You know, I grew up in the "anti-evolution" camp (reading classics such as "From Goo to You by way of the Zoo"), so I like to think I have a unique view on this. I recall as a young brainwashed youth trying to convert my atheist father (the horror!) to the flaws of evolution, despite the fact that he has his Bachelor's degree in Biology. Talk ( Read more... )

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As much as I LOL'd @ this, what the creators don't seem to comprehend is that they exist within the "Bubble of Scientism". We all hold delusional beliefs--it's called "being human". Unraveling delusional beliefs is--ironically--integral to my own personal Spiritual Path. For which I'm sure I'm labeled as "delusional", as well, I'm sure ( Read more... )

I just hafta put a quick note in on this debacle, as a former Fundy who is quite familiar with the Fun-duh-Mentalist mindset:

Obama essentially was attacking Biblical Literalism, which is the position that every word in the Bible is the eternal and unchanging Truth as given from on high, which every evangelical I've ever met completely agrees with ( Read more... )

Having taken waaaaay too many classes on Comparative World Religions, I feel rather confident in saying the single most common theme found in every single religion in the entire World can be summed up in a single word:

"LOVE"

Thanks to ineffable, I was once again reminded of this in the following beautifully succinct article. Here are a few of the best ( Read more... )

Earlier this year, I was posting some of my thoughts on the Church of $cientology. Frankly, I kinda got burned out on the whole topic, which is why it has taken me so long to post this. However, given that I feel I have a couple of unique angles on this topic that most don't have--both my education in Comparative World Religions & having a father ( Read more... )

Over the years, I've noticed an interesting trend amongst wee humans. At the risk of sounding like a fluffy-bunny, I propose the following Observation. People's interActions can be classified into 2 different camps ( Read more... )

The more I read heron61's LJ, the more I love his posts. Today I came across a little gem that links to a study refuting the 60's rat studies that are widely used to justify laws against addictive drugs. Some context for those of you unaware from heron61"I assume everyone reading this has heard stories about how tests of various addictive drugs like heroin or ( Read more... )

Apparently there is some hoopla over in Wikipedia re: the use of Muhammad's image. What these Muslims don't seem to understand is that they may be under some delusion that having a picture of Muhammad is "strictly forbidden", but that does NOT have anything to do with nonMuslims, who don't share this idiotic belief. I say idiotic, because ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to post and write a great many things, particularly re: media. So I'm putting them all here to braindump them outta my head ( Read more... )

Since I see so many talking about the Co$ recently, I thought I'd give my $0.02. My dad and stepmother were memebearers of the Co$ for many years back in the 80's, and I actually went with them to $cientology's international headquarters in Clearwater, Florida, spending the better part of a week living at Flag. There has been a lot of anti-Church ( Read more... )