Friday, December 14, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Dutch Roman Catholic Church Castrated Boys As 'Treatment' For Homosexuality - The Huffington Post
"Dutch journalist Joep Dohmen, reporting for the NRC Handelsblad uncovered ten cases of the castrations, one of which was suffered by Henk Heithuis, who was castrated as a minor for reporting to police sexual abuse by a priest that he endured while in the boarding home.
Although the priests were convicted of the abuses, Heithuis was still transported to a Catholic hospital, and underwent a surgical castration as a treatment for homosexuality and, according to the report, a punishment for tattling on the clergy".
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/03/19/dutch-church-castrated-treatment-homosexuality_n_1365725.html
Although the priests were convicted of the abuses, Heithuis was still transported to a Catholic hospital, and underwent a surgical castration as a treatment for homosexuality and, according to the report, a punishment for tattling on the clergy".
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/03/19/dutch-church-castrated-treatment-homosexuality_n_1365725.html
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Help arrest a child murderer
Petition here:
http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-killer-of-17-year-old-trayvon-martin
http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-killer-of-17-year-old-trayvon-martin
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Michael D Higgins v Michael Graham President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins goes off on tea-bagger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5OWRRJh-PI&sns=em
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Friday, February 24, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Planning Ahead Can Make a Difference in the End
by AARON FREEMAN
You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy, so they will understand that your energy has not died. You want the physicist to remind your sobbing mother about the first law of thermodynamics; that no energy gets created in the universe, and none is destroyed. You want your mother to know that all your energy, every vibration, every Btu of heat, every wave of every particle that was her beloved child remains with her in this world. You want the physicist to tell your weeping father that amid energies of the cosmos, you gave as good as you got.
And at one point you'd hope that the physicist would step down from the pulpit and walk to your brokenhearted spouse there in the pew and tell him that all the photons that ever bounced off your face, all the particles whose paths were interrupted by your smile, by the touch of your hair, hundreds of trillions of particles, have raced off like children, their ways forever changed by you. And as your widow rocks in the arms of a loving family, may the physicist let her know that all the photons that bounced from you were gathered in the particle detectors that are her eyes, that those photons created within her constellations of electromagnetically charged neurons whose energy will go on forever.
And the physicist will remind the congregation of how much of all our energy is given off as heat. There may be a few fanning themselves with their programs as he says it. And he will tell them that the warmth that flowed through you in life is still here, still part of all that we are, even as we who mourn continue the heat of our own lives.
And you'll want the physicist to explain to those who loved you that they need not have faith; indeed, they should not have faith. Let them know that they can measure, that scientists have measured precisely the conservation of energy and found it accurate, verifiable and consistent across space and time. You can hope your family will examine the evidence and satisfy themselves that the science is sound and that they'll be comforted to know your energy's still around. According to the law of the conservation of energy, not a bit of you is gone; you're just less orderly. Amen.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4675953
You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy, so they will understand that your energy has not died. You want the physicist to remind your sobbing mother about the first law of thermodynamics; that no energy gets created in the universe, and none is destroyed. You want your mother to know that all your energy, every vibration, every Btu of heat, every wave of every particle that was her beloved child remains with her in this world. You want the physicist to tell your weeping father that amid energies of the cosmos, you gave as good as you got.
And at one point you'd hope that the physicist would step down from the pulpit and walk to your brokenhearted spouse there in the pew and tell him that all the photons that ever bounced off your face, all the particles whose paths were interrupted by your smile, by the touch of your hair, hundreds of trillions of particles, have raced off like children, their ways forever changed by you. And as your widow rocks in the arms of a loving family, may the physicist let her know that all the photons that bounced from you were gathered in the particle detectors that are her eyes, that those photons created within her constellations of electromagnetically charged neurons whose energy will go on forever.
And the physicist will remind the congregation of how much of all our energy is given off as heat. There may be a few fanning themselves with their programs as he says it. And he will tell them that the warmth that flowed through you in life is still here, still part of all that we are, even as we who mourn continue the heat of our own lives.
