tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075946209235175224Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:33:18 +0000AtheismCreationismEvolutionFat JokesMisogynyRapeReligionSkepticsWelcome. If you're reading this, then you've taken a great big step into the shades of grey that make humanity great. Bring a helmet.http://intelligenttheism.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)Blogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075946209235175224.post-8193028171384699245Fri, 08 Jun 2012 23:10:00 +00002012-06-08T18:38:16.328-05:00Unemployment. The dreaded specter that hangs over the head of every middle-class, working-class, single-income family. Some times you can see it coming. Some times it sneaks up and bites you in the ass before you know what happened. I'd like to say it's an indiscriminate force, but we all know better. Like everything, it's money motivated. Make too much money? Cost the company too much money? http://intelligenttheism.blogspot.com/2012/06/unemployment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075946209235175224.post-7823406502754722829Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:43:00 +00002012-01-13T16:53:33.375-06:00Much appreciation to Ophelia Benson for pointing me at this story, but first... some background. For those of you who haven't caught wind of this story, or haven't been keeping up with it, Jessica Ahlquist is a 16 year old high school student in Rhode Island who saw something wrong taking place at her school and worked to correct it using the most effective means at her disposal. As it happens http://intelligenttheism.blogspot.com/2012/01/cherry-picking-constitution.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075946209235175224.post-1873404981864120878Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:31:00 +00002012-01-11T22:31:21.252-06:00**Warning: The following is the result of too much caffeine,  nicotine and gothic horror, Lovecraft readers are welcome** Recently awakened from his prison in R'lyeh, the Great Old One has stirred forth... and he's Republican... We caught up with the Ancient Lord of Earth at the New Hampshire primaries, for a chat about his stance on the issues. (Reporter) So, Mister Cthulhu, you seem to http://intelligenttheism.blogspot.com/2012/01/cthulhu-for-president.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075946209235175224.post-8642026956388516838Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:30:00 +00002012-01-11T12:30:22.808-06:00That fine print can be a killer, huh? Apparently, after every SINGLE 'Personhood' amendment failed last November, some asshole in Ohio decided to ramp this vaguely worded rhetoric back up. Now, I'm in Mississippi, I believe I've mentioned, one of the states that Personhood USA tried this schtick with this past fall. Proposition 26, they called it. Vote for Life was one of their favorite http://intelligenttheism.blogspot.com/2012/01/welcome-to-america-land-of-free-unless.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075946209235175224.post-1223849390995294736Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:44:00 +00002012-01-10T22:13:41.295-06:00Mark Twain coined the phrase in his autobiography, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." I agree, and interestingly enough all three get utilized when painting a portrait of an opposing group. The specific case I'm talking about is the current anti-Muslim sentiments being vomitted forth by far too many groups in the Western World. From the suburbs of St. http://intelligenttheism.blogspot.com/2012/01/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075946209235175224.post-8741755355915642326Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:06:00 +00002012-01-09T14:06:15.195-06:00 It's becoming increasingly popular, among journalists who still think Obama is their boyfriend, to report on the steady, teasing, trickle of jobs being 'created' by the current administration. Point of fact, they really didn't. What they managed to do is increase spending on temporary contractors and independent employees. I expect, if you tally up total man-hours, figuring 40 hours a week, 52 http://intelligenttheism.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-hope-no-cash-no-jobs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075946209235175224.post-6203230146760146986Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:19:00 +00002012-01-08T15:19:08.278-06:00So, last night my son challenged my definition of equality... Well... not really. It was a fairly standard kid argument resulting from some perceived injustice. I won't go into my parenting style in detail, because I'm pretty sure no one cares. Suffice it to say, he got himself in trouble and his punishment was the loss of a privilege which, at the time, his sister was enjoying. "It's not http://intelligenttheism.blogspot.com/2012/01/its-not-fair-insights-on-equality-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075946209235175224.post-7793026417347444052Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:43:00 +00002012-01-08T13:43:47.121-06:00There are days that I'm pretty okay with living south of the Mason-Dixon line, and then there are days that I get so unbelievably pissed the fuck off that I just want to stab some one in the eye. Apparently, I'm rather lucky to have kids in the Mississippi public school system right now, because previously there was no Sex Ed curriculum allowed by the state. New this year, they've begun teachinghttp://intelligenttheism.blogspot.com/2012/01/welcome-to-south-keeping-our-kids.