Will he ever quit it?

I do not understand the point of this at all. It is very angering which is the reaction that Westboro are out for I guess.

How the hell do people get like that anyway? Can people really have that much stacked on a belief? How could anyone even be tempted by the idea of a God or a Heaven who believes that protests such as their’s are righteous?

It’s hard to ignore but I think it is the best policy, particularly with organisations who refuse to listen to anything bar themselves and a 2000 year old book.

Of course it’s easy for me to say that as I am not on the front line. I do not have to put up with their hate protests.

I have the greatest respect for families and friends of the bereaved who do not retalliate as I know it is something that I could not resist.

The best response I’ve seen to WBC’s protests is the photo below which was taken at a production of the Lamarie Project at Ann Habor in Michigan.

It must be a difficult enough time for the relatives of the soldiers without all of this. I do sincerely wish them all of the strength in the world.

The idea of Brain Synchronisation has been around for quite a while now and it seems to be steadily growing in popularity predominately in New Age circles, however public knowledge about this phenomena is gradually growing.

The technology works by transmitting sounds of differing frequencies into each ear. The brain then calculates the difference between each tone and generates that tone on its own.

So for the sake of argument if you play a tone at 40Hz into one ear and one at 30Hz into the other the brain creates a tone of 10Hz.

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The American Daily On Islam As A Cult…….

Excuse me, am I missing something here?

Is it not just a tiny bit ironic that a Christian is labelling Islam as a killing cult? Look back throughout history at the Inquisition, The Crusades and even the Holocaust and you’ll find examples of Christians who thought they killing heretics in God’s name was a righteous act.

Islam says it is a religion among world religions. It is not. It is a killing cult, nothing more.

Islam demands that those who do not convert to Islam be slain or taken as slaves. There is no third option. With the genuine world religions, they tolerate those who do not agree with their tenets.

Now I may well be mistaken here but isn’t Islam one of the most diverse religions in the world? Obviously like Christianity there are going to be people who miss the damn point.

After all the Bible itself doesn’t have a great track record in condemning murder. In fact parts of it actively encourage it.

Do all Christians take these parts of the Bible seriously? No, and thankfully not.

What happens to females who commit suicide is not known. Females in Islam are considered worth less than dung. Females are said to be conceived with ten curses, the latter defined as showing publicly one’s genitals. One of those curses is lifted if the Muslim marries; the other nine remain.

This part of the article is kinda cute in the way. I mean when did Christians earn the right to go all feminist on our asses? Have Jerry or Pat set up a pro-womens rights lobby recently? And really! What is all of this Pro-family palava about?

Once again I’d refer these people to Matthew 7:3

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?

At least if people are going to call Islam a killing cult, they could save themselves the indiginity of being pubicly outted as ignorant and hypocritical by labelling Christianity as one too.

From the Gulf Times Newspaper

Students of yet another school in Madhya Pradesh have reported seeing ghost-like apparitions.

At least 10 of the 128 students of the Government Middle School in Rewara village of Khandwa district in southwest Madhya Pradesh have fainted in the school after seeing a black apparition in recent weeks.

“At mid-day, I saw a man wearing a black dress near the water tank of our school. He had a long black beard and big teeth. He was very scary,” said Chhaya, a 12-year-old student. She fainted and came around after an hour.

Call me cynical but could it not be that this apparition is actuallly a real, if not slightly insane person stalking the corridors of the school?

By the description the children gave he looks like an old friend of mine who I haven’t seen in quite a while. This fellow enjoyed crossdressing very much, perhaps he left the country and moved to India in order to be part of a culture which boasts niftier threads?

Seriously though, it’s quite frightening how impressionable people are. Ten people have each reported experiencing the same alleged entity. It demonstrates how powerful suggestion is.

To be honest, it sounds like an idea I could have used to get out of going to school at the time. “Teacher! A flamboyant monk is parading around the school in a cape terrorising the children by flashing his wolf like teeth at them!”.

It might well have bought me time out of school, however at what cost? I’d probably still be in a padded cell by now and this was nearly 7 years ago!

New Law On Suicide Attacks Freedom

All in all this is pretty worrying. I think it’s a travesty that anyone should be denied the right to die against their wishes. As far as I can understand the decision is ours to make and if it is taken away from us what do we have left?

I personally do not want to live to my late 90’s, especially if I have no quality of life and am nothing but a burden to my family.

I can’t think of anything more morally reprehensible than an individual being kept alive unnaturally against their own wishes. I mean what is the point?

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1) And God gave Moses the tablet and etched on it were 11 Commandments. “11!” cried Moses. “I thought there was meant to be 10!” Moses was wrong. The 11th commandment is definitely the most relevant of them all (particularly nowadays) and it is “Let Wikipedia know for you.”

Where would we be without Wikipedia? Its just a fantastic resource for almost everything. I’ve been using it recently to find out a little more about the roots of Christianity and I just love how you can easily skip between topics. The Internet at it’s best.

