The Blasphemy Blog

Something to Think About

2010-11-29T03:09:00.000-05:00

“Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics.You are all stardust.You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded. Because the elements, the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution weren’t created at the

Not Dead!

2010-08-26T18:35:00.001-04:00

This blog isn't dead yet! I have two big post/ideas I've been brewing up for a while, expect to see some new material soon!

If I had to sum up my feelings...

2009-11-16T03:38:00.004-05:00

If someone was to ask me why I didn't believe in God, I would like to imagine myself saying the following:"God is not necessary for any process that can otherwise be explained by natural means. For situations that cannot be explained by natural means, there is no more physical evidence for using God as an explanation than any other story that could be created by the imagination. In all likelihood

Best Cartoon Edits

2009-08-23T02:13:00.009-04:00

I've been cruising youtube lately looking for the best cartoon re-edits that I can find. Some of these are fantastic. The editing is so on you'll swear it was what the creators originally intended.How Disney Makes its MoneyWow, I thought I'd seen that scene somewhere before.The Jungle Book on Venetian SnaresThis is what happens when you mix IDM and Jungle. Get it? HAW HAW. I don't even want to

John Minus Kate Divided by 8

2009-06-29T11:07:00.009-04:00

Well, its over. America's favourite Christian couple has called it quits, citing personal differences and the strain that raising such a huge number of children has put on their relationship. Never mind all of those conspiracy theories about them having actually filed for divorce two years ago (not true) and claims that they've been cheating on one another. That's not what I want to discuss today

God Provides?

2009-06-21T17:19:00.009-04:00

There is a very old and rather cliched joke about a devout Christian who was warned on the radio that the river next to his house was rising and would flood the town and that all of the residents should evacuate their homes. The man saw no need to evacuate. "I'm religious," he told himself. "I pray. God loves me. God will save me." So time went by and the river swelled and flooded the first floor

Doing Nothing

2009-06-17T00:57:00.013-04:00

Welcome welcome, today's topic is prayer. Yes that's right, it is time to take the magnifying glass to another building block of faith, or as I like to picture them, ants.Such a serious topic. You disagree? Go look at the search results for 'prayer' on google images. Look how serious those people look!If this guy was any more serious, he'd be in a gravitas-off with Stone Phillips. Alright, so

Lets Roll!

2009-06-10T19:33:00.003-04:00

Our first dose of publicity! Maybe this is what it feels like to bring software out of the beta testing phase.We've joined forces with the Atheist Blogroll run by Mojoey, a blogroll with over 700 other atheist bloggers such as ourselves already posting and sharing their thoughts. I hope this will bring us a visitor or two, and I'm really looking forward to what the future has in store!And here's

Crucifying Christianity, Part 3: Jesus, The Best God Could Do?

2009-05-29T16:41:00.011-04:00

Jesus seems like a pretty good guy. I would have hung-out with him. Of course that is assuming we really know what Jesus was like. I said earlier that I did not wish to dwell on the historical accuracy of the Bible and would assume, for argument's sake, that everything in the Bible was accurate and that God's inspired words managed to make it through 2,000 years of human error to its present form

Only the mind of the religious...

2009-05-29T09:19:00.006-04:00

So I was reading the my local newspaper today, the London Free Press, which has been in a state of orgasmic news ecstasy since the kidnapping and murder of Tori Stafford. Before I go any further, I just want to say that in any other newspaper I've read, this case has been now reduced to a shocking news brief, not the front page material almost every single day for almost a month now (and

Apocalypse NOW!

2009-05-20T21:02:00.013-04:00

Do Christians believe in one all powerful god? They say that they do. Such a belief can be found clearly stated in the opening sentence of the Apostles' and Nicene creeds. But then they have the doctrine of the Trinity which states that here are three persons in their one God. What does that mean?The Trinity is their way of

Crucifying Christianity: Introduction

2009-05-11T00:51:00.019-04:00

Christianity makes no sense. I like to think of myself as a reasonably intelligent person, so I am a little embarrassed at how long it took for me to come to such a realization. I am not speaking about the point when I realized that religion itself is ridiculous. It is, and such a realization was a fundamental moment in my

Certainty, Certainly

2009-05-01T00:29:00.008-04:00

Let's begin our journey through thoughtville by talking about a theory I learned about during my education in psychology. A consistency theory proposed by the influential Leon Festinger in 1957, modified by a number of researchers, and studied experimentally by an entire generation of social psychologists, I am talking about Dissonance Theory. According to my old university textbook on Attitudes

Godless Tripe

2009-04-30T19:34:00.004-04:00

Time to restructure and resurrect (oh the irony) this unused blog! Now I feel like I have something to say, its handy to have a place to say it. I'll be using this blog to discuss random thoughts I have about faith and religion from my perspective. Hopefully I'm able to concoct at least a few new thoughts and insights. So here goes nothing, with no readers and no plan, into the infinite abyss of