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Ya know, for a god, he really is a pathetic weakling

Man can’t even defeat some iron chariots.
I thought he was supposed to be omnipotent?
This (and other) contradictions found within the bible available here.
Also this one starts off with a doozy: jesus has two different grandfathers! On his dad’s side!
And in case that wasn’t enough, look here.
via pharyngula.

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2007 09 04 atheism Comments (0)

beauty is skin deep, but wrinkles are outward manifestations of long-lived muscular habits

Which is to say, i’m starting to get wrinkles. They’re most obvious when i’m smiling, which means, i think, that they’re laugh lines?
Anyway, i’m going to look so cool when i’m 60 it’s just not even funny.

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2007 08 25 life Comments (0)

A useful tool for researchers/students

“Zotero is a production of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. It is generously funded by the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services [etc.]”
Basically it’s a firefox extension that keeps track of projects, sources, notes, and documents. If you’re the kind of person that always ends a research [...]

2007 08 24 firefox
floss
tech Comments (0)

Finally starting to get evidence that contradicts relativity

First, new scientist reported on an experiment that really very strongly suggests that in some cases it is possible for photons to travel faster than the speed of light. Completely aside from the apparent oxymoron of saying that light traveled faster than itself, (being as “photon” is a word that means “unit of light”) this [...]

2007 08 24 philosophy
science Comments (2)

Does the earth orbit the sun? (THE DEFINITIVE ANSWER)

So, as previously mentioned, i have long wondered if anybody doesn’t believe that the earth orbits the sun–let alone the 20% or so that i’ve heard rumors of–and i decided to do something about it.
So now the results are in. Take a moment, think about it. What do you think the percentages are? I mean, [...]

2007 06 22 people
philosophy
science Comments (0)

POLL: Does the earth orbit the sun?

I’ve heard multiple times (from reputable and semi-reputable sources such as blogs and newspapers, respectively) that up to 20% of various populations (most commonly french or american) believe that the sun orbits the earth.
I’ve never really believed it, so i created a facebook poll for 200 people who listed “the bible” in their favorite books [...]

2007 06 22 people
philosophy
science Comments (0)

One of the problems with digg

If a really interesting story is submitted with a title that is both boring and inaccurate there is no way to go in and fix it, and it can’t be re-submitted, AFAIK. Check that one out, look at the title, maybe read it (or at least read my comment on it) and tell me if [...]

2007 06 17 communication
news
people Comments (0)

Safari for windows!

OK, i’m a geek, i admit it. But yeah, apple finally released safari for windows. Only took them four years.
But brandon, you ask, why do you care? After all, you run firefox on linux. Well, yeah. And i do that because of the community(ies, really) and the fact that these companies exist primarily as promotions [...]

2007 06 14 Uncategorized
economics
firefox
mac
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Ethics, Abortion, and Real Life (preaching to the choir?)

Reading pharyngula, i came across this essay relating a doctors personal reasons for providing abortions. A quote, the same one as PZ uses because it’s the best:
“By 1967 I was a third year medical student, still with no visible means of support, and we were pregnant with our third child. It was the spring of [...]

2007 06 03 life
philosophy
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Seriously? Am i seriously posting about a penguin?

Yeah.
In case you don’t know, and since my last post was about linux, the ‘official,’ or at least as official as it gets, Linux mascot/logo is Tux, the penguin. Here is a page that provides a brief history of the guy, including the letter to the mailing list where Linus (pronounced leenus, i think) first [...]

2007 05 29 linux
people Comments (3)
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