Because she’s a blithering space cadet.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
The new preview for the movie Expelled looks very slick and professional — there are some deep pockets behind this effort.
Looking for decorating ideas? This photo series shows how to make a beautiful squidmas tree.
There is a Sunday School for Atheists? I think it’s an interesting idea to have a special school on Sundays for people to teach their kids about ethics and family, but it shouldn’t be for atheists — Christians need it more. I know they already have something called Sunday School, but I went through it, and it wasn’t about values: it was about memorizing bible verses, mindless arts and crafts, and antique and false stories illustrated on a felt board.
Besides, we already have a Carnival of the Godless and a Sunday Sermonette. If we just had a felt board and some colored cloth, maybe we could re-enact science stories for the kiddies.
And Dorid is working on a coloring book.
I have no idea how atheism is getting all tangled up with squid.
Paul Davies has written a curious op-ed that has been blithely published by the New York Times. I’m not sure why the NYT saw fit to publish it, except that Davies does have a reputation as a popularizer of physics, and as something of an apologist for deism; they certainly couldn’t have chosen to print it on its merits. His argument is the tired and familiar claim that science has to be taken on faith, so it’s just like religion. I recall hearing variants on this back in the schoolyard, usually punctuated with “nyaa nyaas” and assertions about each others’ mothers, and while we may not have said much about science, the principle was the same. Citing a false equivalency is a cheap argument, but not very credible.
This is quite possibly the most depressing story of the year, because it says so much about the amoral nature of some people: A 48 year old woman named Lori Drew poses as a cute 16 year old boy on myspace, leads Megan Meier, a 13 year old neighbor, on, then turns on her and drives her to suicide. Then afterwards she pretends to be a good friend to the family for several weeks, until the charade is exposed. The LA Times has an editorial, and The Smoking Gun has the police documents.
What kind of psychopath would elect to hound children into suicide? And show no remorse at all afterwards?
I’m not cynical enough to be able to cope with this kind of evil.
They discriminate against people with sharp pointy spears!
Today is the 148th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Enjoy those Thanksgiving leftovers!
