April 2011
37 posts
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence”
– Christopher Hitchens (via akongapalasijose)
“Agnostics are just Atheists without balls.”
– Stephen Colbert (via ablogforatheists)
“In fact, “atheism” is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to...”
– Sam Harris (Letter to a Christian Nation)
aliewa asked: I am actually quite open minded :) I have to ask, though, does the movie consult church leaders, or is it just one-sided? I am not sure which commandment you consider the one to be "anti-Mormon;" you know as well as I do that we are told to stay on the straight and narrow. I'm just sick of people blaming us for the passing of Prop 8, considering we made up such a small percentage of...
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You should back off. →
kayaveril:
I’m helping him with his decisions but it’s so difficult ‘coz he seem confuse. It’s seems like, he’s ignoring my advices and makes a lot of excuses. I want him to pass his mission papers as soon as possible. I really want him to go and serve. but I know I can’t force him to do so. It may not be easy, but I know it could be the best thing that he’ll ever decide to do in his...
Minor Excitement here
My last post was my 100th. I’m moving up in the world. Hurrah.
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“1. An honest person can never surrender an honest doubt.
2. Who doubts nothing...”
– Proverbs, Chapter 55, The Good Book by A.C. Grayling
How far we've come
My mom via skype to me: Happy Easter Hun, how was mass?
Me: good, I took Ellie with me
( my husband passes by in the background)
My mom: Hi Bryce, Happy Easter to my favorite atheist!
Husband: Hi mom, Happy any other day!
My mom: what did he say, I couldn't hear him.
Needless to say, they love each other in their own way.
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Anonymous asked: I read your blog occasionally and so I know that you are a former true believing Mormon and now you hate us and go against everything The Church has taught you and I want to know why that is?
I hope Mitt Romney gets elected just to piss you off.
I hope Mitt Romney gets elected just to piss you off.
(at night your body is a symphony.): Defense... →
adrianastyle:
Psychological Defenses
Defense mechanisms are automatic psychological processes that protect an individual from anxiety and the awareness of internal or external threats or stressors. People are often unaware of these processes as they operate (although others may be…
psuedoRepublic of Utahnistan →
camillaasitwas:
seanivins:
“A Utah state senator told a constituent that he was compelled to vote for [HB116], which he philosophically opposed, because that was what the [LDS] church wanted him to do.”
I am shocked to read about senators openly admitting this troubling reality of our state! Even if the mormon church’s bill was probably much more moderate, fair, and humane than anything the...
The more I learn about Mormons the harder it is to hold my tongue with the people I know that are members. To include my family.
“Every newspaper in America, with very few exceptions, has a daily astrology...”
– Carl Sagan in a 1989 interview with Ted Turner discussing scientific illiteracy and the need for education reform (via mohandasgandhi)
“Worst of all, this is a vision that says even though America can’t afford to...”
– President Obama
Stick to your metaphorical hippie guns, Mr. President! Stick to them.
(via reelaroundthefountain)
I am Jack's brain: Disclaimers in Email Signatures... →
iamjacksbrain:
[Email disclaimers] are assumed to be a wise precaution. But they are mostly, legally speaking, pointless. Lawyers and experts on internet policy say no court case has ever turned on the presence or absence of such an automatic e-mail footer in America, the most litigious of rich countries. Many…
Pickmaster Plectrum Punch
iamjacksbrain:
The Pickmaster Plectrum Punch allows you to make a perfect plectrum out of any plastic sheet - bank cards, gift cards, carton lids, in fact any thin plastic that you can find.
It works in exactly the same way as a standard hole punch and will ensure you are never caught short when jamming with your buddies or rocking out with band mates again!
(Pickmaster Plectrum Punch via...
Something We All Forget
helvetebrann:
The Big Bang was completely silent.
Noise doesn’t travel through space.
Mind blown.
“Can one be spiritual without religious faith? One can. All one needs is to be...”
– Nobelist Ellie Wieset (via camillaasitwas)
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Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
described a lack of faith as “the greatest of evils” and blamed atheism for war and destruction, implying that it was a greater evil even than sin itself.
Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6334837.ece
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“[if] there is a despicable character on the face of the earth, it is an apostate...”
– Brigham Young 