Quote of the Day: Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell,

"Is the world divided into mind and matter, and, if so, what is mind and what is matter? Is mind subject to matter, or is it possessed of independent powers? Has the universe any unity or purpose? Is it evolving towards some goal? Are there really laws of nature, or do we believe in them only because of our innate love of order? Is man what he seems to the astronomer, a tiny lump of impure carbon and water impotently crawling on a small and unimportant planet? Or is he what he appears to Hamlet? Is he perhaps both at once? Is there a way of living that is noble and another that is base, or are all ways of living merely futile? If there is a way of living that is noble, in what does it consist, and how shall we achieve it? Must the good be eternal in order to deserve to be valued, or is it worth seeking even if the universe is inexorably moving towards death?"

Protests? That sounds like hard work.

Picture conversation with a Fundy.

Fundy:


Me:
Somebody help me out here. Did paintings become evidence? I've not gotten all the updates. I'm not sure. Anybody?

Fundy:
Ark of the Covenant where the 10 commandments were found, again not a painting.


Me:



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The credit on his picture of where it was taken really helped. Fundies are so funny.

6% of scientists are Republicans.

They had better be batshit insane or complete RINOs.

Pascal's Wager

Great comic. And all too true.

Not sure if I'm being funny or just really cryptic.

"Censors indicate: Pun!"

Sharia Law in the US?

Some trolls get butthurt = Sharia law.



"We were trolling at some place and security escorted us out. Waaa."

You know, I've seen pissed off Christian groups... they are way worse. And ofcourse the Muslims didn't want to be taped, it's against their religion. Some are more and less inclined towards having pictures of them, but it's an entirely predictable reaction.

"I tried to cast a spell on this Christian for Good Harmony and they got really mad at me? How dare they! They must hate harmony!"

Why don't I have freedom of speech on property being used lawfully as a private venue. It's the coming Apocalypse! Fear the brown people!

Staring at the sun.

What good is space exploration? Shouldn't we spend money on more practical things.



This kind of argument is rather silly, as if detecting and predicting spaceweather isn't a useful thing to do. It might save us from letting all our electronics fry.

Extras: I might actually have to watch that show.

I saw the first episode or so but generally lost interest. I might have to pick it up again.

Atheist Experience #612, A Ghost Story

That Michell and Webb Look: The Good Samaritan

Because 3 other videos of win just wasn't enough...

Biblical Marriage

If you read the Bible you'd know that marriage is between one man and several women, girls who were payment to settle debts, virgins who survived genocidal conquests, close relatives, and, occasionally, a dead brother's wife.

I often use this blog to find things I want to express. I had a similar quote and updated it later on to better reflect the Bible. As such, I'm reposting the new version.

Bird cheats at life.

That Mitchell and Webb Look: There is no God.

Somehow it seems like I've foregone blogging altogether and starting posting these skits from That Mitchell and Webb Look. It's not really my intention, but rather just that they are so good.

Homeopathic Doctors.

Phelps Injunction maintained.

I hope all these laws get repealed soon. It's such utter crap.

The dumbasses on Fox talking about it was just idiotic.



If you allow anybody to sell icecream 50 meters away from the funeral. You must allow them to be there. Basically if it is public property they get to protest whatever they want. BS stay away laws are absolute crap and they remind me of Bush-era Free Speech Zones.

They protest because God tells them to inform others of our impending doom of God's wrath as we are all doomed because we skirted God's law. They don't protest the funerals because of Don't Ask Don't Tell, they protest the funerals because dead soldiers, like 9/11, and any and all disasters that kill American lives are signs of God's wrath. What ignorant tools Fox has...

Christian Children Programming is scary.

I mean, it's almost as scary as that time I spent an hour watching Discovery Kids.

AE #611: Bible's Greatest Hits (Genesis Part II)

Men and Women in Advertising

The Supreme Court ruling of Safford Unified School District v. April Redding

The case was well known. A 13 year old girl was strip searched by the school because a student tip said that she had so ibuprofen. In an 8-1 decision they found that apparently you can't strip search teenagers on a whim. But, the more important implication is that the case reestablishes a Judiciary point that Clarence Thomas is fucking jackass.

Thomas warned that the majority’s decision could backfire. “Redding would not have been the first person to conceal pills in her undergarments,” he said. “Nor will she be the last after today’s decision, which announces the safest place to secrete contraband in school.”

Yeah, the majority decision is going to backfire. If you tell children that the school can't force them naked at whim they might think they have rights.