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It’s just about lunch time and if I know God I know what he wants to eat and have you eat…human flesh! Steve Wells (creator of the indispensable Skeptics Annotated Bible) the other day compiled handy list of God’s commands for blood drinking and cannibalism. Read the whole post. Here are just a few, um, “tastes”: [...]
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God’s Apparent Fondness For Blood Drinking and Cannibalism
May 27th, 2010 
Daniel Fincke 
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Tags: "Drunk With Blood", Amos 4:10, Biblical Atrocities, Biblical Cannibalism, biblical denial of human rights, Biblical Genocide, Biblical Violence, Deuteronomy 28:26, Deuteronomy 28:53, Deuteronomy 28:56-57, Deuteronomy 32:23, Deuteronomy 32:42, Dwindling In Unbelief, Ezekiel 21:3, Ezekiel 21:4, Ezekiel 29:5, Ezekiel 29:8, Ezekiel 32:10, Ezekiel 32:4, Ezekiel 39:17-19, Ezekiel 39:4, Ezekiel 5:10, God Commanding Cannibalism, God Drunk With Blood, Isaiah 34:5, Isaiah 34:6, Isaiah 49:26, Isaiah 63:3, Isaiah 66:16, Isaiah 9:20, Jeremiah 12:12, Jeremiah 12:9, Jeremiah 16:4, Jeremiah 19:7, Jeremiah 34:20, Jeremiah 46:10, Jeremiah 7:33, John 6:53-54, Lamentations 4:10, Leviticus 26:29, Numbers 23:24, Numbers 24:8, Psalm 58:10, Psalm 68:21-23, Psalm 7:11-13, Revelation 16:6, Revelation 17:6, Revelation 19:17-21, Revelation 2:16, Revelation 6:4, Steve Wells, Zechariah 11:9 
1 Comment »The Epistemological Bias Of “Anchoring”
May 27th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Jonah Lehrer (author of How We Decide and Proust Was a Neuroscientist) explains: One of my favorite demonstrations of anchoring was done by a group of MIT economists led by Dan Ariely, as they conducted an auction with their business graduate students. (The study was later repeated with executives at the MIT Executive Education Program [...]
Daily Hilarity: Jew York
May 27th, 2010 Daniel Fincke The pretty hilarious lyrics make up for the pretty painful singing and rapping: Thanks to Robert for the find! Your Thoughts?
Posted in Comedy, Hilarious, Judaism, Music Videos, Parody, Videos Tags: "Empire State Of Mind", "Jew York", Jay-Z, New York Jews, Rap No Comments »Teachers Suspended For Sprinkling “Holy Water” On Atheist Colleague
May 27th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Last weekend I discussed the incident in which a teacher accused two other teachers of bullying her over her atheism by threatening to sprinkle her with “holy water” (in the form of a bottle of perfume). I agreed with the atheist teacher’s assessment that she was being bullied but did not think the passive aggressive [...]
Posted in Atheism, Atheist Videos, Free Speech, Law, Law & Politics, News, News Discussion, Religious Rights, Secularism, Separation of Church and State Tags: Alonzo Neal, Atheist Persecution, Bullying, Danita Kilcullen, Djuna Robinson, Ely High School, Jeff Burnside, Johnny McCray, Leslie Rainer, Pompano Beach Florida, Schandra Rodriguez-Conti, Tea Parties, Tea Party Ft. Lauderdale No Comments »Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Runs Promoting Arizona Immigration Law
May 27th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Given all the justifiable backlash against this law, I’m kind of stunned and worried to see its spread to other states become a campaign pledge: Your Thoughts?
Posted in Politics Tags: Arizona Immigration Law, Bill McCollum, Immigration, Rick Scott No Comments »Irish President Mary McAleese’s 2010 Commencement Speech At Fordham University
May 27th, 2010 Daniel Fincke This was the commencement speech delivered at my graduation with a doctoral degree this past Saturday, May 22, 2010. I feel like it belongs on my blog as part of the record of my experience. The speech was surprisingly rich in reference to Fordham’s history. This was not a canned political speech. In her May [...]
