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There are few things humans are more dedicated to than unhappiness. Had we been placed on Earth by a malign creator for the exclusive purpose of suffering, we would have good reason for congratulating ourselves on our enthusiastic response to the task.
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You have free will because I said so
My favorite example of god’s love was his willingness to brutally torture and kill his own son as a symbol of sacrifice. That's a father-son story that really warms the heart.
The reformed apologist
It’s not out of place to read my opinions here. Some jokes. Mostly I enjoy inflicting theories, predominantly my own. And when I say “theories” in this context I mean unproven or unprovable hypotheses that are so consistent in correctly predicting an outcome that I regard them as true. The way evolution is true but [...]
Soliciting miracles from prostitutes
The public humiliation of any oleaginous preacher is usually cause for joy, but the fall of Ted Haggard, the poster child for self-righteous, hypocritical bastards, was sublime in a way that is often fantasized but rarely experienced. It happened almost three years ago in November 2006, but I still get school-girl giddy when I [...]
The actual ten commandments
The Ten Commandments
Exodus 34:13-28
I. Thou shalt worship no other god.
II. Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
III. The feast of unleavened bread thou shalt keep.
IV. Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest.
V. Thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the [...]
Twenty, maybe thirty, commandments, each crazier than the last