There are a number of arguments in the discussion thread of a recently published list of the 50 Greatest Villains in Literature in the Telegraph (UK) newspaper. The biggest argument may be over the most evil person on the list. It’s Satan (from John Milton’s Paradise Lost). Some are mad that Satan is on a list of “fictional characters.” Some are mad that the #1 choice went to Satan from Paradise Lost rather than Satan from the Bible. Was anyone… Read more
You’ve seen the popular Christian version of the Footprints poem, designed for the kiddies: However, I think PhillyChief’s Godless version of the poem is going to be much more popular: Send it along to those you love 🙂 Read more
I’ll go out on a limb here and say the third option is the most persuasive… We’ll have to add to the Big List of God Proofs. (via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) Read more
I now have a new way to meet women! Ride the subway and begin reading an atheist book. The ladies will flock to you. At least that’s what happened to Adam. He was reading The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality by Andre Comte-Sponville when he had an interesting encounter: … I was standing in the subway car and reading it, not thinking much about what I was doing, when I felt a touch on my arm. It was a woman,… Read more
Reader Josh is religious and he’s disturbed by what he sees in the Christian Church. He wants to draw attention to the way churches treat those who are not part of the “club”: As a follower of Jesus Christ, and as someone who is part of the Church, I think that it is incredibly necessary for Christians to come to grips with the truth: Much of what has been done in God’s name, God would not be proud of! In… Read more
We have enough Evangelism in the military. We don’t need any more. Artist Martin Rowson makes this very point (click image for larger version): (via New Humanist Blog) Read more
It’s a really disturbing story… a little girl was playing with a rope in the back seat of her mother’s car while coming home from soccer practice. The rope, hanging out the window, got caught in the car’s axle… The girl’s hand was taken right off. Her mother, Allison Rix, was on the Today show talking about the tragedy. Take note of the article discussing the event: Thus the surgeons had to reconnect minuscule veins and arteries to reestablish blood… Read more
I suppose it’s appropriately symbolic that Ben Stein’s movie, Expelled, will be released on DVD just days before the “scariest night of the year”… (Thanks to Phil for the link!) Read more
I guess I can’t join The Holy Church of Bacon. Damn vegetarianism. I guess I can just worship without eating it… Though I’ve taken a sneak peek inside the Church and discovered some shocking facts. Broccoli, for example, is the Anti-Bacon. And since the Large Hadron Collider is on hiatus until next spring, we’ll have to wait to find the theoretical Heggs Bacon. (Thanks to Ashley for the link!) Read more
Reader Julie has an interesting dilemma for you all: Here’s the deal. In previous years, teachers in my school district did not work on Yom Kippur or Rosh Hashanah. These were non-paid, non-assigned days. I heard that the reason we got these days off was that there were so many Jewish employees that it was more cost effective to shut the whole operation down than to hire so many subs. Then, we started getting off “Columbus Day Observed,” but it… Read more
