Chris, here’s the hay coming right out of the horse’s mouth on creationism.
I found this vid on Wired.Com. It truly baffles me. I’m not sure how a jar of peanut butter disproves evolution.
The entire food industry depends on that evolution doesn’t happen? Apparently, it does. It took millions of years of evolution to create the organisms that make our food, plus a few millenia of artificial selection (which is also a form of evolution, though not natural). Some people are just committed to being stupid.
This S#1T is Bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S! (Update, May 1, 2007)
It’s not my worst nightmare (nice Episcopal boy here), and I don’t think it’s even an atheist’s worst nightmare. Something’s wrong if your faith is so flimsy that it hinges on that God custom creating domesticated bananas to fit in the palms of human hands. Here is the banana God created and it doesn’t look hand or eater friendly.
Judging from the last reaction to my “Pagan Poetry” post, I chose not to post the “vid” Bjork made for “Cocoon.” Instead, here are some clips from the Royal Opera House concert she did shortly after the release of Vespertine. Matmos, the programming duo who provide the dirty electronic sounds, are also boyfriends and how they interact here is very sweet. Here’s “Cocoon”:
“An Echo, A Stain” is my favorite song off the Vespertine album:
This broadcast on ShindoTV is brought to you today by Ex-Gay Watch. This comical video shows a skit about someone who’s trying to be straight via Exeter International (which, of course, is a spoof on Exodus International). From a video previously aired on this channel, fiction isn’t necessary to show how crackpot this stuff can really be. Richard Cohen is a real piece of work and Jimmy Kimmel and John Stewart really don’t need to do much to show how ridiculous he really is. Then, there is the spoiled brat tantrum of Dr. Nicolosi (which puts Christopher Guest’s outbursts on Waiting For Guffman to shame). A little scripted comedy is always fun to highlight the absurdity of some things, as the bald ex-gay guy can tell you.
It’s funny. I’ve never objected to barbecues (love them), never had problems talking to mechanics, but I never got into football. It’s not really that hard to follow, but I just never got into it. Yet, these guys get it into their heads that they must make themselves like football. Sorry, I’d much rather watch the players, not the game.
Adopting a perceived idea of masculinity is always interesting, as demonstrated by Richard Cohen, and lightly spoofed by the bald-headed guy. Of course, I have to wonder how many nelly guys there are trying to “straighten” themselves out in churches (or for other reasons, God only knows), but anyone who casually observes them knows they are GAY and gayer than any openly practicing homosexual.
Here’s a more disturbing video. This is not comedy and the young men and women who talk are not actors. This is a brief documentary that exposes the young fundamentalists who code their homophobic campaign as “Telling The Truth In Love.” One is a former student from Poway High (yikes! right in San Diego County) who wore anti-gay messages taped to his t-shirt a few years back. Others are young, suburban WASPy types who may need to get laid instead of worrying about others’ sex lives. Needless to say, this clip calls them on their BS.
