Aug

30

Ok. I like Michael Moore, generally speaking. I think he can be entertaining. I thought Sicko was fantastic, as was Bowling for Columbine. I enjoyed Fahrenheit 911, for what it was.

But seriously. Way to go, Michael Moore, for being a total nutjob.

“I was just thinking, this Gustav is proof that there is a God in heaven,” Moore said, laughing. “To have it planned at the same time – that it would actually be on its way to New Orleans for day one of the Republican Convention, up in the Twin Cities – at the top of the Mississippi River.”

After that comment, Moore backed off a bit and did say he hoped nobody got hurt and he hoped everybody is taking cover. However, he failed to make note of the $43.625 billion in damage the last hurricane to strike New Orleans caused – Hurricane Katrina in 2005 – and the billions of dollars the storm cost taxpayers.

Are you batshit crazy? Suggesting that a hurricane which will undoubtedly kill people is proof that there is a God? I don’t even care if you were joking. That’s retardedness on the same level as saying Katrina was caused by homosexuals.



Aug

21

I Hear He Killed God In That…

August 21, 2008 by Brandon | 2 Comments

So I’m at work right now, and downstairs in the lobby the local library is having a book sale which I checked out during my lunch break. I was delighted to see a copy of The Amber Spyglass on sale for $3.99, although I didn’t pick it up because I actually need to read The Subtle Knife. If you aren’t aware, these are the books which follow The Golden Compass.

In any event, as I was reading over the back of The Amber Spyglass, a lady casually walked up to me and started a conversation. Being a polite person, I didn’t ignore and engaged her. Eventually she noticed the book that I was holding and she said, “Oh… what’s that?” And I explained it’s the last book in the His Dark Materials series, which The Golden Compass was the first of. She had a flash of realization regarding what I was holding; “Oh… I see. I hear he killed God in that… I don’t know about that…”

I really didn’t know what to say. I sort of just tilted my head at her like a dog hearing a weird sound, as if what had just come out of her mouth made no sense to me. After a pause, I said, “Er, well. I don’t know about that… They’re just good books.”

Lie. I know enough about the series to be fully aware that the books are a blatant attack on religion. I know exactly what happens at the end of the series, even though I haven’t read it yet. But what was I supposed to say? “You say that as if it’s a bad thing”? Doubtful. 

Frankly the statement really makes very little sense to me. How can you kill God? You can’t. You can’t because for one, God doesn’t exist. Sorry to burst your bubble. Two, even assuming God does exist, based on how a Christian defines God, it’s impossible to kill God. So why exactly is that book so threatening?

I don’t know. Care to enlighten me?



Aug

21

Dogs are becoming more intelligent and are even learning morals from human contact, scientists claim.

They say the fact that dogs’ play rarely escalates into a fight shows the animals abide by social rules.

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Aug

12

Really? REALLY?

August 12, 2008 by Brandon | 1 Comment



Aug

11

For those interested, there is a survey of public understanding of evolution being conducted. Please take it.

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The state of being wrong at every conceivable scale of resolution. That is, from a distance, a fractally wrong person's worldview is incorrect; and furthermore, if you zoom in on any small part of that person's worldview, that part is just as wrong as the whole worldview.

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