With the 40th anniversary of the moon landing last week, the images of the Apollo landing sites taken recently by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter were of particular interest. They show all three landing sites along with some equipment left behind and disturbances by the astronauts’ boot prints. That’s very cool, and the LRO isn’t even …
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A Visit to Borders Books
I had a 25% off coupon for Borders that expired today, so I headed there to pick up a couple books. I ended up getting (among other things) Losing My Religion by William Lobdell and 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God by Guy P. Harrison. I also picked up The Real Face …
Christian Closeouts
I stopped at Ollie’s Bargain Outlet today to check out what they had this week. I love browsing the book section because they frequently have literary classics in hardbound editions and I get them for my library. One other thing they always seem to have is an overabundance of Christian books… Max Lucado, Billy Graham, …
Ray Comfort and Divine Injustice
Most evangelical bible thumpers are a parody of themselves and as such, pose little or no harm to a moderately rational person. There are however, those who appear to be well meaning , normal folk who just want to do the “Lord’s” work and help people. Many of these worry me. They appear to be harmless …
I sort of agree with Brannon Howse
Brannon Howse is probably best known as the founder of Christian Worldview Network, an organization that tends to lean toward religiously-based conspiracy theories and tunnel-vision perspectives about the world approaching the "end times" of the bible. I actually listened to one of his entire podcasts about a month ago and it was astounding. It’s really …
Subtle, Yet Noticeable
I’m not a bit fan of bumper stickers on my car. In fact, I’ve never had one on any car I’ve owned. I love them on other peoples’ cars… just not mine. However, I wanted something atheist-related on my car without the in-your-face message generally provided by bumper stickers. Being a fan of the flying …
Ricky Gervais: Darwin was wrong.
Since I haven’t been posting much lately, I thought I’d toss in a little bit of humor courtesy of Ricky Gervais. I just caught this on Unreasonable Faith and wanted to share because everyone can use some laughter to brighten up their day. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foPL1arjriA
Despair? Who has time for that?
Daniel Florien at Unreasonable Faith asked his readers what they do when they face despair. There are quite a few good responses, but the comment by “darlene” takes the cake hands down. I can only speak for me, but I don’t ever face despair. How can I despair, when I know that my actions have …
Would This Be an Image of Cheesus?
Sorry for the bad joke… but this sort of is a bad joke. Here’s a perfect example of the human brain being geared toward pattern-seeking and face recognition… sometimes called pareidolia or “patternicity.” This woman makes some toast with melted cheese on it and the sees the burn pattern on the cheese as the face …
Psycho Fan Stalks Shawn Johnson
There was a story in the news today that Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson was being stalked by a psycho fan, who has since been arrested. The man left his family and drove from Florida to California where Dancing With the Stars was being filmed in hopes of being with Johnson. Evidently, his car contained two …