Monthly Archives: December 2011

Bible Stories: Let’s Eat Our Sons!

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Daniel Florien

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Posted in Bible, Bible Absurdities & Contradictions, Comics, Humor | 14 Comments

Santa and Baby Jesus

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Daniel Florien

WTF? On the other hand, they’re both mythical creatures — so I guess this is perfectly appropriate.

Posted in Christianity, Humor, Jesus, Oh the Stupidity!, Weird | 30 Comments

It’s a Girl!

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Daniel Florien

I guess it would be a little weird for “God’s son” to be a girl. ;)

Posted in Comics, Humor, Jesus | 21 Comments

Paganism and Christianity

Posted on December 21, 2011 by vorjack

Michael Bird at Euangelion wrote a triumphal and rather manichean piece about how Christmas should represent the triumph of Christianity over Paganism: Christmas means that Jesus has defeated the powers, the pagan gods that military rulers used to bring their … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, History | 15 Comments

“Super memory” pill… and possibly an Alzheimer’s cure?

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Daniel Florien

I know, we’ve been hoping for this forever… and I’m still hoping. New research has been done that suggests another route for a “super memory” pill: New research out of the U.S. holds out the hope of a superhuman assist … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | 21 Comments

10 Terrible Christian Billboards

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Daniel Florien

Christians are notorious for terrible billboards. Here are some of the worst… 1. Anti-God is Anti-American Impeccable logic… 2. “Well, you did ask for a sign.” -God Yes, but not another man-made one.

Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, Pictures | 68 Comments

Virginia and Adoption Discrimination

Posted on December 20, 2011 by vorjack

Virginia’s Board of Social Services has recently approved regulations for state-licensed adoption agencies that will allow for discrimination against damn near everybody. About the only thing you can’t discriminate against is race, which might have been an oversight. From the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 9 Comments

Science vs Religion

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Daniel Florien

Posted in Prayer, Religion, Science | 48 Comments

One wise man, bringing a gift of Mirth

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Custador

I’m sure this has been posted before, but it bears repeating.

Posted in Humor | 4 Comments

Quicker Than a Ray of Light

Posted on December 19, 2011 by vorjack

Researchers at M.I.T. have developed an imaging system capable of capturing 1 trillion frames per second. That is supposedly fast enough to catch the passage of a pulse of light. The M.I.T. press release gives the good and bad: The … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | 4 Comments