Posted in Videos Tags: "From the Canton of Expectation", Archbishop John Hughes, Charlotte Grace O’Brien, Commencement Speeches, Dagger John, Eavan Boland, Father Joseph McShane, Father McShane, Fordham University, Fordham University Commencement 2010, Glanville Williams, Henri du Merle, Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs, Ireland, Irish History In America, Jacques Judah Lyons, John Hughes (Founder of Fordham University), Mary McAleese, Peter Fallon, President Joseph McShane, President Mary McAleese, President McShane, Seamus Heaney, Speeches, St. Patrick's Cathedral, the founding of Fordham University, Thomas Cahill, Women Immigrants No Comments »The Evolution Of The Domestic Dog
May 26th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Robert Wayne of the UCLA department of Ecology and Evloutionary Biology (author of over 180 publications) is a world authority on the genetics of dogs and wolves: Your Thoughts?
Will Burqa Bans Around Europe Lead To Stricter Restrictions On Muslim’s Expression?
May 26th, 2010 Daniel Fincke An Australian report talking to mostly Muslim women in the first part: In the second video, we have a Muslim cleric claiming that bestiality is legal in America in 28 states, saying that Muslims are “superior beings” to non-Muslims, and that it is just for adulterers to be stoned: Your Thoughts?
Posted in Islam, Koran Tags: Australia, Australian, banned, Belgium, Birmingham England, Britain, burkha, Burqua, Feminism, FIFA, France, Geert Wilders, Hijab, Holland, Islam, Islamic, Islamization, Lakemba, mosque, Muslim, Niqab, oppression, Religion, Reverend Fred Nile, Sha'ria Law, UK ban, Women No Comments »Do Atheists Believe In Fairy Tales?
May 26th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Brett Palmer patiently distinguishes the difference between a hypothesis and a fairy tale: Your Thoughts?
Teeth: Proof There Is No God
May 26th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Or something like that. Bewarethelizards42 makes the case that teeth are imperfectly designed: Your Thoughts?
Muhammad’s Worst Enemy
May 26th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Below is an intense and stark video from the usually much more sardonically off the wall DarkMatter2525, as his contribution to last week’s “Everybody Draw Muhammad” protest: Your Thoughts?
Posted in Arts, Atheist Videos, Islam, Religious Extremism, Religious Moderates, Religious Secularism, Videos, World Affairs Tags: "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day", 9/11, DarkMatter2525, Drawing, Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, Mohammed, Muhammad, Muse, Muse (the band), Osama bin Laden, Religious Death Threats, Terrorism No Comments »Is The Peace Sign A Satanic Symbol? Is Lady Gaga A Satanist?
May 26th, 2010 Daniel Fincke “Serious” questions in this video: Thanks to Pastor Ezekiel Flint of Landover Baptist Church Your Thoughts?
Teen Werewolves
May 26th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Am I just getting older or are teens really becoming a whole lot less distinguishable from children? The wisdom of a teen werewolf: I don’t believe any one is just human. Everyone’s got something else mixed in with them, just they’ve got to actually look inside themselves to see what it is. Thanks to Brandy [...]
Posted in News, News Discussion, Pop Culture, Social Psychology, Videos Tags: John Marshall High School, San Antonio, Teen Werewolves, Teenager No Comments »Pomplamoose: “Another Day”
May 26th, 2010 Daniel Fincke A brand new “VideoSong” posted this morning by the charming Pomplamoose: Your Thoughts?
Posted in Indie Music, Music, Music Videos, Videos Tags: "Another Day", Pomplamoose, VideoSong No Comments »52% Of Americans Now Judge Gay Relationships Morally Acceptable
May 25th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Not that moral correctness requires popular approval, but moral admirableness of the populace does require morally correct opinions, and so this is a heartening development which sees America finally starting to get it right, with its first ever clear majority (52%) judging gay relationships “morally acceptable”: Andrew Sullivan analyzes the data: A large part of [...]
Posted in Applied Ethics, Ethics, Homosexuality, Law, Law & Politics, LGBTQAA, Morality, Philosophical Ethics, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion, Religious Extremism, Religious Moderates, Roman Catholic Church Tags: American views on gay relationships, Ethics of Homosexuality, Morality of Homosexuality No Comments »Should Religions Be Exempt From Laws Otherwise Applicable To Others?
May 25th, 2010 Daniel Fincke ProfMTH explores the issue with a wealth of information, siding against such exemptions: The second video is chock full of legal information. The most interesting bit in here is where he discusses Antonin Scalia’s strong case against religious exemptions and Sonia Sotomayor’s general support for them. 1. Regarding Christian Legal Society v. Martinez– –the decision [...]
