20
Mar
2011
mood: babies! music: The Dividing Cells - Womb With A View
(Or, Hello, world!)
Before reading on, you should be aware that this entry throws anatomical terms around in a somewhat carefree manner, so if the mechanics of childbirth offend you, you might want to pass this one up.
A topic for w...
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Okay. You asked why I don't believe in God. These explanations could fill volumes, so I hope you'll forgive what must necessarily become dim paraphrases of large concepts. I will endeavor to do my best. Also, since you asked about my non-belief in God specifically, I'm not going to get into cr...
As a kid, I remember that my dad used an artificial sweetener on his cereal in the morning. It was a clear liquid that came in a little squeeze bottle and had the now-familiar NutraSweet "swirl" on it. It also came with a warning on the label - something about using too much of it. I was happy to le...
I live in Tennessee, a state with a significant population that traditionally identifies heavily with the culture of the southern United States. For instance, along a stretch of Interstate 65 in Nashville there is a terrifying statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general and early lea...
Today, we shall examine the topic of slavery in the Old (and New!) Testaments of the Bible. This is a topic I've seen some apologists (Notably Matt Slick of carm.org) defend the practice as put forth by the Bible as being more humane and therefore somehow more morally acceptable than how others prac...