Oh yes....

Just another reason why I am an Atheist and what belief in God does to people (no, no-this isn't an anti-god thing... that's what I thought too by this picture)

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/09/westboro-sidwell/

Got God?

I have recently moved to a wonderful land where 15% of the city's population is Atheist. This land is known as New York City. A magical land where an Atheist subway campaign is underway with the ads seen below. This is no doubt going to stir up some serious controversy, but in m opinion, it is about time these ads went up. What are your thoughts on this ad? Too racy? Not racy enough? Here's a link to the group sponsoring the ad, Big Apple CoR.

A Message To Kirk Cameron.....

......Atheists did not cause the Holocaust.


READ THIS STUPIDNESS HERE

Never Thought It Was Possible.....

.....but I guess being an Atheist I have to hate Jedi's now. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Star Wars but unfortunately an actual "religion" has come from the movie. And in my opinion, you aren't an official religion until you get discriminated against because of your beliefs. So congrats followers of the Jedi faith, you are officially a religion in my book now.

See the article here

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Thanks to Sean for sending me this photo:

Jesus Bling

Perhaps I have just been out of the fashion scene for too long, but lately there has been a resurgence of the rosary -- as fashion jewelry!! This was a small trend back in 2005, but it never quite made it to the main stream. I have found myself wondering why that trend never really caught on, and if it will this time around. My guess is that it will not become a "must-have-item" on Style.com anytime soon.

I needed a better grasp on this trend in order to come to my hypothesis, so while I was vacationing in uber-Catholic Spain, I bought myself a real rosary from Montserrat. The rosary is long, black and gold painted, complete with a mutilated, dying Jesus pendant dangling at the bottom. Satisfied with my purchase, I decided to give it a test drive in Spain and see how people reacted.

I passed a nun on Las Ramblas and she gave me a nasty, hope-you-burn-in-hell look on her face. She was the only one in Spain who even noticed my new bling! So I gave it a test drive in the states. I got a few compliments, mostly from other fashionable ladies who thought it was cool, but I did get a lot of people asking me questions. I got the "Are you wearing that to stay closer to Jesus?" question, as well as the "Are you Catholic or Evangelical?" question (which was stupid because only Catholics use rosaries, duh).

Most of the time, I just got some dirty looks or confused looks from random observers but even as an Atheist, it made me uncomfortable...like I was crossing some kind of hidden line or something and it was the equivalent of burning the American flag. Don't worry though, I got over that feeling quite quickly and now I wear just because I know it pisses people off (and because it makes totally fashion-forward!).

So to conclude, I really don't think we will be seeing cheap rosaries at Forever 21 anytime soon because it makes people, even Atheists, uncomfortable to wear them. While they are beautiful and can make any outfit daring, I doubt people enjoy answering questions all day long about their bling bling!

Hey Creationists -- Suck on This!

Today, it has been announced that the "missing link" between lemurs and primates has been discovered. Lemurs? How are we related to lemurs (you must be wondering)? Well, if you are truly curious, check out this link and read for yourself. Basically, this discovery further proves evolution. Now if only we can get the Intelligent Design theorists to suck it......