I live in a town where you just don't walk around with "There Aint No God" T-shirts. I think it is more a matter of not offending others than caring what others would think of me as an atheist. Though that comes into play too.
Of course, there are some things I can say out loud that can draw attention to my atheism, but to out and out state I'm an atheist, or there is no God, well that is where I feel uneasy.
Here is a partial list of things I feel less stress in admitting to than my atheism in my little town, and I wouldn't have a problem wearing T-shirts for any of these things or mentioning these things with quasi strangers or casual acquaintances:
1. I sometimes surf internet porn.
2. I avoid manual labor whenever possible.
3. Pepperoni sticks go right through me.
4. My wife never initiates sex anymore.
5. I currently have a pimple on one of my ass cheeks.
6. Religious schools should not receive government funding.
7. Black guys in pairs, or more, make me nervous when I'm walking down the street.
8. I watch Two and a Half Men and it makes me laugh.
Speaking of Two and a Half Men, it was just announced that Ashton Kutcher is joining the show. It is highly doubtful that he will be Charlie, so I figured out the best way for the show to morph him in.
The new season begins at a funeral. Charlie was on a yacht with 3 gorgeous women when he slipped off. His body was not recovered (this leaves the door open to his unlikely return in the future).
Kutcher is at the funeral, and nobody knows who he is, but his presence makes Evelyn (the mother of Charlie and Alan) very nervous.
It turns out that Kutcher was given away at birth. His father was a well known actor or politician (a Schwarzenegger type) who never knew about the pregnancy.
It turns out that Kutcher recently found out about his half siblings, and when he read of Charlie's funeral, he had to be there.
Kutcher is a professional surfer bum, who never had a real job, and is currently living in a tent on a beach.
Kutcher tells Alan and Evelyn who he is. This causes Alan indifference at first, and Evelyn of course is embarrassed with a trace of guilt.
At the reading of the will it is found out that Charlie's entire estate is left to his brother Alan, as long as the house is not sold. The thing is that Ashton's middle name is Alan.
After some humming and hawing, Alan decides to avoid further court costs by splitting the estate with Kutcher.
They now have the responsibility of making enough money to keep the house's upkeep (property taxes are pretty high). This means that Kutcher has to try to buckle down and get serious about a real job.
And the fun begins.
I know, too much time on my hands. Wasted a lot of valuable porn surfing time writing this post too.
May 13, 2011
Dear Creationist
Dear Creationist: It has come to my attention that you do not accept evolution. Could you please tell me what animal life on this planet would look like if evolution were true? Would it be the same as it is now? How would it be different? What would we expect genetic and fossil evidence to show?
Since I accept evolution, let me tell you what I think life on this planet and genetic and fossil evidence would be like if evolution was false and God created every animal as is.
There would only be one type of cat, dog, horse, etc. All humans would look exactly like Adam and Eve. All fossils would not trace back farther than 10,000 years. Genetic evidence that prove common ancestry would not exist either. There would be no evidence that a whale's ancestor once walked on earth. I could go on, but I won't.
Sincerely,
The Atheist Jew
Since I accept evolution, let me tell you what I think life on this planet and genetic and fossil evidence would be like if evolution was false and God created every animal as is.
There would only be one type of cat, dog, horse, etc. All humans would look exactly like Adam and Eve. All fossils would not trace back farther than 10,000 years. Genetic evidence that prove common ancestry would not exist either. There would be no evidence that a whale's ancestor once walked on earth. I could go on, but I won't.
Sincerely,
The Atheist Jew
May 10, 2011
Am I A Family Guy Geek?
I watched Family Guy's Big Bang Theory episode on Sunday, and was left bothered. ***Spoiler Alert. In this episode, it turns out that Stewie caused the Big Bang. Now, when it comes to understanding things in physics like the time space continuum, my brain usually goes numb very quickly, so the fact that he could go back in time to cause the creation of the universe, didn't cause me any frustration. I just nod my head and go OK. But the thing that is causing me some fits has to do with the sub plot, when Stewie's half brother Bertram goes back in time to murder Stewie's ancestor Leonardo Da Vinci to prevent Stewie from ever being born.
