Everything Your Parents Were Taught was Fucked.
A look back to the 1960’s I’m 60 next week. My parents were born in the late 20’s and I grew up in the US of A, in the 60’s. Continue Reading →
Author Archives: waz
The Arrogance of Religious Thought: “No Faith Teaches to Massacre”
President Obama. His words. Quoted in the 08.21.14 USA TODAY headline article “Troops Tried to Rescue Hostage” regarding US journalist James Foley’s beheading Tuesday by IS (Islamic State) in Syria. Continue Reading →
Mental Illness and the Church: Progress From Within
Rachel Held Evans. Once again from within the conservative evangelical community Rachel Held Evans features a very progressive Xian mental health advocate Amy Simpson, who is doing some great work Continue Reading →
Religion Poisons Everything
Gaza The NY Times published a short article on the current Israel-Palestinian conflict: Gaza Conflict Is Just The Latest Round In A Long War. The insanity of it all is Continue Reading →
Vicarious Travel
Deir el Bahri. Queen Hatsepshut’s Temple (1473-1458 BC) Luxor, Egypt. I’ve never had a passport. Hope to be able to put one to use someday. This place was on the Continue Reading →
I Don’t Talk Much About Islam
I haven’t read enough yet, nor lived in a Muslim culture like I have our Xiansanity-saturated culture here in ‘Merica: especially south of the Ohio River where I spent 5 Continue Reading →
Bozo and the Douchebag
Rick Wiles: Christian commentator on his own TRUNEWS media blog and radio show is a happy guy now that the Ebola virus has come to town. Filling the void left Continue Reading →
This Doesn’t Help, People
Elie Wiesel. Auschwitz and Buchenwald survivor, prolific author, Nobel Peace Prize winner. Featured in a full page ad in USA Today placed by This World: The Values Network, “…promoting universal Continue Reading →
Scientismist Too
So it seems the major difference between science: a method, a process, a commitment to truth and integrity with a drive to understanding the world in reality based on public Continue Reading →
Scientismist: Unabashed, Part 1
Science gives us the above: Religion gives you the below: They are not complementary ways of knowing. One is a path to knowledge, the other is bullshit. “Science flies you Continue Reading →