This cartoon ran the other day in my hometown newspaper: This is what I grew up with in Bumblefuck, Arkansas. Anyway, father waded into the comments of the cartoon on line: what is there about a generic “Happy Holidays” that could possibly offend anyone? Or would, in any way, infringe upon people’s ability to enjoy Christmas? Trying to force the culture to change by attacking greetings like Happy Holidays is silly. There is something profoundly wrong with the behavior of... Read more
This cat found some warm furniture: And here are some best frans: Read more
As the axiom goes: be careful what you wish for because you might just get a shitload of it. In their zeal to tout their faith in the public square, conservatives inOklahoma may have unwittingly opened the door to a wide range of religious groups, including Satanists who are seeking to put their own statue next to a Ten Commandments monument outside the statehouse. The Republican-controlled legislature in the state known as the buckle of the Bible Belt authorised the privately... Read more
Hemant pinged out that the City Council in Clarksburg, WV unanimously decided to put “In God We Trust” over city all. First, some history: “In God We Trust,” was adopted as our national motto in 1956 as a sneer at the Russians. Kind of like how people will say, “I’ll pray for you” after you’ve just spent a half hour establishing that their facts and reasoning are equal parts bullshit. We’re repeatedly told what a magnificent virtue it is to... Read more
Neil Steinberg doesn’t believe in god, but he wants you to know he’s not an atheist. Readers sometimes accuse me of being an atheist, based on my complete nonbelief in God. I always correct them. I am not an atheist. Atheists are zealots, too, elevating denial of the divine into a kind of faux religion, complete with pieties, and manage to be as aggressive and joyless as those who at least can blame a higher power for making them the... Read more
You will never be happier than this dog: I felt better Saturday for the gamethon, but yesterday I almost lost my voice (and may lose it entirely today) and slept half the day. My plan right now is to go shower, curl up in bed, read the news if I can avoid spacing out continuously…and then if something really strikes my fancy I’ll write about it. Otherwise…sleep. Read more
Giveaway: if you donated, and you’re a gamer, leave a comment saying you donated to get giveaways throughout the day! The day has arrived! This post is where you’ll find everything you need to enjoy the day. Foundation Beyond Belief is doing everything it can to help eradicate cancer once and for all. The most important thing today is your donations. A reader sent me this fun button last night. It’s big, just click it and give some money to... Read more
Louie Gohmert is great material for sick days. I don’t need to mock him or de-construct what he says. No, I only need to quote him: “If you were completely areligious, completely atheistic, but you wanted to have a free country, and you wanted to have it safe and protected, then it would sound like, from historical purposes, that it might be a good thing to encourage those who believe in God to keep doing so,” Gohmert said. “Because when... Read more
We’re often told that faith makes people more charitable. That is not true, but even if faith did make people more likely to be charitable, that’s not the only consideration that should be made. It also matters how people choose to be charitable. Faith can make people turn away volunteers to feed the homeless because it considers proselytizing in the faith’s own self-interest to be “charitable”. It can also cause believers to kill people (and charge them for the service)... Read more
Oh hot apple cider, you are the true savior…of my sore throat. This is part of why I don’t believe in god: I have a hard time believing the same dude who created malaria, AIDS, cancer, and Glenn Beck also created hot apple cider. Anyway, this cartoon made by somebody who skipped their intro-level biology class in high school to shoot up on Jesus has been floating around the internet: The reason snowmen don’t build themselves is because they’re not... Read more
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