From previous episodes, it is known that Stewie and Bertram share the same dad. So in order to prevent Stewie from being born, all Bertram had to do was off one of Stewie's direct ancestors from is mother's side.
The explanation on the show by Stewie was that Bertram had to go back far enough to kill an ancestor who would prevent Stewie from being born but allow Bertram to be born. This is where I have the problem. Both Stewie and Bertram would have to be direct descendents of Da Vinci, unless there is something I'm missing. And even if Bertram has no Da Vinci genes (if that is possible), offing him would destroy the line to the point that their shared father would not have been born.
Of course, the fact that both Stewie and Bertram share a football shaped head, and Da Vinci also had a football shaped head makes it a given that Bertram still had Da Vinci genes, but that is not the point I'm trying to understand here. If any of my direct ancestors died before conceiving one of my ancestors whether I have their genes or not, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be here today.
Now, am I geeky or what? Is the fact I'm so into Family Guy a curse for not having children of my own? I don't think I'm a geek when it comes to anything else, but at 50 years old, for me to write this blog piece, I'm starting to question my priorities, and who I am.
One more thing, writing this post reminds me of another Family Guy episode, where Brian the dog fathers a child who is 13 (yet Brian is only 8). Forget about the fact that the kid was 100% human, for some reason, that can be accepted, in that episode, Stewie brings up the ages causing Brian to say "if you don't like it complain about it on the internet."
From previous episodes, it is known that Stewie and Bertram share the same dad. So in order to prevent Stewie from being born, all Bertram had to do was off one of Stewie's direct ancestors from is mother's side.
The explanation on the show by Stewie was that Bertram had to go back far enough to kill an ancestor who would prevent Stewie from being born but allow Bertram to be born. This is where I have the problem. Both Stewie and Bertram would have to be direct descendents of Da Vinci, unless there is something I'm missing. And even if Bertram has no Da Vinci genes (if that is possible), offing him would destroy the line to the point that their shared father would not have been born.
Of course, the fact that both Stewie and Bertram share a football shaped head, and Da Vinci also had a football shaped head makes it a given that Bertram still had Da Vinci genes, but that is not the point I'm trying to understand here. If any of my direct ancestors died before conceiving one of my ancestors whether I have their genes or not, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be here today.
Now, am I geeky or what? Is the fact I'm so into Family Guy a curse for not having children of my own? I don't think I'm a geek when it comes to anything else, but at 50 years old, for me to write this blog piece, I'm starting to question my priorities, and who I am.
One more thing, writing this post reminds me of another Family Guy episode, where Brian the dog fathers a child who is 13 (yet Brian is only 8). Forget about the fact that the kid was 100% human, for some reason, that can be accepted, in that episode, Stewie brings up the ages causing Brian to say "if you don't like it complain about it on the internet."
April 20, 2011
Stephen Harper Has My Vote
This rendition of Imagine sealed the deal:
The girl in the video is the one who got her 15 minutes of Gaga fame.
Getting back to Harper. He is supposedly a Fundy Christian, but good luck finding quotes about him and evolution or same sex marriage. He stays clear of those issues, as a good politician would do. Too bad the USA's GOP Party is so hell bent on pushing a religious agenda.
Not saying the Conservative Party isn't full of Creationists, it is. Evolution denying, nonsense believing numbskulls, who were taught a very good lesson a little while ago when their Ontario Leader ran and got his ass handed to him, mostly because he wanted to fund religious schools.
Canadians seem to take separation of church and state more seriously than one would think. But then again, over 20% of Canadians are atheists, so tread carefully politicians, and leave your whacko religious beliefs in the home or place of worship where they belong.
I'm voting Conservative this year. In fact, I allowed them to put a sign on my front lawn. Why? Because the other two main Parties are too close to Communist for my liking, not only that, but the Liberals attract Islam. Not that it is good that the Conservatives attract the whacko Christians. Right now I can live with that since they are such a fringe lunatic group here anyway.
