I made my first venture into gluten-free baking this weekend. I find the whole gluten-free craze to be largely nonsense, especially when people would ask us in the meat department if a steak was "gluten-free". However, a friend has muscular dystrophy and prefers to avoid gluten. I had been curious on how the flours worked so … Continue reading From the Kitchen – my first venture into gluten free baking
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Roe v. Wade
This day is an anniversary of the date that women won the ability to control their own bodies here in the US when it comes to childbirth and abortion. This was the famous Roe vs. Wade decision. Pleasantly enough, I have just read that the GOP majority in the US House of Representatives have failed … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Roe v. Wade
From the Kitchen and From the Bar – Cake and Sake
This weekend we were stuck close to home thanks to my husband being on call. I decided to get a new alcohol to try and finally got around to making the chocolate bundt cake with coconut filling that I mentioned back in November. The alcohol was Tozai Snow Maiden Junmai Nigori Sake. This sake has … Continue reading From the Kitchen and From the Bar – Cake and Sake
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – religious tv – yes, you knew it was going to be awful
Here’s a pair of reviews of the tv shows I’ve mentioned in earlier blog posts. The “History” channel has a “docudrama” called Revelation: End of Days. I briefly mentioned it here. Oh my, the nonsense. I fast forwarded through most of this unadulterated piece of shakey cam crap. Here’s a bit of a stream of … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – religious tv – yes, you knew it was going to be awful
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – another challenger who is sure that the bible flood happened, Diana Lesperance
(this was more enjoyable to write than reviewing bad television(which is damning with faint praise), but we’ll get to that next post. And yes, it's long. Such a great surprise 🙂 ). Diana’s claims about science are always curious, but nothing new in the realm of young earth creationist claims. I reviewed her claims about … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – another challenger who is sure that the bible flood happened, Diana Lesperance
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. 🙂
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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