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Blog DescriptionAttempting to provide a different perspective on the things that we have come to accept and believe but this time around with a much mellower tone. Make no mistake however, patience with the bible lobotomized, (or those rendered dysfunctional by any holy book for that matter), is still in short supply. All I would ask anyone to consider is this; we all have a penchant to default to the notion of respecting the beliefs of others, my first response when someone tries to play that card against me is always the same . . . "you first"
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008If you don't believe in my God - get stuffedEvery person born and raised in a so called free society, in theory, has the right to believe as they will. Momentarily dismissing the argument of whether belief in God is a choice or not, we all have the right to hold our own views on the afterlife, the existence of God etc. etc. It is only when... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, March 24, 2008Pollution crosses the border into my countryAt a family gathering for Easter yesterday, I heard some rather discouraging news from my sister in law. As an administrative employee of the branch of government that oversees our museums, including natural history museums, she elaborated upon a disturbing new trend being witnessed in some of these... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, March 20, 2008What people are capable of believingYesterday I was at a funeral wake where my presence was clearly important to the aged widow who had just lost lost her equally seasoned husband. Having been childhood friends with their only son, who had met his demise as a teenager in a traffic accident some 35 years ago, I was in some small way a... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, March 19, 2008How and why biblical prophecies workThey don't actually "work" as in any of the biblical prophecies ever coming to fruition but moreso they work in the sense that the observer is conditioned to ignore all of the failures of biblical prophecies. That ultimately is how all prophecies work, from the carnival fortune teller to the modern... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, March 17, 2008How many believers are faking it?A recent conversation with a bible thumping in law reminded me of the fact that some people go through the motions of being devout adherents to their religion when in fact they are just putting on a show for those around them. In his case, he pretends that he is a devout believer because his wife... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, March 15, 2008The plague of the mini-messiahsAre you part of the problem or...?... Are you part of the problem? (Who thought I was going to say "... or part of the solution?"). Unlike a great number of festering religious numbnuts that we have been forced to endure on this site, I do not believe that anyone can say that they are representative... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, March 13, 2008I spent the day with a Jehovah WitnessI have a good friend and business associate who is a Jehovah Witness. Since I sold my business, I have been using his facility for the few deals I put together from time to time. As with all of my friends who happen to be religious folks, I had to club him over the head with his own religious... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, March 12, 2008Adventures in bible loony land - part deuxIf there is one thing that members of the "Church of I am right and you are wrong" love to do it is to bash catholics. Though I tried desperately to avoid discussions about religion with the festering band of born agains, the Sunday morning paper had a list of 7 new sins that the pope had come up... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, March 11, 2008Adventures in bible loony landWhen I first arrived in bible loony land the subject of religion, the fact that I am a condemned heathen bastard and all of the other subjects I've endured over the years to the point of nauseam were never discussed. This lasted for the first two days of my visit. For most people a sense of false... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, March 6, 2008I'm checking out for a few daysA brother in law re-marrying was enough to prompt (force) me to fly into bible loony land over the next 5 days. I've tried to stay away from these people, who are one branch of my crazed bible thumper in laws, simply because they are the looniest. They formed the church of "I am right and you are... Sign in to see full entry. |
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