Month: December 2014

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation: Where the “History” channel has a docudrama of the Book of Revelation

Just stumbled upon this "Revelation: End of Days"  a docudrama format of the nonsense from Revelation from the "History Channel" which deserves the title as much as the Syfy Channel does.  It does seem to at least have better production quality than the Left Behind nonsense, but it doesn't have the excellent porn star names … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation: Where the “History” channel has a docudrama of the Book of Revelation →

Seventh-Day Adventist pastor abandons belief in God, embraces reality

Rather than painting the same horse my own personal color, I thought my readers would like to see this blog post from Dr. Coyne over at Why Evolution is True, about a pastor's experiment on being an atheist. And I am pretty sure I said that this pastor was only doing it for the money … Continue reading Seventh-Day Adventist pastor abandons belief in God, embraces reality →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the thought that counts requires some thinking

My husband and I spent today listening to music, talking, eating and drinking. We listened to holiday music and the music from the first Star Wars movie since we both got that as a Christmas present back in the 70s. Back then, we promptly listened to it as soon as we could get away from … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the thought that counts requires some thinking →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the kvetching continues, and “you want these in the courthouse?” part 4

Now, we’re to Chapter 19 and three months since the big splitting the sea scene.   Moses, plus hundreds of thousands, if not millions, are camped at the base of Mount Sinai. Moses goes up to Y (assumed on the mountain) and Y says that he carried all of the people on eagles’ wings here (as … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the kvetching continues, and “you want these in the courthouse?” part 4 →

15 Questions for Theists

A great list of questions for theists from hessianwithteeth’s blog. I have a few to add myself:

16)When do you think the essential events of your religion happened e.g. flood, battles, etc?
17)If your answer about good and bad, or good and evil, is that we somehow need one to know the other, how does that affect your version of the afterlife?
18)what is your version of the afterlife?
19) How do you know what parts of your holy book to accept and to reject?

I’ve noted that I  have some new theist followers, so please do offer your answers to this.  Also, if you’ve joined just to pray for me, please do let me know what you are praying for so I can give you updates on how it’s going. 🙂

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There are a lot of blog posts and articles out there with questions for atheists. However, there don’t seem to be very many posts with atheists asking questions of theists. So I decided I’d write up some questions for the theists out there.
1)How many gods are there? What are their names?
2)How do you know these gods (or this god) exists? Why do you believe they exist?
3)How do you think the universe began?
4)When do you think the universe began?
5)How do you think life began?
6)When do you think life began?
7)Is morality objective or subjective? How do you know, or why do you believe, this?
8)What do you think this god, or these gods, want from humans? Why?
9)What do humans mean to gods? What is our importance or significance?
10)Could they get whatever it is they want from humans without humans? Do they need whatever…

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From the Kitchen – all praise the tortilla press, and a tortilla that needs no press

(a break from the entertaining, and somewhat tedious religious stuff) In an attempt to find an easier way to make our meat pies, we got a tortilla press.   I have to say that this was one of the best $25 we’ve spent in a while. It makes pressing out pie crust for hand pies so … Continue reading From the Kitchen – all praise the tortilla press, and a tortilla that needs no press →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Big miracles, little evidence and the beginning of the kvetching, part 3

We find ourselves at the end of Chapter 13, which is where this god isn’t going to send his people on the easy road, because “For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.” We’re not sure who this god said this to. It doesn’t seem to be … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Big miracles, little evidence and the beginning of the kvetching, part 3 →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “Abracapocus!” plus lots of collateral damage – the peculiar story of the “exodus”, part 2

After re-reading the story in exodus, I think I would be overjoyed to find out that there is no evidence for this nonsense if I were a believer. The characters are not the sharpest knives in the block. A quick overview of what has gone before.   We have a reluctant leader and a god that … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “Abracapocus!” plus lots of collateral damage – the peculiar story of the “exodus”, part 2 →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “let my people go……. For a long weekend!” the peculiar story of the “exodus”, part 1

The newest Bible as Conan movie candidate is “Exodus: Gods and Kings”. It’s a Cecil B. De Mille-ian event with a cast of at least digital thousands. I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I have watched the Discovery Channel show that is trying to ride its coattails. I’ll review that after I’ve reviewed the … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “let my people go……. For a long weekend!” the peculiar story of the “exodus”, part 1 →