December 29, 2009
December 27, 2009
December 25, 2009
December 24, 2009
December 23, 2009
Greatest Story Ever Told...
From our local Steubenville news WTOV....
I swear that I was nowhere near Cambridge last night.
Baby Jesus Statue Taken From Nativity Scene, Found In Big Boy's Arms
December 23, 2009
A statue of baby Jesus is once again resting safely in its manger after it was stolen from a nativity scene in front of the Cambridge courthouse.
Tom Kennedy, the owner of Kennedy's Cakes and Donuts, said he found the missing statue in the arms of an Elby's Big Boy statue in front of his bakery early Wednesday morning and returned it to police.
Police said they have no suspects in the theft of the statue.
I swear that I was nowhere near Cambridge last night.
Baby Jesus Statue Taken From Nativity Scene, Found In Big Boy's Arms
December 23, 2009
A statue of baby Jesus is once again resting safely in its manger after it was stolen from a nativity scene in front of the Cambridge courthouse.
Tom Kennedy, the owner of Kennedy's Cakes and Donuts, said he found the missing statue in the arms of an Elby's Big Boy statue in front of his bakery early Wednesday morning and returned it to police.
Police said they have no suspects in the theft of the statue.
Tom Waits - Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis
The greatest Xmas song ever? Yes, in fact, it is.
December 21, 2009
December 17, 2009
Broken Promise
Promised myself I would never get sucked into the world of Facebook. Damn. Yet another promise shattered. Chalk it up.
Regardless, if anyone wants to add me on Facebook, feel free. Just click on the little Facebook Badge thing on the right hand side.
I am so hating myself right now. Maybe I'll go to church this weekend.
Regardless, if anyone wants to add me on Facebook, feel free. Just click on the little Facebook Badge thing on the right hand side.
I am so hating myself right now. Maybe I'll go to church this weekend.
December 16, 2009
Bullshit Quote of the Week
The idea of God is treated as fact today. A lot of people see God as a discrete personality; God is a creator in the same way as you or I create something. In the 17th century in the West and during the Enlightenment, scientists and philosophers such as Isaac Newton and René Descartes believed that they could prove God's existence scientifically. They said science was the best path to all truth. The other ways of coming to truth, such as art or mysticism or ritual, were downplayed. God became a fact, pure and simple. Theologians like St. Thomas Aquinas have said that God doesn't exist like you or me or this chair. They said you couldn't say God exists because exist is too limited a word. - Karen Armstrong
Could you imagine if Science used phrases like "you can't say DNA exits, because exist is too limited a word"?
If there was ever a phrase that so obviously shows the inane meaningless blabber that is religion, it's that bullshit explanation that Armstrong digs out of the moronic Aquinas files.
Remember....you aren't reading this blog. It exists, but you don't understand the word exist. Or the word Blog.
Could you imagine if Science used phrases like "you can't say DNA exits, because exist is too limited a word"?
If there was ever a phrase that so obviously shows the inane meaningless blabber that is religion, it's that bullshit explanation that Armstrong digs out of the moronic Aquinas files.
Remember....you aren't reading this blog. It exists, but you don't understand the word exist. Or the word Blog.
December 15, 2009
December 14, 2009
Humble thanks...
BIG Thanks to all of you that read this post last week and visited the brand spanking new blog "Yelling Into The Fan". You are ALL the very best blogging buddies one could ask to stumble upon.
There are a couple of new posts there today, and it would do my heart good and proud if you would pop over there again and give a read and a comment or two. Thanks again.
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens: Merry Christmas. Now, about that public display ...
Full Story Here
None of the four gospels gives any notion of what time of year the supposed Nativity occurred. Only two gospels mention the virginity of Mary, and only one has any mention of a "manger." Wise men and shepherds are likewise very unevenly distributed throughout the discrepant accounts. So that the placement of a crèche surrounded by a motley crew of humans and animals has no more scriptural warrant than does "The Life of Brian." Moreover, the erection of this exhibit near the turn of the year is actually a placation of the old Norse gods of the winter solstice.
Full Story Here
None of the four gospels gives any notion of what time of year the supposed Nativity occurred. Only two gospels mention the virginity of Mary, and only one has any mention of a "manger." Wise men and shepherds are likewise very unevenly distributed throughout the discrepant accounts. So that the placement of a crèche surrounded by a motley crew of humans and animals has no more scriptural warrant than does "The Life of Brian." Moreover, the erection of this exhibit near the turn of the year is actually a placation of the old Norse gods of the winter solstice.
Good Old Fashioned Bigotry
Controversy surrounds atheist city councilman
Cecil Bothwell was voted to the position of city councilman in Ashville, North Carolina, last month, but his opponents claim he is ineligible to serve public office.
