I’ve said, in a couple of recent videos, that some of my religious and religious-adjacent books have gone “missing” since we’ve moved. There are still a bunch of boxes out in the garage that have never been unpacked and I’m sure that’s where they are. Some that I know are misplaced include things like my Qur’an, my Book of Mormon and, until recently, some of these!
I’m glad that I came across them again! Continue reading I Found a Few!
I’ve been seeing a lot of atheists online saying this lately and, sadly, they’re just wrong. Culture doesn’t matter. Just because you grow up in a particular culture, that doesn’t make that culture magically true, relevant, or anything else. Just because you’re emotionally comforted by your culture, that doesn’t matter, any more than being emotionally comforted by your religion does.
Rent a clue and join actual reality. Continue reading Culture Doesn’t Matter Either
So the FFRF (Freedom from Religion Foundation) came out with a video after the Super Bowl, talking about the “Jesus Gets Us” ads. Generally speaking, when they’re talking about the ads themselves, they’re fine, but unfortunately, they took the opportunity to attack conservatism.
That’s not religion, stupid. Figure it out. Continue reading Why the FFRF (and other groups) Suck
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So I came across this video today over on Nerdrotic where they were showing a video of Bill Maher making fun of the woke leftist mob, comparing them to Mao’s Cultural Revolution. It’s a worthwhile watch, the video is below the fold, but the one thing that I wanted to point out is that all of this sounds an awful lot like something else we’re familiar with around here.
It sounds just like religion. Continue reading Sounds Just Like Religion, Right?
This came up on Facebook earlier today, where someone in a writing group asked if you would rather “go back to age 6, with all of your current knowledge intact” or “have ten million dollars”?
My answer, of course, is neither. Here’s why. Continue reading My Answer to an “Interesting” Question
I see so many people getting this wrong that I thought I’d write a quick post on it. Lots of people misunderstand what the burden of proof is and when they actually have to trot their proof out. It’s really not that hard, but I’ve seen lots of people giving bad information, or at least suggesting bad information.
So here’s how it works. Continue reading The Problem of the Burden of Proof
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately and frankly, I’m not at all convinced about some of the claims that we’re seeing. Recently, I heard that hate crimes were up year over year and they tried to blame Trump and the conservative right.
Yeah, maybe there’s another explanation that they don’t want to consider? Maybe, it’s all a load of complete bullshit. Continue reading Maybe It’s Just Interpretation?
A couple of weeks ago, we went to a memorial service for my father-in-law. He’s been dead for a number of months, but his friends wanted to get together and have a ceremony for him and we sat there, up front.
Even though they acknowledged that my wife’s father was not, in any way, religious, the people running it insisted on shoving religion into it in every conceivable way.
How about no? Continue reading Why Can’t the Religious Stop?
I find these things all the time online, things that are just stupid, but they don’t warrant an extended response, nor are they in the wheelhouse to make a video about. I want to say something but it’s hardly worth my time to do so.
This is one of those things which will probably blow up into a full-length response, but there you go. Details below the fold. Continue reading Quick Response: That’s not How Reality Works
This morning, as we were getting ready to leave, this was running around in our front yard. It’s a pug mix, terribly dehydrated and starving. He was putting on the fake limping act to get attention and the second my wife opened the door, he ran right inside. It’s in the 30s outside right now and overnight it was down in the 20s.
At least he found people that are going to take care of him and nurse him back to health. Continue reading I Hate People