I’m re-reading one of my favorite novels, East of Eden by John Steinbeck, and I thought this exchange between Samuel and his wife embodies some of what I feel when confronted with superstition:
The cooing of pigeons brought memory into the procession. Dessie remembered how her father had said, sitting at the head of the table, [...]
Just be thankful they’re small.
If you were wondering where Ray Comfort got his career started, now you know:
Okay, maybe it’s not really R — quick, flee, there’s a drunken man in the house!
(via)
I remembered this quote the other day from an old book I read from when I was a Christian:
If a couple has been married for more than five years, any persistent disharmony in their marriage relationship is usually attributable to the husband’s lack of understanding and applying genuine love. (Gary Smalley, If He Only Knew, [...]
It looks like the homeless man sticker I applied and removed is still confusing the minds of simple people:
Jim Stevens says he’s not particularly religious and is clueless about why an image resembling Jesus Christ keeps appearing on his pickup.
Stevens — of Jonesborough — says nearly every morning, an image that looks to him like [...]
We finally have discovered, beyond any shadow of a doubt, how our universe was been created. No, it’s wasn’t by some all-powerful eternally begotten long-haired hippy. Nor was it from an Invisible Pink Unicorn (bless his holy hooves). It ends up the universe was created by committee.
Doesn’t everything make so much more sense now?
The most [...]
At least you don’t have to spend your day doing stuff like this.
Debbie: This world is too full of hate and that saddens me. Live and let live. Abortion is nobody’s... Thoughts from an Abortion Doctor
John C: Anti-no, “I” dont have any credibility either but the difference is that “I”m not... Leviticus Also Said…
Custador: “Matt and Mark record “My God, My God, Why hast Thou forsaken me?”; John, “It is finished”; and Luke,... Leviticus Also Said…
Daniel Florien: When you have indigestion when you’re reading it, you know it’s true! I’ll Let No Flimsy Fairy Tale Push Me
Mary Lynne: Hmm – I wonder what a “true fairy tale” would be. Is that like jumbo... I’ll Let No Flimsy Fairy Tale Push Me
Antiutopia: John C — Christ himself doesn’t have any credibility with these ignorant morons — do you... Leviticus Also Said…
Uzza: Cool story. It reminds me of Confucius, meeting the mad hermit of Chu, who told him it was... I’ll Let No Flimsy Fairy Tale Push Me
