…the more likely the bird will deny all gods.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
…the more likely the bird will deny all gods.
…you think the PCR song is kind of catchy.
The PCR Song
There was a time when to amplify DNA,
You had to grow tons and tons of tiny cells.Then along came a guy named Dr. Kary Mullis,
Said you can amplify in vitro just as well.Just mix your template with a buffer and some primers,
Nucleotides and polymerases, too.Denaturing, annealing, and extending.
Well it’s amazing what heating and cooling and heating will do.PCR, when you need to detect mutations.
PCR, when you need to recombine.
PCR, when you need to find out who the daddy is.
PCR, when you need to solve a crime.(repeat chorus)
Next time you have to bring treats to a school board meeting, or need something sacramental for your church, if you’re just looking for something fun to do with the kids, here’s what you can do:
It’s a completely edible FSM, and it sounds like it would be sweet, too.
This is probably a serious site. Probably. It could be satire, but the line between satire and Christianity is razor thin. Read Christian dating tips, and judge for yourself.
First rule of Christian dating: it’s pretty much like going to church. Boring, chaste, and offering nothing but faint hopes. No intimacy is allowed, not even a kiss.
Here’s a fine list of 20 blasphemous events, rated by
vulgarity, criminality, religious impact, political impact, and deaths. My favorite has to be number 13.
Rude Buddha
A sculpture of Buddha with a banana and two eggs strategically placed was happily on display at the Royal Academy of Arts this summer, but when it was moved to the sculptors’ home city of Norfolk it raised hackles amongst the local police force’s hate crime unit. DC Dan Cocks ordered it to be removed from the gallery. The artist said he aimed to show that in a global village everyone can take offence at something.
I know, it’s silly, but I felt like ordering Dan Cocks fired for vulgarity, too.
Best line: “You can’t be a rational person six days a week…and on one day of the week, go to a building, and think you’re drinking the blood of a two thousand year old space god.”
He’s the only one who would put up a fight.
Does your local schoolboard look like this?
(I know — it’s slandering the other primates to compare them to creationists.)
It’s those poor creation scientists.
I’ve been slacking off on Pharyngula lately — I’ve had a week to relax and get caught up on a few other things. Here, though, are a few links to ridiculous religiosity that have been piling up in the mailbox.
Cockroaches are God’s wrath. And did you know Jesus had a roach problem?
Vera Ivie knows what GW Bush’s problem is: we haven’t been praying hard enough for him. Get on your knees now!
You know what would help Christianity’s image problem? If all the ministers were clowns. Oh, wait…they already are. Never mind.
Pope Ratzi has a chief exorcist (which implies a lot of little assistant exorcists, too…), and he has declared Harry Potter to be satan. Good Catholics seem to have a real problem distinguishing reality from fantasy, don’t they?
In a related news item, the Pope has set up exorcism squads to fight satanism, which is synonymous with godlessness. I’d be looking forward to a visit from strange people in red robes and funny hats, but this is from the Daily Mail, and it’s illustrated with a picture from the movie, The Exorcist, so this is of dubious provenance.
Revere looks at Christianity Today‘s tally of the most important events of the year. Most of them weren’t that important.
Somebody might have hurt a pro-lifer in some tussle at a protest somewhere. There doesn’t seem to be any trustworthy account anywhere of this unfortunate (if genuine) event, but that won’t stop the right-wingers from shrieking about it. In other news, Cthulhu has risen from the dark depths…you won’t find any newspaper or police accounts of this, but trust me.
