I was reading The A-Unicornist and I was wondering: when are the creationists intelligent design advocates going to produce some research?
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Thought of the day
Posted on June 9, 2011 by Michael
Unfortunate trivia update
Posted on June 8, 2011 by Michael
It looks like I’m getting bumped from trivia next week. The owner of The Liberal Cup spaced and one of his regular subs is going to be hosting. It’s probably for the better since the summer crowd is making its way in and things get a little hectic for that reason. But I have been promised a chance to host in September, so I’ll post about it when that time comes.
In honor of my bump, watch this:
Incidentally, I had a dream last night where I had some sort of class with Matt Damon.
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Thought of the day
Posted on June 7, 2011 by Michael
Excusing the god of the Old Testament comes with three distinct problems. First, he still did those awful things. I say this because the most common excuse is that all the laws and prohibitions and commands of the Old Testament were really only meant for the people of the time – specifically, the Jews. But so what? That doesn’t mean God didn’t commit genocide or destroy innocent families for nothing but his own sinful pride. Second, this common excuse (in fact, it seems to be the only excuse) makes God a moral relativist. This is in contradiction with the beliefs of most Christians that morality is absolute and objective. (These people aren’t even coherent.) Third, if the Old Testament or significant portions of the Old Testament are only relevant to an ancient culture, then why bother with it? Or why not at least exclude the parts that are irrelevant? I mean, I know Facebooking Christians do love to exclude the evil of Deuteronomy and Leviticus from their cherry-picked status updates, but why not just throw it away?
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June 6
Posted on June 6, 2011 by Michael
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Milky Way look-alike
Posted on June 5, 2011 by Michael
This is an old image, but I’ve seen it in the news lately for whatever reason (maybe it was retaken?) It’s a galaxy in the Pavo constellation located about 25 million lightyears away. Known as NGC 6744, it is a look-alike of the Milky Way.
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Thought of the day
Posted on June 4, 2011 by Michael
When I want to communicate poorly, I use emoticons.
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I think that one is a klan member, but I'm not sure.
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Thought of the day
Posted on June 3, 2011 by Michael
The great corporations which we have grown to speak of rather loosely as trusts are the creatures of the State, and the State not only has the right to control them wherever need of such control is shown but it is in duty bound to control them.
~Teddy Roosevelt
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Thought of the day
Posted on June 1, 2011 by Michael
Value is born of action.
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Thought of the day
Posted on May 29, 2011 by Michael
It’s difficult to point out what the absolute worst argument is from believers. They are so many choices. But at least one of the worst has got to be when they attempt to dispute that the burden of proof lies with them, not atheists or agnostics or anyone else not making the positive claim. Granted, most theists just ignore this argument rather than engage it, but every so often I see someone attempt to refute it.
And then I chuckle. With a grain of sadness.
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For the Sake of Science 