March 29, 2012
March 16, 2012
March 09, 2012
I love Doug Stanhope so much.
That is brilliant. If they waited till you were 18, you could also just make an informed decision. There’d be a lot less brainwashing.
(Source: flowerpower45, via charliebowater)
February 28, 2012
“If we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.”
— J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace (via wordpainting)
February 16, 2012
“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.”
— Albert Einstein (via sirmitchell)
February 01, 2012
January 30, 2012
“Gods always behave like the people who make them.”
— Zora Neale Hurston (via nevver)
(via taylororci)
January 27, 2012
It will surprise very few people to know that I kind of agree with this. Math is not my strong point. I got a passing grade in my (long-ago) algebra class by going on the theory that “when in doubt “X” = 8”. Don’t follow my example, kids!
I remember asking one of my math teachers, “How do you KNOW that’s the answer?” and not getting a very satisfactory response. I’m in full agreement with Calvin.
(Source: stunningblue06)
January 23, 2012
“
Churches in France and elsewhere in Europe have been battling falling numbers, a trend evident not only in the empty pews, but in the sharp fall in baptisms. But “de-baptisms”, a church’s deletion of one’s name from the official baptismal registry at a parishioner’s request, are a recent phenomenon, and they are taking place in both Protestant and Catholic communities.
There are no official statistics, but experts and activists count the numbers of those seeking de-baptism in the tens of thousands, and websites offering informal “de-baptism” certificates have mushroomed.
Anne Morelli, who heads a center for religion and secularity studies at the Free University of Brussels, says de-baptisms, both official and unofficial, increased in 2011, particularly in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Austria. The numbers, she said, reflect public anger at the church pedophilia scandals.
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Voluntary ‘De-Baptism’ Rising in Europe | Religion | English
And meanwhile, over in America, we’re struggling just to keep the church out of our government.
January 08, 2012
“Unlike all religions, I treat all religions equally. No religion is more ridiculous than any other to me. I don’t care what religion you believe in as long as you are kind. There are good and bad people who believe, and good and bad people who don’t.”
—
Ricky Gervais
Reading his guest column in EW about the reaction to his Golden Globes hosting made me really like the guy.
