Author Archives: Daniel Florien

Jesus Died for Our Prices

Safeway FAIL… or WIN:

Rumor has it that this was done by the then-President of Seattle Atheists.
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How Much Power Does The Human Brain Require To Operate?

A lot, at least if we were to replicate it with our current technology:
According to Kwabena Boahen, a computer scientist at Stanford University, a robot with a processor as smart as the human brain would require at least 10 megawatts to operate. That’s the amount of energy produced by a small hydroelectric plant. But a [...]

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I’ll Let No Flimsy Fairy Tale Push Me

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, [...]

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Praying Mantis Eats Grasshopper

Just be thankful they’re small.

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Ray Comfort Look-Alike Teaches English

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!
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Usually The Husband’s Fault?

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, [...]

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Catholic Church Spends $550,000 to Repeal Gay Marriage Law in Maine

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Jesus Appears on Pickup

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 [...]

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