Annnnd this is why I still identify with Erik's viewpoint even though I'm philosophically more in line with Charles:

Brothers and Sisters , I have been seriously considering forming a ( Christian ) grassroots type of organization to be named “The Christian National Registry of Atheists” or something similar . I mean , think about it . There are ( Read more... )

Oh my. Now it seems that I've gotten them on to talking about rape and other sexual violence, with some people being horrendously clueless about all of this. And I don't mean "I started them talking about this" in an indirect way, either; I mean that, in response to people saying that feminism isn't necessary because we're apparently all equal now ( Read more... )

Whew. It's really getting heated over at Pharyngula! Pz Myers brought up the topic of racism and sexism in the skeptic community and a whole lot of people are really up in arms. I even had to comment myself; I'm number #164 in the list, which, I note with some humor, is the same as my SArmy membership number. It does seem to have died down now, a ( Read more... )

Next Sunday is easter, which means a.) candy! and b.) a new episode of Doctor Who! The trailer looks intense, almost more like a movie than a TV show.

Played the demo of "And Yet it Moves." It's pretty fun, even if it's frustrating at times because, as usual, I keep forgetting which key does what (mostly in that I have some trouble remembering ( Read more... )

I just saw the least fun-looking abstinence-until-marriage poster ever. In large type it said "Because I respect myself" with a little aside about a-u-m underneath, and then on the left side of that caption was a very glum-looking girl. I can't blame her for looking that glum; I would too if I couldn't have sex until after I was married to someone ( Read more... )

Yay! I have an "ATHEIST" necklace now; I made it just now with my copious amounts of cool beads. The main part of it is blue black and green, and then the part that actually says "ATHEIST" is the black-on-white letter beads framed by some cool red and yellow beads I got from a stall in Vancouver one time. Since I like shiny things, many of the ( Read more... )

Oh, and also, any time people talk about religious myths as if they were absolutely real, it kind of startles me. I keep forgetting that people actually believe in religion. This was the case in Adolescent Lit Monday when we were talking about the historic causes for anti-Semitism, and I was like "I don't know much about religion but wasn't there ( Read more... )