I’ve been wanting an excuse to put some music up here lately. Kurt Cobain, were he not long dead, would be 44 today.
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Thought of the day
Posted on February 19, 2011 by Michael
Verbing weirds language.
~Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
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Thought of the day
Posted on February 16, 2011 by Michael
It genuinely bothers me when people try and take the individual out of a situation. Of course, circumstances matter. Ideas matter. Context matters. We don’t live in a vacuum. But when people try and use blanket assertions, culling statistics or even stereotypes, and apply them to individuals, it gets under my skin. People have individual personalities, individual tendencies, individual backgrounds, individual perspectives. In short, we are all individuals. I know. Crazy.
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Thought of the day
Posted on February 15, 2011 by Michael
As happens so often with great change, one of the biggest factors we have to thank for the ousting of Mubarak is youth.
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Japan and its crazy snow
Posted on February 14, 2011 by Michael
Japan has some pretty crazy snow. It even falls into all sorts of weird shapes.
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Thought of the day
Posted on February 13, 2011 by Michael
I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: Virtually every big-name creationist is a liar. It’s that simple.
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Thought of the day
Posted on February 12, 2011 by Michael
The most common and annoying error I see when people talk about objective morality versus subjective morality is the bald assumption of “objective” in front of the word. Presumably the very topic at hand is to resolve or at least illuminate the differences between these two,distinct ideas of morality. By assuming “objective” in front of “morality”, a classic logical fallacy has been committed.
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Dear middle-aged person in class,
Posted on February 10, 2011 by Michael
Shut up. Shut the hell up. No one cares about how some historical event relates to your life. In fact, your relevance to the subject matter of the class approaches zero.
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Thought of the day
Posted on February 9, 2011 by Michael
I try to listen to conservative views pretty often. I think it’s only fair to hear some of the points the other side has to make, even if most of them are only grounded in ideology. But I’ve had to institute a new personal listening policy: Whenever I hear a conservative start ranting about death panels, that’s where I turn off the TV or radio or click out of the article. I could have sworn that blatant lie had been thrown away long, long ago.
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Thought of the day
Posted on February 8, 2011 by Michael
Here are some basic facts:
- Micah predicts the Messiah to be born in Bethlehem.
- Knowing this, Matthew places Joseph and Mary there all along.
- Also knowing this but showing far less common sense, Luke concocts a census that caused Joseph and Mary to travel 100 miles to Bethlehem. First, we know the census never happened at that time (and certainly not on that scale). Second, if it did happen, Mary would not have needed to go with Joseph. Third, even if Mary did need to go with Joseph, she would have had a miscarriage. (I love when I can bend-over-backwards with Christian arguments, granting point after point, and what they say still isn’t true.)
- In John, people were saying Jesus must be the Messiah, but then others question why he was not from Bethlehem if that was the case.
- Archeological evidence says Bethlehem of Judaea probably didn’t even exist at the time.
- Bethlehem of Galilee, on the other hand, does have archeological evidence that shows early Christians believed it was where Jesus was born. This actual evidence contradicts Matthew and Luke.
Take note: The only pieces of the puzzle that are at all resolved or resolvable are the ones that use scientific or historical methods. The Bible, on the other hand, offers no methods for internal resolution.
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For the Sake of Science 