement in an acid attack against 15 girls and their teachers. The attack took place while the girls and their teachers were walking to school in southern Afghanistan.
The Taliban “fighters” were apparently paid $US2000 to carry out the attack in which they squirted acid from water bottles onto the students and...
“The people who believe Obama is the Antichrist are perhaps jumping to...”
– Mat Staver, dean of Liberty University, as qutoted in the Newsweek article “Is Obama the Antichrist?” by Lisa Miller.
No mate, they ARE nuts.
Genetics
Glen: Anne, genetics is fake.
Anne: What are you talking about?
Glen: None of it's real. It was all made up by this crazy guy named Mendel.
Anne: Glen, genetics is real.
Glen: No, it's fake. It was made up by a stupid monk who had no life. All he did was walk around all day and talk to plants.
“Ever noticed that people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved?”
– Bill Hicks (via excitablehonky, brigno) (via mandalay)
Billions Of Particles Of Anti-matter Created In... →
Researchers have come up with a way of creating particles of anti-matter (positrons) in their billions with equipment that even small labs could run. Which opens up all sorts of interesting avenues of research … like anti-matter ray guns.
“Dance like it hurts. Love like you need the money. Work when people are...”
– bitca (via duckandpenguin) (via cvxn)
Kangaroo Genome Mapped →
Some interesting uses here for improving the performance of hurdle runners and high jump athletes. Tail might get in the way though…
Brotherly love →
A Baptist pastor in Wollongong (New South Wales, Australia) has admitted telling Jewish leaders that they were “going to hell” and faced a fate “worse than the Holocaust”. Apparently their sin was not to have accepted JC as their saviour.
Pastor Kevin Harris claims his comments were “misunderstood and misquoted”.
Bigotry →
Interesting facts I didn’t know until today. The Boy Scouts of America, while having a few paedophile members over the years, bars atheists. The American Legion also has a ban on atheist members as do some posts of the American Veterans of Foreign Wars (sorry you servered in Angola that wasn’t a war it was peace keeping).
“Without knowing what was wrong, or whether his husband would survive until he...”
– Marriage Matters to Us (via anthropophagous) (via notemily)
What Tumblr needs
I wish there was a way that I could point out certain Tumblr posts to specific Tumblr users. For instance there are some “afternoon shadow” photos from hardcorejudas that I’d like to direct to a specific Vixen.