In light of the ongoing debate between the Theory of Evolution and the Theory of Intelligent Design. I am starting an onslaught on one of the most accepted theories in our world today, the Theory of Gravity. We have taken for granted what is truly pulling us down to the ground, holding our planet in orbit and keeping all celestial neighbors in our solar system in their orbital tracts. I am out to prove that gravity does not exist and that the orbits of our planets are too complex to be left to some imaginary unconscious force. Today, I propose to you the Theory of Intelligent Descent.
Genesis 1:31 states that "the heavens and the earth were created in all their vast array" but it does not distinguish as to where the heavens are located. I am proposing that since God made man in his own image (Genesis 1:27), that God is attempting to pull us closer to heaven, eternal paradise. When we fall from a ladder or a building, we are accelerating to the center of our planet at a rate of 9.8 m/s/s. This not only proves that all objects fall at the same rate through space, but also that God is trying to bring all of his creation closer to him without showing favoritism. All items from a cannon ball to a feather to the bearded sheikh to his bearded wife are all within the grasp of their creator. He is just pulling us closer in, think of it as a fatherly hug.
Now you may start to argue that scientists have proven that at the Earth's core is nothing but molten rock, churning away from the intense fiery furnace created by the immense amount of gravity holding this rock together as it floats through space. I tell you that you are wrong. Have those scientists been to the center of the Earth to prove that it is no more than molten rock? For all we know the center of the Earth could be as Jules Verne told in his novel. Granted, as we dig deeper into the Earth's crust the temperatures do increase, it is only because we are getting closer to his embrace. A wrathful creator found in the Old Testament is bound to have immense amounts of anger, and the anger of a deity is so overwhelming that it radiates heat, melting rock. The deity tries his best to keep that anger bottled up, but there are events that his creation does that pushes god to the limit (we were made in his image, how far fetched is it to think that god cannot be pushed to the breaking point?) and that penned up anger will overflow in a volcanic eruption releasing his wrath upon the world.
Another argument you may present is the tides and how scientists have proven that the gravitational pull of the moon dictates the tides on our globe. I put to you that the moon has nothing to do with the tides coming in or out, it is simple water displacement. The Judeo-Christian God Yahweh is not the one true god. There are multiple deities that come and go. Being a deity is hard work, so once their done, they allow their civilization to crumble ushering in new deities. Twice a day, these deities gather in the oceans to chat about what's going on in their immortal existence. Think of it like a bunch of senior citizens sitting in a hot tub. The water is simply displaced by the immense presence of these all powerful beings. That is what brings the tides in and out on a daily basis.
Finally, the argument about the other planets staying in orbit around the sun. I accept the fact that we live in a heliocentric system where we revolve around the sun, but I do not accept the fact that it is gravity that keeps the orbiting globes in their places. I present to you the slot car racing theory. Yahweh went to visit Shiva one day and Shiva got a new slot car track. Yahweh was supremely jealous of this as he did not have a slot car track. In a feat of one-up-man-ship, Yahweh created the additional planets not mentioned in Genesis and put them in their own slots. When Allah, Shiva, Buddha, Ra and others come over to visit Yahweh they're playing slot cars. Everyone wants to get Mercury because it's the fastest, nobody likes Jupiter because it is big and slow, the same with Saturn, Neptune & Uranus. And the reason that Pluto is no longer considered a planet is because Ra has a horrible temper and threw Pluto against the wall, shattering it to where it will no longer run on the slot car...true story.
With just a few paragraphs and reading only a few versus in ancient text, I have disproved centuries of scientific study about gravity because gravity is only a theory just like evolution. We should attack all the theories that are accepted and mainstream and show how deities have influenced our everyday lives.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Focus on the Family
First off, I hope everyone is enjoying their new year. This is my first post of 2012 and I hope you enjoy just as much as I did.
So here it is. I'm watching the AFC Divisional Playoff game between the New England Patriots & Denver Broncos enjoying the sight of the almighty Tim Tebow getting knocked down a few pegs from his heavenly high pedestal and CBS goes to a commercial break as there was a timeout in the action (more than likely a change in possession from the number of touchdowns that Brady threw). During the commercial break my children were playing upstairs and my wife was in the living room with me not paying attention to the game. She was playing on her computer with her headphones on giggling to some YouTube video or something.
Remember, the Denver Broncos are playing in this game who's quarterback is none other than Tim Tebow, God's personal messenger and advocate for Focus on the Family, a Christian based group that is anti-gay, pro-life and anything in the Bible, with the exception of piercing of ears and cutting of hair because their founder looks very clean cut. Anyway, on comes this 30 second spot that has a "Children of the Corn" type of feel to it. These children start reciting John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." After screaming obscenities at my television, during a commercial nonetheless not the game, I startle my wife who is sitting idly in her chair who lectures me not to scream so loud unless there is something really important. I let it slide for a little while and then I share with her the very link above that I shared with you, my dear readers, and I find her screaming to her computer the same as I was to my television, minus the obscenities (only because the children were in the room now).
