I have been having fun looking through the interactive tree of life site. I love the circular version, because it allows for more modern species in the same space. I could probably spend a few hours looking at the stuff on it. Sounds like a fun way to spend some time ( Read more... )

    Creationists really go after everything. There is even some guy who wrote a book about the Biblical version of linguistics: all languages have roots in Hebrew, which was apparently the language spoken before the Tower of Babel. So, now I know what it feels like to have creationists attacking something I know a fair amount about. These people ( Read more... )

    Well, I just found a review of a creationist's book. The creationist has decided to broaden the attacks on science apparently. He has some major issues with geology, and astronomy- he claims the earth formed from a watery nebula which covered thousands of square miles. And there is a huge conspiracy of scientists, who are in a League of ( Read more... )

    Well, today Oregon was supposed to have domestic partnerships, but due to a recent ruling it will be at least delayed. However, in New Hampshire they were apparently successful in getting domestic partnerships, or civil unions, starting today. So, there will probably be a lot of assholes complaining about this destroying the sanctity of ( Read more... )

    Well, it is now 2008. Happy New Year everyone. I hope everyone is having a wonderful time, and has a great new year.

    This is my last post for the year. I hope everyone has a happy and safe New Year's Eve. I plan on just staying at home, watching a couple movies and then going to bed soon after midnight. That is what I normally do, and I rather like it. Takes the pressure off of it, and I enjoy it more than I do a lot of parties where I do not know anyone, and ( Read more... )

    The anti-vaccination crowd makes me angry. There are many diseases which used to kill a lot of people but now kill almost no one because of vaccines, for example polio and small pox. My grandmother had polio when she was young and was lucky to only have to wear a leg brace for the rest of her life. Many others suffered worse, being either ( Read more... )

    In a few days, Oregon was supposed to have domestic partnerships. Now, a judge has delayed it because of the case brought by the opponents who claimed that the state unfairly rejected signatures on a petition, by following the normal procedure to verify signatures. So, now, thanks to these bigots, it will be at least a couple months before this ( Read more... )

     A view of religion that I have heard about, and is interesting to me, is ignosticism or noncognitivism. Though I am not sure it would apply to all views of god, in at least some cases it seems that that would be an appropriate stances. Basically, ignosticism is the idea that the statement "god exists", for the definition of god used, is ( Read more... )

Today I saw that Bobbie Henderson, who founded the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster in response to the attempts to teach Intelligent Design in Dover Pennsylvania, has posted about the possibility of a Florida school board requiring it be taught. I hope they get many letters advocating the teaching of Pastafarian creationism, as well as the " ( Read more... )