Why? Because Bothwell is an atheist.
“I'm not saying that Cecil Bothwell is not a good man, but if he's an atheist, he's not eligible to serve in public office, according to the state constitution,” said H.K. Edgerton, a former Asheville NAACP president. Read the article this quote came from.
Article 6, section 8 of the North Carolina constitution says: The following persons shall be disqualified for office: First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God.
A 1961 Supreme Court decision, however, ruled any kind of religious test for public office is unconstitutional. The U.S. Constitution overrides any state constitution.
Bothwell, an active member of the Unitarian Universalist Church, claims "the question of whether or not God exists is not particularly interesting to me and it's certainly not relevant to public office."
He was sworn into office on Monday using an oath excluding the phrase Almighty God, which upset Edgerton.
"My father was a Baptist minister. I'm a Christian man. I have problems with people who don't believe in God," he said.
Full Story Here...
Cecil Bothwell was voted to the position of city councilman in Ashville, North Carolina, last month, but his opponents claim he is ineligible to serve public office.
Why? Because Bothwell is an atheist.
“I'm not saying that Cecil Bothwell is not a good man, but if he's an atheist, he's not eligible to serve in public office, according to the state constitution,” said H.K. Edgerton, a former Asheville NAACP president. Read the article this quote came from.
Article 6, section 8 of the North Carolina constitution says: The following persons shall be disqualified for office: First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God.
A 1961 Supreme Court decision, however, ruled any kind of religious test for public office is unconstitutional. The U.S. Constitution overrides any state constitution.
Bothwell, an active member of the Unitarian Universalist Church, claims "the question of whether or not God exists is not particularly interesting to me and it's certainly not relevant to public office."
He was sworn into office on Monday using an oath excluding the phrase Almighty God, which upset Edgerton.
"My father was a Baptist minister. I'm a Christian man. I have problems with people who don't believe in God," he said.
Full Story Here...
December 13, 2009
December 11, 2009
Another list....
Another fine young man gives us a list of what we shouldn't be or be doing.
Nice of him to share it with us.
I think the "AND MORMONS" is my favorite. That's just plain funny.
Do your buddy a favor, will ya?
Do your humble host a solid if you could....
And I know you can.
Give a good old fashioned click of the mouse HERE and visit a new blog.
It's called "Yelling Into The Fan". She is just starting to dip her proverbial toe into the shark infested waters of blogging, and could use a little reader/follower love.
So give a click, be a follower, and drop a comment or three.
You see, I'm not a sarcastic black hearted angry atheist fiend ALL the time....!
Jehovah's Witnesses
From Austin's Atheism Blog
A post entitled "10 Things You Didn't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses"
1. No Trinity
2. God did not Create the Universe Directly
3. No Eternal Damnation
4. Only the 144,000 go to Heaven
5. An Earthly Resurrection and Paradise
6. All non-Witnesses and "Worldly" Organizations are under Satanic Control
7. Disfellowshipping and Disassociation
8. Like the Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses were Persecuted by the Nazis
9. Only the Baptized are Considered Full Fledged Jehovah's Witnesses
10. The Light gets Brighter as the End Draws Near
The End is Near
I hope all you people have your repective affairs in order.
Apparantly Monday – December 14th 2009 could be a very important date.
I, for one, will be staying here (left behind if you will) and plan on going through all of your private things after you are gone.
Click Here.
h/t Paryngula
Apparantly Monday – December 14th 2009 could be a very important date.
I, for one, will be staying here (left behind if you will) and plan on going through all of your private things after you are gone.
Click Here.
h/t Paryngula
Really?
You felt the need to scawl this nonsense on a sign and prop it up in your scary looking lawn? A fine example of Christian love and brotherhood you are displaying buddy.
December 10, 2009
December 09, 2009
Bible Quote of the Week
Exodus 21:7-11 (NIV)
"If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as menservants do. If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter. If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money."
"If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as menservants do. If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter. If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money."
December 08, 2009
REPENT !
Thanks to Sherry from the blog After The Bridge for posting this great picture.
LOVE the sign on that assclown's back.
If the sign is accurate....Hell is definitely awaiting me.
I count NINE and possibly TEN of those categories I could comfortably ease into.
How many are you guilty of ? Click on the pic to see the sign a bit better...
December 07, 2009
Monday Playlist
Dale Watson – Cheatin’ Heart Attack
Merle Haggard – Servin’ 190 Proof
Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado
Merle Haggard – Servin’ 190 Proof
Les Claypool’s Flying Frog Brigade – Live Set 1
Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado
Frank Zappa - Them or Us
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