Wed 13 Aug 2008
Technomonk gives us a beautifully written account of his thoughts and feelings on raising his little girl to be free, independent and rational in his blog post, THRIVE!. I thought I would pass it along to everyone.
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Mon 14 Jul 2008
Beatles a Christian band? Lennon ‘big fan’ of Jesus
Newly unearthed interview reveals John’s surprising thoughts on faith.
Here’s a tip to any of you crazy Christian “journalists” out there who obviously have to meet really unreasonable deadlines so much that you have to dig up make believe bullshit all the time. Wait… you’re Christian, so that means you’re spouting make believe bullshit anyway, but that’s beside the point. If you’re going to take an old quote from an old interview by an artist and attribute it to their entire career, it might be a good idea to know more about their music catalog than one single song. Let’s just clear this all up by citing John Lennon’s song “God,” written later in his carrer, in 1970:
God is a concept,
By which we can measure,
Our pain,
I’ll say it again,
God is a concept,
By which we can measure,
Our pain,
I don’t believe in magic,
I don’t believe in I-ching,
I don’t believe in bible,
I don’t believe in tarot,
I don’t believe in Hitler,
I don’t believe in Jesus,
I don’t believe in Kennedy,
I don’t believe in Buddha,
I don’t believe in mantra,
I don’t believe in Gita,
I don’t believe in yoga,
I don’t believe in kings,
I don’t believe in Elvis,
I don’t believe in Zimmerman,
I don’t believe in Beatles,
I just believe in me,
Yoko and me,
And that’s reality.
The dream is over,
What can I say?
The dream is over,
Yesterday,
I was dreamweaver,
But now I’m reborn,
I was the walrus,
But now I’m John,
And so dear friends,
You just have to carry on,
The dream is over.
Yeah, so fuck off Worldnet Daily.
I do understand though, why it would be wholly appealing to try and claim the Beatles for Christianity. First, the Beatles, as a secular rock & roll band, probably did more to hurt Christianity than any of the hardcore/death metal folks out there. The ridiculous protests after John’s famous “we’re more popular than Jesus” statement showed the mindless cult of Christianity to be nothing more than scared children that need to burn and destroy everything that they stand against. Secondly, it’s a known fact that Christian music is almost beneath human standards of listening. Specifically, most Christian “Rock & Roll” amounts to watered down, regurgitated riffs, stolen from the secular music world and rearranged, so that it can be pleasant to the ears of god, and pre-teens who haven’t been thoroughly ridiculed enough by their friends who listen to good music.
P.S. - when Christianity is dead and gone, considered a silly, mythical religion… people will still love Helter Skelter!
Wed 2 Jul 2008
Tire Demon Attacks Car - http://christianblogs.christianet.com/1214563100.htm
“I was driving my car and minding my own business and then my car tire pooped. This made me late for work and then my boss fussed at me. Was it a tire demon trying to mess up my day?”
This just made me giggle. In fact, I think I’d giggle anytime I hear about tires pooping! Also, the comment thread for the blog post linked above is pretty sweet!
Fri 23 May 2008
Pilots run out of fuel, pray, land near Jesus sign
So it seems that god likes to help stupid pilots over say, the thousands and sometimes millions who are affected by natural disasters.
Here’s a thought, instead of praying for a safe flight and then having to pray when you run out of fuel, why don’t you try PLANNING your flight and filling your plane with the proper amount of fuel. Or you could maybe not plan flights that are going to go beyond your fuel capacity.
I really don’t wish human suffering or anything, but these two guys should have died. Since they are now alive, we all get to hear how miraculous it was that their ignorant asses got to land safely because of Jesus. I just know there are thousands of Christians who are going to read this story and praise god for his grace, mercy and miracle working power. Keep on praising stupidity!
Wed 21 May 2008
I Just thought I’d pass this along (mind you, I don’t really care about the McCain stuff, due to it being equivalent to the Obama/Wright controversy):
Wed 14 May 2008
Let’s Hope Catholicism and Scientology Don’t Decide To Merge Now!