And you'll want the physicist to explain to those who loved you that they need not have faith; indeed, they should not have faith. Let them know that they can measure, that scientists have measured precisely the conservation of energy and found it accurate, verifiable and consistent across space and time. You can hope your family will examine the evidence and satisfy themselves that the science is sound and that they'll be comforted to know your energy's still around. According to the law of the conservation of energy, not a bit of you is gone; you're just less orderly. Amen.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4675953
Monday, January 16, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
A Guide for Using SOPA & PIPA to Kill Scientific Debate -- You're Welcome
"Now, how does this apply to science? Let's say you are greatly displeased that a science journal posted a result that disagrees with you in some way. Maybe it's business, ideology, religious, or a personal vendetta. You could write a letter to the editor supporting or opposing some unrelated article and include a liberal sprinkling of copyrighted work within the letter. You would of course need a silent partner who owned the copyrighted work you cribbed from. The journal, in the interest of scientific discussion and openness, posts the work. Mission Accomplished! The journal's website is now responsible for publishing that copyrighted work.
Your friend can now try and use the Justice Department to financially execute the journal, which will likely result in their entire catalog (including the offending article) being thrown in disarray and possibly lost because they can no longer afford to operate. Since the journal owns the copyright to that work, the scientists cannot just reproduce the articles elsewhere. At the very least such actions would make scientific outlets rightfully suspicious of discussions that emanate from the general public."
Via http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/michael-ham/sopa-congress_b_1195598.html
Your friend can now try and use the Justice Department to financially execute the journal, which will likely result in their entire catalog (including the offending article) being thrown in disarray and possibly lost because they can no longer afford to operate. Since the journal owns the copyright to that work, the scientists cannot just reproduce the articles elsewhere. At the very least such actions would make scientific outlets rightfully suspicious of discussions that emanate from the general public."
Via http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/michael-ham/sopa-congress_b_1195598.html
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Rev. Phil Kayser who calls for the death penalty for homosexuality endorses Ron Paul
Rev. Phil Kayser, who has deep Christian reconstructionist (also known as theonomist) ties has endorse Ron Paul.
Kayser posted a 60-page book in which he justifies the death penalty for homosexuality (on page 24):
"I should think that theonomists would be happy with this understanding of Biblical capital crimes since it is the Bible and the Bible alone that determines ethics.
But I would think that those who are concerned about how Biblical penology would apply in a pagan society and how it would dovetail with evangelism would be happy because Biblical penology beautifully dovetails with God's program of the Great Commission. There is no tension between Biblical law and the Great Commission.
For example, in a society that was being converted, homosexuals could continue to be converted as they were in the church of Corinth.
Even after a society implemented Biblical law and made homosexuality a crime, there are many checks and balances that would be in place. ... The civil government could not round them up.
Only those who were prosecuted by citizens could be punished, and the punishment could take a number of forms, including death. This would have a tendency of driving homosexuals back into their closets. "
....Ron Paul has accepted Rev Kaiser endorsement
Via http://huff.to/zGCVAd
Kayser posted a 60-page book in which he justifies the death penalty for homosexuality (on page 24):
"I should think that theonomists would be happy with this understanding of Biblical capital crimes since it is the Bible and the Bible alone that determines ethics.
But I would think that those who are concerned about how Biblical penology would apply in a pagan society and how it would dovetail with evangelism would be happy because Biblical penology beautifully dovetails with God's program of the Great Commission. There is no tension between Biblical law and the Great Commission.
For example, in a society that was being converted, homosexuals could continue to be converted as they were in the church of Corinth.
Even after a society implemented Biblical law and made homosexuality a crime, there are many checks and balances that would be in place. ... The civil government could not round them up.
Only those who were prosecuted by citizens could be punished, and the punishment could take a number of forms, including death. This would have a tendency of driving homosexuals back into their closets. "
....Ron Paul has accepted Rev Kaiser endorsement
Via http://huff.to/zGCVAd
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Jon Ronson - The Psychopath Test,
"Serial killer psychopaths ruin families. Corporate and political and religious psychopaths ruin economies. They ruin societies."
-Jon Ronson - The Psychopath Test,
-Jon Ronson - The Psychopath Test,
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
Matter
"Matter flows from place to place, and momentarily comes together to be you."
- Richard Dawkins
- Richard Dawkins
My theology
“My theology is a simple muddle. I cannot look at the universe as the result of blind chance, yet I see no evidence of beneficent design, or indeed of design of any kind.”
— Charles Darwin
— Charles Darwin
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