Put it where all can see...

Now you can declare your ignorance with your very own Laminin t-shirt!



For those who have no idea what is going on, check this out.

Fuck Pastor Mike McClure

Let's talk about rights.
Let's talk about sexual orientation.
Let's talk about you, and an entire homophobic nation.
Will you follow me down?
Can we not seperate ourselves from such hate?
Fear and Loathing in Laramie by Protest The Hero

Gay marriage was recently legalized by a ruling of the California supreme court (it's about fucking time). It's interesting to see some of the conservative religious reactions.

The one I found most absurd was found here, where Pastor Mike McClure, defending his stance against gay marriage is quoted as saying "The state is infringing on the church's rights to follow what the Bible says. I'm not condemning homosexuals."

Apparently allowing gays to marry is infringing on the rights of the religious, because we aren't letting the religious use their zany myths to dictate laws! So I guess the state is infringing on Christians when they don't criminalize lying, worshipping idols, and worshipping gods other than the Christian one.

Here is the runner-up (from the same article): "I'm soul-sick over this," said Pastor Dave Sawkins of Venture Christian Church in Los Gatos. "The Supreme Court is promoting a lifestyle that is destructive," he said. "We're not angry at homosexuals, we're trying to protect the family."

Leave aside for a moment that the Supreme Court isn't promoting anything (just allowing it) and the disgusting assertion that the lifestyle of married gay is destructive. I am wondering how protesting gay marriage could possibly protect "the family". It's like protesting allowing blacks to have some possessions because you are protecting property laws.

I love how these quotes are always qualified with "We're not angry at homosexuals" or "I'm not condemning homosexuals." The thinly veiled attempts to look non-discriminatory while saying blatantly hateful things is either hilarious or depressing... I haven't decided which yet.

Religious Humour Contest

The Frame Problem is having a contest: The funniest piece of scripture. You can go here to add your entry.

My entry is my all time favourite bit of scripture. II Kings 2:23-24

23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. "Go on up, you baldhead!" they said. "Go on up, you baldhead!" 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.

Yay bears mauling youths!

It takes faith to sit on a chair...

...According to this article.

See my letter to the editor addressing this horrible article, along with three letters critical of this article, here.

End of the World

"The apocalypse is oh so near,
Soon enough we'll be in darkness."
Second Coming by Good Riddance

Browsing the internet today, I came across this site. I just have to ask: How do people still believe this stuff?

Remember just last year the rapture was supposed to come (as this site used to claim). People sold books based on this claim. Of course, the rapture didn't come. The world didn't end in 2006 either.

I just have to pose the question - why is so much heed given to apocalyptic predictions? Is it simply out of fear that one of them will be right? Well, I guess at this rate, with a prediction being made for every single year, it's very likely that eventually someone will be right...