In the case of a shooting, or flooding, or cancer,
The question arises, “why me?”
We tend to get four different species of answer;
Our wishes distort what we’ll see.
Since you won’t get an answer directly from God
You might think of asking a pastor—
For the problem of evil, it strikes me as odd
That his answer is such a disaster. [Read more…]
It’s the atheist Gestapo, and they’re coming to your town!
If you have a cross in public, they are here to tear it down!
Look at Steubenville, Ohio—they removed a cross from view,
Which was just the sort of horror that the Nazis used to do—
They defend the first amendment, through the power of the court;
Just another Nazi tactic, I am saddened to report.
It’s so typical of bullies that they have to get their way
By denying the majority the right to have a say.
The atheist Gestapo trample Christian rights with pride…
And the damnedest thing about it is… the law is on their side. [Read more…]
She wants a western life—for shame! For shame!
Rejecting our beliefs, she wants to fly;
How dare she bring dishonor to our name.
Correcting her delusion soon became
Our sacred task—I can’t imagine why
She wants a western life—for shame! For shame!
But western news reports held us to blame,
And forced us to dissemble and deny!
How dare she bring dishonor to our name!
A daughter should be ours, to break or tame,
But no, she claims her rights—she dares to cry
“I want a western life”—for shame! For shame!
If her beliefs and ours are not the same
She is not fit to live, in Allah’s eye—
How dare she bring dishonor to our name.
Our honor was at stake! Such was our aim,
We had no other choice—she had to die.
She wanted western life—for shame! For shame!
How dare she bring dishonor to our name
British court convicts parents in ‘honor’ murder
The parents of a 17-year-old girl will spend at least 25 years in a British prison for the death of their daughter after the couple’s conviction Friday for killing her over her desire to live a Westernized lifestyle and become an attorney, a court spokeswoman said Friday.
Chester Crown Court Judge Roderick Evans sentenced Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed to life in prison. He said the couple, who were originally from Pakistan, must be imprisoned for at least 25 years before being eligible for parole.
The sentence came hours after the court found them guilty of murder in the death of Shafilea Ahmed. The girl’s dismembered body was found on a riverbank in February 2004, months after she disappeared in 2003.
Go read the whole thing. I don’t think I can report it here and stay coherent.
So today, I had a visit to my blog from someone using the search term “a person has severed her finger what do you do first”.
My question is, what conceivable circumstance under which you are searching for that phrase, would you see “The Digital Cuttlefish” in your results and decide I think I’ll click this one!”.
(Oddly enough, when I search for “a person has severed her finger what do you do first” on Google, one of my posts does show up on page one. So at least our intrepid searcher did not waste time looking beyond there.)
I do hope that among the top three things that were done were A) apply pressure to the wound to minimize bleeding, B) find the severed digit and put it on ice, and C) call 911 (ok, in truth that originally read “dial 911”, which simply shows that I am old). This is not advice–this is my list of at least three things I would do before hopping onto Google and asking. I could be wrong.
I genuinely hope all is well with whoever is the reason for that particular search. I do feel just a bit horrible that my blog might conceivably have been a distraction along the way.
Oh, and if anyone knows the actual real answer to “what do you do first”, consider posting it here, and I’ll happily add it to this post, just for future searchers.
There are gaps in the biblical record
But I think I have most of it solved
Like the 18-years Jesus went missing?
That’s when the messiah evolved… [Read more…]
That is, this one was spotted in Colorado. Many thanks to commenter Machineintelligence! More and more cuttlefish are being released into the wild!
Now I want pics of these in the wild!
In times of grief and tragedy
Of injury and loss
Let’s never miss this chance to show
The atheists who’s boss
Infuriation, after the jump: [Read more…]
The ‘net is a church for us atheists
Say the people who have a real church
Do they just use the phrase to annoy us in ways?
Other metaphors work, if you search: [Read more…]
That’s right, one year ago today, we went live. And promptly crashed. And soon overloaded our server, and were frustratingly slow… and replaced equipment, and got better.
And got bigger. From an initial five bloggers, we now have some 36 blogs, some with multiple contributors or guest bloggers. I’ve found more new must-reads than I have time to read, and my world has expanded, in terms of topics, in terms of issues, in terms of geographic and political boundaries. I thank all of my fellow bloggers, and wish all of us much continued success.
And I just noticed. I have averaged just under one new verse of some sort a day. Some days with none (or with a re-run), but some days with two or three. I don’t have time at the moment, but now I have to go see which were my favorites.
So thank you, all of you, my readers, commenters, fellow bloggers, and especially Ed and PZ. And many happy returns!
“What defines an atheist?” The question gives me grief;
Do they actively deny my God, or merely lack belief?
I’m told that I should ask one, but I think that’s rather odd—
There’s no need to ask the godless when I’ve got the word of God!
There’s a line in Psalm 14 on what the fool says in his heart,
So we know that they are foolish, but that’s only just the start—
There’s a couple lines in Romans, showing God won’t be denied,
So the simple explanation is… the atheists have lied!
If you want an honest answer, then you have to ask the King:
Some claim they’re non-believers, but there’s really no such thing.
Circularity Context, after the jump: [Read more…]