In the last month or so, I’ve had a chance to watch a few things that I have found worth the time. The sequel to the first Thor movie, Thor: The Dark World was a lot of fun. The plot was simple but it gave a lot of chance for interpersonal interactions. Tom Hiddleston as … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Mob City, and a few movies
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Having “faith” that atheists don’t really exist
Recently, and indeed many times before that, I’ve encountered Christians using this argument that since “everyone” has faith, then there can’t be atheists, and therefore, leap of logic, their god exists. The biggest problem with this argument is that the idea of having faith in something, in the classic “belief in things unseen” sense, still doesn’t … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Having “faith” that atheists don’t really exist
From the Bar – Five new wines
For Thanksgiving, we did a couple of Cornish hens, aka little chickens. They came out nicely, roasted for nearly two hours at 375. Nothing special with them, just stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy and my husband’s favorite cranberry orange sauce (recipes for the last here). This weekend we made my husband’s fabulous seafood chowder. Along … Continue reading From the Bar – Five new wines
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a primer on what you might not want to say in an online discussion, Baker’s Dozen edition
Recently, I’ve been in a very long discussion with an individual in the comments of one of my blog posts. This started with a TrueChristian using a tedious old gambit of insisting that atheism is a religion. Indeed, I was getting very close to a full card Bingo on the image that accompanies this post … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a primer on what you might not want to say in an online discussion, Baker’s Dozen edition
From the Kitchen – Cookies!
I find baking very therapeutic when I need to take a break and calm myself again. Since one of our cats died this week, and work has been nuts, I needed a couple of days of just puttering around the kitchen. As an aside, Thanksgiving (the US holiday) is a nice idea in theory. In … Continue reading From the Kitchen – Cookies!
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the passing of another pet
Again, I ask you to bear with me as I express my grief and memories of a dearly departed pet. This, and working at a grocery store near the US Thanksgiving holiday, explain why I haven't been around much. Twice this year we have had to say good-bye to one of our cats. This time, it is our dear … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the passing of another pet
From the Kitchen and From the Bar – chicken paprikash, a French wine and a holiday beer
Chicken paprikash is a meal I grew up with. Half my ancestry is Hungarian, with those relatives having settled in New Jersey right off the boat. We would have a big bowl of this dish with a pile of poppy seeded Kaiser rolls from the City Bakery in New Brunswick. That bakery is long gone … Continue reading From the Kitchen and From the Bar – chicken paprikash, a French wine and a holiday beer
Five challenges for the atheist
A good review of what a TrueChristian thinks of "hard questions" for atheists. The Christian assures everyone that his god can use these questions to leave us ol' atheists to his god. I wonder, since these questions have failed consistently, I do wonder what his excuse is for their failure. What was done "wrong"?
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – A potpourri of recently noted reasons on why religion is silly
There’s been a handful of things that have caught my eye that demonstrate why religion is silly. And lest, anyone be confused, religion is defined for *this* post as the beliefs, actions and practices that are based in belief in the supernatural. So, if you think that there is a soul, that there is a … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – A potpourri of recently noted reasons on why religion is silly
Religious exemptions from children’s healthcare. Part 1: preventive and diagnostic procedures
From Dr. Coyne’s blog. As if you needed any more evidence that some theists are utterly ridiculous. God doesn’t want my children to have bicycle helmets! (then why does he require helmets for his soldiers in armor?) God won’t let anyone get tuberculosis from me! (as false as could be)
sigh….
CHILD, which stands for Children’s Healthcare is a Legal Duty, is a great organization founded by Rita Swan, a Christian Scientist whose son, denied medical treatment, died a terrible death from bacterial meningitis—a curable ailment. Horrified at what she and her husband had done, Swan devoted her life to making sure other children don’t go through what her son did. (Needless to say, she left the Church—and also wrote a book about their experience, The Last Strawberry.) CHILD is devoted to overturning laws that exculpate parents from harming their children if they have religious reasons. You could do worse than give that organization a few dollars!
CHILD also presents an informative page on U.S. states’ religious exemptions for preventive health care and medical treatment for children, which includes a list of injuries and deaths occurring to children subject to those exemptions (it’ll break your heart), as well as…
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Club Schadenfreude 