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Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 7 – Is “Faith” Just Another Way To Say “Pretending Really Hard”?

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Posted 07 December 2013 § Humour § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 6 – Are Religions Unfair To Women?

It’s a long documentary so let’s just say the short answer (at least in my view) is: yes! Given what day it is today, I can’t help but think about the fourteen female engineering students killed twenty-four years ago today. They weren’t murdered for religious reasons. But as part of my thoughts on this sad day […]

Posted 06 December 2013 § Canada § MemoryLane § Sasha § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 5 – Out of Nearly 40,000 Denomination of Christianity You Picked The “Right” One (You Should Try The Lottery Next)

Not sure how accurate the claim of 38,000 denominations of Christianity is but whether you’re talking about 40, 400, 4000 or 40,000 denominations, the point remains the same. (And that doesn’t even take into account other religions, major and minor, over the years.)

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Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 4 – “If you can’t determine right from wrong, you lack empathy, not religion.”

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Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 3 – “Take The Risk of Thinking For Yourself…”

Christopher Hitchens is one of the patron saints of atheists.  (Er, there’s probably a better way to describe him!) 😉

Posted 03 December 2013 § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 2 – Music Monday – “I know the Good Book’s good/Because the Good Book says it’s good/I know the Good Book knows it’s good/Because a really good book would”

I suspect Tim Minchin will be making up the content of all my Music Monday posts for Atheist Advent! 😉 “The Good Book” – Tim Minchin

Posted 02 December 2013 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “And I know that by February/My thoughts on snow will be contrary/But this is now and then is then!”

Here are a few pics I threw together in a slideshow to celebrate the first snow of the year. “Celebrate” might sound like the wrong word but for me, the first snow of the year is always exciting and, as the song says, “I know that by February/My thoughts on snow will be contrary/But this […]

Posted 21 October 2013 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Pace § Photo § Shea ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

Happy Yeaster: It Has Risen!

Perhaps my favourite thing about the major Christian holidays is it spurs atheists and other non-believers to great heights of humour…

Posted 31 March 2013 § Humour § Meme § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – 40 Song Xmas Song Medley

If, like me, you’re not quite ready to let Christmas go for another year, here’s a video medley of a bunch of different Christmas songs (bonus for the number of UK-centric Christmas songs that are a bit less well known on this side of the pond): (via /r/christmasmusic.  You may also want to check out […]

Posted 28 December 2012 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Randomness § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Wrapper’s Delight: A Brief History of Wrapping Paper

From The Atlantic.

Posted 26 December 2012 § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,