So I got called in for jury duty. Actually, that happened back in August, but I was going to be away during the time I was supposed to go in so I put it off until early November. I called last night, to see if I had to appear and I had to, so early this morning, I drove off to the Superior Court for what was ultimately a giant waste of my time.
Here’s why. Continue reading Jury Duty is a Waste
There is one problem that the religious almost always seem to have and that is “everyone is just like I am!” We have a lot of discussions, but almost no theist can ever get past that stumbling block.
I’m in the middle of a discussion with a theist, who thinks they are defending God, but only by starting with all of the standard assumptions that Christians have, that God is real and has all of the characteristics that traditional Christianity, in this case, Catholicism, says that he does.
Sorry, you’re going to have to walk us through all of the steps to prove that. I don’t think the theist is going to do well. Continue reading The Fundamental Disconnect