I also like the Conservatives financial policies more than I do the Liberals, but then again, that is why I mention Communism.
But it still cracks me up when Obama is called a Commie. He is far far to the right of anything we have here in Canada, and Canada is a great country to live in right now.....as long as we get immigration back on the right track (only allowing those who are either really persecuted, and those who come here sincerely looking to work, and is capable of working here....ie knows more than 3 words of English).
The girl in the video is the one who got her 15 minutes of Gaga fame.
Getting back to Harper. He is supposedly a Fundy Christian, but good luck finding quotes about him and evolution or same sex marriage. He stays clear of those issues, as a good politician would do. Too bad the USA's GOP Party is so hell bent on pushing a religious agenda.
Not saying the Conservative Party isn't full of Creationists, it is. Evolution denying, nonsense believing numbskulls, who were taught a very good lesson a little while ago when their Ontario Leader ran and got his ass handed to him, mostly because he wanted to fund religious schools.
Canadians seem to take separation of church and state more seriously than one would think. But then again, over 20% of Canadians are atheists, so tread carefully politicians, and leave your whacko religious beliefs in the home or place of worship where they belong.
I'm voting Conservative this year. In fact, I allowed them to put a sign on my front lawn. Why? Because the other two main Parties are too close to Communist for my liking, not only that, but the Liberals attract Islam. Not that it is good that the Conservatives attract the whacko Christians. Right now I can live with that since they are such a fringe lunatic group here anyway.
I also like the Conservatives financial policies more than I do the Liberals, but then again, that is why I mention Communism.
But it still cracks me up when Obama is called a Commie. He is far far to the right of anything we have here in Canada, and Canada is a great country to live in right now.....as long as we get immigration back on the right track (only allowing those who are either really persecuted, and those who come here sincerely looking to work, and is capable of working here....ie knows more than 3 words of English).
April 2, 2011
Burning The Koran Leads To Murders
A Koran is burned in Florida, and 9 are dead in Afghanistan because of it, reportedly two were beheaded.
The nutty pastor Terry Jones is right about one thing, there are passages in the Koran that lead its literal followers to violence.
So Terry is kind of right to feel that way about the Koran.
Isn't it something that he burns it because he feels the Koran is evil, and leads to evil and then the reaction of some of the Koran's followers turns out to be pure evil based on the writings of the Koran.
The biggest problem is that this type of reaction is expected. It makes me wonder why we are trying to help people in any Muslim majority country. Islam is by far the most dangerous religion on this planet today and unless the West is out to give them a secular education, it is a waste of time taking their oppressive leaders out.
Another thing, what would the world wide reaction of Jews be if the fairy tale Old Testament was burned in a similar manner? You might hear some say "What a schmuck," but other than that...nothing.
Even if the fairy tale New Testament was burned, there would no deaths resulting from it.
As for Terry Jones, he hates homosexuals too. I'll bet if you took his beliefs and what he wants society to look like, it wouldn't be much different than what Muslim kooks want either. Kooks are kooks.
The nutty pastor Terry Jones is right about one thing, there are passages in the Koran that lead its literal followers to violence.
So Terry is kind of right to feel that way about the Koran.
Isn't it something that he burns it because he feels the Koran is evil, and leads to evil and then the reaction of some of the Koran's followers turns out to be pure evil based on the writings of the Koran.
The biggest problem is that this type of reaction is expected. It makes me wonder why we are trying to help people in any Muslim majority country. Islam is by far the most dangerous religion on this planet today and unless the West is out to give them a secular education, it is a waste of time taking their oppressive leaders out.
Another thing, what would the world wide reaction of Jews be if the fairy tale Old Testament was burned in a similar manner? You might hear some say "What a schmuck," but other than that...nothing.
Even if the fairy tale New Testament was burned, there would no deaths resulting from it.
As for Terry Jones, he hates homosexuals too. I'll bet if you took his beliefs and what he wants society to look like, it wouldn't be much different than what Muslim kooks want either. Kooks are kooks.
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