Monthly Archives: February 2009

The Dance of the Bolas Spider

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Daniel Florien

This is from Life in the Undergrowth.

Posted in Science, Videos, Weird | 8 Comments

Your Assignment in Heaven

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Daniel Florien

I stumbled on this the other day while doing some research. I love it when I find absurd stuff like this — it’s fascinating what some people can actually believe. On a message board, Kathy asks “BibleProbe” what heaven is going to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, Humor, Oh the Stupidity!, Superstition | 90 Comments

Satan Is Everywhere

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Daniel Florien

I like how the girl uses the ontological argument for Satan’s existence: how could we draw Satan if he doesn’t exist? Likewise, how could we draw the Flying Spaghetti Monster if he didn’t exist? Since we can conceive of such a being, … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Humor, Religion | 86 Comments

Atheist Blog Rankings

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Atheist Blogger has put together an automated atheist blog ranking system. He takes a bunch of data, does some math voodoo with it, and then the rankings magically appear. Or something like that. UF is #11, which means I need … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Links | 2 Comments

9 Proofs Google is God

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Daniel Florien

There is a new god in town, and her name is Google. Here are 9 proofs that Google is God, according to The Church of Google: Google is the closest thing to an Omniscient (all-knowing) entity in existence, which can … Continue reading →

Posted in God, Humor, Technology | 38 Comments

Rachel Maddow on Evolution, ID, and FSM

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Posted in Evolution, Humor, Science, Videos | 39 Comments

Popular Pastor Encourages Child Suffering

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Daniel Florien

A popular Christian pastor, John Piper, thinks spanking is okay. Actually, that’s a bit of an understatement. He’s really excited about spanking. He believes God makes us suffer, so we should imitate him and make our children suffer by spanking … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, God, Parenting, The Problem of Evil | 222 Comments

How Many Virgins?

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Here is two Muslim terrorists arguing over how many virgins they will get in Paradise: As Aubrey said (my paraphrase), “What is heaven for the man is hell for the women.” Another expanded on the thought: Is hell and Paradise … Continue reading →

Posted in Fundamentalism, Humor, Islam, Videos | 51 Comments

Who Would Jesus Bomb?

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Daniel Florien

by Lara M. Gardner I have seen the bumper sticker a lot. I saw it again recently and kept ruminating on it, asking the same question — “Who would Jesus bomb?” Over and over, the answer that came to mind … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Christianity, Fundamentalism | 75 Comments

Is Evolution and the Bible Compatible?

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Daniel Florien

From The Big Questions: One of the blowhards from Answers in Genesis brays, There isn’t evidence [for evolution]…. Some people put their spin on it based on their presuppositions. Now clearly I’m a biased person because I start by believing in the Bible…. What’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Creationism / ID, Evolution, Videos | 126 Comments