Life, the Universe and Everything
When Reason Fails
At times people lose their sense to reason or incorporate their own style of reasoning.
“Don’t Think. Pray.”
012 years
While vacationing with my family on the Big Island in the Hawaiian Islands, we drove past a sign, hanging on a cross, that said, “Don’t Think. Pray.” Actually, we drove past it many times, as it was on a main highway that traversed the West coastline, Highway 11 around mile marker 109. After seeing the […]
Intelligent Design?
012 years
Some proponents of Intelligent Design use the eye as an example of God’s intelligent design that is irreducibly complex, which had been created intact as it is today. No component of the eye, by itself, could have been of any use. Therefore, evolution could not have produced an eye, only a creator with a design plan. […]
Why Do You Care Whether People Say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
012 years
As December rolled around this year, it was the same, as past years, with some beating of the drum that Christianity is under attack, by the usage of Happy Holidays. Some are making it vocal, on the internet, that they don’t say Happy Holidays, but say Merry Christmas. I have no problem with that and […]
In-Group/Out-Group Bias, Obama’s Father and World War II
012 years
I posed this question to a co-worker, “If you heard a well-known person say that his father served in World War II, when there was no way he would have been old enough, would you lambaste that person as a liar or would you say, ‘Hey, that makes no sense for him to say that. […]
Playing the Martyr
012 years
While the big Chick-fil-a hullabaloo was going on, I had an internet debate with an acquaintance concerning same-sex marriage. I made the obvious point that at the heart of the Chick-fil-a debate was discrimination and civil rights. “It is not a matter of religious belief, it is a matter of equal rights. It it not an attack […]
Where Will It End?
013 years
While discussing marriage equality, one person argued that you couldn’t allow same-sex marriage because “where would it end?” If same-sex marriage was allowed, it wouldn’t end there with two consenting adults; People would want to marry their dog or some other strange nonsense. Nevermind that it is demeaning to equate a human to an animal. […]
Are You Serious, Mrs. Thomas?
114 years
I was in bed this morning and I had a WTF moment. I couldn’t believe my ears. I must have heard the news announcer wrong. No, I hadn’t. Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife, Ginny Thomas, had left a message on Anita Hill’s answering machine wanting an apology for her testimony of sexual harassment in her husband’s confirmation hearing. The audacity of […]
Poor Lid UI Design
014 years
by Roger Gibby
in When Reason Fails
Yesterday, I went with a co-worker to 7-11 to get something to drink. Now, I usually don’t go to 7-11, but I needed to get outside. I got a pumpkin spice latté. It tasted OK for a latté that came out of a spout of a machine. I put the top on the cup and […]