Wikipedia

2) The Ex Christian forums are a wonderful resource for people who have de-converted from Christianity. The members are extremely knowledgable and are willing to give advice in what can be a testing time in peoples lives.

I’ve found a great number of secular sites through the forum which I now visit on a regular basis.

If you are lacking in inspiration or are just looking for more information on atheism/theism, you can’t really lose here.

Ex-Christian Forums

3) The Skeptics Annotated Bible provides much food for thought and its a must-see for people who are struggling with their faith.

Although I disagree with some of the annotations, much of the observations are spot on and the graphical key really adds to the site’s usability.

Skeptic’s Annotated Bible

4) Near-Death.com offers an archive of accounts of Near Death Experiences from people of a multitude of different beliefs and backgrounds.

The validity of many of the experiences are questionable as you might expect, however it is a pretty good read and offers definite food for thought.

Near Death

5) Now this one is a real eye opener. Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth offers a credible explanation of how early Christianity grew from Pagan roots which of course is evident through the many pagan holidays we celebrate during the year.

From POCM

“What you’ll discover here is that Christianity inherited everything from the Pagans. The core of Christianity — the worship of a dying Godman who is resurrected, ascends into heaven and brings salvation to mankind — was also the core of a number of ancient Pagan religions that began in the Near East two thousand years before Jesus.”

Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth

• Pat Robertson actually talks sense.
• George Dubbya breaks down in public and begins smashing his head off his desk during a national address, apoligising un
  equivocally for everything.
• A natural disaster happens without anyone labelling it as “God’s wrath”.
• Someone actually takes Fred Phelps seriously.
• Madonna finally calls it a day. This might not happen until sometime well into the 22nd century.
• Someone in Jesusland reads the Bible from cover to cover and breaks into hysterical laughter.
• Someone in Jesusland applies Matthew 7:1-5 to their life.
• You can walk into a coffee house in Kentucky without someone mentioning Jesus 600 times during your stay.
• You can walk into a coffee house in Kentucky and actually determine the sex of the waitress.
• Jerry Falwell tries to stand for office. Anyone remember Duck & Cover?
• Jerry Falwell and Richard Dawkins are filmed practicing consentual sodomy together in a brothel in Karachi.
• Red snow falls from the sky everywhere simulatenously.
• The Bible is categorised under “Fiction - Other” in all public libraries.
• A fundamental Christian actually confesses that the only reason they want the world to end is that they hate their lives.
• Christ is seen as the anarchist he really was.

Just a slob like one of us………

• Contrary to popular opinion God would not shy away from a game of Twister. He would use it as another avenue through which to channel his almighty wrath.
• God would be very critical of the standard of beef burgers at fast food outlets. He would spend all of eternity filling in and posting the comment sheets with remarks akin to “Thine burgers taste of the shat of a diseased pig. Begone with you!”

  When he finally realises that no one will pay attention to his complaints he will begin harassing the kitchen crew until he manages to blag at least a free bag of fries.

  If he remains unsuccessful in his ploy for attention/free food, He will storm out of the restaurant dramatically and will commence urinating on cars in the car park.

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This has to be the best story of 2006 so far.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Police aren’t sure how else to explain it. But when an officer walked into an apartment Thursday night to answer a 911 call, an orange-and-tan striped cat was lying by a telephone on the living room floor.

The cat’s owner, Gary Rosheisen, was on the ground near his bed having fallen out of his wheelchair.

Rosheisen said his cat, Tommy, must have hit the right buttons to call 911.

“I know it sounds kind of weird,” Officer Patrick Daugherty said, unsuccessfully searching for some other explanation.

It seems to me that there is a distinct lack of originality with use of the ouija board. People have been asking the spirits the same daft questions for centuries upon centuries and for what? The odd haunting here and the odd song lyric there.

In this guide I will show you how you can make your Ouija Board work for you with some practical and exciting tips!

• Ask the spirit for some envigorating new recipes. Tired of eating the same old microwavable crap day-in, day-out? Use the Ouija to kickstart your way to gourmet bliss!
• If you have absolutely nothing else to do, consider asking the spirit what it’s favourite liquor is. If it gives a legible response, go out and buy that very drink and pour the contents of it onto the board. It will thank you in the long run.

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I’ve always been intrigued by what lies behind Ghosts. I do not accept that the phenomenon is non-existent. Neither do I accept that Ghosts are necessarily earthborn spirits.

I do believe that the Mind is responsible here - and I believe that studies in this area will lead to a breakthrough which will revolutionise science’s current understanding of the Mind.

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It is quite rare for a song to effect me in such a significant way that it actually forces me to look within and assess what I truly believe in. Perhaps this is because I listen to a lot of New Age nonsense…

Anyhow, one such song that has effected in this way is “Is That All There Is” performed by Peggy Lee and written by Leiber and Stoller. It seems to have an almost unlimited universal appeal in its scope. I love how it starts off dealing with the mundane i.e. a little girl at a circus.

As the song progresses it covers more difficult territory with the illustration of the writers disillusionment with love, and at the very end, with life itself.

The lyrics are included below for your browsing pleasure.

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