Al Stefanelli

Archive for December, 2011

Al Stefanelli’s Top Ten Websites Of 2011 and More!

“The best of the best of the best, Sir!” – Agent J OK, I am fully aware that there are way more than ten websites out there that are worth visiting.  Way more.  However, what would a “last post of the year” be without a top ten list?  The problem is trying to find one [...]

An American Theocracy – by Newt Gingrich

“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.” - Sinclair Lewis Seems our old friend, Speaker Gingrich, has been busy lately drafting up his plan to take the United States on the last leg of her journey to becoming a theocracy. And you thought it was the Muslims [...]

Christian Arrogance At Its Finest…

“Religious creeds encourage some of the craziest kinds of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors and favor severe manifestations of neurosis, borderline personality states, and sometimes even psychosis.” Albert Ellis Paul Craig Roberts was assistant secretary of the Treasury, which is proof that any idiot can rise in power in the United States.  He wrote an article a [...]

REASONS GREETINGS!

REASONS GREETINGS! Seasons Greetings, Reasons Greetings, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Festivus or whatever else you celebrate today to all my friends, fans, supporters and even you trolls! May your day be filled with the joy of knowing that the earth has remained majestically on that axial tilt for one more year!    

When Ignorance Presents A Teaching Moment

“Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles” – James D. Watson I was approached the other day by an individual whom I’ve known for about a year.  He asked me if I “believed” [...]

Make Plans to Attend the “Rock Beyond Belief” Festival!!

March 31st, 2012 – Fort Bragg, NC will host “Rock Beyond Belief,” featuring key-note by Dr. Richard Dawkins – Don’t miss this! My words here can not do justice to the sheer determination that it took to not only organize an event like this, but just to step out and suggest it in the first [...]

The Christianity Meme: A Viral Infection of the Mind

The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational Inquiry -  Richard Dawkins Memetics is an outgrowth of evolutionary psychology that was introduced as a mental content theory by Dr. Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book, “The Selfish Gene.” It is directly connected to Darwinian evolution and, in a [...]

Turin Redux: Shrouded in Ignorance

“Italian study claims Turin Shroud is Christ’s authentic burial robe” – The Telegraph The above quote is an actual headline that came across one of my news feeds late last night.  It caught my attention immediately in one of those “here we go again” sighs. But, being the skeptic that I am, I decided to [...]

The Religious Right: Choking on the Grip of Atheist Activism

“I’ve had all I can stands and I can’t stands no more!” - Popeye Resistance against atheism may still be somewhat of a status quo here in these United States, but it is impossible to deny that we are rapidly gaining ground. Atheism is one of the fastest growing social movements in the country, and contrary to what the [...]

Christoper Hitchens

13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011