From Viz magazine, via Matthew Morgenstern. I know some of you who are reading this will be very disappointed that this isn't a real thing… Read more
Via 22 Words, I learned of the existence of TL; DR Wikipedia, which condenses Wikipedia entires to short, humorous explanations. Some examples follow below. What other religion-related ones can you come up with? Read more
David Hayward’s latest cartoon highlights in a comical manner the tendency of the Bible to resist attempts to domesticate it, whether to turn it into a voice for conservative “traditional family values” or for progressive liberal ones. Reading the Bible has made some more conservative and some more liberal. It has turned atheists into Christians and Christians into atheists. It is the most effective resource when arguing against young-earth creationism. The Bible strikes back, over and over again. Those who... Read more
I can’t believe I never saw this before now. Click on the embedded video above to listen to the parody song “The Saga Begins” by “Weird Al” Yankovic. HT Matt Brown. Read more
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Young-earth creationists say that housecats, tigers, and all felines descended from one pair of cat “kind” after the flood, positing ultra-fast evolution in order to do so. They also say that humans could not have descended from a common ancestor with chimpanzees and other primates even over millions of years. The hypocrisy is astounding, as is the fact that anyone accepts these young-earth creationist claims. Here are links to more information about the genomes of felines and primates (including us).... Read more
The quote is from a post by Fred Clark’s blog Slacktivist, “When moral codes codify immorality.” Here is a longer excerpt: Whenever you question the “traditional morality” of any moral code that’s not aging well, you’ll be accused of lawless anarchy and antinomianism. “So you think anything goes” they say. They don’t mean it as a question, so they won’t wait for, or allow, an answer. And thus they’ll never understand the point. The point isn’t that we should once and... Read more
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