This commercial is wrong for two primary reasons (I can list others, but I'm sticking with two); 1) Religion brainwashes children and this publicizes this practice and 2) humans DO NOT need religion to be good or to raise a family. First I will make the argument for the brainwashing. We sit and tell our children that the Boogey Man, vampires, werewolves and monsters are not real but Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy are. Society picks and chooses what lies are okay to tell for the best of commercialization (Read about Valentine's Day and its origins, you'll be surprised). On the other hand, society tells these very same children that they better believe in Jesus, God and Satan or they will be tormented forever in the bowels of Hell. Jesus is the adult's Santa and Satan is no more of a threat than the Boogey Man. The only argument presented to this idea is that the Bible says so. Contrary to popular belief, the Bible was written by man, not by the hand of god. There is no evidence for an almighty, omnipotent, omniscient being for faith is not evidence. Society has a responsibility to its children to nourish and develop functioning individuals of society and allow them to choose their own faith. I personally have not belief in a superior being, I believe in the power of science and natural selection that brought about our existence. Faith is a personal relationship and brainwashing children ruins that. When they get to the point to start questioning faith and thinking rationally they are tormented with guilt because they are going against all the propaganda that they were force fed through the fictional ancient works. To address my second reason on why this commercial is bad Focus on the Family stands on the premise that you cannot be good without God. How can you raise a good American family without Christ in the mix? Let me tell you, it's easy and there's a lot less burden in doing so. It is awesome being able to sleep in on a Sunday morning, it is phenomenal being able to teach my children about different philosophical views on life without any dogmatic consequences. It is an innate human trait to be good. God does the opposite, I argue that God makes people bad. Look at how many innocent lives are ended short in the name of God. Look at all the wars that have been fought throughout history in the name of Allah, Yahweh or Jesus because each side felt that their imaginary friend was better than the others (I would like to point out that there have not been ANY wars fought in the name of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, RAmen). Given the opportunity, most people will do the right thing, not because of a superior imaginary friend, but because it is in our DNA to do right, we want to do right because we have that want to build trust among our neighbors.
Back to my story. My daughter, who will be 10 in a few months, started asking questions, like "what is brainwashed?". So, I tried to make a friendly analogy for her to try and understand what we were talking about regarding said commercial. The scenario I presented to her is as follows:
So here it is. I'm watching the AFC Divisional Playoff game between the New England Patriots & Denver Broncos enjoying the sight of the almighty Tim Tebow getting knocked down a few pegs from his heavenly high pedestal and CBS goes to a commercial break as there was a timeout in the action (more than likely a change in possession from the number of touchdowns that Brady threw). During the commercial break my children were playing upstairs and my wife was in the living room with me not paying attention to the game. She was playing on her computer with her headphones on giggling to some YouTube video or something.
Remember, the Denver Broncos are playing in this game who's quarterback is none other than Tim Tebow, God's personal messenger and advocate for Focus on the Family, a Christian based group that is anti-gay, pro-life and anything in the Bible, with the exception of piercing of ears and cutting of hair because their founder looks very clean cut. Anyway, on comes this 30 second spot that has a "Children of the Corn" type of feel to it. These children start reciting John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." After screaming obscenities at my television, during a commercial nonetheless not the game, I startle my wife who is sitting idly in her chair who lectures me not to scream so loud unless there is something really important. I let it slide for a little while and then I share with her the very link above that I shared with you, my dear readers, and I find her screaming to her computer the same as I was to my television, minus the obscenities (only because the children were in the room now).
