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David Silverman on the O’Reilly Factor last night. It really looks like O’Reilly just wants to take a swing at Silverman. I think David did a good job of trying to have a real discussion despite O’Reilly being his usual idiotic self.
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Tim Minchin - Woody Allen Jesus
I really love Tim Minchin and it appears this song is sparking quite a controversy. The video was taped last week for a Jonathan Ross’ Christmas special. The song has been pulled at the last minute due to “fears” of upsetting Christians. (Read more)
Imagine that, Christians might be offended at something entirely innocent? I, for one, am shocked….(internet sarcasm)
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Question - Would God like Christmas?
I was reminded of a passage earlier today, Jeremiah 10: 2-4. Isn’t this basically an order NOT to have Christmas trees?
2 This is what the LORD says:
“Do not learn the ways of the nations
or be terrified by signs in the heavens,
though the nations are terrified by them.
3 For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
they cut a tree out of the forest,
and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
4 They adorn it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so it will not totter.
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Bill Donohue comes across as such a complete ass in this video. Telling people that if something makes them uncomfortable they should “just get over it.” Even suggesting that if someone feels left out because it’s Christmas maybe they should “just convert.” People that find Christmas trees threatening (to a secular society) should be “put in an asylum.” How can this idiot say these kind of things and see absolutely no problem in it? Dave Silverman has impressed me more lately then he used to and I am starting to enjoy him quite a bit more.
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Yeah, because non-Christians are going to do horrible evil things with our trees! We can’t allow that to happen :|
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Personal Story: Part 3
(This section is fairly short but part 4 tomorrow is a bit longer then the others and also really ties this all together a bit more as to how it relates to me and religion. Thank you so much for all the kind words and positive reaction so far!)
Part 1: http://hatefulatheist.tumblr.com/post/2304622651/personal-story-part-1
Part 2: http://hatefulatheist.tumblr.com/post/2316548962/personal-story-part-2
I still don’t know how my mother put up with it all. She was moving us into a new place, getting me enrolled into a new school, and preparing all of my father’s affairs. It was all a lot to handle but I am thankful my mother dug down deep and did it. I’m sure that I would do no justice to her emotions to even guess at how she was feeling and what she was going through. Thankfully grandma helped as well and was a real comfort. My mom was her youngest and always the baby of the family. She wanted to do everything she could to help us through this situation.
My father had requested before he died to be cremated and to have his ashes scattered across the pond he always used to play at when he was a child. His family, being very religious, didn’t think he should be cremated. They said that he should be buried so that his children can have a grave to visit. My mother ended up coming to a compromise to try and satisfy them and my father was cremated. She took half of his ashes and spread them across the pond as he had requested. The other half was buried in a plot next to what would have been my older half brother, had he not died just a few days after being born.
It is a bit of an aside from the story but something that resulted from it much later I think is important to bring up. My aunt who used to be a nun was quite disappointed with my mother for having my father cremated, even though it was his wish. I was never very close with her but a few years ago I received a call that she had passed and I was part of her will. They needed my address to send me a copy of the information. A few days later I received a copy of her will, it went through many of her items giving them out to various relatives. A few pages in I found my name and it stated that for me and my brother she left nothing. It said she only bothered to mention our name’s at all because she wanted it to be known that it was on purpose and not a mistake. She was so vindictive over something me and my brother had no say in she wanted to give us one last reminder from beyond the dead.
I don’t honestly know if my father had a funeral, or if I was there. Most of my childhood I have very vivid memories but if I was there I blocked it all out because I don’t remember any of it. I don’t remember any service or commentary on his life or all of his family gathering together to cry over his life and experiences. It may have happened, but part of me doesn’t think it ever did which makes me sad in itself.
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