Remembering simple courage
10.25.05 | Permalink | Comments Off on Remembering simple courage
Contra theism
10.22.05 | Permalink | 7 Comments
Supposing that the-one-god does "exist," does he have a position on his existence? Is the fact of his existence important to him? Does he insist upon it?
What sort of a character is this? What would we think of him if—having deprived himself of the appearance of all divine qualities so that we thought him an ordinary man—he wanted to argue with us that, yes, in fact, he does exist, and that this is of utmost importance to him. What would we think of anyone who did this?
But if the-one-god doesn’t care if he "exists," why should anyone else give a shit? Isn’t the partisan who insists on the-one-god’s existence like a child who insists on the playground that he isn’t an orphan?
Anybody for un-theism?
10.22.05 | Permalink | 7 Comments
I’m tired of atheism. It’s just too damn snotty. Take a recent column by Sam Harris over at Huffington Post, snottily entitled "There is No God (And You Know It)." He writes:
Only the atheist recognizes the boundless narcissism and self-deceit of the saved… There is another possibility, of course, and it is both the most reasonable and least odious: the biblical God is a fiction. As Richard Dawkins has observed, we are all atheists with respect to Zeus and Thor. Only the atheist has realized that the biblical god is no different.
Where do I start? Click to continue reading “Anybody for un-theism?”
Is god good?
10.19.05 | Permalink | 2 Comments
Overheard on Sirius Radio’s “Left of Center” channel today:
God’s no better than you
Just bigger is all
Benny Hinn does spam now?
10.19.05 | Permalink | 5 Comments
A friend forwarded me this email. Say farewell to Nigerian spam. Now spam will go all Holy Ghost on your ass: Click to continue reading “Benny Hinn does spam now?”
New Crohn’s disease drug
As y’all might know, my wife has Crohn’s disease. Cimzia, a new drug, might be coming to market as early as next year. Good news.
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