What the Boss Likes – Reason Rally 2016

We are back from the Reason Rally 2016 which was June 4th.    The weather wasn't looking to promising as we drove down from Harrisburg, low clouds and drizzle, and I was dreading another repeat of 2012.  But once we got there the sky lifted with high clouds, and later in the day, the sun peaked out. … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Reason Rally 2016 →

Not Polite Dinner Conversation – Reason Rally, and thanks, Ray, for showing that your god doesn’t exist

(welcome folks who have followed the link from John Branyan's post.  May I direct you to his comment about his audience?) We're going to the Reason Rally in DC this year.   I'm hoping for much nicer weather than last time, where it was quite wet.   No ark needed though.  It looks to be a good … Continue reading Not Polite Dinner Conversation – Reason Rally, and thanks, Ray, for showing that your god doesn’t exist →

From the Bar – a few Belgian ales and a movie

I have now been on this planet for 50 years.   I really wish I had been on some other planet during this time but alas technology has not cooperated. For my birthday, we went to have really good cheap french fries (cooked in beef fat) and expensive Belgian beers. This was an extra treat since … Continue reading From the Bar – a few Belgian ales and a movie →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “churches deserve protection from those who would harm worshippers.”

because well, God just doesn't do anything except show up in toast and stains. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/04/15/gov-signs-guns-churches-bill/83079790/   Way to go Gov, show us that unshakeable faith!  Lightning rods and now guns??? "“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “churches deserve protection from those who would harm worshippers.” →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – modern medicine would have helped – religious parents who harm and kill their kids (alas, again)

"Mariah Walton’s voice is quiet – her lungs have been wrecked by her illness, and her respirator doesn’t help. But her tone is resolute. “Yes, I would like to see my parents prosecuted.” Why? “They deserve it.” She pauses. “And it might stop others.” Mariah is 20 but she’s frail and permanently disabled. She has … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – modern medicine would have helped – religious parents who harm and kill their kids (alas, again) →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Here we go again in PA, TrueChristians hiding behind nationalism

In their ritual of showing off how virtuous they are, some PA representatives are trying to again force their version of their religion on others in HB 1640, aka "National Motto Display Act".  The sponsoring representative is Chris Dush (such a name, miserable to grow up with and certainly appropriate now).   The rest of the … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Here we go again in PA, TrueChristians hiding behind nationalism →

David McDonnough: The Best/Worst Christian Apologist in America

More evidence that TrueChristians depend on nothing more than ignorance and lies to support their nonsense.   The author of Applied Faith, David McDonnough, is the living embodiment of why today the evangelical brand is toxic… and for that, I salute him. The product of an American Bible school masque… Source: David McDonnough: The Best/Worst … Continue reading David McDonnough: The Best/Worst Christian Apologist in America →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – what has become the annual easter post

Here we are again at that time of year where two religions celebrate that people die and die for no reason other than the mythic stories need to declare just how important believers are and how important it is to blindly obey the god they’ve invented. Rather than celebrate how humanity has risen and achieved, … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – what has become the annual easter post →