Archive for the 'Religion' Category

Message From Ron

August 20, 2003

While I’m not a religious man, I nevertheless am one of the few people who actually enjoy getting paid visits from various religious nutballs on weekend mornings. There’s no better way to pass the time than debating a couple of Jehovah’s Witnesses or Mormons on the benefits of alcohol, gambling and pre-marital sex. [...]

God Greenlights GM

August 5, 2003

This should give the EU luddites a much needed shakeup:
THE Vatican has stunned opponents of genetically modified foods by declaring they hold the answer to world starvation and malnutrition.
Until Sunday’s statement the Vatican had been neutral in the European Union-US confrontation over GM food.
Obviously, nothing the Pope says will have much of an effect on [...]

U R DUMPED! :(~~~

July 29, 2003

Who says Islam hasn’t kept up with the times?
MUSLIM men can divorce their wives through text messages on mobile telephones, the New Straits Times reported yesterday.
Hamid Othman, adviser to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, said divorce via SMS or short messaging service was in accordance with Sharia law if it was clear and unambiguous.
“SMS is just [...]

Church Embraces Free Market

July 25, 2003

Here’s a church with the right idea…Immoral porn peddlars getting you down? Don’t try to get the government to outlaw it - Just buy them out!
(Milford, Connecticut-AP) — A Connecticut church is the new landlord of Video Pleasures.
The Kingdom Life Christian Church in Milford is buying the building that houses the porn shop. [...]

We Are All Infidels

June 30, 2003

I don’t believe in any sort of God and I don’t really care if my readers do or not.
I don’t believe Jesus Christ ever rose from the dead and I’m not 100% convinced that he ever really existed at all.
I don’t believe I should be banned from drinking beer on Good Friday, because [...]

Atheism: Why Bother?

May 10, 2003

Steven Den Beste posted 3 156,000 word articles about atheism this week. He makes a lot of sense if you have 2 spare days to read it all. Links here here and here.
Steven explains how atheism can’t be proven, because that isn’t the way scientific theory works. Thats my 1 line summation [...]

Dude, You’re Going To Hell

May 1, 2003

One thing is for sure: If there is a hell, I’ll be there.
If anyone can beat 3 extremes, 1 very high, and 3 highs, let me know.
The Dante’s Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level
Score

Purgatory (Repenting Believers)
Very Low

Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous [...]

God Hates Beer

April 18, 2003

If it’s possible to have a bad long weekend, then Easter is it.
For some bloody unknown reason, pubs aren’t allowed to open on Good Friday in WA. Not just pubs, mind you, but anywhere that sells alcohol.
Like most Aussies my age, I was brought up in a school system that encouraged religious education. [...]