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Things You Will Never Overhear at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Okay, so I totally ripped off this list from cartoonist Francesco Marciuliano. It's hilarious.

Things You Will Never Overhear at the 2008 Summer Olympics

"Breathe in deep that fresh Beijing air. Smell that? That's the smell of freedom, my boy."

“Wow, NBC hasn’t focused on a single American athlete yet.”

“If you ever needed proof that rhythmic gymnastics is a real sport, there it is.”

“Remember, this broadcast is our big chance… Continue

Added by Wordplayer on August 8, 2008 at 3:43pm — 1 Comment

Peta: Blowing Goats for 28 Years

This is beyond tasteless, but what can we expect from the wide-eyed chinchilla-buggerers at Peta?

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to eat an entire fucking cow.

[Crosspost from my dive]

Added by warreno on August 8, 2008 at 1:09pm — 5 Comments

LHC startup to be streamed live

My geekyness is aflutter. Not only is the Large Hadron Collider scheduled to start on Sunday but CERN is going to webcast the launch live. (linkage:… Continue

Added by Hessenroots on August 8, 2008 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

Nice nice for the Canucks!

Yay for the Canadians. Hoorah to our neighbors from the North. According to the Angus Reid online poll:

58% of Canucks think humans evolved from less advanced life forms over millions of years, and 22% believe God created people in their present form within the last 10,000 years.

Hip hip hooray! Nice nice! Yah boo! Phillips is a German and he have my pen! Um...excuse me...…

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Added by IsThatLatin on August 8, 2008 at 7:58am — 2 Comments

Looking For The Facts

I'm on a Quest of biblical proportions! (pun intended)

I've spent the last two days scouring the web for cold hard facts about the origins of christianity and how it basically stole most of its symbolism and myths from previous pagan religions.

I've found several sources but they are either biased and laden with agenda, or simply not cited. And while they basically agree, that doesn't make it fact.

There must be some resources out there that are… Continue

Added by Neece on August 8, 2008 at 12:11am — 4 Comments

Jesus digs KFC...I guess

I can't believe I'm actually linking a 'news' story from WorldNetDaily...but here it is. (btw, if you want a good source for extreme right wing christian wackyness, that site is it...hands down)

Modern-day loaves-and-fishes miracle reported:3,500 box lunches feed 5,000 ... with leftovers

"It happened in such a way that [my ministry] was not at all associated with it, which left local… Continue

Added by Hessenroots on August 8, 2008 at 12:00am — 1 Comment

Big foot sighting, my foot!

http://www.wadenapj.com/articles/index.cfm?id=10971&section=News&freebie_check&CFID=66178684&CFTOKEN=73570130&jsessionid=88305495bc707a5c5531

I am ashamed to admit, this is near where I grew up.

From the article:

"A report of a large animal at the Bruce Harne residence in rural Staples around midnight July 23 is believed to be a bear, according to local law enforcement and conservation officials.

The Wadena County… Continue

Added by CriticalMessiah on August 7, 2008 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

Unfair Criticism of PZ Myers and other Secular Scientists

On July 31, 2008 Salon.com posted an articled titled: What's wrong with science as religion, by Karl Giberson. Giberson, who has a PhD in physics and is the author of “Saving Darwin: How to be a Christian and believe in Evolution” was responding to a July 24th web posting by PZ Meyers on Meyers’ blog Pharyngula. (http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/) In the web posting Meyers stuck a rusty nail in a communion cracker, and then used the nail to impale pages of the Qur’an and Richard Dawkin’s “The… Continue

Added by Terry Osburn-Sharff on August 7, 2008 at 8:00pm — 2 Comments

"The Romance of Science"

A guest blogger at Pharyngula invited regulars to answer the question, "Why do you like science?" What follows is a slightly modified version of my answering comment.

I have always experienced what Carl Sagan called "the romance of science"; it was only when he expressed the phrase that I knew that to be what it was.

I am especially awed by natural sciences and the phenomena they encompass (as opposed to the breathtaking accomplishments such as have been done with… Continue

Added by Wordplayer on August 7, 2008 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Response to Ray Comfort

Ray Comfort is a vacuous chode. This isn't exactly new but I had to say it. I don't hate the guy, I've never met him. I think his views are skewed and his polarizing opinions are nothing but damaging but I don't hate him. Heck, there's even a chance, albeit slim, that we might get along as long as things stayed completely neutral on religion. Anyway...

