Archive for March, 2008

Well, this is interesting.
via Religion News Blog, Radio Netherlands: Dutch Muslims offer to air anti-Qur’an film
Amsterdam - The Dutch Muslim Broadcasting organisation has offered Dutch populist MP Geert Wilders to air his planned anti-Qur’an film. Mr Wilders has rejected the proposal. The network first wants to ascertain that Fitna does not violate any constitutional rights. [...]

Okay, this is old, but it’s funny.

(Don’t get the reference?)

Okay, so it’s actually “Hardy Heron”, but “Hungry Hungry Hippo” is obviously a superior code name.
Ubuntu.com: Ubuntu 8.04 Beta Release
Among teh shiny:
Xorg 7.3
The latest Xorg, Xorg 7.3, is available in Hardy, with an emphasis on better autoconfiguration with a minimal configuration file. This Beta brings a new Screen Resolution utility that allows users to dynamically [...]

Ramen!

Reuters: Afghans chant death to Danish, Dutch in protest
Protesters gathered around a mosque in the west of the Afghan capital after Friday prayers chanting “death to Denmark”, “death to the Netherlands, “death to America” and “death to Jews”.
Huh? How did the Jews get into this? Is that just the “angry Muslim” standby chant for when [...]

I have addressed the reasons for my being an atheist multiple times (which are, basically, that there is no evidence to prove the existence of any sort of deity, much less an omnimax god), but I don’t believe I’ve written any “why I am not a Christian” posts yet. I think right now is the [...]

That’s the only way to explain what happened today.
This afternoon, someone had finished all the turkey, leaving me nothing to eat for lunch, so I headed across the street to Wal-Mart for some peanut butter. While I was there, I took a detour into the clothing section. At first I thought I might get myself [...]

How happy are they?
Telegraph: ‘Believers are happier than atheists’
People who believe in God are happier than agnostics or atheists, researchers claimed yesterday.
A report found that religious people were better able to cope with disappointments such as unemployment or divorce than non-believers.
Moreover, they become even happier the more they pray and go to church, claims the [...]

via Friendly Atheist, there is currently a Senate resolution in committee (PDF) to make the first weekend in May “Ten Commandments Weekend” in order to celebrate what an important and vital cornerstone the Ten Commandments are in American society.
But don’t worry. I know it sounds like they’re trying to establish a state religion, but [...]