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075946209235175224.post-8572614530561379560Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:24:00 +00002012-01-08T01:24:18.455-06:00Well ho-lee shit... Alright. You know it, and I know it, but apparently some people still haven't figured it out yet. Marriage isn't necessarily a religious rite. As soon as the government began conveying specific benefits, rights and advantages, that was no longer the case. We have this piece of paper, a pretty important piece of paper, that guarantees the separation of religon and government. http://intelligenttheism.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-is-this-still-even-question.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075946209235175224.post-1369467009829004303Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:48:00 +00002012-01-07T21:48:07.196-06:00Another Rich White Guy runs for the Republican presidential nomination, and for once I'm not a-Paul-ed (I couldn't help myself) by his platforms. I'm also, happily, not the first to see the media shit-storm for what it really is. Now, I am, by no means, a Republican, but I'm also not one to continue taking it in the ass from Chocolate Jesus for another four years. Mae West said,“When choosing http://intelligenttheism.blogspot.com/2012/01/politics-im-throwing-my-hat-in-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075946209235175224.post-6105489079799321479Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:58:00 +00002012-01-06T15:58:53.535-06:00So, enough of these pot shots at Atheists. Like any other group, they have stupid fuckers in their ranks too. It's time to put a different bunch of people up on the firing line... No, not gay people... I'm talking about the ignorant fuckers behind Prop 8 in California, Fred Phelps, Rush Limbaugh and all those other fuckers who cater to the knuckle-dragging masses. The people who like to quote http://intelligenttheism.blogspot.com/2012/01/youre-so-fucking-gay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075946209235175224.post-5348982423969701080Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:51:00 +00002012-01-05T15:45:01.672-06:00I've never been one to tip-toe around a subject, but it strikes me that I've been doing precisely that for two thirds of my previous posts, so let me get right into this and lay my cards on the table. Earlier today, I used the following quote to help elaborate on my stance regarding the relationship between science and religion: "There is no contradiction between true religion and science. Whenhttp://intelligenttheism.blogspot.com/2012/01/atheism-see-now-heres-problem-with-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075946209235175224.post-1840456020655820051Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:24:00 +00002012-01-05T12:24:20.247-06:00AtheismCreationismEvolutionReligionI mentioned in my first post that this is one of those arguments where I fall into an interestingly grey area. On one side of the argument you'll find a great deal of intolerance, ranting, name calling and histrionics... and the Creationists are pretty goddamn ignorant too. I feel the need to start out with a warning. A lot of the faults and flaws I'm going to bring up are sweeping http://intelligenttheism.blogspot.com/2012/01/pure-creationism-v-pure-evolotuion-whos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075946209235175224.post-1722561670113923632Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:04:00 +00002012-01-04T17:04:55.128-06:00We all know who he is, and we all remember some of his memorable moments: Claiming to have invented the internet. Sitting like a wooden statue through 8 years of the Clinton Administration. Somehow earning a Nobel Prize for a Power Point presentation. Fuck that guy. Don't misunderstand, I'm quite aware that without Al Gore helping to spearhead legislation, today's internet would probably be a http://intelligenttheism.blogspot.com/2012/01/fuck-you-al-gore.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075946209235175224.post-2399446409617741186Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:42:00 +00002012-01-04T14:42:15.096-06:00AtheismFat JokesMisogynyRapeSkepticsFuck Twitter, fuck Facebook and fuck my ability to read, because without those three contributing factors, I might have talked myself out of wading knee-deep into the cesspool of internet blogging. Fine, fuck it... I'm weak. I'll just have to accept that. For my first trick, some ground rules. This blog is subject to moderation based on my own personal opinions of what is and is not fucked up. http://intelligenttheism.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-promised-myself-i-was-done-with-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0