Joseph Smith gets his superpowers. Have you ever noticed that the "origin stories" of religious figures and comic superheroes have a lot in common? Green Lantern is given a powerful ring. Moses is handed magic tablets. Buddha, a wealthy patrician, is horrified by injustice and suffering and decides to fix things: ditto for Batman. A powerful, … Continue reading Milliblog: Religous and Comic Origin Stories
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Iranian Regime Justice is pathetic Sharia Savagery.
Yousef Nadarkhani I rarely comment on the "news" but the planned execution of Yousef Nadarkhani for the make-believe crime of Islamic apostasy has really pissed me off. Once again the Iranian branch of the "religion of peace" shows its primitive, ass-backwards, subhuman side to a stunned world that finds it hard to believe that changing your mind about fictitious religious nonsense is … Continue reading Iranian Regime Justice is pathetic Sharia Savagery.
A Peculiar Book Club
While holed up in a rehabilitation hospital recovering from a nasty fall a coworker invited me to a noon-hour Bible study group. The group conveniently met in my rehab hospital so I rolled upstairs in my wheelchair and started attending their meetings. When I told my wife about this peculiar book club she thought I was suffering from post … Continue reading A Peculiar Book Club
Counting Gods
How many fingers do you need to count gods? If you are like most people you simply assume the set of gods is enumerable and then you start fighting over which value in the set of positive integers $latex \mathbb{Z}_{\geq0}&bg=cfcdcd$ or $latex {0, 1, 2, 3, \ldots, }&bg=cfcdcd$ is correct. This process is elegantly explained by … Continue reading Counting Gods
Analyze the Data not the Drivel 