This commercial is wrong for two primary reasons (I can list others, but I'm sticking with two); 1) Religion brainwashes children and this publicizes this practice and 2) humans DO NOT need religion to be good or to raise a family. First I will make the argument for the brainwashing. We sit and tell our children that the Boogey Man, vampires, werewolves and monsters are not real but Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy are. Society picks and chooses what lies are okay to tell for the best of commercialization (Read about Valentine's Day and its origins, you'll be surprised). On the other hand, society tells these very same children that they better believe in Jesus, God and Satan or they will be tormented forever in the bowels of Hell. Jesus is the adult's Santa and Satan is no more of a threat than the Boogey Man. The only argument presented to this idea is that the Bible says so. Contrary to popular belief, the Bible was written by man, not by the hand of god. There is no evidence for an almighty, omnipotent, omniscient being for faith is not evidence. Society has a responsibility to its children to nourish and develop functioning individuals of society and allow them to choose their own faith. I personally have not belief in a superior being, I believe in the power of science and natural selection that brought about our existence. Faith is a personal relationship and brainwashing children ruins that. When they get to the point to start questioning faith and thinking rationally they are tormented with guilt because they are going against all the propaganda that they were force fed through the fictional ancient works. To address my second reason on why this commercial is bad Focus on the Family stands on the premise that you cannot be good without God. How can you raise a good American family without Christ in the mix? Let me tell you, it's easy and there's a lot less burden in doing so. It is awesome being able to sleep in on a Sunday morning, it is phenomenal being able to teach my children about different philosophical views on life without any dogmatic consequences. It is an innate human trait to be good. God does the opposite, I argue that God makes people bad. Look at how many innocent lives are ended short in the name of God. Look at all the wars that have been fought throughout history in the name of Allah, Yahweh or Jesus because each side felt that their imaginary friend was better than the others (I would like to point out that there have not been ANY wars fought in the name of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, RAmen). Given the opportunity, most people will do the right thing, not because of a superior imaginary friend, but because it is in our DNA to do right, we want to do right because we have that want to build trust among our neighbors.
Back to my story. My daughter, who will be 10 in a few months, started asking questions, like "what is brainwashed?". So, I tried to make a friendly analogy for her to try and understand what we were talking about regarding said commercial. The scenario I presented to her is as follows:
- Father: "Ok, what would you do if I told you that you could have M&M's only if you prayed to me everyday and if you did not pray to me then you would have to stand in the corner for a week"
- Daughter: "Well, when you went to work, I would just sneak out of the corner."
- Father: "Ok, I forgot to mention that there would be chains in the corner preventing you from moving"
- Daughter: "So there are chains on the wall?"
- Father: "Yes"
- Daughter: (after a few seconds of thought) "Well, I would just tell you that I don't need M&M's anymore. I can live without them."
Hearing her say that made me one happy atheist, but we had to elaborate more to help her understand what she was asking. She asks a lot of these questions because kids can be cruel at school, especially in the Bible Belt. We explained how those kids are forced to believe in Christ as their parents do or they will be tormented forever by the eternal flames of Hell. The advice that we gave her when kids give her a hard time at school is that they are not the ones to judge, as that judgement shall be passed on by their God and that it is their loss that they are letting religion get in the way of a potentially fantastic friendship. Yes, seeing Tim Tebow's God not show at the game tonight and only have 9 completions (at the time this was written) was great, but it would not top hearing a child of our society stepping into free thought and questioning societal norms. Focus on the Family, my pagan wife and I are doing just fine without your imaginary friends and myths. We will accept free thought and science and adventure into learning.
Friday, December 16, 2011
It's Okay to Say Takei
I for one am not the festive type come the holiday season. Don't get me wrong, I will not turn down a glass of eggnog with my favorite drink of choice in it, but the modern day Christmas is anything but religious, it is all commercialized. If your argument is that "we make the holiday what it is" then we've made it commercialized. Look at all the frantic fanatic shoppers that hit the stores one month before that "sacred day" of December 25th; they are giving in to the ideology of the mighty dollar rather than the mighty myth.
That being said, tonight I attended the winter festival at my 9 year old's elementary school. She is in the choir and had a performance. I did the good parent thing and showed my support, and she did a great job. There were a number of seasonal numbers that were performed ranging from Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to Deck the Halls. There is a line in Deck the Halls "Don we now our gay apparel" that was altered to "Don we now our bright apparel" all for one law; the "don't say gay" law in Tennessee. This law essentially states that Tennessee public schools are not allowed to discuss homosexuality in grades K-8. The backwards thinking of homophobic Bible thumpers that are making the laws for the land have now started censoring Christmas carols; the jingles that are to praise the joyous season, the birth of their savior Jesus Christ.
Keep in mind, this is the same General Assembly that passed a law that allows concealed firearms into bars (because we all know that mixing alcohol with guns is perfectly safe and the intoxicated individual is in a clear state of mind to make sound decisions) that also passed the "don't say gay" bill. This Assembly has their priorities bass ackwards. They are more concerned with the wrong 3 letter word that starts with the letter G. This is the approach the homophobic Right Wing of our society has, still possessing the thought that you can choose to be gay. I will close this with a tribute to Christopher Hitchens; "If you gave Jerry Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox" for it is the Christian extremists that are tending their flock and have control in our society that is driving it into the ground.
R.I.P Hitch
That being said, tonight I attended the winter festival at my 9 year old's elementary school. She is in the choir and had a performance. I did the good parent thing and showed my support, and she did a great job. There were a number of seasonal numbers that were performed ranging from Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to Deck the Halls. There is a line in Deck the Halls "Don we now our gay apparel" that was altered to "Don we now our bright apparel" all for one law; the "don't say gay" law in Tennessee. This law essentially states that Tennessee public schools are not allowed to discuss homosexuality in grades K-8. The backwards thinking of homophobic Bible thumpers that are making the laws for the land have now started censoring Christmas carols; the jingles that are to praise the joyous season, the birth of their savior Jesus Christ.