Posted by Going Churching[1] Comment
Vatican: It’s OK to believe in aliens.
Of course, the Vatican also approves of believing in:
1) Big, mad, power-hungry deities in the sky.
2) People formed from dirt, then ribs of dirt people.
3) Big boats that can hold two of each species of animal on Earth.
4) Talking, burning bushes (sounds like a girl I knew in college… zing!).
5) Jesus didn’t have sex with Mary Magdalene (COME ON! She was a successful prostitute!)
6) Lots of other ridiculous bullshit.
Wed 14 May 2008
Well, it’s about time that the whole “Einstein believed in god” argument was put to rest!
Belief in God ‘childish,’ Jews not chosen people: Einstein letter
Sadly, Einstein is dead, but we should all take a lesson from him and get the meme out into society that there is nothing special about the Jewish people. They are human, just like all of us, and there is nothing divine, or supernatural about them. There are too many fanatic preachers on television that promote the idea that Israel is protected by god, and there is a huge push by evangelicals to influence U.S. policies that support Israel. This is craziness and Albert Einstein knew it as well.
Sun 27 Apr 2008
Maybe God Should Magically *POOF* Some More Fossil Fuels Into The Ground!
Posted by Going Churching[2] Comments
Pray-in at S.F. gas station asks God to lower prices.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha! Ridiculous!
If I were the station attendant at that San Francisco Chevron, I would have went outside and raised the price, just to piss them off! Also, most gas stations have signs posted that prohibit loitering. Crazy Christians breaking the law, just so they can show everyone how ineffective their god really is! Hilarious!
Tue 22 Apr 2008
Open Letter to a Victim of Ben Stein’s Lying Propaganda.
by Richard Dawkins
Shame on the creators and producers of “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” for their blatant and obvious lies. Creationist filth.
Mon 21 Apr 2008
Hey! The Christians Are Trying To Force Their Version Of Morality On Everyone Again!
Posted by Going Churching[5] Comments
Pro-Family Groups Lobby Marriott for Porn-Free Rooms
Daniel Weiss, senior analyst for media and sexuality at Focus on the Family told Cybercast News Service that he hopes “Marriott takes a responsible corporate position on this and ceases offering that kind of material in their chains.” A responsible corporate position would be to provide a wide range of services to their customers. Adult entertainment is not illegal and having the option to view fee-based, adult content in the privacy of your hotel room does nothing to affect the “well-being of children and families.”
Do not be fooled. The 47 “pro-family” groups that sent this complaint letter to Marriot’s chairman and CEO are not “pro-family.” This is a shallow front for a Christian-based moral agenda.
Christians, listen up. You can sit in your homes, with your families and teach, preach and enforce any form of morality you like, as long as it is legal. Forcing your version of morality on the rest of the world is wrong. Viewing pornography is not illegal, and it isn’t your place to deem it immoral. All you crazy, zealot Christians have to do, if you find porn available on your hotel television, is choose to NOT purchase it. Period! What right do you feel you have to limit the choices available for the rest of us. We are consumers, just like you, and some of us enjoy adult entertainment.
I’m getting really tired of faith-based groups rallying together to force and enforce a pseudo morality on the world. If I were to wager a prophecy, I’d say that within the next few years, you’ll hear of one or more of the representatives from one or more of these groups on the evening news, being brought up on charges for buying drugs, mismanagement of funds, or child molestation. Just wait for it. These “family values” groups and their fake constructs of morality make me sick. These are the same groups of people who coerce the brainless masses into “voting their faith,” or convince unqualified, 12th grade educated moms to home school their kids so that they won’t have their little minds clouded by false theories of science’s big bang-evolved, amoeba-slime-fish-monkey-men.
If this anti-pornography push goes through, you can bet your sweet ass that the mini-bar will be next.
Unbelievable.
