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Mr. President Speaks to our Youth It has been a long while since I have written anything so I will keep this short and simple. I have been playing lots of World of Warcraft that is it! No school or work excuses lol. Our President addressed the young people of this nation, over all it was a good message, stressed the importance of education and science in our nation if we are to continue to prosper and be a relevant force in the world. I just don’t understand why some of crazy little fundie friends didn’t want their children listening to the president? Something about indoctrinating our children or some garbage like that lol. If we did that to Mr. Bush, you would have Limbaugh, and O’reilly going ape snap! on how people that do not listen to the speech hate America, and are unpatriotic. When it’s a president, they don’t like they just go against what they preach. Much a do about nothing I guess, lol. We all know those fundies are a bunch of hypocrites, I don’t need to remind you all of that.
Why so rude Mr. Grumpy? Often times when I’m talking to people, and sharing ideas people say I can be a little aggressive, even rude, or too grumpy. I don’t think that I am being rude. When I tell someone they are wrong, is that rude? Just because you think there is an invisible guy in the sky that watches everything, has the power to stop all the bad things in our life but doesn’t. I tell you that any all evidence seems to point to the fact that he doesn’t exist, is that an insult? If you came up to me and told me that one plus one equals 5. I said to you, well all evidence seems to point to the answer being two. Why would you be offended? Anyways I don’t get it maybe some of ya can help me out? I was surfing the web as some would say, came across this pic. I just thought it was funny. I would apologise but it should only be offensive to those who believe the christian nonsense. Oh well enjoy
Isn’t This World Enough? I often wonder and think, why do people believe in gods and devils, demons and angels? In my case, when I was a true believer in Christianity I was ignorant of the way the world worked. That is not to say that I know everything, but I’ve come to understand that the world functions on a natural course, no supernatural forces at work here. Science, and the way it teases answers out of nature opened my eyes. I can see how wonderful and beautiful this world really is. I’m often reminded of a Douglas Adams quote which goes something like this “Aren’t the flowers beautiful enough without having to imagine that there are pixies flying within?’ That simple statement carries so much with it. The notion that our struggling little species is beautiful the way it is. Why invent invisible gods that don’t anything for us? They are not required to explain the beauty in which we live in. This world is so beautiful, from the smile of my wife and my children, to the sunrise and sunsets, to a human helping out a fellow human. the friendships, and disagreements. the crushing enormity of time and space. Aren’t you satisfied? Is this world not good enough? Are your loved ones not lovely enough that you have to invent a supernatural creature to make them more special? The chances that me and my wife would meet at the right place, and time are slim. The fact that of all the humans of the world, of all the times we could have existed, the times we could have died, or moved. I am lucky, no god set anything in motion, just random chance. For that I am truly grateful. There was no god at any point, just me and my good and bad decisions. When I hold my children, I am over filled with joy, the amount of love I have for them, and them for me is overwhelming, it can make a grown man, get teary eyed. When my oldest son says to me “Daddy I love you”. The emotions I have are almost unexplainable, but glad I’m doing something right. Do you have loved ones that touch you to your very core of your being like that? If you do, isn’t that love enough? Are you not content in what genetics, and a millions of years of evolution have done to us? To make us feel that way? To bind us to our children, to our spouses? Isn’t that enough? Are we so insecure, and lonely that we must invent gods, and spirits, and life forces. Are we humans that insecure that we need a magic man in the sky to fullfill our wishes? It is enough for meto know, that I love, and am loved by REAL people, . Suddenly I don’t feel so grumpy, have a good day, and be skeptical!
