Monthly Archives: February 2009

Dance, Monkeys! Dance for My Enjoyment!

Posted on February 25, 2009 by arensb

Today seems to be the day when a bunch of right-wing fundies all decided to make themselves look ridiculous in public, seemingly only to entertain me. For a while now, Ray Comfort’s weblog wasn’t accepting new comments, because he had … Continue reading →

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Wednesday List

Posted on February 24, 2009 by arensb

Some bands that were obviously named before Google became the one and only way to find anything anywhere: ABC AC/DC The Band Foreigner Genesis Guess Who James Leæther Strip (yes, that’s L, E, A-E ligature) M Prince (The Artist Formerly … Continue reading →

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Indian Stupid Burns Like a Hyderabadi Biryani

Posted on February 23, 2009 by arensb

First, the Telegraph has a story about an Indian nun’s book about sex in the church: The book by the former nun reveals how as a young novice she was propositioned in the confession box by a priest who cited … Continue reading →

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Bible Study Notes: Homosexuality in the Bible

Posted on February 22, 2009 by arensb

I’m leading the discussion at today’s Bible Study session with the Beltway Atheists. The topic is Homosexuality in the Bible. I’m attaching my notes (also available in Org mode for Emacs here).

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Where Can I Buy a Shillelagh?

Posted on February 17, 2009 by arensb

HB 1009 was recently introduced in the Maryland State House: SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article — State Government 13—322. THE SHILLELAGH IS THE STATE WALKING … Continue reading →

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Slick’s Transcendental Argument

Posted on February 16, 2009 by arensb

Last week on The Atheist Experience, a guy named Matt Slick from CARM.org called in to present the Transcendental Argument for the existence of God. His version of the argument is here. When I read Slick’s version of the argument, … Continue reading →

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QOTD

Posted on February 15, 2009 by arensb

From Frank Rich by way of dKos: Bush-era Republicans have no moral authority to lecture about deficits. The same goes for Reagan-era Republicans, BTW.

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Thank You for Telling Me What I Believe

Posted on February 13, 2009 by arensb

Not too long ago, I got this reply from one Ælfheah to a comment of mine: ‘Atheism’, for your information, does not mean a lack of religion, or, for that matter, a lack of religious beliefs. Abram was not an … Continue reading →

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Happy Darwin Day! And I Suck

Posted on February 12, 2009 by arensb

As you doubt already know if you go anywhere near the science end of the blogosphere, today is not only Darwin Day, but Chuck’s 200th birthday. Such an occasion must be celebrated! Unfortunately, what with other stuff going on, and … Continue reading →

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Another Reason Not to Write csh Scripts

Posted on February 11, 2009 by arensb

In case you haven’t read Tom Christiansen’s Csh Programming Considered Harmful, here’s another reason not to write csh/tcsh scripts if you can avoid it. Unlike the Bourne Shell, the C shell exits with “Undefined variable” if you reference an undefined … Continue reading →

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