Via @Danjite & BlogHer, in finally severing all ties with the Southern Baptist church, Jimmy Carter says :

The truth is that male religious leaders have had - and still have - an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter. Their continuing choice ( Read more... )

Have a look at the Angel Kitty USB Keyboard Bra. Yes , that said what you though it did.

Work safe, but oh, so wrong! It is very cute though....

Somewhat less than safe for work is the gPod, an iPod attachment that has a "joystick" that vibrates to the music. They say you attach it to your mobile phone and "feel" your boyfriend's voice ( Read more... )

There is a wonderful article summarizing why humans are disposed to believe in the supernatural and gods in particular in the NY Times ( Read more... )

I found, via several odd links, a reference to the recent US Army War College Quarterly Winter 2006-2007 article The Quranic Concept of War by Joseph C. Meyers.

This is a review of the principles put forward by by Brigadier General S. K. Malik of the Pakistani Army in his 1979 book The Quranic Concept of WarAccording to Myers, the important thing ( Read more... )

As part of the winter solstice Saturnalia celebrations, during which the sun dies and is reborn, the Birth of the Unconquerable Sun (Natalis Sol Invictus) occurs on the 25th of December and is cause for much revelry and debauchery ( Read more... )

Well, there were two things that annoyed me over the weekend, so I'm going to vent on one of them here, maybe the other later, but I'll cut it so you don't have to read unless you feel like it.

( The cartoons )

Seeing as Conan's blog doesn't have comments ( Read more... )

Classic example of religious stupidty on television this evening. A member of the Exclusive Brethren church said that he, and other members of the church didn't vote, and that the reason for this was that government came from their god ( Read more... )