I’m a little distracted right now, as my wife and I are moving across town. I could rattle off a lot of reasons for the move – closer to work, bigger apartment, better kitchen – but one of the biggest reasons is actually the fact that we don’t have children. We don’t, but [...]
A question came up in the comments of my last post, and I thought it might be useful to bring it out.
What is a “New Atheist”?
How are the New Atheists different from the previous generations of atheists? Who constitutes the New Atheists, and who are still Old Atheists?
Will you marry me?
Well, alright, that’s not really the question. The actual question is: what does that mean?
In this day and age, what does marriage mean? Is it a relationship, an economic bargain, a sacred rite, and threadbare custom, what? Does it have a purpose, or is it a pragmatic recognition of [...]
by VorJack
Mother Jones has an article about Bob Inglis, the former US Representative from South Carolina. Inglis is a profoundly conservative Republican, but wound up losing to another Republican in the primaries because he “strayed from his conservative roots.”
Some of that may be because he voted against the Surge in Iraq, [...]
by VorJack
So it seems that Anne Rice still loves her some Jesus, but she’s calling it quits with Christianity. She says, “It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group.”
Being called “deservedly infamous” by the author of gothic vampire novels and s&m stories must sting a bit.
I [...]
by VorJack
This was kicked around a bit in yesterday’s post, but let’s focus on it a bit more.
How should the attendees at Comic Con respond to Westboro Baptist?
Some thoughts: Westboro seems to want two things, publicity and lawsuits. So the best response is to deny them both, while still marginalizing them.
Some folks have had [...]
by VorJack
I was reading through the old Slacktivist archives and laughing at his deconstruction of Left Behind. LeHaye and Jenkins did a miserable job of, among other things, predicting what their “not to distant future” would look like. They made no real attempt to predict technological change, and their work looked dated as [...]
by VorJack
I had a friend in high school – let’s call him Jacob – who was a stone-cold biology geek. He was the kind of person who would always have a bottle of flynap in his bag.
We teased him unmercifully, of course. But there was a real tinge of jealousy there. [...]
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Gwenny: Absolutely not! The world has plenty of people having kids. A child consumes HUGE amounts of resources, which from both a... QotD: Kids?
Siberia: Or maybe they know they have neither patience nor inclination to deal with the fruit of their loins and thus, rather than be... QotD: Kids?
DDM: Repubs and Dems. He’s saying they only take first impressions and... Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” Rally – Interviews With Participants
CM: Good point, most religions encourage having a lot of children. From an evolutionary standpoint you sort of owe it to your... QotD: Kids?
Jasowah: “They don’t go beyond those emotions, and that’s the... Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” Rally – Interviews With Participants
DarkMatter: And funny that most of them are huge in size in the vid. Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” Rally – Interviews With Participants
