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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

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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!

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posted by thegrumpyskeptic on Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 10:23 AM
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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.

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posted by thegrumpyskeptic on Monday, July 6, 2009 at 11:11 PM
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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

 

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posted by thegrumpyskeptic on Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 10:44 AM
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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.

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posted by thegrumpyskeptic on Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 06:14 PM
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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.

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posted by thegrumpyskeptic on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 10:18 AM
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