Hipstamatic skepticamp

So I crashed skepticamp thanks to @biodork. She’s now contributed to the delinquency of this atheist.

Sacrificing children and a full-on orgy is surprisingly not on the agenda.

In Gingrich’s defense, a 2,000 YO book told him to be racist and homophobic. How can you argue with that?

Graphic reads “Family Values” with an image of Newt Gingrich and Barack Obama. Under Newt: “Married 3 times, indicted for scandal, racist/homophobic. Under Obama: Married once, faithful, no scandals, ended DADT.” 

Garsh, guys, who would I look up to and respect?

J. M. Green sings the hits

This morning, I was browsing Facebook, and a headline caught my eye from John Loftus at Debunking Christianity. It read, “John Green is now writing for the ‘Other Team.”

Curious, I opened it, and couldn’t stop reading. John Green is a missionary’s son from a Pentecostal background. Loftus quoted Green extensively from something he wrote about hell:

A couple of years ago, after being a Christian for 40 years, I started asking the hard questions I have avoided for years, and as a result I rejected the Bible as untrue, and my wife and daughter also left the faith as we talked and discussed. Of course, the usual story – we lost most of our friends and my siblings and parents for the most part don’t accept that we left because of reason (we are under Satan’s power of deception). Anyway, best decision we ever made, and we are loving life, much to the consternation of Christians who expected we would be miserable and suicidal. Ha ha.

Part of my ‘therapy’ has been putting down in writing, things that are irrational in Christianity.

And a bit later:

I am interested in helping Christians see the flaws in their belief system, and in breaking through the mind games which keep them bound.

The piece that Loftus includes next is a great read, and you should go read it here. I want to paste a couple snippets below to whet your appetite, as it completely reflects my point of view often.

As if something you and I could have written ourselves, Green starts off with:

Christianity’s God wants to send people to hell. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

When it’s all said and done, if there is a Hell, and people are deep-frying in it, it is because God wanted it that way. If there is a sovereign, all-powerful ruler of the universe, then of course, he gets his way.

After all, according to Christianity, Hell was God’s invention – his workmanship.

He decides who goes there and why.

It is by his decree that Hell is an eternal fiery torture chamber. Compared to God, Hitler was minor league!

Green’s got some great nuances to this argument that we nonbelievers latch on to a lot. Here’s more:

Non-believers recognize superstition and manipulation when they see it.

Hell doesn’t scare them, but the fact that millions of people still believe in Hell might.

@JoeMyGod sings the hits

To any gay person who supports GOProud, the Republican party and/or Rick Santorum, JMG says:

That’s right, kids. GOProud says that the man who wants to make your literal existence illegal would be a better president than Barack Obama. The man who says you’re mentally ill, a hellbound pervert, a compulsive pedophile, HE is better than Barack Obama. If fact, according to GOProud, any of the GOP candidates, all of whom would destroy the marriage the Chris Barron currently enjoys thanks to the “gaystapo,” would be better than the most pro-gay president in history.

To see why Joe wrote this, go here.

If you’re going to play a prank, integrate kitties!

iPhone screen capture of running text conversation reads: Thanks for signing up for Cat Facts! You now will receive fun daily facts about CATS! >o<

Coffee with Jesus

Jesus and a woman are talking about the end times. The woman says that the Mayans predicted this year. Jesus says they ran out of room on their calendar and to enjoy life. The woman says, so maybe we should just live each day as if it were our last? And Jesus says, “If you knew today was your last, you’d be curled up in the fetal position with a bottle of whiskey, crying and babbling. So no. Just live. 

Found on Facebook.

Renaissance women are XXX SUPER HOT XXX

Forget the pinup girls and the models of today, let’s get our collective libidos glaring red hot with some Renaissance heat.

I love this take on the “When did this … become hotter than this?” meme.

And Jude wins the 300K contest!

I just received the screen capture above from Jude.

He’s the lucky winner of the 300,000th hit award … erhm, the 300,184th hit award!

For a while there I was thinking I would to change the contest to the 300,185th hit award.

Phew. Crises averted.

Jude will have to choose from his very own copy of “Jubei Ninpucho” or an image of mine framed and delivered to his doorstep.

Damn, I didn’t think a foreigner would win. Now I have to pay international postage rates to get the prize out.

Where were you Americans during this one!?!

Friday words of advice

Graphic of sweet looking dog reads, “Be the person your dog thinks you are.”

Via I have seen every great graphic on the Internet

Here comes the bride, all tacked up in white saddles and stirrups

Well, spit to the ding, if gays can marry … that means people are going to marry horses and zebras.

It is a logical conclusion.

Spit ding.