This is the type of email I get sometimes. “do you realize what would happen if you went out and gathered people and told them there is no God and teach skepticism? God would be very dissapointed in you. would you like to disscuss via email your frustrations with religion? I care about you and dont even know you, i feel you are hurt and frustrated with this dissattisfiying life, but there is hope and peace that I know you have never known, i want to pay attention to you and listen to your concerns and value your openions and concerns, i'd like to be your friend actually. Hey God bless you Jose, i want you know that you are really loved more than you would ever imagine. you dont have to feel angry or anything, thanks, Brother Rene” Here is my response When you say “god” would be disappointed which god, do you refer to? Your Christian “god”? Thor? Anubis? Ra? Odin? Can you be a little more specific? Secondly, how can you prove it? How do you know that he will be disappointed? Because your ancient fairy tale book says so? Let’s see my frustrations with religion….hmmmm where do I begin. First of it’s not a society of loving caring people. My brother happens to be a homosexual. Yet the people of Christian faith believe that he is “evil” or that he has “demonic possession” or some other thing. I love my brother for who he is. Religion slows down human progress. It claims to have the answers to everything! Yet in the bible they can’t even get pi right….so stupid. There is a whole lot more that I can gripe and complain about, but the email would be too long. What is it that you think I am “hurt” by? The only thing that frustrates me is the ignorant mobs of people who condone intelligent design and alternative medicines. WHO said ANYTHING about a “dissatisfying life? I love my life; I have a wonderful wife, two beautiful children. I got one shot at making it a good one. Yes, I do have to feel angry. Angry that these Christian nut jobs can say I have been a godly man, but molest children, cheat on their wives, and wage a war. There is a lot to be grumpy about. I saw this video last night very funny, very true. I love the little snippet "when someone comes in with a vague sense of unease or a touch of the nerves, or even just more money than sense, we'll be there for them, bottle of basically just water in one hand, and a huge invoice in the other. "
I hope they where drinking that homeopathic beer on the set safely, we know how much more powerful that homeopathic beer is compared to regular beer. LOL so funny that people still believe in this medieval superstitious non sense. I liked how they added some other whoo stuff, like astrology, and shakras. Man I hate that new age stupidity. Liberal hippies are just as bad as evil religious right wing nuts. well have fun. Hope this video made your day
Well hope everyone is having a great weekend. I'm sending my regards from Mojave, keeping the citizens of the East Kern safe. I give my thanks to the enlightened fathers of our country. Those that died to make us independent, and give me right to spout my crazy rants wherever and whenever I please. Without fear of the government killing me, putting me in prison or other such threats. In other countries I would not be so lucky. All those men and women who have served and payed the ultimate sacrifice, to continue our freedom. To those who currently continue to serve. Be safe, be skeptical have a great weekend, and a great Independence day. well last week I saw a movie, TRANSFORMERS!!!! Which was awesome. One of the best i've seen in a while. Before the movie I saw a preview of a movie tittled 2012. The movie itself looked pretty cool, distruction abound everywhere which I love, could explain my love for transfomers. That set a thought process in motion. About the notion of the end of the world, or armageddon, on december 12 2012. of course you know what the ole grumpy skeptic thinks, the notion that the ancient mayans had some secret knowledge, stinks like a movie with Carrot Top in it. There is nothing to back up such crazy claims, and check out what mr. Dunning had to sayhttp://skeptoid.com/episode... The “Mayans had three calendars. They had a solar calendar that was 365 days long, and a ceremonial calendar that was 260 days long. These two calendars would synchronize every 52 years. To measure longer time periods, they developed the “long count” calendar, which expressed dates as a series of five numbers, each less than twenty ; something like the way we measure minutes and seconds as a series of two numbers each less than sixty. And, just in case this might seem too simple, for some reason the second to the last number was always less than eighteen. The first day in the Mayan long count calendar was expressed as 0.0.0.0.0, and by our calendar, this was August 11, 3114 BC. Every 144,000 days, (or about every 395 years, which they called a Baktun), the first number would increment, and a new baktun would start.” That was some awesome research done by Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com
So anyways their calendar is merely ending, nothing more nothing less. They will start a new, I’m not so sure what all the hubbub is about, maybe some of ye more savvy readers can tell me. (sorry I didn’t do my own research, long day at work, cardiac arrest in the morning, gun shot victim at night, I’m tired and want to spend time with the family, isn’t E.M.S. life quaint?) Have a grumpy day, but please ad a dose of skepticism when confronted with this crap. You know whoo comes in all kinds of flavors. One of things that I often hear is the evils of Big Pharma! often since I'm the token skeptic, I'm asked what I think of say Monavie, or wheat grass juice, or Kangen Ionized water, or whatever whoo. Often I say give me one day ill let you know. Usually there is so much whoo I can't make an on the spot comment on any given whoo. Anyways I usually say that whatever whoo they're wondering about is just whoo. Sometimes I hear complaints that Big Pharma is keeping these "alternative" things down. Big Pharma salesmen are seen all the time in doctors offices ect. ect. I usually respond by saying well lets assume that Big Pharma was this evil, money hungry entity keeping you sick for profit. If that was so, why don't they peddle this new age crap? Why let some rogue quacks take all the profit? Well it could be based on the fact that, well they just don't work. I really don't understand why people hate medicine anyways! Oh well have a good day alright, well not all woo is centered on religion. Of course there is TONS of woo out there, like the crap that Oprah Winfrey allows to be broadcast. Now she's allowing Jenny McCarthy to have her own Talk Show?!!! It's a sigh of the end of times I tell ya! Miss Oprah is truly crazy and absurd, and in the business of making lots and lots of money, So i'm assuming to make money, truth and reality go by the byway. anyways, NEWSWEEK calls her out on some of her quackery check it out here http://www.newsweek.com/id/... so she responds by saying "For 23 years, my show has presented thousands of topics that reflect the human experience, including doctors' medical advice and personal health stories that have prompted conversations between our audience members and their health care providers," Winfrey said in the statement. "I trust the viewers, and I know that they are smart and discerning enough to seek out medical opinions to determine what may be best for them." http://news-briefs.ew.com/2... She says that because SOME stuff that she said was true it clears her of any misinformation she might have spread? She tries the whole "I'm just putting it out there, and let the people decide" gambit. Yeah she puts her whoo out there all right, one sided biased crap. Like "The Secret" the most ridiculous and stupid thing Ive ever heard of...grrrr better stop before I get any more grumpy . Have a great day |