Keep in mind, this is the same General Assembly that passed a law that allows concealed firearms into bars (because we all know that mixing alcohol with guns is perfectly safe and the intoxicated individual is in a clear state of mind to make sound decisions) that also passed the "don't say gay" bill. This Assembly has their priorities bass ackwards. They are more concerned with the wrong 3 letter word that starts with the letter G. This is the approach the homophobic Right Wing of our society has, still possessing the thought that you can choose to be gay. I will close this with a tribute to Christopher Hitchens; "If you gave Jerry Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox" for it is the Christian extremists that are tending their flock and have control in our society that is driving it into the ground.
R.I.P Hitch
Friday, December 9, 2011
Who are the Real Threats?
I've been sitting on this for a few days now. As many of you already know the Senate passed S. 1867, also known as The National Defense Authorization Act. This has been getting a lot of attention because there is a section of this bill that some feel obliterates the Bill of Rights. The section in question states that the battleground for the "War on Terror" is now on U.S. soil and the U.S. military now has the right to detain citizens indefinitely.
The 43rd President of these United States once said that "Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes." and the definition of terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. So, our elected officials are homegrown terrorists just like Timothy McVeigh & Terry Nichols. 93 senators took the Bill of Rights and used it to clean themselves after their morning constitutions. I urge President Obama to sign this bill into law in hopes that the already irritated masses will rise and arrest the individuals on grounds of terror threats, for it is these individuals that are threatening our way of life. We are the ones that keep electing the same people and this is what we get, more and more of our rights taken away. Now is the time to take a stand, not when the you are forced to house and quarter soldiers. We are in the 21st century and we are having a debate regarding laws that obliterate the cornerstone of our democracy, our inalienable rights.
Now is the time to open your eyes, remove your blinders and look at the world objectively. For the masses that say that the United States is a Christian Nation, I pity you all. It is your fundamental teachings that say through Christ you gain eternal life. I personally do not follow this belief, there is so much unknown in this realm and the next. We cannot stand for a police state to dissolve the foundation of a society in the guise of protection. I would much rather die with my freedom rather than to be oppressed by mindless followers. This is beyond socialism, this is fascism at its finest. I call on Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine and John Locke and their philosophical beliefs to be restored. My fellow countrymen, we cannot stand to be drowned in fear any longer. We are stronger 330,000,000 strong that have given control of our laws to a total of 535 individuals in a city on the east coast. Government is a necessary evil of any successful society but when that government becomes truly evil with its intentions it becomes a burden on society. When an elephant gets too old to stay with the herd, it is left behind. When a donkey is no longer useful to the farmer, it is disposed of. November 6, 2012 is less than eleven months away, that is the time for our voices to be heard.
The 43rd President of these United States once said that "Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes." and the definition of terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. So, our elected officials are homegrown terrorists just like Timothy McVeigh & Terry Nichols. 93 senators took the Bill of Rights and used it to clean themselves after their morning constitutions. I urge President Obama to sign this bill into law in hopes that the already irritated masses will rise and arrest the individuals on grounds of terror threats, for it is these individuals that are threatening our way of life. We are the ones that keep electing the same people and this is what we get, more and more of our rights taken away. Now is the time to take a stand, not when the you are forced to house and quarter soldiers. We are in the 21st century and we are having a debate regarding laws that obliterate the cornerstone of our democracy, our inalienable rights.
Now is the time to open your eyes, remove your blinders and look at the world objectively. For the masses that say that the United States is a Christian Nation, I pity you all. It is your fundamental teachings that say through Christ you gain eternal life. I personally do not follow this belief, there is so much unknown in this realm and the next. We cannot stand for a police state to dissolve the foundation of a society in the guise of protection. I would much rather die with my freedom rather than to be oppressed by mindless followers. This is beyond socialism, this is fascism at its finest. I call on Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine and John Locke and their philosophical beliefs to be restored. My fellow countrymen, we cannot stand to be drowned in fear any longer. We are stronger 330,000,000 strong that have given control of our laws to a total of 535 individuals in a city on the east coast. Government is a necessary evil of any successful society but when that government becomes truly evil with its intentions it becomes a burden on society. When an elephant gets too old to stay with the herd, it is left behind. When a donkey is no longer useful to the farmer, it is disposed of. November 6, 2012 is less than eleven months away, that is the time for our voices to be heard.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
The Right Answer
Here in the next few days the world population is going to reach the 7,000,000,000 mark, and the majority of that population being in under-developed nations gaining aid from developed nations such as the United States of America and those in Western Europe. I have come up with a solution motivated by the concepts of the Tea Party movement. This solution will 100% cut down on government spending, protect the Second Amendment rights to bear arms and could ultimately allow them to create a Christian World Order.
