Don't worry, I didn't fall off the edge of the earth.

It has been far to long since I last wrote something here.
I hope to be able to find time to at least post on Godless Religion Day.
Now that I've written the words "Godless Religion Day", it causes me to pause and think, does this make it sound as if I'm okay with religion as long as there is no God involved in it?
Maybe I should come up with a new title.
I have until Sunday to think of something so, I better get "cracking".

Until my next post, here is something from one of my other blogs:

Atheism and the null hypothesis.

Atheism, and science for that matter, are based upon the null hypothesis.

The null hypothesis operates from the premise that for every question asked about a phenomenon, it should be assumed that the answer is in the negative and not the affirmative.

For example, the question of whether or not something  exists should be approached from the position that it does not, until proven,otherwise.

During a discussion it is always, logically, assumed that a claim made relative to the existence of a phenomenon must be proven as true by the person making the claim.

The burden of proof does not lie with the person questioning the claim.

You cannot prove the non existence of a phenomenon.

Nor do you have to.

Godless Religion day.

First up: Julie Haberle, a born again christian who is "spreading the word" of the creationist gospel.
Her website, http://www.whoisyourcreator.com/, is loaded with creationist nonsense. A quick look at the first page reveals a few "interesting" topics of discussion such as, "Why Evolutionary-Based Science Is A Menace To Scientific Research, Discovery, and Progress" and "Evolution Indoctrination in Education". The first line of her page on the "fallacy" of evolution based science, contains an error as follows, "Evolutionary-based research always begins with the inaccurate and unscientific presupposition that the Theory of Evolution, i.e. the Big Bang, the spontaneous generation of life, and common descent, is true."
I had originally written a few notes about how screwed up Ms. Haberle is but then I read this post and threw my notes out.
Daniel Florien did an excellent job of exposing her lunacy in his blog post, http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/06/13/a-conversation-with-whoisyourcreatorcom/
This is a great read.


Great sign.

Next up: Eric Hovind, son of Kent, "lies in the text books", Hovind.
Eric has a new blog, http://erichovind.blogspot.com/ Read through this blog and you will find that it's full of crap.

Here's his Humanzee video, which explains the atheist agenda.

Humanzee: Fact or Fantasy from CSE Ministry on Vimeo.

How about a few more videos.





And just for fun, an Alan Keyes video.


Also a series of videos that show Alan Keyes willfully trespassing on the Notre Dame campus with the intention of being arrested to prove his "point".

He really hates Obama.
At the 5:50 mark he is plainly informed that he will be arrested if he trespasses on university property. Then he blathers about what private property is.





And then he marches through the gates in to the arms of the campus police.


In the end, his followers promote this entire escapade as an attack against christianity. Their claim is that he was arrested simply because he is a christian.
Bullshit. He was arrested because he is an arrogant idiot.

He claims he is worried about the security guards, yea right, he's just worried about pushing his agenda.

Lets end with some good news, Mr. Deity is back.

Godless Religion day.

Sorry I missed last Sunday.

Maybe I'll add a little extra today to help make up for last week.

Let's start.

Antievolution bills die in Texas.
Find the full story here:http://ncseweb.org/news/2009/06/antievolution-bills-die-texas-004818

A quick look at the roots of ID. from, http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/the-roots-of-id/

The Discovery Institute's latest attempt at promoting ID., http://www.faithandevolution.org/

Nothing beats a slick and expensive video and website when it comes to promoting the "truth".

How about some really "twisted" hate filled crap. Read the blog post on this site and that's exactly what you will get, http://www.gingiedmonds.com/
This may just be her opinion but, I'm sure that it shared by many of the pro-lifers who read her blog on a regular basis.

I'm not a pro-lifer or pro-abortion minded person. In a perfect world there would be no need for abortion.

This is NOT a perfect world.

The followers of Dr Dino are at it again. Kent Hovind, who is serving 10 years in prison for tax fraud, has said that "I sincerely believe that I am not a person required to file a Federal Income Tax Return," he also said, "This belief is a result of extensive research that I have done." I wonder if this "extensive research" is along the same lines as the research he did to "prove" his claim that dinosaurs and men walked together in the garden of Eden.
The story from WorldNetDaily, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=98757, and the Dr Dino site, http://www.drdino.com/index.php

A short video about, what else, evolution of course.


What the hell is a Humanzee?

