Well, aside from this one, of course.
I turn 23 today, so I’m taking the day off.
Whether or not you’re Catholic, you’ve probably heard of the Pope. He’s that old man who lives in a castle in the world’s smallest country, wears a funny hat, and emerges every once in a while to make goofy assertions — which over a billion people take at least somewhat seriously.
Even the more “liberal” Popes come up with crazy ideas, like suggesting that condoms do not effectively prevent the spread of AIDs.
The current pope (Benedict XVI) was quoted back in 1990 (when he was just a cardinal) as saying that the trial and execution of Galileo was “reasonable and just.” It seems that he’s still suspicious of this whole “earth isn’t the centre of the universe” business.
But these modern Popes have got nothing on the Popes of Yore, especially my new favourite, Pope Innocent VIII.
You’ve probably heard of Pascal’s Wager before, even if you didn’t know that it had a name. Blaise Pascal was this French fellow, alive in the 17th century, and he thought he’d come up with the ultimate answer for the question of God’s existence.
Pascal decided that the existence of God could neither be proven nor disproven using reason and logic, but that if you were a betting man, you should bet that God exists.
This Sunday’s post is late, and short. But if you missed my post earlier this week, A Response to College Christian, you should check it out and join in on the ongoing commentary.
Mario Kart Wii dropped rather quietly a few weeks ago, in the shadow of GTA 4. I hadn’t been hearing much about it, positive or negative, so I wasn’t clamoring to grab a copy. When I finally got around to giving it a go this weekend, the experience was underwhelming. Really? It’s been 5 years since Double Dash and this is all you’ve got for me?
I received a comment today on one of my old posts, “Wait a second, are we positive Crocoducks don’t exist?” from a Christian blogger named Justin, who writes at Life of a Christian College Student. I found his comment troubling and began writing a response, but after perusing his blog, I decided to address it directly in a new post. I will deal with his specific comment at the end of all this. Read the rest of this entry »
Unfortunately, I’m studying for a Jewish-Christians relations exam tomorrow, which means that I don’t have much time to dedicate to my regular Sunday blog update.
But just so I don’t break my Sunday post promise, here is an excellent picture I found while reading the news this morning. Read the rest of this entry »
Yep, anyone that visits this blog on a semi-regular basis will notice that it has a new look. A cleaner look.
I think the old theme was a bit cramped and busy - not to mention dark. I used Apostrophic Labs’ Wellbutrin font for the logo, and the WordPress theme is a slightly modified version of Tarski.
Let me know what you think.
So it’s been just over a week since TorrentFreak announced that Demonoid was back from the dead. A lot of us former users have probably received the announcement email by now. At first, there was a lot of concern that it might be a trap. And why not? When I first heard the news, I was certainly skeptical. The mysterious reemergence of one of the world’s most embattled torrent trackers, under a new admin? Seems a little too good to be true…
But after spending some time looking into it, I’m not worried any more. And here’s why you don’t need to be, either… Read the rest of this entry »
Update: People are still arriving here through Google, this post is now a bit out of date. Demonoid IS back, and it’s most likely legit. Read more about why I think so by clicking this link.
As I was leaving the office today, a coworker called me to say that he’d received an email about everyone’s favourite torrent tracker coming back online. I reported on Demonoid when it went down initially. Read the rest of this entry »
This afternoon I watched For the Bible Tells Me So, a documentary about religion and homosexuality. The film didn’t have any atheists, secular humanists, naturalists, post modernists, or any of the usual critics of Christian fundamentalism. Instead, the interviewees were all Jews and Christians, speaking from religious perspectives and largely conservative backgrounds.
For a moment, I’ll stop playing the role of vitriolic atheist and say that if all theists behaved the way that many of the theologians in the film did, then I probably wouldn’t even be writing a blog about atheism. I doubt I’d suddenly start believing in the super natural, but the passion with which I oppose such belief would certainly flag. Read the rest of this entry »
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