Change is good, my friends. As Angelina Jolie told Brad Pitt in Mr. and Mrs. Smith when he said he hated the curtains, “You’ll get used to it.” (By the way, that movie was quite hilarious, at least to my husband and I who have been married for 12 years)

I’ve always hated how slow this current theme loads, and today I was getting all kinds of errors which seemed to be theme related. So out with the old, in with the new.

Let me know if you encounter any problems. [...]]]> Just a quick note to let you know that I have to change the theme here at Heaving Dead Cats. I found one I am in love with (I have no idea why, but it’s very different), and I’ll be trying to implement it as quickly and efficiently as possible, to impact you the least I can.

Change is good, my friends. As Angelina Jolie told Brad Pitt in Mr. and Mrs. Smith when he said he hated the curtains, “You’ll get used to it.” (By the way, that movie was quite hilarious, at least to my husband and I who have been married for 12 years)

I’ve always hated how slow this current theme loads, and today I was getting all kinds of errors which seemed to be theme related. So out with the old, in with the new.

Let me know if you encounter any problems. I’ll do my best to fix it as fast as I can.

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In my experience, most people don’t know how to argue effectively. I myself am not very good at it. I hate arguing, and conflict in general. But I think personal attacks are really uncalled for, especially when one person states an opinion and the other person counters with a personal attack. It just shows lack of ability to handle a disagreement.

By the way, this is called the Ad Hominem [...]]]> A week ago I did a post called 50 Old Testament Inconsistencies. It was just something I thought might be a bit different to share with everyone. I didn’t write it but I linked to where I had found it and also to the Skeptic’s Annotated Bible’s list of contradictions. Apparently some people found it recently and it’s gotten some traffic, mainly by christians who are none too pleased. I guess I hit a nerve.

In my experience, most people don’t know how to argue effectively. I myself am not very good at it. I hate arguing, and conflict in general. But I think personal attacks are really uncalled for, especially when one person states an opinion and the other person counters with a personal attack. It just shows lack of ability to handle a disagreement.

By the way, this is called the Ad Hominem Logical Fallacy as I wrote about previously.

Sometimes I wonder if people do it on purpose because it’s so easy to lash out at someone and so hard to defend. I think they do, the more I see it happen. And frankly I think it’s weak and lazy.

I think we all see the world in a unique way. I don’t even think twins see the world exactly the same, so when it comes to strangers in different parts of the world, living radically different lives, multiplied by the anonymity of being on a computer, not face to face, it gets really easy to attack and be nasty.

Also, for someone who follows the teachings of Christ, isn’t it hypocrisy to attack someone in such a way and be nasty, when in fact wouldn’t that be the best time to lead by example and be even more christlike, kind, loving, compassionate and understanding? There are nice ways to disagree. The Ad Hominem is decidedly not nice.

Why do atheists have to be more christlike, understanding, tolerant and kind than christians? That screams hypocrisy. I’m so sick of it. Do as christ says, not as I do. Bullshit.

On a totally different note, my husband Butch wrote a post on his blog the other day. He talked about the differences between Patriotism and Nationalism. It has a lot of swearing in it, but it’s quite excellent. If you don’t mind a bit of swearing and ranting, it’s a great lesson in the difference of those 2 terms.

To make things even more random, I read this awesome article about Gliocladium roseum. It’s a fungus in Patagonia that actually makes hydrocarbons and their derivatives! The fungus can eat cellulose or sugars and then makes the hydrocarbons which can then be made into biodiesel. I think I’ve got that right. Even just the DNA from the fungus can help make biofuels in the future. So we’ll see what happens with it and if we hear any more about it in the future.

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  ]]> http://www.heavingdeadcats.com/2008/10/06/animal-jihad-furry-holy-wars-part-squirrel/feed/ 3 http://www.heavingdeadcats.com/2008/08/16/hello-world/ http://www.heavingdeadcats.com/2008/08/16/hello-world/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:01:17 +0000 Neece http://www.heavingdeadcats.com//?p=1

  The liberation of the human mind has never been furthered by dunderheads; it has been furthered by gay fellows who heaved dead cats into sanctuaries and then went roistering down the highways of the world, proving to all men that doubt, after all, was safe – that the god in the sanctuary was finite in his power and hence a fraud.

  H L Mencken, in The American Mercury, January, 1924

  Actually, here is the full quote, in context:

  Of a piece with the absurd pedagogical demand for so-called constructive criticism is the doctrine that an iconoclast is a hollow and evil fellow unless he can prove his case. Why, indeed, should he prove it? Is he judge, jury, prosecuting officer, hangman? He proves enough, indeed, when he proves by his blasphemy that this or that idol is defectively convincing—that at least one visitor to the shrine is left full [...]]]>

  The liberation of the human mind has never been furthered by dunderheads; it has been furthered by gay fellows who heaved dead cats into sanctuaries and then went roistering down the highways of the world, proving to all men that doubt, after all, was safe – that the god in the sanctuary was finite in his power and hence a fraud.

  H L Mencken, in The American Mercury, January, 1924

  Actually, here is the full quote, in context:

  Of a piece with the absurd pedagogical demand for so-called constructive criticism is the doctrine that an iconoclast is a hollow and evil fellow unless he can prove his case. Why, indeed, should he prove it? Is he judge, jury, prosecuting officer, hangman? He proves enough, indeed, when he proves by his blasphemy that this or that idol is defectively convincing—that at least one visitor to the shrine is left full of doubts. The fact is enormously significant; it indicates that instinct has somehow risen superior to the shallowness of logic, the refuge of fools. The pedant and the priest have always been the most expert of logicians—and the most diligent disseminators of nonsense and worse. The liberation of the human mind has never been furthered by such learned dunderheads; it has been furthered by gay fellows who heaved dead cats into sanctuaries and then went roistering down the highways of the world, proving to all men that doubt, after all, was safe—that the god in the sanctuary was finite in his power, and hence a fraud. One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent.

  H L Mencken, in The American Mercury, January, 1924 – p. 75.

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