Playing God

| December 25th, 2011

I tried to write a post about this before but it turned into a post about how we are gods. When talking about GM food, cloning, stem cell research, etc some one will inevitably use a tired old cliché argument "your/they're playing god". They say these while they use computers made or metals that have [...]

The world didn’t end … again.

| October 23rd, 2011

October 21st was supposed to be the end of the world- or thats what Harold Camping said and it is now 10:00 pm mountain time US on December 23rd. That makes 12 times Camping was wrong. And what has he had to say about it? I’m sorry to disappoint you, but we at Family Radio [...]

He’s BACK, back on the BS again

| October 11th, 2011

Here we go again. I wander what will happen this time. Will the shock of bing wrong finally kill him? No he'll just slink back to his home and roll around necked in all the money his fallows gave him.

Multicellular Yeast

| June 24th, 2011

I wasn't going to do any posting tod- ... tonight except for one but when I saw this story I had to post about. Lab yeast make evolutionary leap to multicellularity IN JUST a few weeks single-celled yeast have evolved into a multicellular organism, complete with division of labour between cells. This suggests that the [...]

Catholic Bishops to Talk About Sex Abuse Reforms at Meetup

| June 11th, 2011

Catholic bishops to take second look at abuse reforms (RNS) A review of church sex abuse guidelines will top the agenda when the nation's Roman Catholic bishops meet in Seattle next week (June 15-17). But no major changes have been proposed, according to church leaders, even after several recent reports have raised questions about the [...]

Harold Campings followers turning against him

| June 2nd, 2011

Well maybe not against him and not all of them but at least some are reevaluating their beliefs after Campings failed rapture prophecies. Ex-Followers of Harold Camping Vent Anger on Family Radio "I've been studying the Bible with you all those years," said the caller Monday. "I thought nothing would shake my faith that I [...]

What’s Wrong With Nihilism?

| June 1st, 2011

One of the arguments against atheism is that it leads to nihilism (it doesn't but that's not the point of this post). This arguments not only assume atheism leads to nihilism (it doesn't), it assumes that nihilism is bad and something to be avoided. But why would nihilism be a bad thing? First: what is [...]

You Are Not Special

| May 29th, 2011

Some people have the idea that they are some how special, that they have some opinion, heritage, trait or belief that separates them or their group from the rest, something that makes them special. Christians believe that there "sins" are forgiven, Jews believe that Jews are Yahweh chosen people, people of all religions believe they [...]

The rapture has been moved back

| May 24th, 2011

What do you do when you make an end of the world prediction that doesn't happen and your prediction gained national and international attention? Well you can't slink away and wait until people have forgotten about your failed prediction. You could move it back, you could also say something did happen and we didn't see [...]

Is there harm in believing the world will end soon? Yes there is.

| May 22nd, 2011

The time of the rapture has come and gone, next to the 2012 bullshit this has been one of the most publicized end of the world prophecies in resent history. Millions of dollars was spent on billboards across the US, thousand bought into this crap and for some there has been a cost: one woman [...]

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