Quote Of The Moment

Supposedly this guy was fairly smart or something… So I figured he might have something interesting to say.

“A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. ” – Albert Einstein

Lies Christians Tell

I came across this YouTube series today, and had to share a few of my favorites from the series…

Atheism is a Belief

Atheism is a Belief System

All Christians Should Be Pro-Abortion

[Originally posted at: Life Without A Net]

So riddle me this. Let’s assume the following to be true:

1) All humans born into the world are under original sin. (That is, they will go to hell if they don’t accept Jesus as their personal savior.)

2) Unborn babies have souls.

3) God will forgive any sin for which we are truly sorry.  (That is, if we’re really sorry and confess our sins — and also believe in Jesus — we’ll go to heaven.)

If all of that is true, then why aren’t all Christians pro-abortion?

It works like this.  Any fetus that’s aborted before birth doesn’t get born into original sin.  Maybe it goes to purgatory for a bit and then goes to heaven, or maybe it just hangs out in purgatory, or maybe it just gets thrown into the reshuffle pile and gets to try again.  In any case, no original sin, no hell.  Christians are very specific about that whole “BORN into original sin” thing.

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Richard Cohen: Gay-To-Straight ‘Therapist’ Spars With Rachel Maddow (VIDEO)

Richard Cohen is a homophobic bigot.

He claims he has helped thousands of people be “cured” of their homosexuality. He does this by cherry-picking passages from the bible, and using fear and ignorance as weapons against those who have been taught from childhood that sex is something to be ashamed of.

As one might expect, he is not exactly beloved by the LGBT community. And as you might expect if you think like a brutal fuck-tard, his work has been used in Uganda to help justify an anti-homosexual agendaa including legislation known as the “Kill The Gays Bill.”

So when he showed up on The Rachel Maddow Show recently, to present his views on this issue it was of course going to be a must-see.

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They Might Be Giants’ “Meet the Elements”

I enjoyed yesterday’s Music Monday post so much, I decided to do a back-to-back They Might Be Giants series of posts…

Iron is a metal, you see it every day
Oxygen, eventually, will make it rust away
Carbon in its ordinary form is coal
Crush it together, and diamonds are born

Come on come on and meet the elements
May I introduce you to our friends, the elements?
Like a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade
They either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are

Neon’s a gas that lights up the sign for a pizza place
The coins that you pay with are copper, nickel, and zinc
Silicon and oxygen make concrete bricks and glass
Now add some gold and silver for some pizza place class

Come on come on and meet the elements
I think you should check out the ones they call the elements
Like a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade
They either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are

Team up with other elements making compounds when they combine
Or make up a simple element formed out of atoms of the one kind

Balloons are full of helium, and so is every star
Stars are mostly hydrogen, which may someday fuel your car

Hey, who let in all these elephants?
Did you know that elephants are made of elements?
Elephants are mostly made of four elements
And every living thing is mostly made of four elements
Plants, bugs, birds, fish, bacteria and men
Are mostly carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen

Come on come on and meet the elements
You and I are complicated, but we’re made of elements
Like a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade
They either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are

Team up with other elements making compounds when they combine
Or make up a simple element formed out of atoms of the one kind

Come on come on and meet the elements
Check out the ones they call the elements
Like a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade
They either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are

They Might Be Giants’ “Science is Real”

Today’s Music Monday comes from a band from my youth, but who have been doing more educational music for their last few albums. While this album is good for kids, I find the music enjoyable myself, and last time I checked, I may be immature at times but I’m fairly certain I am a grown-up.

Science is real
From the Big Bang to DNA
Science is real
From evolution to the Milky Way
I like the stories
About angels, unicorns and elves
Now I like the stories
As much as anybody else
But when I’m seeking knowledge
Either simple or abstract
The facts are with science
The facts are with science

Science is real
Science is real
Science is real
Science is real
From anatomy to geology
Science is real from astrophysics to biology
A scientific theory
Isn’t just a hunch or guess
It’s more like a question
That’s been put through a lot of tests
And when a theory emerges
Consistent with the facts
The proof is with science
The truth is with science

Science is real
Science is real
Science is real

Science is real

Why God is a Poor Scientific Explanation

You’d think the “god of the gaps” argument would be self refuting, but apparently it’s not.

I get so many people making these sorts of claims, that I just have to do a video about it. Now I can just refer people to this video rather than repeating myself over and over and over.

So, this is the simplest way I can explain why “maybe god did it” is a poor explanation.

Michael Shermer – Why I Am An Atheist

[Originally posted at: michaelshermer.com]

I am an atheist. There, I said it. Are you happy, all you atheists out there who have remonstrated with me for adopting the agnostic moniker? If “atheist” means someone who does not believe in God, then an atheist is what I am.

But I detest all such labels. Call me what you like — humanist, secular humanist, agnostic, nonbeliever, nontheist, freethinker, heretic, or even bright. I prefer skeptic. Still, all such labels are just a form of cognitive economy, a shortcut into pigeonholing our fellow primates into tidy categories that supplant the deeper probing of what someone actually thinks and says.

When asked, “Do you believe in God?” I reply, “No.” When queried on the God question, I simply say, “I don’t believe in God.” No far-left rants, just simple answers. But the bottom line is what we all know: In America, atheists are associated with tree-hugging, whale-saving, hybrid-driving, bottled water-drinking, American Civil Liberties Union-supporting, pinko commie fags hell-bent on conning our youth into believing all that baloney about equal rights and evolution. I’m not one of those bastards, am I?

Well, technically speaking, yes, I am. I think biodiversity is a good thing and that we have been rapacious in our treatment of the Earth, although I also think the environmental movement has greatly exaggerated our condition and that nature is a lot more resilient than most environmentalists believe. I don’t mind eating cows and fish, but dolphins and whales have big brains and they’re cool, so I don’t think we should kill them. I drive a sport utility vehicle because I haul around bicycles, books, and dogs, but as soon as there is a bigger hybrid, I’ll buy it. The only thing bottled water is good for is the bottle; science tells us most tap water is just fine. And although I am a libertarian heterosexual who is about as unpink as you can get, I believe people should have an equal opportunity to be different. As for evolution, it happened. Deal with it.

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Science

I came across thess on facebook and, once again, thought I would share with the world…

10 stupid creationist questions – 10 intelligent answers

I came across this on YouTube and thought others might find it interesting as well…

Enjoy.