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Friday, June 4, 2010
Jon Stewart's interview with Arthur Brooks
Jon Stewart's intellect amazes me. He can talk to anyone about anything and he can be very funny yet still makes the most sense in every conversation.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
White House Correspondent's Dinner
How cool is it to have a gorgeous, intelligent and funny guy as President? Love him!
Monday, May 3, 2010
Scienceblogs
I've long been a ScienceBlogs reader.
My favorites include Pharyngula and ERV.
Recently, I had the pleasure of reading The Frontal Cortex. I love the blog name. I am so curious about the brain that when I see anything related to it, I just had to go ahead and read it.
Almost a month ago at work, I read his piece on Gay Animals. My favorite lines are:
Read the comments and you'd also agree with them. Like this one:
Interesting, eh? Yeah, thought so too.
My favorites include Pharyngula and ERV.
Recently, I had the pleasure of reading The Frontal Cortex. I love the blog name. I am so curious about the brain that when I see anything related to it, I just had to go ahead and read it.
Almost a month ago at work, I read his piece on Gay Animals. My favorite lines are:
In fact, Roughgarden even argues that homosexuality is a defining feature of advanced animal communities, which require communal bonds in order to function. "The more complex and sophisticated a social system is," she writes, "the more likely it is to have homosexuality intermixed with heterosexuality."
Read the comments and you'd also agree with them. Like this one:
I think one reason for 'gay' animals might be that animals are horny and stupid.
A bored dog will have a bash at humping a cat*. A dog humping another male dog is not that much different. I've seen a few human-leg-osexual dogs in my time too.
Sorry for lowering the tone :o)
*check youtube if you dont believe me.
Interesting, eh? Yeah, thought so too.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Skeptics Trump Cards
I've seen this at Pharyngula a few days or maybe weeks ago.
Here are some of my faves:
Love that line: "general mind fuck"... lol..
What can I say? I'm a fan. I'm a Pharyngulite. :D
...wishing I'm his spawn...
My all-time favorite Badass!!!!
Check out the rest of the cards here.
Here are some of my faves:
Love that line: "general mind fuck"... lol..
What can I say? I'm a fan. I'm a Pharyngulite. :D
...wishing I'm his spawn...
My all-time favorite Badass!!!!
Check out the rest of the cards here.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
From Catholic to Atheist
I grew up in a Catholic household. I was raised to memorize and do the rosary every night with my grandmother. Church attendance is a must. Most of my relatives work or volunteer in church. I even won in a bible quiz when I was in elementary. (My memorization skills were very good then so I was able to put enough info from the bible into my brain). I went to retreats, camps, healings etc. I went on volunteer works with others (the trip was the catch for me).
I was told I would burn in hell, I would suffer if I don't follow the rules. We recited prayers for the souls of our loved ones. I never got that but I did my part. (Maybe the prayers for the dead are more for the living so they won't have to live with the thought that their loved ones are somewhere in hell or in-between...) I was rebelling inside but I still followed. I was questioning things already but the answers were not there for me.
The last time I was in church was 1995. I don't know why I stopped going. I just did. It was after reading The God Delusion
that I finally realized and accepted I never really believed. There was always that nagging feeling that things aren't what they seem.
THE END OF FAITH: by Sam Harris
made more sense to me than the Bible did. Every other thing that religion offered I found an explanation in Science books and others. When I was talking about religion with a very devout Christian, he asked me why I left the church, why I lost my faith. I said because I never got the answer to my question. His reply was that maybe I just wasn't looking hard enough. I was and I did and I found the answers. In science.
"So what's your life's purpose? What about your soul?" was the question he left me with.
My answer? To live life fully because it's the only one I've got. I like to read this one from time to time...
Evolution of Religion
I've never been more comfortable and at peace with myself ever. Isn't that what it's supposed to be about?
I was told I would burn in hell, I would suffer if I don't follow the rules. We recited prayers for the souls of our loved ones. I never got that but I did my part. (Maybe the prayers for the dead are more for the living so they won't have to live with the thought that their loved ones are somewhere in hell or in-between...) I was rebelling inside but I still followed. I was questioning things already but the answers were not there for me.
The last time I was in church was 1995. I don't know why I stopped going. I just did. It was after reading The God Delusion
that I finally realized and accepted I never really believed. There was always that nagging feeling that things aren't what they seem.THE END OF FAITH: by Sam Harris
made more sense to me than the Bible did. Every other thing that religion offered I found an explanation in Science books and others. When I was talking about religion with a very devout Christian, he asked me why I left the church, why I lost my faith. I said because I never got the answer to my question. His reply was that maybe I just wasn't looking hard enough. I was and I did and I found the answers. In science. "So what's your life's purpose? What about your soul?" was the question he left me with.
My answer? To live life fully because it's the only one I've got. I like to read this one from time to time...
Evolution of Religion
I've never been more comfortable and at peace with myself ever. Isn't that what it's supposed to be about?
Pedophile Priests
Katha Pollit'st article on the Chicago Tribune
Brandan Kiley's article on The Stranger
The two links above talk about pedophilia and priesthood. I don't think the issue is gonna stop anytime soon. The more noise it generates, the more people or victims come out to talk about their horrible experience. And of course, the "victim" in all of these, the Catholic Church is being bullied. They are once again being vilified for something that also happens in other places or institutions. Well, yeah. But they get punished and brought to justice, not hidden and put in other places only to be encouraged to molest more.
Isn't it arrogant of a person or an institution if they think everyone else is just out to get them? Like, yeah, they did something wrong, but it's between them and their god? So what about the real victims? What about the real atrocities, the real sufferings of the real individuals who were put through hell just because of a doctrine those bastards can't keep?
How many times does the Church need to be told that the cover-up is worse than the crime itself? Doing nothing and protecting the perpetrators instead of the flock is insulting and disheartening.
When one priest or bishop called the rape, pedophilia and the cover-up petty gossip, it kinda makes you think how long this has been going on for them to be so immune to this kind of "gossip".
Brandan Kiley's article on The Stranger
The two links above talk about pedophilia and priesthood. I don't think the issue is gonna stop anytime soon. The more noise it generates, the more people or victims come out to talk about their horrible experience. And of course, the "victim" in all of these, the Catholic Church is being bullied. They are once again being vilified for something that also happens in other places or institutions. Well, yeah. But they get punished and brought to justice, not hidden and put in other places only to be encouraged to molest more.
Isn't it arrogant of a person or an institution if they think everyone else is just out to get them? Like, yeah, they did something wrong, but it's between them and their god? So what about the real victims? What about the real atrocities, the real sufferings of the real individuals who were put through hell just because of a doctrine those bastards can't keep?
How many times does the Church need to be told that the cover-up is worse than the crime itself? Doing nothing and protecting the perpetrators instead of the flock is insulting and disheartening.
When one priest or bishop called the rape, pedophilia and the cover-up petty gossip, it kinda makes you think how long this has been going on for them to be so immune to this kind of "gossip".
Evil in Us
I saw this link in Pharyngula, a science blog that is always included in my daily readings. A co-teacher who sat next to me noticed it so I played the video (without sound - I was at work)...
I don't know how it feels like to be a soldier in a war but this is just wrong! They said AK-47's and RPG's which I don't see. I saw cameras and tiny faces in the van. There were children! OMFG!
I don't know how it feels like to be a soldier in a war but this is just wrong! They said AK-47's and RPG's which I don't see. I saw cameras and tiny faces in the van. There were children! OMFG!
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