Hunters hunt wild animals for sport on the reason to control population and to prevent disease outbreaks to avoid suffering. In 2009 781,000 people died of malaria, most of them children in Africa. This is a disease that causes suffering in many populations that are not properly funded. Every year 15,000,000 children die from not having access to basic sustenance for nutrition. As one of the most powerful nations in the world we have the capability to resolve these situations to avoid suffering. I'm not talking about government handouts because that is too liberal, and plus, the majority of these cases are overseas, we don't even care about the starving children we have in our own country.
My proposal is to allow every Tea Partier, card carrying member of the NRA and any U.S. citizen that owns a registered firearm to travel overseas and have an open season on the human population of the world. This will alleviate suffering while protecting the Second Amendment rights of those that matter the most, the job creators. This will also cut back on federal spending because there will be less funding going overseas for development. Anglo-Americans have a history of imposing their will on others, ask any Native American who's ancestors were fortunate enough not to contract small pox from blankets. The Tea Party can even pitch this as a continuation on the War on Terror saying that these people threaten the American way of life, the "right" way of life. Stocks of Smith & Wesson will sky rocket along with Capitol One because of all the frequent flyer miles that will be cashed in for these travels, so it is a win/win scenario for everybody that matters.
I urge you to get creative with these. Bring back the safari style hunt in Africa. Drive around in your gas-guzzling Land Rovers that get 2 miles to the gallon. Rent an elephant to roam the streets in Bombay as you bring on the wrath of Jesus on the heathenish Hindus of India. Hire a rickshaw driver to run through the streets of Bangkok as you play your own real-life Grand Theft Auto. Remember, you're doing the world a favor, the world that matters. You're actions will be for the (I can't say greater good because that will seem socialist) the benefit of all. It will eliminate suffering and control population, especially for those that do not abstain from sexual intercourse that continue to add to the world population putting more of a burden on society. You don't deserve for your hard earned money going into medical research to develop a cure for malaria and have it obliterated from the Earth once and for all. Once you build your summer home on the coast of Sierra Leone, there won't be anymore disease. We will categorize any ailment into one general listing called "Perry", because if Jesus wanted us to have a remedy for malaria he would have made it for us in the Garden of Eden just like he did for polio, and Perry's answer is to pray everything away.
Now that all the non-believers and leaches of society have been cleared out, you will have plenty of land to claim in the name of the Christian United States of America, or CUSA (not to be mistaken for the collegiate Conference USA). Now you will be able to have your own child born in what was once known as Kenya and one day become president. We will be able to transgress our progress as a species back to the times of neanderthals, but this time living in isolation where it is every citizen for themselves. You can setup alarms at the edges of your million acre plot to ensure that you do not get any invasions from rivals or freeloaders that survived the rapture trying to get a nibble to eat, because everyone has the equal right to thrive as long as they are already thriving. Happy hunting and don't let them take that gun from your cold dead hands.
Hunters hunt wild animals for sport on the reason to control population and to prevent disease outbreaks to avoid suffering. In 2009 781,000 people died of malaria, most of them children in Africa. This is a disease that causes suffering in many populations that are not properly funded. Every year 15,000,000 children die from not having access to basic sustenance for nutrition. As one of the most powerful nations in the world we have the capability to resolve these situations to avoid suffering. I'm not talking about government handouts because that is too liberal, and plus, the majority of these cases are overseas, we don't even care about the starving children we have in our own country.
My proposal is to allow every Tea Partier, card carrying member of the NRA and any U.S. citizen that owns a registered firearm to travel overseas and have an open season on the human population of the world. This will alleviate suffering while protecting the Second Amendment rights of those that matter the most, the job creators. This will also cut back on federal spending because there will be less funding going overseas for development. Anglo-Americans have a history of imposing their will on others, ask any Native American who's ancestors were fortunate enough not to contract small pox from blankets. The Tea Party can even pitch this as a continuation on the War on Terror saying that these people threaten the American way of life, the "right" way of life. Stocks of Smith & Wesson will sky rocket along with Capitol One because of all the frequent flyer miles that will be cashed in for these travels, so it is a win/win scenario for everybody that matters.
