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Shroud of Turin -- so much for the supernatural aspect!
posted by GJ on October 6, 2009 @ 11:55AM

Oh, those pesky scientists.  First, in 1988, they used carbon dating to show the Shroud of Turin to have been created around 1350 AD, a little out of whack with the Jesus Timeline (TM).  Of course, at that time, those evildoers couldn't explain how to create the artifact, so of course most religious artifact fans pooh-poohed the dating method.  Now, an Italian chemist has shown precisely how to create a look alike Shroud using medievally-known chemicals.  Looks like (surprise) a fake, likely created by religious profiteers and later obtained by the Church, having bought the profiteers stories hook, line and sinker.

I'm thinking religion might want to rethink the whole physical evidence angle.  They don't win those battles much anymore, what, with the Scientific Method (TM) deployed by their sworn enemies over the past several centuries.

Oh, in other news...seems some neocons don't much care for that Liberal Commie Jesus of the New Testament and are rewriting the King James version of the Bible to suit their beliefs.  I actually have no problem with this--this is how the Bible has been edited since it was first written.   

2 comments | Tags: religion, science

God has a funny sense of humor
posted by GJ on September 10, 2009 @ 1:08PM

Really.  You just have to read what happened to poor Gunther Link the other day.

2 comments | Tags: religion, funny

Riddle me this
posted by Geoff on July 30, 2009 @ 3:38PM

6 comments | Tags: religion, funny

I don't think I've yet bashed the Pope...might as well start!
posted by GJ on July 19, 2009 @ 4:24PM

So, I admit to comparing Pope Benedict to Emperor Palpatine.  It was funny, dang nab it!  However, I do think he's shaping up to be the wrong kind of guy to head the church.  Want proof?  Check out this news article following up on this case:  a nine-year-old girl is raped, and has an abortion in Brazil.  The family *and* doctor are all excommunicated from the church for doing so.  The article reviews the Vatican's response.  Read it to find out how much they care about the "human weight" factor vs. enforcement of their righteous dogma.

I'm not necessarily looking for discussion, but if anyone wants to take up the mantle and defend the Church's actions in this particular case, be my guest. 

6 comments | Tags: religion

God Tries Out Texting
posted by GJ on June 7, 2009 @ 6:33AM

Realizing He needs to reach out to His younger people in a way they will understand, God decides to give texting a whirl. 

19 comments | Tags: religion, humor

More Catholic anti-science
posted by GJ on April 20, 2009 @ 7:51AM

Seems there is some legislation pending in Lousiana that bans the human-animal hybrids (whatever that means, since humans ARE animals).  Apparently, Archbishop Alfred Hughes read The Island of Dr. Moreau and it freaked him out--I mean, God spoke to him--and this legislation is the result.

Yes, I'm being snarky--but this bill is the real deal, and the sheep are being told that, while nothing of this sort is going on today, they want to head off future mistakes with genetics.

Oh boy.  Class, anyone want to tell me where insulin comes from, for those people who suffer from diabetes?  What's that?  Cattle?  Well, it used to. In the 1980s, a way was found to make human insulin, and make it far more efficiently than cattle or pig insulin.  Know how?  Hint:  they don't use human pancreases.  Instead, they use recombinant DNA to create human insulin by injecting human DNA into baker's yeast--egads!  An animal!

The language of this bill covers this.  Lovely, right?

Stem cell research?  Yup, stem cells are often grown on mouse feeder cells.  Uhoh, again, human-animal hybrid. 

So, what do you think?  Think the authors of this bill are just stupid?  Or ignorant?  Or do they have some alterior motive in mind, never mind the collateral damage?  I'm not entirely sure, myself.

3 comments | Tags: religion, science

Truer words have rarely been posted
posted by GJ on March 28, 2009 @ 9:35PM

I kid you not, this is a real picture of a real church sign.  What's funny is, I've had people try to explain this concept to me.  The fact they can say it with a straight face kills me everytime.

 

5 comments | Tags: religion, pictures

This nonsense must stop
posted by GJ on March 24, 2009 @ 6:10PM

Quick lesson on school textbooks--many of them are sourced from Texas.  Know why?  It's a big, populous state.  What's good for the goose is good for the gander, or some such logic, gives rise to the fact that textbooks that are approved for use in Texas often find their way into almost every other state's curricula due ease of review.

Guess where the fundamentalist creationists (hereafter maliciously referred to as "creobots") are mounting their latest attack on the teaching of evolution?  Texas?  You'd be right--they are attempting to head off the teaching of evolution across the country at the proverbial pass.  Check out this article in the NY Times for background.

Grrrr...this just makes my blood boil--and I hope it makes yours boil, too.  Teaching stupidity to our kids instead of scientific fact is no way to ensure our kids can complete on a global platform with their peers in Europe and Asia.  And, make no mistake about it, this is a form of mind control that the creobots wish to implement here, to help bolster their ranks.  I expect this from Scientologists--and who do you think the Scientologists looked to for their inspiration?  Yup, the creobots.

Ok, back to your regularly scheduled blogram of videos and other fun / interesting stuff.

Oh, wait, this post needs a picture.

6 comments | Tags: religion, science

Curmudgeon Time
posted by GJ on February 9, 2009 @ 12:14PM

Ever hear of indulgences?  Like, wow.  That's some interesting score-keeping there.  Religion is unbelievably complicated, ya know?  It's a wonder humans didn't misinterpet (or was that create?) these complicated rules from God without much more than a collection of writings (written by and edited by humans, allegedly inspired by God as told to us by the humans who wrote and edited the material) collected into a holy book to go on.

Anyhow, it's a good thing they aren't charging for these--apparently, that's a bad thing.  Donating to the church for one apparently isn't, but the distinction is lost on me.

 

3 comments | Tags: religion

Bible fundamentalists that ah, don't quite "get it."
posted by GJ on October 30, 2008 @ 3:31PM

This is too much--Christian fundamentalists praying around--what else--a golden bull.  The irony, it hurts.

3 comments | Tags: religion

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