Interesting Thought Provoking Blasphemous Pictures

Hey everyone, I'm sorry I've been so busy with personal stuff I haven't had much of a chance to blog for you guys. My family is arriving today for a long weekend so here are a few pictures to amuse you until I can get back to "normal".

Science vs. Religion - It's simple, really.

 

WTF Fail - LOL!

 

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Sir David Attenborough (from Life on Air, BBC)

"I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty power that created nature. To which I reply and say, "Well, it's funny that the people, when they say that this evidence of the Almighty, always quote beautiful things. They always quote orchids and hummingbirds and butterflies and roses." But I always have to think too of a little boy sitting on the banks of a river in west Africa who has a worm boring through his eyeball, turning him blind before he's five years old. And I replay and say, "Well, presumably the God you speak about created the worm as well," and now, I find that baffling to credit a merciful god with that action. And therefore it seems to me safer to show things that I know about the truth, truthful and factual, and allow people to make up their own minds about the moralities of this thing, or indeed the theology of this thing."

 

Calamities of Nature: "It makes one wonder what other amazing discoveries were missed during [the Dark Ages]."

 

Fundamentalist, Cafeterian, Deist, Atheist

I AM the Answer!

As of yesterday, I am now 42. As we all know, 42 is the Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything. Of course I don't know the question, but let's not get nitpicky, now! Yesterday was one of those birthdays that aren't very much fun. I had a ton of work to do, didn't get any cake (I'm on a diet), and I was tired and felt old. So my friend suggested I celebrate a birthday week instead of a day. Which means LoLcats for everyone!

An u will kno mai name is Fluffy whin ai lays mai venginse upon dee.

 

I am SOOO puttin IcyHot in ur bikini wax!

Sick of Being Sick, So Here Are Some Lolcats and Funnies

Hi everyone,

I'm sorry I've been so quiet lately. Last weekend I caught a bad cold and I've been getting more miserable as it's settled in my lungs. So, since my brain hurts and I don't have anything intelligent to say, here are some funny or thought provoking cartoons and some lolcats to amuse you.

Prayer: The original Slactivism

Crucifixion Cake

Some Lighthearted Fun, Kinda

Here are some random images and thoughts. Tomorrow is my local atheist group's Thanksgiving get together and I'll be busy making candied yams and eating tons of great food and hanging out with my fellow heathens. So I wanted to give you something beforehand. It's that time of year, too. What are you grateful for? I will list a few things below.

Here is a better bible, and it's only one page. It can fit on a sticky note:



But first, I require that you go first, God. Follow your own rule and Don't Be a DICK!

And God would reply (predictably), "Do as I say, not as I do."

Which leads me to ask you, if the god of Abraham (we'll assume he's the same one for the Jews, Christians and Muslims) exists as he is represented in his "holy" books, would you worship him?

I wouldn't. No way. What a complete and utter childish bully he is. And fickle!

While the above image is for a bit of humor, I'd say that's a pretty good place to start when putting together your moral code. I rewrote mine awhile ago - Neece's Principles. It's a great exercise that helps you realize what's important to you and why, instead of just doing what we were taught by our religious leaders and parents, who probably got their morals from their churches.

Happy Heathen Halloween!

Hi Everyone! Happy Heathen Halloween! Today my local Morgantown Atheists are having a party to celebrate Halloween. Right now the Rally to Restore Sanity is on, and hopefully we have already voted or will this coming Tuesday. I was hoping to vote today but it didn't happen since I had to make Italian Sausages and Peppers in the crock pot this morning for the party. That, and I still have to see who's best for the Board of Education here. I think that's probably the most important local office position.

Oh, and tomorrow is my anniversary! Butch and I got married on Halloween in 1996, so this is our 14 year anniversary. So to celebrate so many occasions, here are some lolcats. Enjoy and have a scary weekend full of sweets and treats. :)

This is another one of those instances where you find out why all the ER nurses know you by name and why they always have a bed ready for you.

BRAINS! BRAINS!!!!!

Pareidolia On Toast

Have you ever caught a glimpse of something out of your eye and thought, "oh that looked like a face!" "Look, Jesus is in my bar of soap!" "That cloud looks like a dog running!" That's pareidolia. You see something random and your mind fills in the blanks so that you think something is there.

Pareidolia: a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant.

In psychology, the Rorschach test is a series of images used to invoke pareidolia to delve into the psyche of the patient. In religion and superstition, a vague stimulus is believed to be divinely sent. Here is a news story of Mary in bird shit. Notice how the people react to a random stimulus.

No matter how much I look at this picture, it looks like a face. The sink looks a bit shocked or frightened.



Carl Sagan hypothesized that detecting faces is a hard wired evolutionary advantage. This allows people to use only minimal details to recognize faces from a distance and in poor visibility but can also lead them to interpret random images or patterns of light and shade as being faces.

In 2009 a study was done to show that objects incidentally perceived as faces evoke an early (165 ms) activation in the ventral fusiform cortex, at a time and location similar to that evoked by faces, whereas other common objects do not evoke such activation. This activation is similar to a slightly earlier peak at 130 ms seen for images of real faces. The authors suggest that face perception evoked by face-like objects is a relatively early process, and not a late cognitive reinterpretation phenomenon.

Which would explain why everyone sees the following simple line drawing as a face:

An Awesome Last Supper and A Video

This is the best Last Supper painting I've ever seen, no offense to the original. I would rather sit around with these people than the original  crew any day.

I'm embarrassed to say there are a few faces there I can't name. Anyone want to list everyone from left to right? I'd rather ask for your help than get it wrong. (click the image for full size. Sorry, I don't know the artist!)