He's changed the name of his blog to "atheist central", which is probably true considering the number of links his site gets from… Continue

Added by Hessenroots on August 7, 2008 at 2:34pm — 8 Comments

We NEED to Defeat Them!

Warreno posted a blog today featuring what many voters probably just don't see: 'the caliber of person who fears immigrants, queers and a black president.' Warreno is from Arizona. I'm from Pennsylvania. I imagine, really, that ignorant rednecks are everywhere, in every state, at least. But I do come across people that are often surprised to see the type...for them, it's like going to the zoo and seeing… Continue

Added by IsThatLatin on August 7, 2008 at 10:00am — 7 Comments

Re-Defining Atheism

(from forum post Re-Defining Atheism)

Andre M Smith Jr: "I don't know about the rest of you but I am of the mind that Atheism needs a new definition. I think we need to get away from the word "BELIEF" as much as humanly possible"

I side firmly with Sam Harris - I think that “atheist” is a term that we do not need, in the same way that we don’t need a word for someone who rejects… Continue

Added by Фелч Гроган on August 7, 2008 at 9:31am — 2 Comments

Warning: Liberal Use of the Word 'Douchebag'

It is wrong to laugh at the misfortune of others. Wrong, I tell you. It seems that members of the Phelps family lost their garage last night to the flames of what could possibly be an arsonist. That is, indeed, unfortunate. I mean, just because the Phelp's are hate-mongering, unconscionable douchebags doesn't mean we should...

(Read on...links on blog)

Added by IsThatLatin on August 7, 2008 at 8:15am — 2 Comments

We Can’t Defeat Them … WHY?

Ford POS with rusted-out body, gas-heavy exhaust mix and a misfiring cylinder rolled up to the local convenience store. Three beer-bellied bearded men in jeans and a white trash woman piled out.

On the passenger side door was the blazon, Western Conservative Alliance.

This is what we're up against. This is the base that got Bush elected. This is the caliber of person who fears immigrants, queers and a black president.

Get… Continue

Added by warreno on August 7, 2008 at 4:44am — 5 Comments

Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives

[Part 1] At age 19, Mark Everett - better known as E, the frontman of geek-rock outfit Eels - ... found his scientist father Hugh Everett dead from a heart attack. Everett senior was the underacknowledged quantum physicist who first developed the theory of parallel universes. Now, 25 years after his father's death, Mark wants to get to know this emotionally absent savant who rarely spoke. He does this by interviewing his dad's… Continue

Added by Blu222 on August 7, 2008 at 12:01am — 1 Comment

I Love Atheist Nexus!

So, I've been on Atheist Nexus for a little while now. So far I find the place to be fun, inspiring, and quite friendly. It's been a great experience. While I'd love to donate tons of mad cash, I don't have it. But I read my new friend Hessenroots' most recent blog post about donating, and thought, hey, what a great idea!

Hess just started a CafePress shop to sell all… Continue

Added by Neece on August 7, 2008 at 12:00am — No Comments

Supporting Atheist Nexus

Early-ish this morning fellow AN member 'IsThatLatin' posted a blog in regard to the sites fund-raising efforts.

I thought about it, agreed, commented and moved on. For some reason it was stuck in my head for a better part of the day and it got me thinking a bit more.

Without going into a winded diatribe on the matter here's the deal:

I've come up with a number of new… Continue

Added by Hessenroots on August 6, 2008 at 10:30pm — 3 Comments

Atheism: more than a word in a dictionary.

New post up on my blog. One you're probably not going to like.

Here's a snippet:

"Many atheists fiercely argue against any suggestion that atheism is anything like religion. Not only that, many expressive posts have also been written about how atheism is most definitely not an ideology or a philosophy, only to then describe a common set of beliefs, similar… Continue

Added by Mark on August 6, 2008 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Great book on Climate Change

Though not directly Religion/Atheism related I just want to post about a great book about Climate change that I just finished reading - Ice, Mud and Blood: Lessons from Climates Past by Chris Turney. I'd review it myself for you but could really say nothing better than Atheist Nexus' own P.Z. Meyers.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/07/ice_mud_and_blood.php

Added by tiberius on August 6, 2008 at 8:02pm — No Comments