Check this out at, http://www.drdino.com/read-article.php?id=148

Watch the video. It seems to be a confusing mess of fact and fiction. Oliver has 47 chromosomes not 48 like chimpanzees. Then Johnathan Sampson reminds us that some of the things we see on the internet may only be fiction not fact. I agree the Dr Dino website and this video is certainly filled with fiction. And what is the obsession with humans and monkeys having sex together. I only ever hear this from creationists. No credible scientist has every made this assertion. Where is the proof that "evolutionists" are trying to breed humans with apes to prove their theory. And of course the ever popoular argument, if "evolutionists" can prove their theory then they will have no need of a god.

What the hell is the Atheist agenda. Do they truly believe atheists are trying to bring humans and apes back together in order to prove their godless evolutionary theory? Are these guy for real?

The real story of Oliver, the humanzee, http://www.primarilyprimates.org/videos/ppvid_Oliver.htm

Wise words from Dan Barker

I have something to say to the religionist who feels atheists never say anything positive:

You are an intelligent human being. Your life is valuable for its own sake. You are not second-class in the universe, deriving meaning and purpose from some other mind. You are not inherently evil—you are inherently human, possessing the positive rational potential to help make this a world of morality, peace and joy. Trust yourself.

–Dan Barker, from his book, Losing Faith in Faith

A scary look at the future.

If this is true, and I suspect it is, then we are all in deep shit.



Given that the Christians have been fighting against Islam for hundreds of years, and losing I might add, I wonder if it is wise to "aid" the Muslims.

What I mean by aid is that by working to reduce and eventually eliminate religion from all aspects of our life, we may be helping the Muslims grow in strength.

If I had to chose between accepting either Christianity or Islam, I wouldn't even have to think about it, Christianity wins hands down.

The reality of the situation is that we don't have to chose one or the other. We just need to equally help our Christian and Muslim friends open their eyes to the real world.

If we don't, we may soon find ourselves under the rule of Islam.

This video is a look at the "radical face of Islam".

Godless Religion day

Let's begin with something strange.



This video was just a confusing mess. It sounds like he supports the fossil record and yet he doesn't support the fossil record. He also seems to think that experts don't know anything and that they cover this up by being assertive.

So we have to stand up to them. Experts don't know anything about science. Trust dogma because it is more "right" than science.

Bullshit!

And now for something completely different.

An article written by Timothy Birdnow in the Canadian Free Press, "a conservative free press".
The article is entitled, Radical Atheists-First Amendment Vandals.
It claims to make the case that the first amendment was clearly written to insure the "freedom of religion NOT freedom from religion".

Mr. Birdnow states, "Faith was to be a one-way street, with religion being the basis of the American system of governance but beyond the influence of government to control or manipulate."

He further states, "But there has been an aggressive movement by Atheists and Secular Humanists to redefine terms, and what was intended as a protection of religion became a spearhead to drive religion from public life."

Then Mr. Birdnow drops this bomb, "What happens when Faith is stolen? What is Man if he does not believe he is more than flesh and blood? Darwinism, that theory that says man is no more than an animal, a “naked ape” as Desmond Morris once called him, severs the higher attributes from man, thus making obedience to the lusts of the flesh primary. Man as pure animal is a terrible thing, for he has no hope, is enslaved by destructive and selfish tendencies, and has the mental acuity to perform astounding acts of evil in service to his own physical wants. No animal has ever possessed the power that the human intellect endows, yet if the choice of what that intellect will serve-and why-is critical. Modern atheism, along with it`s fellows of Scientism, post-Modernism, Environmentalism, etc. encourages a terrible nihilism, and Man without spirit is a hideous brute. Of course, Atheism itself acts as a substitute for faith, but how can one ultimately find hope in a belief in nothing?"

And it would seem that atheists are to blame for the destruction of civilization, "All of society`s problems can ultimately be traced back to the severing of human reason from human passion, and that is the fruit of Western Civilization`s arrogant belief in himself, the material world, and his disbelief in the Divine."

And I think all atheists should take his advice, "We should be the ones bringing the lawsuits. We should be the ones staging the protests. We should fight them with philosophy, with science, with history. These things are ultimately on our side, but too few Americans know the facts."

Mr. Birdnow firmly believes that atheism is a religion, well, he better hope it's not, otherwise he may be sued for violating somebodies first amendment rights.

Find the complete story here, http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/10861

The latest National Organization for Marriage ad.

This ad is just another one of those really stupid TV ads, courtesy of the religious nut jobs.
As P.Z. Myers says "And of course, it has a new slogan that will have you laughing: "Our kids will be taught a new way of thinking. Oh noes…we can't have our children learning anything new!"

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/05/the_latest_nom_ad.php

What a load of crap!