Here is a video of Christopher Hitchens answering a question from an audience member at a debate. Why we should fight religion. (6 minutes)

Happy Spring Equinox!

So yesterday was the Spring (Vernal) Equinox in the northern hemisphere. It was at 12:32 pm to be exact. Many different cultures have celebrated in different ways. But my friends and I at Morgantown Atheists thought we'd celebrate in our own way. We got together, ate delicious food, talked about anything and everything, had a book meeting, had a Nature Walk on our friends' farm and generally enjoyed ourselves, nature, and spring returning.

I thought I'd share some pictures from our Nature Walk.

In our conversations we talked about how people struggle when they are questioning their faith. It's different for everyone, but some of the big things you have to give up are:

• Your consciousness living forever in heaven. Life after death.


• Someone thinking for you, telling you what your morals are, and spoon-feeding you the big answers to questions about why we're here, etc.


• Community from your church. Sometimes this is everyone you know. Family and friends.

FREE Scanning Electron Micrographs of Just About Anything

An interesting offer from ASPEX
November 10, 2009 2:54 PM - by PZ Myers

I had my doubts about this; I got an offer from ASPEX corporation to let people get free scanning electron micrographs of just about anything. They make a desktop SEM (Scanning Electron Micrograph), and all you have to do is fill out a form and mail it in with your sample of a dead bug or a microchip or bacon, and presto, within a few weeks they'll have it scanned in and the image available on their website.

I asked them if they knew how many readers I have, and they said no problem, they can handle it.

Huh.

Well, you heard them. Scavenge your trash cans, dig into your local sources of vermin and oddments, and send them in. I'm thinking this could be really fun for any school teachers out there — you could have the whole class looking for interesting specimens to zoom in on. You can see their current galleries for ideas.

Follow the instructions here to get your dead bugs and rotten food scanned for free.

If you do send something in to get scanned be sure to note that you found them via PZ; and be sure to come back here and share your scan with the rest of us!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone!

I wanted to share some great lolcats with you on my favorite holiday, while warning you of some issues that may have passed below your radar for this All Hallow's Eve.

Don't buy candy for today! Halloween is Lucifer's holy day and the candy in the store has been cursed and filled with demons according to Charisma Magazine. Kimberly Daniels wantonly tells us about the horrors of this most satanic day of the year.

I know, it's probably too late for you. You already bought your Halloween candy weeks ago. My suggestion is to eat all of the candy in one sitting while praising Lucifer as you unwrap each blasphemous piece of chocolaty evilness. If you can't light a bonfire to dance around naked in your front yard, light a candle and roast marshmallows over it. That will suffice.

Don't give the candy to those little kids that come begging at your door! It will fill their innocent little souls with demons! You really must eat the candy for yourself and imbibe the demons to help save our future from demonic possession. Daniels says it all in her diatribe. But I give you solutions. That's just the kind of blasphemous, godless heathen that I am.

Too Sick To Be Clever - Lolcat, save me!

I have a bad cold. I've been sick for a week and I don't feel like I'm that much better. Now I've lost my voice (my husband doesn't seem upset by that for some reason.. LOL). And to make matters worse, I am just really tired and can't think of anything clever for you. Don't worry. I'll think of something soon. But just so you don't feel forgotten or neglected, Lolcat is filling in for me.

"Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings."  I love this bus slogan. It's brilliant. This is my favorite so far.



"That's right sweetheart; dreams and goals are satan's way of distracting you from making dinner." My comments all involve swearing so I'll just let it stand as is. :P



oh JESUS! This is just too freaking much, this cake. I had to show it to you.



Happiness is submission to GodZILLA! LOL!



This is my favorite Russell's Teapot. Get the drano!



Ceiling Cat guides the hand of man to write LOLbible.



Satan Cat: He's going to kill you and your family once he gets outta there. LOL!

Atheist Fun

Sometimes I just want to relax and have a bit of fun.

I like this comic, jesus calling god the worst dad ever. LOL

Geez, those "evil" atheists are so wicked and skeery!

Car Crashed Into Church Roof - god Asleep at the Wheel?

From the Telegraph: Emergency forces rescued a man from his car which he crashed into a church roof in Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany. The 23 year-old was severely injured. According to the police the driver missed a turn at high speed, continued straight ahead on a slightly rising field and then finally 'took off' to land in the church roof seven metres above the ground.

Of course, we all hope the kid is ok. But sobriety aside, this is too funny. I guess god wasn't paying attention? Or maybe Zeus wanted to up the ante in the card game they were all playing in heaven? I wonder if the poor kid said 'Oh god' as he saw the church looming in his vision? At any rate, this is proof once again that physics is both amazing and awesome. I'd say it might also reinforce the fact that there's no god, but you can't prove a negative, as we all know. :)

Richard Dawkins "Rose From The Dead"

From NewsBiscuit

via RichardDawkins.net

More Lolcats To Make You Smile

So I made a mistake today. I asked my mom who she was going to vote for. It wasn't a fun conversation because she had crazy ideas that no amount of logic was going to budge. Then my dad joined in. He basically implied that I was an idiot for not seeing things his way (ad hominem example?!) and then gave the phone back to my mom.

He seemed really angry and upset with my choice, which is already done because I voted early. They are so angry and seem like they are listening to the oddest information. I wonder how long my dad will be mad at me?

So let's have a bit of a break and see what lolcats can do to make us smile. Some random pictures for you.

Lolcats and Fun Stuff

The whole political mess is heating up. I can't wait for it to be over and done with. So let's lighten the mood today. I'm simply posting some of my favorite lolcats and other fun or funny pictures to amuse you. You can always email me at heavingdeadcats@gmail.com with stuff you'd like to share. Enjoy! :D