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Since the Bible and the church are obviously mistaken in telling us where we came from, how can we trust them to tell us where we are going?
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December 31, 2009
Category: Godlessness
On the first of January, that is, right now, the Irish blasphemy law goes into effect. In February, I'll be giving some talks in Ireland. Just to warm up the officials there, Atheist Ireland has just published 25 blasphemous quotes…including...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:53 PM • 131 Comments •
Category: Weirdness
Oooh, baby. That's a Nu-Life Communion Host Dispenser, equipped with a rapid reload system for fast wafer loading and quad-rotator technology that allows up to 400 wafers to be fired without reloading. If you need to shovel Jesus into...
Posted by PZ Myers at 4:50 PM • 120 Comments •
Category: Religion
Rick Warren's Saddleback Church is bleeding money. He just sent out a letter begging for almost a million dollars from his followers. With 10% of our church family out of work due to the recession, our expenses in caring for...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:21 PM • 70 Comments •
Category: Godlessness
I keep hearing people telling me this, but at the same time I keep seeing more and more out atheists, and atheism becoming more and more popular. The refrain is sounding more desperate than accurate — but then, among...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:17 PM • 240 Comments •
Category: Creationism
Two distressing news stories out of that wealthy western state: Berkeley High School has a serious problem: it's a good, relatively well-funded school, but black and latino students aren't doing as well as white students. Their solution: kill those expensive...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:49 AM • 60 Comments •
Category: Open Thread
Since every one of these undying threads turns into something about geology, including the last one, it is only fitting that we reveal the truth here: rocks are evil. They want to turn everything into stone. Now watch: no one...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:37 AM • 662 Comments •
Category: Entertainment
I saw the most awesome tech demo reel tonight — a little show called Avatar. It was well worth the admission cost, but you should be prepared with reasonable expectations. There isn't a plot. Well, actually, there is…but it's so...
Posted by PZ Myers at 12:01 AM • 224 Comments •
December 30, 2009
Category: Creationism
Zeno has posted the complete text of a long creationist screed published in the Sacramento Bee. It's got everything: the second law of thermodynamics, the fallacy of the excluded middle, the 'law' of biogenesis, mysterious barriers between species, and of...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:53 PM • 122 Comments •
Category: Environment
Several people expressed surprise at Alaska's high position on the list of non-religious states. We can't have people's expectations shattered, so here's something to reassure you all that the world has not turned inside out: an Alaskan scientist castigates the...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:18 PM • 48 Comments •
Category: Science
Here's another of Casey Dunn's Creature Casts, this time on shifting color spots in marine snails. CreatureCast - Flamingo Tongue Snails from Casey Dunn on Vimeo. Pigment cells are always very, very cool. I've been intrigued by them for a...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:57 AM • 7 Comments •
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