We’re sorry that the Pope just doesn’t know what a proper apology looks like. An apology is a request for forgiveness for harm done. However, a proper apology requires that the person apologizing admit to the harm he has caused and display an understanding of the impact on the victim. A proper apology requires a …
Monthly Archive: July 2008
Jul 22 2008
What’s the Difference?
When I first recognized I was an atheist, I hadn’t read any atheist literature. I studied and came to my own conclusions about god after being brought up as a fundamentalist (and for many years accepting the Bible as the inerrant word of god). After a few years as an atheist, visiting atheist forums and …
Jul 16 2008
Let’s make Donald Wildmon’s nightmare come true!
Via Brayton, I come across this awesome piece over at OneNewsNow, the “news” site of the fundamentalist hate group American “Family” Association. You know, the same people who had that hilarious editorial gaffe recently involving an Olympic track star. Wildmon has his knickers in a twist over the upcoming Proposition 8 vote this November in …
Jul 16 2008
A fashion statement
There are days when I feel like this. We should get a photo of PZ wearing one, and forward it to Bill Donahue. NSFW, BTW.
Jul 16 2008
Wednesday science-y goodness in Austin
CFI-Austin, along with Texas Citizens for Science and the UT Section of Integrative Biology, is sponsoring a trio of talks this evening to be held at UT’s Burdine Hall, room 108. I think I had some classes there back in the day. The general theme is “Science Education in Texas,” which, as you may well …
Jul 15 2008
Chuck Colson responds (response #1)
Chuck Colson has posted a response to my critique of his book at the Zondervan blog. I haven’t read the whole thing in depth yet, but he seems to be polite and respectful, and take at least some of my points seriously. On cursory reading, he appears to have focused on my analysis of his …
Jul 12 2008
Hey, kids, guns! And Jesus! Find your faith!
Allow me to preface this by saying that I am not against gun ownership. But this sends a rather peculiar message, don’t you think? An Oklahoma church canceled a controversial gun giveaway for teenagers at a weekend youth conference. Windsor Hills Baptist had planned to give away a semiautomatic assault rifle until one of the …
Jul 11 2008
Winner, “Most Awesome Thing Ever” Award, 2008
Don’t know many details, except that it’s an art installation somewhere in France, done by two fellows, *filthyluker and Pedro Estrellas. Either that, or it’s the new digs for PZ Myers’ Evil Atheist World Domination Headquarters.
Jul 10 2008
Wiseman’s TAM6 spoon-bending video
Richard Wiseman has posted the video of the spoon-bending stunt he performed at TAM6, with the assistance of 800 attendees in the crowd. It’s funny to watch it again, but nothing like being part of seeing it done live. For one thing, the video is fairly shaky, and the shots from different angles of the …
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