At last, we have a president who can give a Vulcan salutation.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
At last, we have a president who can give a Vulcan salutation.
How will we ever recover from this discovery of a profound inconsistency in evolutionary theory?
I blame whoever gave Will Farrell his Ph.D. in Science.
This one is already going our way — and when you see the question, you’ll understand why — but if you would like to give it a little boost, please do.
Who makes for funnier comedians, atheists or believers?
Atheists — To fully appreciate the absurdity of life you have to accept the absurdity of a god. 68%
Believers — Hilarity is part of God’s plan 32%
They’ve got examples and clips at that link, and it’s no contest.
Who have the godless got? George Carlin, Ricky Gervais, and Eddie Izzard. You could stop the contest right there.
Who have the godly got? Dane Cook. I’ve never been able to stand him, and this is the first I’ve heard that he’s a Christian (I had no idea that Noxious Frat Boy was a sect in that religion!). Steve Harvey. Some gomer named Mark Lowry I’d never heard of before, but if you watch his awful clip, you’ll understand why. OK, they do have Stephen Colbert, but what makes him funny is that his schtick mocks the religious.
There are a few funny believers, but they just look stupid when they bring religion into their routines, so the good ones don’t. The atheist comedians simply have the huge advantage of being able to tap into the absurdity of belief.
Of course, as everyone knows, all flies are geneticists and evolutionists, which kind of deflates the joke.
Now, for the low, low price of $12.79, you can reserve a spot in heaven for yourself. This is a real business selling tickets, certificates and ID cards that claims to give you a direct line to an afterlife in paradise, with a money-back guarantee. You might think it’s just a gag…but it’s the same thing as Catholic indulgences, so it’s a gag with a little bite.
Oh, and if you don’t like the prospect of eternity in heaven, you can also reserve a spot in hell. That one probably has a stronger seal of theological approval.
One of those right-wing circle-jerks has been going on in Virginia, and the wingnuts are vying to see who can be holiest — it looks like a contest between Newt Gingrich and Mike Huckabee. It’s boring, except, I think, for the revelation about the nature of God.
Huckabee was not to be outdone in the use of hyperbole. The former Republican presidential candidate called the United States a “blessed” nation whose victory against the British in the Revolutionary War was “a miracle from God’s hand,” indeed the same type of miracle that defeated the legalization of gay marriage in California.
Since we know how both of those victories were accomplished, that tells us something about the nature of the agent behind them. Thanks to Mike Huckabee, we now know that God is a) French, and b) Mormon.
OK, who’s the wise guy who gave one of our creationists a writing gig at The Onion?
This is a song called Alone in the Universe, and it’s not what I thought it was about at first. I had to laugh.
It’s perfectly safe for work, unless you listen to the lyrics carefully.
