Why I took so long to accept evolution - a.k.a. Why every christian should read their own bible. “part of what helped me along was actually reading the Bible in high school, being horrified by much of it”
Religion and Sexual Ethics - A nice summary of the moral position of various religions. Interesting to compare catholicism and buddhism side by side! (I think I’m with the Buddhists, here)
LOL cat Bible - Personally, I hate this pathetic LOLspeak crap, although this picture is funny… “In teh beginning, Invisible Man make univerz. Invisible Man say, I can has light. Gots light.”
What Evolution Left Behind On Humans - “I?ve always been fascinated with human evolution. To me, the most fascinating part of human evolution is learning about what was ?left behind? on our bodies from our ancestors and from our prenatal development.”
Wife Beating - It?s therapeutic - I’m glad someone’s cleared this up. Wife beating is not a rule, it’s just therapeutic. Oh, but there are limits!
I found a link today which reminded me of a Rowan Atkinson sketch. I know there are different ideas about when the “Sabbath” actually is. Christians seems to set Sunday as the “holy” day, whereas Jews mark the time between sunset on Friday and Sunset on Saturday instead. Of course, it all comes down to biblical interpretation.
While not particularly relevant to the rest of us (although, I discovered recently on my travels to Adelaide - one of Australia’s smaller major cities1 - shops still aren’t allowed to open on Sundays, and I’m sure we can blame the Christians for that) I thought “Remember the Sabbath” was quite interesting.
Oh, and then - of course - the Rowan Atkinson sketch I was reminded of… (This was linked recently from one of the Atheist blogs I read - I forget where, but if you think it might have been you, let me know and I’ll link to you)
Looks like I’ve just been accepted as a citizen of Planet Atheism!
Planet Atheism aggregates some great blogs by “non-believers and free thinkers”, and most of my favourite blogs are already there! If you want a nice simple way to catch up with a whole range of Atheist ideas, you can subscribe using their full RSS feed, or via email (you’ll get my blog posts that way, too - but of course, you could just use my RSS feed if that’s all you want!)
Here are some of the sites I’ve been looking at recently, that I wanted to share:
What if the Women of the Bible Had All Been Feminists? - “After the ladies loosen up around the table, Mary Magdalene would begin by talking about sex workers? rights, and returning belly dancing to its origin as an exercise for giving birth.”
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