I urge you to get creative with these. Bring back the safari style hunt in Africa. Drive around in your gas-guzzling Land Rovers that get 2 miles to the gallon. Rent an elephant to roam the streets in Bombay as you bring on the wrath of Jesus on the heathenish Hindus of India. Hire a rickshaw driver to run through the streets of Bangkok as you play your own real-life Grand Theft Auto. Remember, you're doing the world a favor, the world that matters. You're actions will be for the (I can't say greater good because that will seem socialist) the benefit of all. It will eliminate suffering and control population, especially for those that do not abstain from sexual intercourse that continue to add to the world population putting more of a burden on society. You don't deserve for your hard earned money going into medical research to develop a cure for malaria and have it obliterated from the Earth once and for all. Once you build your summer home on the coast of Sierra Leone, there won't be anymore disease. We will categorize any ailment into one general listing called "Perry", because if Jesus wanted us to have a remedy for malaria he would have made it for us in the Garden of Eden just like he did for polio, and Perry's answer is to pray everything away.
Now that all the non-believers and leaches of society have been cleared out, you will have plenty of land to claim in the name of the Christian United States of America, or CUSA (not to be mistaken for the collegiate Conference USA). Now you will be able to have your own child born in what was once known as Kenya and one day become president. We will be able to transgress our progress as a species back to the times of neanderthals, but this time living in isolation where it is every citizen for themselves. You can setup alarms at the edges of your million acre plot to ensure that you do not get any invasions from rivals or freeloaders that survived the rapture trying to get a nibble to eat, because everyone has the equal right to thrive as long as they are already thriving. Happy hunting and don't let them take that gun from your cold dead hands.
Monday, October 10, 2011
The End...an Alcohol Influenced Post
The End is undefined, and at times unexpected. The End can come with a flash of lightening or after a long journey down the winding path. There are times where we cannot hold our breaths long enough waiting for the end to come and other times where we are not able to breathe in fast enough before that final instant passes by.
We are all passengers in this journey we call life. It is anything but a smooth ride down the straight path. We encounter many pot holes, speed bumps, twists and turns along the way gaining experience the same way a permitted driver does on the eve of their sixteenth birthday. We are driving at night with poor lighting from our outdated headlights; we are not able to see around the bend. This is what makes life worth living. This is what makes us human not knowing what the next day brings. We live in each and every moment not knowing what to expect. We think that life is planned but it is anything beyond that. Life is an adventure and an unmapped journey through the hurdling collection of multi-verses. The choices we make cannot be recanted in any way, shape or form and we must live with the outcomes, positive or negative.
In this journey of life there is only one thing that is guaranteed, The End. The End has graced countless pages in literature and silver screen cinema through the generations. It can keep the audience intrigued to the point where a sudden turn of events derails the predicted outcome or that same audience cannot hope beyond hope for the end to come soon enough. Life is played out on this very same stage. Collectively as a society we have deemed it immoral to voluntarily end the life of a law abiding citizen (unless wrongly convicted of a crime and the courts choose not to listen) but feel that capital punishment and abortion is acceptable. Either way you cut it, forcing death on any living organism is wrong. On the other hand if that living specimen has the peace of mind to be able to say “I don’t wish to suffer anymore” do we not owe that member of society the honor to pass peacefully? The moral question should not be life or death but should be is the individual suffering?
Life is a label we put on consciousness to explain our existence. As a society we rely heavily on nomenclature; Christian and Muslim, insect and mammal, black and white, etc. What it all boils down to, and what too many people ignore, is that no matter what your beliefs are we are all from the same source. Judeo-Christians hold the Book of Genesis close to heart as the origin of life, and many other religions put life in the hands of a supreme being. Biology has proven that we all come from a common ancestor. I’m not starting the argument of evolution vs. creation but pointing out the fact that which ever way you cut the concept, it always goes back to the same beginning, that there was a beginning. Stop the hate mongering against different views and philosophical beliefs that others have. We are all cousins either descending from an ape like creature, Adam & Eve, or an ape like creature named Adam and another named Eve (it’s possible that there was an Adam and Steve in there somewhere too). We need to let go of the hate and indifference's that are fueling our society and see people for who they really are, our cousins, or The End of our society will come far sooner than we all care for.
We are all passengers in this journey we call life. It is anything but a smooth ride down the straight path. We encounter many pot holes, speed bumps, twists and turns along the way gaining experience the same way a permitted driver does on the eve of their sixteenth birthday. We are driving at night with poor lighting from our outdated headlights; we are not able to see around the bend. This is what makes life worth living. This is what makes us human not knowing what the next day brings. We live in each and every moment not knowing what to expect. We think that life is planned but it is anything beyond that. Life is an adventure and an unmapped journey through the hurdling collection of multi-verses. The choices we make cannot be recanted in any way, shape or form and we must live with the outcomes, positive or negative.