Posted in Abortion, Applied Ethics, Atheist Videos, Bio-Medical Ethics, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Free Speech, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Homosexuality, Law, Law & Politics, LGBTQAA, News Discussion, Political Secularism, Racism, Religion, Religious Rights, Roman Catholic Church, Same Sex Marriage, Secularism, Separation of Church and State Tags: "The Ministerial Exception", Anti-discrimination Laws, Antonin Scalia, Archbishop Donald Wuerl, Archdiocese of Washington DC, Automatic Charitable Deductions, Bob Jones University, Bob Jones University v. United States, Boy Scouts, Catholic Charities, Catholic Charities of Sacramento v. Superior Court, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany v. Serio, Christian Legal Society, Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, Connecticut, Contraception, DC Same Sex Marriage Law, Employment Division v. Smith, Establihsment Clause of 1st Amendment, Federal 9th Circuit, Free Exercise Clause of 1st Amendment, Jonathan Turley, LAPD, Los Angelas Police Department, Mandated Benefits Laws, McClure v. The Salvation Army, Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, Palmore v. Sidoti, ProfMTH, Sonia Sotomayor, Special Rights, Supreme Court of the United States of America, Tax Exemptions for Churches, The New York Times, The Supreme Court, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, University of California Hastings College of Law, Wisconsin Supreme Court No Comments »Facebook With Camels With Hammers!
May 25th, 2010 Daniel Fincke We’re in the process of setting up the Camels With Hammers Facebook page to be a vibrant, regularly updating platform from which you can keep track of the new posts on the blog, get news and other messages specifically for fans, post links and photos which you think other Camels With Hammers readers might enjoy, interact with [...]
Posted in About This Blog Tags: Camels With Hammers, Camels With Hammers Facebook Page, Facebook No Comments »Is Belief In Love Like Belief In God?
May 25th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Roger Friedland finds an interesting correlation between the two kinds of belief and examines its possible causes and implications: We found that belief in God has no impact on young people’s sex lives. College virgins are no more likely to believe in God than non-virgins. Even those who took a virginity pledge are not sexually [...]
Posted in God, Psychology, Sex, Social Psychology, Sociology Tags: Casual Sex, College Sex, Friends With Benefits, Love, Religion and Sex, Roger Friedland, Sex and Love, Teenage Sex 1 Comment »J.J. Abrams’s Mystery Box
May 25th, 2010 Daniel Fincke A few years ago, J.J. Abrams discussed what motivates his preoccupation with mystery: Your Thoughts?
Siesta
May 25th, 2010 Daniel Fincke More from Beatriz Martin Vidal (H/T: Sweet Station.) Your Thoughts?
Black, Godless, and Stigmatized: “It’s like we’re fighting for our rights all over again.”
May 25th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Black Americans may struggle even more to come out as atheists than members of other groups: Standing before a room full of fellow African-Americans, Jamila Bey took a deep breath and announced she’s come out of the closet. Her soul-bearing declaration is nearly taboo, she says. “It’s the A-word,” said Bey, 33, feigning a whisper. [...]
Pyrophosphite’s Possible Role In Abiogensis
May 25th, 2010 Daniel Fincke A new clue as to how life first arose: “It’s a chicken and egg question,” said Dr Terry Kee of the University of Leeds, who led the research. “Scientists are in disagreement over what came first — replication, or metabolism. But there is a third part to the equation — and that is energy.” “You [...]
Posted in Biology, Science Tags: Abiogensis, Chemistry, Energy, Phosphorus, pyrophosphite, Science Daily, Terry Kee, University of Leeds No Comments »Daily Hilarity: Dana Carvey In “Darwin: Evolution Of A Madman”
May 25th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Mostly a spoof of the atrocious Sherlock Holmes movie that Guy Ritchie made last year than about things Darwin: Your Thoughts?
Posted in Comedy, Evolution, Parody, Videos Tags: Charles Darwin, Dana Carvey, Darwin, Guy Ritchie, Sherlock Holmes, Spike Feresten, Spoof No Comments »Debunking S.E. Cupp’s Claims About Media Atheist Bias
May 24th, 2010 Daniel Fincke This interesting video treats just a couple of S.E. Cupp’s claims in Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media’s Attack on Christianity(which has just a 2-star rating out of its first 28 reviews on Amazon): Your Thoughts?
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: "Losing Our Religion", Bill Maher, Bill Schulz, Joy Behar, LiberalViewer, S.E. Cupp No Comments »Garfunkel And Oates: A Song For Lost
May 23rd, 2010 Daniel Fincke The girls are back with a very special spoilerific NSFW song for this special night: Their hilarious album is Music Songs. Your Thoughts?
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