The IT Park where my office is located feels the need to display its environmentally conscious face from time to time. It puts up huge boards saying “Go Green” and assorted feel good Page 3 type text. The boards are made of plastic.
http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2011/07/god-evidence-believe-world
“‘Oh Bill, you’re such a meanie. Why do you have to go after religion? It gives people comfort. It doesn’t hurt anything.’ Okay…Well, other than most wars, the Crusades, the Inquisition, 9/11, arranged marriages to minors, blowing up girls’ schools, the suppression of women and homosexuals, fatwas, ethnic cleansing, honor rape, human sacrifice, burning witches, [...]
Can omniscient God, Who knows the future, Find the omnipotence To change His future mind? – Karen Owens
WTF from the BBC news site – http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8196786.stm. Essentially, “A group of rabbis and Jewish mystics has taken to the skies over Israel, praying and blowing ceremonial horns in a plane to ward off swine flu“. To top that, they portray their self delusion as well with this statement – “We are certain that, thanks [...]
Link via India Uncut http://www.economist.com/blogs/theinbox/2007/12/believe_it_or_not_december_11t_2.cfm In a nutshell, “Atheism is a religion in the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby”. Most boneheaded religious fanatics fail to get this simple point.
Hyderabad has this huge crowd of street sweepers maintained by the municipality. Night falls, traffic lessens and they come out, in their shabby light blue uniforms with glow strips, brooms and small carts in hand. Sweeping Hyderabad’s streets and lanes. They should be kept off the streets for a month. Let the the garbage pile [...]
http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2007/08/13/more-beastly-stuff/
Ever since India’s president wannabe Pratibha Patil confessed to having conversations with a spirit or some such nonsense and this, naturally, made front page news on most national newspapers, I’ve been wondering about the logic behind such a confession. Either the person is amongst the seriously deluded who believe in Sai Baba and similar frauds [...]
Got this today morning on my IBN-live Google gadget -http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mp-school-trains-women-to-be-good/top/42668-3.html?xml Essentially, it’s about a ‘school’ where women are taught to be submissive and obedient towards their husbands and in-laws. This is supposed to be in accordance with Indian culture and traditions. Yes, we Indians have a fine culture of sati, dowry deaths, treating women as [...]