By Neece, on November 4, 2009, at 2:01 pm
Hello everyone,
First, I am now a Google Waver! Find me at zeneece@googlewave.com. I started my first public wave for atheists: Atheists Unite!
Secondly, I must confess my ignorance on a certain matter that has been bouncing around my brain for some time. I have asked my genius husband Butch and he didn’t have an answer, which made me feel better.
I’ll start with an example:
I always thought aspirin was found in the bark of white willows, and then was made in the lab. But the history seems to be entirely in the laboratory, according to Wikipedia. Also there does seem to be a connection between white willow bark and eventually aspirin.
Needless to say these days, aspirin is made strictly in the lab/factory. My question is, if things are made strictly from chemicals, where do the chemicals themselves [...]
By Neece, on October 9, 2009, at 2:12 am
Remember awhile ago I asked you to think about a list of your personal 10 commandments? For atheists, we certainly aren’t going to look to the bible for our moral guidance, so we have to put in a bit more thought. What rules, morals or virtues do we choose to live by? I decided to call my list principles because it’s a better word than commandments.
Principles: a personal or specific basis of conduct or management
Neece’s Principles
- Treat others as you would like to be treated. (Golden Rule)
- Do not treat others as you would not like to be treated. (Silver Rule)
- Treat others as they want to be treated, in their best interest. (Platinum Rule, modified by Neece)
- Learn from your mistakes, and when possible, learn from the mistakes of others.
- Choose your battles.
- Be pragmatic
- If it harms no one, do [...]
By Johnny, on August 6, 2009, at 12:10 pm
Oh what a mistake it was adding ‘In God We Trust’ to the United States currency.
It started with coins in 1864, gained new legs with the motto in 1956, then made its debut on paper currency in [...]
By Neece, on June 20, 2009, at 4:40 am
I was having a conversation with my friend Steve earlier about Jesus. Was there a Jewish rabbi named Yeshua walking around the Fertile Crescent around 2000 years ago, preaching the end of days? Does it matter? This is my conclusion. No, not really. We’ll never know the truth of it, and it doesn’t matter anyway.
Steve says the majority of scholars feel that there was such a guy. I’ve been under the impression for many years that the biblical Jesus never existed. But I think it’s just an exercise in scholarship and semantics, really.
Here’s where I started:
- Josephus was the nearest contemporary to Jesus, and he never met him.
- All the gospels were written 40-80 years after the supposed crucifixion. None of the gospel writers or Paul/Saul ever met Jesus.
- The Romans were meticulous record keepers back then. Not a word [...]
By Neece, on May 22, 2009, at 10:32 pm
The other day I did a post called Here We Go Again…. A christian had come by HDC and offered to have a bit of discourse so I posted what he had said and replied accordingly. Apparently there were quite a few comments, some of which got a bit heated and unpleasant. But a few questions were asked in amongst all the angry exchanges that I thought I’d address directly.
Sometimes I know I can be a bit vague about where I stand on issues, mainly because I don’t want to offend anyone. I like to be happy and make others happy. But I think at a certain point, honesty really is more important than a bit of bruised ego. So let’s stop pussyfooting around and I’ll lay my cards on the table. I am not trying to offend anyone. I’m just being honest.
It was noticed [...]
100 Questions for christians
So Angie would like us to come up with creative stump-the-fundie questions to add to her list.
You can see the first 10 questions to get you started on her blog post: Questions for christians.In her list are 2 videos you simply must watch. The first one is gay dolphin sex. I mean, come on, you really don’t want to pass that up, do you? The second one is a music video that is just awesome. I hate [...]