Taking out of context to another level

Apparently I took Dr. Patrick Johnston out of context when he wrote, “Execute the wrath against evildoers and be a terror to those who would assault god’s innocent children.“

I wrote a post about it in an OLD blog months ago.

I quoted him in an old post, and he found it. Can’t you see him now. He was googling himself a few months ago, and he found this blog. Then he googled himself a few more times. Then he looked at some porn. Then he couldn’t bare it. He had to respond to the dim bulb over at Le Café Witteveen with a gem like this:

Hello. You took my quote out of context. It was a quote from the King James Version of the Bible, namely Romand 13:3-4. Other versions of the Bible you may find less offensive. In essence, we all – atheists and Christians alike – believe that the government should do justice when innocent people are assaulted. We differ in what the penalty should be, and we differ in whether aborting babies should be a crime, but we all agree with the essence of the statement that the state should be the dissiminator of justice on behalf of innocent people who are assaulted or killed.

Firstly, the 67th book of the Bible is Romand. Most lay people don’t know that. Romand was a very little known Christ lover from Pakistan with a penchant for buggery, abortion and homosexual acts.

Secondly,  you be the judge. Did I take Dr. J out of context? You can read this fine article written by Dr. J. Take your time. And then read my blog here. And respond at Le Café … because Christian blogs don’t have comment sections.

The main problem with Dr. Johnston is that he has seven, beautiful kids who must suffer under his heavy-handed, bizarre ideals. Hell, I’m starting to feel sorry for his wife.

Wherefore art thou, Dale Cooper?

Image via Wikipedia

I’m rewatching the two sessions of Twin Peaks on Netflix streaming, and it is just as good or better than when I left it 15 years ago. The show is horrifying, and razor sharp in its writing.

The show shaped a view of the world that I might not have noticed otherwise. Of course there’s a spirituality to the show that is neither here nor there.

But there’s an element of “real life” to the show. When I’m in public, I get excited when I see the same faces. I even name them or give them nicknames. And when I see them, I excitedly say, “There’s Crack Lady!” And there’s Asian hat guy!

While watching the show, you can’t help but say, “There’s log lady!” or “There’s Curtain Lady!” or “There’s the one-armed man!”

It’s a great show.

Here are a couple quotes that I noticed and wanted to write down for later:

“Harry, I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don’t plan it, don’t wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men’s store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this.”  -Dale Cooper

And this one:

It’s usual in cases of strangulation for the victim to void his bowels.

Let it be written, let it be said, I not only miss Dale Cooper, I miss practically every character on that old show.

Photo editing

This morning, I’m pushing to get photos from the Mexico wedding over to the couple. I’ve put a lot of effort into this job, and I hope the effort pays off.

We shot more, because we agreed to supply photos from the entire visit to them.

I wanted to share these two shots of the couple’s first dance. Both speak to me, but I tend to like photos that my clients might not. I don’t have feedback from the couple yet, so I don’t know if they’ll share my excitement.

Michele Bachmann prays for campaign assembly

So when Michele Bachman loses the 2012 election or doesn’t even make the ballot, does that mean she’ll finally realize that god doesn’t exist?

Via Joe.My.God.

Also of note over at JMG, check out this letter Joe  received from Sterling County, Virginia Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio
asking for “radical homosexuals” to send his wife mother’s day cards.

Like Jim Carrey in Dumb & Dumber: So you’re saying there’s a chance

I saw this blog post floating around that the odds of Jesus’ resurrection is:

100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 to 1.

For one: whoopie freakin doo.

For two: ladi freakin da.

But you have to see the math. It’s incredible. According to the article, it’s this:

First up, here is the McGrews’ statistical formula for, in effect, saying “Given what the Bible says, I reckon the resurrection really happened:”

P(F1 & … & Fn|R) / P(F1 & … & Fn|~R) >>1
where P=’probability of’; F=’fact’; and ‘R’ is ‘resurrection’

The McGrews then provide a derived formula for multiple independent facts, which, again, basically says, “Given what the Bible says, I reckon the resurrection really happened:”

P(R|F1 & … & Fn)/P(~R|F1 & … & Fn) = P(R)/P(~R) x P(F1|R)/P(F1|~R) x … x P(Fn|R)/P(Fn|~R)

The McGrews then consider three “facts” (taken from the Bible) in order to apply this formula: the reports of the resurrection by the women who visited Jesus’ empty tomb (“W”); the testimony of the disciples (“D”); and the conversion of Paul (“P”, again). And this provides the following formula, which basically equates to the claim, “Given what the Bible says, especially about those women, disciples, and Paul’s conversion, I reckon the resurrection really happened:”

“P(R|F1 & … & Fn)/P(~R|F1 & … & Fn) = P(R)/P(~R) x P(W|R)/P(W|~R) x P(D|R)/P(D|~R)x P(P|R)/P(P|~R)

For reasons that escape both me and the authors themselves, the probability concerning the women is then assigned odds of 100:1, the disciples each 100:1, and Paul’s conversion 1000:1. As there are 13 “disciples” mentioned in the stories, the McGrews multiply the 100:1 odds for each one of the disciples – even though they all appear in the same story– to get 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000:1. And if you multiply that by the women’s odds (100:1) and the odds from Paul’s conversion (1000:1), you get another five zeroes: 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 to 1.

So there you have it. The chances are slim, but there is a mathematical equation that fits your logic. Go forth and spread the numbers!

Man hand feeds his pet Waspy

Meanwhile, what you don’t see is that this man’s head is swollen to the size of a watermelon  from being stung.

From the videomaker:

Studies have shown that if you desensitize your captive wasps to your fingers and hands from an early stage, they will become used to you and not react in an aggressive manor. And, when workers come, the queen’s body language around you will influence the workers’ behavior too.

The video is interesting, but check the comments. One says, “MAN THAT SHIT DON’T WORK I GOT STUNG!!!!”

Whatever the case, it goes to show that even the most evil of beasts can be tamed.