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$2000.00 Rule
To assist in keeping my finances straight, I've implemented the $2000.00 rule: I check my bank accounts every payday; anything over $2000.00 in my checking account is moved to savings, and anything over $2000.00 in savings is moved to debt payment (or eventually, investment). If my total expenditures for the last 30 days are under …
On Atheism and Morality
Point: Atheists cannot be moral. Morality must be derived from a higher authority than the actor. Without a higher authority–God–from which to derive a code of morality, then each person must define a “moral code” for themselves. This reduces “morality” to essentially acting according to what is one’s own nature, anyway. If morality is simply …
Friday, 05 June 2009
Parental Authority? Freedom of Religion? Nonesense, You’re the Property of the State!
A Minnesota judge ruled that 13-year-old Daniel Hauser would be forced to undergo unwanted chemotherapy treatments which were contrary to his family’s religious practices. When his mother left the state rather than comply with the unconstitutional ruling, federal law enforcement was dispatched to bring them back–even though no crime had been committed. Young mister Hauser …
On Liberals and Torture
The liberal population of the U. S., led by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, continues to characterize the use of waterboarding as “torture.” To any sane person, this is ludicrous: waterboarding is a practice used to train our own military pilots to survive water landings. Further, the technique itself consists of nothing more untoward …
"Dark Pelosi"
At current standing, this is officially my favorite YouTube video EVER. EVER.
Movie Reviews
I’ve started posting movie reviews at IMDB.com; in order to save space, rather than post the same reviews here, I’ve just put up a link to my reviews page at the right. So far, my review of Wolverine is up (and very unpopular!), and my review of S Darko is pending. One of the few …
On Theism and Atheism
The theism vs. atheism debate continues to be a popular one on many internet fora that I visit. Still, I have encountered very few people who really understand the issue well enough to make a coherent argument for either side. Here is analysis of the debate itself: The Western world today is as theologically illiterate …
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