Found this wonderful video on Unreasonable Faith.
The power of spitty-slurpy.
Science Proves Nothing the Video
December 16, 2008
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Same Sex Marriage
December 14, 2008I don’t understand the big deal about gay marriage. Canada and a few other countries have allowed same-sex marriage for some time. The overall effect is a few more people are married and not much else.
When people rant about not allowing gays to marry and that it is an abomination, what I hear in my head is that interracial marriage is wrong, or that the bible justifies slavery. Most people no longer believe that these are wrong. Those that are against same-sex marriage should look closely at their prejudices beliefs.
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The Real Exorcist
December 14, 2008CSI‘s Joe Nickell on CNN, talking about the SCI-FI channel’s new exorcism show The Real Exorcist.
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Speaking of Fear of Evolution
December 14, 2008Elisabeth, are your eye’s really perfect, do you ware contacts, are you getting far sighted as you get older? Do you know anyone who wears glasses? Maybe your eyes are not as perfect as you think. I know my eyes are not perfect.
If the universe were different then life would be different? It is like saying if I had done anything different in my life I would not be exactly where I am now. Same wrong arguments over and over again.
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Saving Africa’s Witch Children-Part 2
December 7, 2008First, the charity mentioned in Saving Africa Witch Children is Nigeria Stepping Stones. Their website has more info.
The documentary attributes the rise of children being accused of witchcraft to the following film from Helen Ukpabio’s Liberty Church.
It would be hilarious if people where not killing and maiming children because of it.
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Saving Africa’s Witch Children
December 7, 2008Horrors done in the name of Christ.
What follows are youtube segments of Britain’s Channel 4 broadcast Dispatches: Saving Africa’s Witch Children.
The BBC reportes that “Bishop” Sunday Ulup-Aya at the center of this documentary has been arrested. He claims to have killed 110 witches. Subsequently he switched to extortion. He charges the children’s parents exorbitant fees to drive the witches from accused children. Even after they have been exorcised, they remain ostricised by the comunity.
Nigeria is a major oil producer and exporter. It’s population is also one of the poorest, and has a declining life expectancy. CIA Fact book on Nigeria
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Did You Think The Witch Hunts Were Over?
December 5, 2008When did the witch hunts end? Centuries ago? No, they are still ongoing.
OG has this disturbing video on her blog about Nigerian children being attacked, mutilated, buried alive and killed. Their crime-being witches.
The videographers imply that paying a local priest will cleans the child, but they are unable to get anyone to admit it on camera.
The next time someone says, but what about all the good that missionaries do. They go to Africa. They help the poor. Maybe some do, but other create sick fucks like the local priests.
Oh yeah, Sarah Palin has proudly spoken about her association with a witch hunting priest.
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Another Goddamed Atheist Bus
December 4, 2008The folks over at Another Goddamned Podcast have an interesting take on the Atheist Bus.
Link to the podcast Another Goddamned Podcast #40.
Ex does not like that they used Christmas iconography in the campaign. This ties it needlessly to Christmas.
Their major objection appears to be that they did not like the American Humanist Association spokesperson and thought that he should have attacked Bill Donahue. Here I have to disagree. The AHA spokesperson was horribly ineffectual, but the only thing I think he could have done worse was to try and confront Donahue. If he had he would have been creamed. It was better for him to not get drawn in and to continue to promote the campaign. In the end he seemed the reasonable one and Donahue the raving lunatic.
What bothered most of the AGP herd, was that part of the rational for the campaign was:
“Our reason for doing it during the holidays is there are an awful lot of agnostics, atheists and other types of non-theists who feel a little alone during the holidays because of its association with traditional religion.”
I agree that this statement attributed to Fred Edwords is pathetic. I joined a humanist group but I did find their newsletter verging on whiny.
In the end we don’t have to all agree. This group did try to do something. Maybe their execution was not 100% but the got their message in the national news and they will have learned from the attempt. I can not wait till next year.
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Holy Sand Spam Man
November 27, 2008I got a spam from SandofChrist.com. They are selling little vials of blessed sand.
SAND of CHRIST THE POWER OF THE LORD WITH YOU ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, LIKE NEVER BEFORE!
Wow, can I get a sandbox full? How about a litter box full?
The copy reads:
Through great time and expense, each individual vial of specially imported sand has been purified and made holy by an Ordained Minister.
From where China? The Home Depot?
If you want to become and Ordained Minister you can do it for free a the Universal Life Church Monastery. It just takes a few seconds.
These little wonders radiate the positive power of Christ our Lord, and you can feel it! Wear it around your neck, … FEEL THE POWER OF THE LORD LIKE NEVER BEFORE!
I think some people will be feeling it in their wallet. Its 29.99+$4.99 S&H for sand.
Googling for “sand of christ” returns their site, a twitter feed asking about it, a price comparison site and a sand sculpture page. This is really surprising since the site is headed by “In the News:” followed by the ABC, CBS, NBC, WebMD and CNN logos. Could the Spammers exaggerating a bit? Are they anticipating the trademark infringement notices?
If I mixed the sand with my bottle of Jordan River Holy Water what would happen? Would I be able to defeat supervillain spammers? I have a few ideas where they can place their vials and feel the power of the lord like never before.
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The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round
November 22, 2008I was in Washington DC last week, and I am annoyed that I missed the American Humanist Association’s, “Why believe in God” campaign on DC buses. The adverts start this weekend. Even though this is a very mild add, it has already created a huge amount of teeth gnashing and hand ringing by the religious fringe. See Bill Donahue’s rant on Fox
The British Humanist Association has also been planning a campaign for January. Their message is
There’s Probably No God. Now Stop Worrying, and Enjoy Your Life.
They have had great success raising funding.
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