In this journey of life there is only one thing that is guaranteed, The End. The End has graced countless pages in literature and silver screen cinema through the generations. It can keep the audience intrigued to the point where a sudden turn of events derails the predicted outcome or that same audience cannot hope beyond hope for the end to come soon enough. Life is played out on this very same stage. Collectively as a society we have deemed it immoral to voluntarily end the life of a law abiding citizen (unless wrongly convicted of a crime and the courts choose not to listen) but feel that capital punishment and abortion is acceptable. Either way you cut it, forcing death on any living organism is wrong. On the other hand if that living specimen has the peace of mind to be able to say “I don’t wish to suffer anymore” do we not owe that member of society the honor to pass peacefully? The moral question should not be life or death but should be is the individual suffering?
Life is a label we put on consciousness to explain our existence. As a society we rely heavily on nomenclature; Christian and Muslim, insect and mammal, black and white, etc. What it all boils down to, and what too many people ignore, is that no matter what your beliefs are we are all from the same source. Judeo-Christians hold the Book of Genesis close to heart as the origin of life, and many other religions put life in the hands of a supreme being. Biology has proven that we all come from a common ancestor. I’m not starting the argument of evolution vs. creation but pointing out the fact that which ever way you cut the concept, it always goes back to the same beginning, that there was a beginning. Stop the hate mongering against different views and philosophical beliefs that others have. We are all cousins either descending from an ape like creature, Adam & Eve, or an ape like creature named Adam and another named Eve (it’s possible that there was an Adam and Steve in there somewhere too). We need to let go of the hate and indifference's that are fueling our society and see people for who they really are, our cousins, or The End of our society will come far sooner than we all care for.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
The Proof is in the Pudding
I would like to lead off with saying that Patriot Day is a ridiculous name for the remembrance of the terror attacks that happened on September 11, 2001. I'm sure that we can come up with a better name than Patriot Day, until then I refuse to call it Patriot Day. That being said I will go into the blog.
As most people in the United States were doing today, I too was recounting the tragic events that occurred this day 10 years ago. My wife was pregnant with our first child and we were wondering what kind of world she would have to grow up in. I, like most people, felt for the first time a sense of uncertainty. The United States has always had a natural protection in both the east and west with the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans respectfully. During World War II the Japanese had so few attacks on the west coast we can count them on one hand. The closest the Germans got to the east coast was sinking a few ships by submarine attacks in a few harbors up and down the coast, no real onslaught on the general population. Our sense of security was shattered in a matter of moments that September morning when 19 Muslim extremists high jacked 4 jetliners and turn these massive flying objects and transform them into the true weapons of mass destruction. We all know this story so I won't dwell too much on this part.
What I want to reflect on is the extremists that performed the act. ANY individual that can take a "sacred text" as being literal instruction rather than just a simple guide or historical reference (not that it would be reliable for that either) is no more than a sheep and that is exactly what the religious leaders want. Please take note that in the opening of this paragraph I did not say Muslim extremists because there are extremists of all shapes, sizes and religious convictions. We are quick to forget the tragedy that shook Oklahoma City in 1995, the number of abortion clinics that have been bombed or the doctors that have been murdered because they perform abortions. We are no strangers to home grown terror being performed in the name of God. This is the same thing that happened September 11, 2001. Whether you refer to your god as Yahweh or Allah, it is the same "God". The difference comes down to which prophet you follow. Jews believe that their messiah has not yet come to Earth while Christians believe that Jesus was the messiah. Muslims branch off a bit following the teachings of Mohammad who, like Jesus, assented into Heaven in an extravagant light show. The point here is that these three major religions that are at odds with one another all come from the same founder in Abraham. It is safe to say that the majority of Christians would find it absurd if I came running out of the woods saying I found evidence of a lost tribe from Israel, also finding golden tablets containing stories of Jesus coming to America and that the Garden of Eden was in Missouri. Despite how ridiculous Christians see this, there are two people vying for the Republican nomination for president in the 2012 election, but heaven forbid that a Muslim attempt to run for president, we are a Christian nation. Another example, if I run around saying that I am the second coming of Christ one of three things could happen; 1) most likely I will be locked in a padded room 2) I will gain followers like the apostles and have an entourage go around to spread my lunacy to others or 3) I get shot by an extremist for offending their religious belief.
I have met many Christians and Muslims in my time on this planet and I can say that they are both considerably polite and pleasant individuals. They chose to be good people. I would like to think that goodness is an innate human trait that we give more credit than what is due to religion. Religion is a man made concept to help explain the inexplicable. That was fine and dandy 3000 years ago when science wasn't developed, but now that we do have a scientific process to question and a method to test to come to a conclusion, do we really need religion? There has been more harm done in the name of religion throughout history than any other cause. The Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition covered three centuries and spanned to the New World, Hitler (a baptized Catholic) wanted to rid the world of the problematic Jews, Milosevic followed the genocide plan in trying to rid Bosnia of the Muslims, nearly a million innocent people in Rwanada killed for being from a certain tribe and the Catholic priests and nuns helped, the Taliban and Ayatollah have set the Middle East region back centuries by taking literal translations of the Qur'an to heart, and finally the tragic events of 9/11.
