He saw that it was good

Check out this cool, 8-bit style animation about the biblical version of creation. The link will take you away from Le Café. If you want to follow along, you can read one of the two different biblical creation accounts here.

***SPOILER***

The ending flash-forward is a good one. It reminded me that I’ve always found it weird that the character of god — who is supposed to be all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving — would create something so beautiful and good only to let its fall from grace be silly (a talking snake, a naked couple and a fruit) and then thousands of years later destroy everything in a cataclysmic event only to have the minority of believers make it into a bizarre utopia called heaven.

Haven’t you ever heard that stupid argument for Christianity that says, “We have freewill. If God didn’t give us a choice, life would be soooooo boring. God knew what he was doing when he gave us choice.”

Yet all those people who say it think it’s going to be great to not have a choice once they reach heaven.

Make up your minds. Either love the choice or hate it. I thought everything was black and white with believers.

Quote of the Day

In response to the John the Baptist sings the blues post, Glock said:

Sounds like something a dominatrix would say to come off as cryptic.

It’s like the kids trying to feed me at my house

Our Love’s in Jeopardy

On the way to Carbondale with Tina, Michael and Jason, I was trying to think of the 80s video in which the main guy’s wedding goes awry. The bride turns zombie, and the whole situation becomes a horror scene.

I couldn’t think of the song, and I knew if I called my brother he’d remember. I remember watching this video many, many times as a wee tot. To remind Jon what video I was asking about, I said, there’s a part where there at the church, and he’s being pulled by the leg. The guy grabs a piece of the pew and rips it off only to use it as an air guitar.

Of course Jon says, “Umm … is it “Our love’s in Jeopardy?”

Enjoy!

John the Baptist sings the blues

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him.

John the Baptist as written in John 3:36

Advice from a cartoon princess

Via The Daily Wh.at

Need gas? Believe or leave!

South Carolinians are sweet Christian folks, who want you to leave if you don’t believe like they do.

Ahhh, utopia. A place where everyone is the same.

Yeshua Fog™, you never cease to amaze me.

What We Saw at the Glenn Beck Rally in DC

From ReasonTV | August 28, 2010

On August 28, 2010, Fox News host Glenn Beck held his “Restoring Honor” rally at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The aim of the event, explained the lachrymose TV personality, was to “come celebrate America by honoring our heroes, our heritage and our future.”

As the Washington Post reports,

“For too long, this country has wandered in darkness, and we have wandered in darkness in periods from the beginning,” Beck said, at times pacing at the memorial. “We have had moments of brilliance and moments of darkness. But this country has spent far too long worried about scars and thinking about the scars and concentrating on the scars.

“Today,” he continued, “we are going to concentrate on the good things in America, the things that we have accomplished – and the things that we can do tomorrow. The story of America is the story of humankind.”

Despite the presence of former Gov. Sarah Palin and many Tea Party trappings, the event was not political, or at least not in any conventional sense. Rather, the speakers called for bringing religion into the public square and using it as the guiding force in all aspects of American life.

Reason.tv was on hand to take in the day and talk with some of the thousands of people who showed up (crowd estimates were unavailable at the time of this writing, though the crowd felt thinner than the one at last year’s Tea Party rally). Most of the people we talked to were openly skeptical of politicians of both major parties and agreed strongly with the religious bent of the rally, often arguing that some sort of religious orientation was necessary for what that saw as a return to national greatness.

“What We Saw at the Glenn Beck Rally in DC” was shot by Jim Epstein with help from Josh Swain. Edited by Epstein and Meredith Bragg. Hosted by Nick Gillespie.

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