News from down under.
Julia Gillard confirms in a radio interview that she is an atheist. Follow the link above for the full interview.
She was asked
“Do you believe in God?”
Answer
“No I don’t, John”
Since I am in Arkansas it only seemed natural to share this story with you.
ARKANSAS CITY (EAP) – A Little Rock woman was killed yesterday after leaping through her moving car’s sunroof during an incident best described as a “mistaken rapture” by dozens of eye-witnesses.
Thirteen other people were injured after a twenty-car pile-up resulted from people trying to avoid hitting the woman, who was apparently convinced that the rapture was occurring when she saw twelve people floating up into the air, and then passed a man on the side of the road who she believed was Jesus.
“She started screaming `He’s back! He’s back!’ and climbed out through the sunroof and jumped off the roof of the car,” said Everet Williams, husband of 28-year-old Georgann Williams who was pronounced dead at the scene.
“I was slowing down but she wouldn’t wait till I stopped,” Williams said. “She thought the rapture was happening and was convinced that Jesus was gonna lift her up into the sky,” he went on to say.
“This is the strangest thing I’ve seen since I’ve been on the force,” said Paul Madison, first officer on the scene.
Madison questioned the man who looked like Jesus and discovered that he was on his way to a toga costume party, when the tarp covering the bed of his pickup truck came loose and released twelve blow-up sex dolls filled with helium, which then floated up into the sky.
Ernie Jenkins, 32, of Fort Smith, who’s been told by several of his friends that he looks like Jesus, pulled over and lifted his arms into the air in frustration and said “Come back,” just as the Williams’ car passed him, and Mrs. Williams was sure that it was Jesus lifting people up into heaven as they drove by him.
“I think my wife loved Jesus more than she loved me,” the widower said when asked why his wife would do such a thing.
When asked for comments about the twelve sex dolls, Jenkins replied “This is all just too weird for me. I never expected anything like this to happen.”
The Belgian police raided a catholic compound a few days ago. Well, now the pope is pissed!
“I want to express… my closeness and solidarity in this moment of sadness, in which, with certain surprising and deplorable methods, searches were carried out including in the Mechelen cathedral and in the premises where the Belgian episcopate was meeting in plenary session,”
Deplorable? Did he ever use such a strong word when talking about the rape of thousands of children?
In his letter Pope Benedict called for the respect of the Church’s own procedures for tackling abuse.
WTF? You want respect for your procedures – NO – It’s way too late for that. This evil company needs to be closed. Shut it down, sell everything and feed the poor.
How about this little gem…
“I have myself repeated numerous times that these serious facts must be dealt with by civil law and by canon law, in reciprocal respect of the specificity and autonomy of each,”
Let’s just all admit that the men in the silly dresses need to go away.
As I was driving thru BFE Missouri the other day I listened to several christian radio stations. It seems like that’s all they have. One religious station had a show about movies. They would talk about some cool movies and point out all of the naughty bits that were in them.
I have kids and I know that not all movies are kid friendly. Well now there is a way around it. Its call ClearPlay. It can make any movie safe. There are lots of movies to choose from and you can control what is blocked or skipped. Not sure how you take the violence out of a movie like Zombieland???
Here is what one happy (obsessed) parent had to say….
I have four children, all in their teens, that I have tried as long as I can to prevent them from hearing or seeing anything that I think will pollute their minds, especially from watching TV. I discourage them even to watch the PG movies. With your invention, I know that we will have more movie selections to watch. I thank you very much, and I pray that God will bless you always for what you have done.
I know – only 4 kids? All 4 between age 13 an 19. She does not even want the older ones to see PG movies? Really?
So… what do you think? Is this a good idea?
Well, I made it back to Arkansas. 9 hours of driving can make you tired. Drove through some seriously bad weather around Springfield MO. I took a quick photo of the impending doom (on the left). About 5 minutes later I was in a very strong cell. Lots of lightning, wind and rain. However, 2 hours later I did get to see a rainbow caused by the sunset – very cool. The sun was not out but there was enough light to get this neat effect. I looked way cooler in person – but you get the idea.
Local Columbus paper covers camp quest.
My kids just got back and loved it. They can’t wait to go again next year!
Camp Quest is a sleepaway camp for the children of atheists, agnostics, humanists and other nonbelievers, though kids from religious families are welcome, too.
Most of the time, the kids do normal camp stuff such as hike, compete in relay races, sit around campfires.
But the overarching philosophy is that life without religion is a perfectly healthy, viable option.
How fun is that? Camp Quest gets bigger every year!
The weeklong Ohio camp in Clarksville, northeast of Cincinnati, is the largest with 78 campers, but other sessions are offered in Michigan, Minnesota, Tennessee, California, Texas, Ontario and the United Kingdom. An Irish woman is in Clarksville this week learning the model so she can take it to her country.
As church camps are closing down it is great to see these camps doing so well.
In a recurring gag, counselors tell the kids that two invisible unicorns run free at Camp Quest. Anyone who can prove that isn’t true will win a prize.
The kids learn that you can’t prove a negative, such as God doesn’t exist, Metskas said. The burden of proof should be on those who say he does.
The challenge is a “fun, silly way to take on a serious conversation these kids will run into over and over again in real life,” she said.
I love this! If you are the one making the claim then you are the one that needs to come up with evidence.
Do have any better suggestions?