I am far from the praying type. I am a humanist and hope for the best for everyone. I never wish harm to come to anybody because I feel that nobody should endure any agony. John Lennon said it best in "Imagine";
Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for Today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
This was the dream of one man. I too imagine a world without religion. We are not a mass amount of heathens running a muck creating chaos, we go about with our ordinary lives, living for the day. I leave you with this. We are cousins killing cousins. We are all humans no matter what our beliefs are. We put too much value into religion and yet have no evidence of any deity existing. We are brainwashed from the time we are baptized to believe everything our elders say about religion and never to question it. It is this indoctrination, in ANY belief system that hurts society and causes tragedies that we remember on this day. Here is an alternate view of what our world would be like without religion.
As most people in the United States were doing today, I too was recounting the tragic events that occurred this day 10 years ago. My wife was pregnant with our first child and we were wondering what kind of world she would have to grow up in. I, like most people, felt for the first time a sense of uncertainty. The United States has always had a natural protection in both the east and west with the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans respectfully. During World War II the Japanese had so few attacks on the west coast we can count them on one hand. The closest the Germans got to the east coast was sinking a few ships by submarine attacks in a few harbors up and down the coast, no real onslaught on the general population. Our sense of security was shattered in a matter of moments that September morning when 19 Muslim extremists high jacked 4 jetliners and turn these massive flying objects and transform them into the true weapons of mass destruction. We all know this story so I won't dwell too much on this part.
What I want to reflect on is the extremists that performed the act. ANY individual that can take a "sacred text" as being literal instruction rather than just a simple guide or historical reference (not that it would be reliable for that either) is no more than a sheep and that is exactly what the religious leaders want. Please take note that in the opening of this paragraph I did not say Muslim extremists because there are extremists of all shapes, sizes and religious convictions. We are quick to forget the tragedy that shook Oklahoma City in 1995, the number of abortion clinics that have been bombed or the doctors that have been murdered because they perform abortions. We are no strangers to home grown terror being performed in the name of God. This is the same thing that happened September 11, 2001. Whether you refer to your god as Yahweh or Allah, it is the same "God". The difference comes down to which prophet you follow. Jews believe that their messiah has not yet come to Earth while Christians believe that Jesus was the messiah. Muslims branch off a bit following the teachings of Mohammad who, like Jesus, assented into Heaven in an extravagant light show. The point here is that these three major religions that are at odds with one another all come from the same founder in Abraham. It is safe to say that the majority of Christians would find it absurd if I came running out of the woods saying I found evidence of a lost tribe from Israel, also finding golden tablets containing stories of Jesus coming to America and that the Garden of Eden was in Missouri. Despite how ridiculous Christians see this, there are two people vying for the Republican nomination for president in the 2012 election, but heaven forbid that a Muslim attempt to run for president, we are a Christian nation. Another example, if I run around saying that I am the second coming of Christ one of three things could happen; 1) most likely I will be locked in a padded room 2) I will gain followers like the apostles and have an entourage go around to spread my lunacy to others or 3) I get shot by an extremist for offending their religious belief.
I have met many Christians and Muslims in my time on this planet and I can say that they are both considerably polite and pleasant individuals. They chose to be good people. I would like to think that goodness is an innate human trait that we give more credit than what is due to religion. Religion is a man made concept to help explain the inexplicable. That was fine and dandy 3000 years ago when science wasn't developed, but now that we do have a scientific process to question and a method to test to come to a conclusion, do we really need religion? There has been more harm done in the name of religion throughout history than any other cause. The Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition covered three centuries and spanned to the New World, Hitler (a baptized Catholic) wanted to rid the world of the problematic Jews, Milosevic followed the genocide plan in trying to rid Bosnia of the Muslims, nearly a million innocent people in Rwanada killed for being from a certain tribe and the Catholic priests and nuns helped, the Taliban and Ayatollah have set the Middle East region back centuries by taking literal translations of the Qur'an to heart, and finally the tragic events of 9/11.
I am far from the praying type. I am a humanist and hope for the best for everyone. I never wish harm to come to anybody because I feel that nobody should endure any agony. John Lennon said it best in "Imagine";
Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for Today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
This was the dream of one man. I too imagine a world without religion. We are not a mass amount of heathens running a muck creating chaos, we go about with our ordinary lives, living for the day. I leave you with this. We are cousins killing cousins. We are all humans no matter what our beliefs are. We put too much value into religion and yet have no evidence of any deity existing. We are brainwashed from the time we are baptized to believe everything our elders say about religion and never to question it. It is this indoctrination, in ANY belief system that hurts society and causes tragedies that we remember on this day. Here is an alternate view of what our world would be like without religion.
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