Long Hair and The Bible

You ever meet these people that think a woman isn't a woman unless she has long hair? Same people who think a woman's place is in the kitchen and pumping out babies. It would be great to see those guys in the kitchen and pumping out babies instead of hanging out with their buddies , drinking beer, farting and/or interpreting the Bible.

P.S. A "literal" reading of the Bible usually means giving dudes all the rights and keeping the women subservient. Don't let anyone pull the wool over your eyes on this one and, especially, don't let anyone take away your rights because they say the Bible says something.

Theory of Evolution and The Bible

Did you know there are people that think that the Bible creation story is true. This is based on one book? Did you know the theory of evolution is testable and observable and is drawn from thousands of books and thousands of replicable experiments? But why would anyone want to go on evidence when you can say that it was all created. Less thinking is always better.

Sure evolution doesn't tell you how to live your life. But, then again, I wouldn't want to live the sexless, fear ridden, self-righteous lives of many who follow the Bible. Where is it written that the Bible has all the answers? Oh, I forgot, the Bible. It's sort of like some snake oil salesman telling a group he has the cure for cancer. Some will believe and some won't. Which are you?

P.S. When did evidence become a bad word. Show me how you arrive at your conclusions and I might agree with you. Just don't ask me to believe in something that can't be proven. I used to believe in the Easter Bunny until I got more information. Apparently some people don't believe in information unless it comes out of one book. What if some guy in Utah was claiming his book led him to believe in polygamy. Oh wait, that's another story...or is it?

Bible Wisdom

To my knowledge the Bible is one book. Next time you go to the doctor for a critical condition, make sure you go to one that only read one book, preferably the Bible.

Creationism, Evolution and Faith

Creationists appear to have a unique brand of logic that ignores all evidence. I think they mean well but they might be thinking from a place that does not include logic. Perhaps faith has something to do with it, that fabulous human impulse to believe in stuff that doesn't exist. This is why religious folks have trouble with the whole evolution thing. There's so much evidence that evolution occurred that it doesn't fit the whole faith thing.

So I'm going to invent my own faithful creation argument. A dinosaur named Clarence, who actually existed, was the ruler of the world and did some nice things for other dinosaurs. The other dinosaurs loved him so much that they started a fan club. They were so grateful for Clarence's benevolence that they created a whole movement around him. They wrote stories about his great achievements based on their own impressions. They devised rituals that would pay homage to him. They needed money to build worship buildings so they asked their believers to help out. Everyone loved Clarence so they helped without question.

Years and years passed and the Clarence movement gained more and more power. Dinosaurs being what they are, they began to relish all the trappings of power, wealth and influence. They devised rules and behaviors that would increase the influence of Clarencian belief. They told their followers to multiply (more members), proselytize (more members), give more money (more worship buildings). Members became power and an elaborate set of behavioral guidelines was set up to make sure those at the top kept the power and were supported by those at the bottom.

They fought wars in the name of Clarence, they righteously persecuted those who were not Clarencian, they put worship buildings in as many countries as possible. Those dinosaurs were really great. They were so intoxicated with power that they suggested that dinosaurs of other faiths were not true dinosaurs.

Somewhere in the land of Texas a wealthy and alcoholic dinosaur noticed that Clarencian dogma would help him sort of sober up and one day would help him transform his country into a Clarencian nation based on power and faith. He would literally tear his country apart in the name of Clarence. He would stay faithful to keeping power at the top and a flock below. He would invoke Clarence's name on many occasions even indicating he was his favorite philosopher. People thought, "Well, if he loves Clarence, he must be wise, moderate and kind."

It's the same old story. One group thinks it has all the answers and is insecure and ruthless enough to impose its beliefs on others for selfish reasons. Oh, those pesky dinosaurs. Then there's the part about keeping women dinosaurs down within the faith. Then there's the small detail of denying evidence that doesn't support the goals of Clarencianism. It just goes on and on. I'm glad this only happened to the dinosaurs.