One may find it difficult to completely miss a giant cross in the middle of a college campus, I found it impossible. Far be it for me to sensor another or ridicule them in public for the right to state how much they love the object their messiah was killed upon. So I sat and read my book (a book about Nietzsche, whose famous saying was echoing across my brain. "I have killed all the gods for my immortality") and watched the amusing sight. Looking at this contradiction of logic, celebrating the death and not the life of the supposed greatest teacher to live, I got to thinking about the god they proclaim.

Or so those who tote the ideas of intelligent design, such as David Warren of the Ottawa citizen, would have you believe . He recently wrote an article called The Limits of Atheism in which he describes what he thinks is a century long conspiracy among atheistic materialism. The conspiracy is deeper than he thinks, It is mostly prevalent among scientists. Apparently that is not who should be telling us things about science, I had no idea.

The intelligent design "debate" has been going on since the theory of evolution was proposed. It was originally under the name of creationism, which was unapologetically religious and unequivocally unscientific. In the 90's the advocates of Creationism reclaimed the idea under the name Intelligent Design which was suppose to be scientific. The theory goes like this, the design of life can be explained in no other way than a deity or in other words natural selection cannot explain how life came to be as it is today. For centuries Darwin's theory was without a means to explain genetic traits and therefore not well excepted. Then in the 1900's when Mendel's genetic research was discovered which allowed purposed genetic heredity. The theory was further supported by the discovery of DNA in 1940 and its structural discovery in 1953. The invention of the mass spectrometer in 1940 and the discovery about its use in radiometric dating in 1950 gave an evolutionary time line to know how gradual the change. Over the last fifty years science has only agreed more and more with the theory of evolution. What was it that exactly said in David Warren's article that so offends one who believes in science?

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Cosmological arguments for the existence of God

Cosmological arguments for the existence of God are based on the premise that every effect must have a cause, but to avoid infinite regress there must be a first cause: something that started it all. Put in another and more sophisticated way, often called the Contingency Argument: everything in existence depends on something else for its existence, but nothing has a reason for its existence contained within it. So the world itself must depend on something else for its existence, a "something else" that must have existence in itself, otherwise that would also have to be caused by something else, ad infinitum.

Great philosopher, analytical mind, and ardent pacifist, this describes a famous atheist by the name of Bertrand Russell. He is known for his analytical style of philosophy. I will begin by taking a journey through the life of this great man. To begin this tale we will have to go back to the 18th of may 1872 when Bertrand Arthur William Russell was born. His young life was full of distress when his sister, mother, father and grandfather died within four years of each other. It is said by Russell that in those early years mathematics had kept him from suicide. He then went to school and received degrees in both mathematics and philosophy. In 1950 he received the Nobel price for literature. During world war one he was a pacifist. He wrote and taught philosophy and mathematics until 1970 when he at the age of 98 died. These are just trivial facts, the real importance comes from his contributions to philosophy.

So I am sitting in the office where I work listening to music and waiting for something to do and I thought instead of doing something overly productive in this down time I would blog. Blog about what you may ask? Patriotism. Gasp, but your a liberal what can you possibly have to say about patriotism. The same thing that every American who wants the best for the nation of America.

First and foremost I would like to point out a difference that not many see between the nation of America and the government of America. That being the government of America are those who run this country, the bureaucrat and the politician. I am unconcerned with the well being of the bureaucrat as it is more efficient for him to remain employed than unemployed. If bureaucrats are good at one thing it is efficiency. As far as the politician goes if he is at all worth his salt he can find popularity and some employ outside of the government system. Now the nation of America are the people in it and the culture of. These are the people who should be the focus and concern of a true patriot.

I got this from an email I get from crosswalk.com. It was a very interesting take on Mother Teresa and wanted to share it with you all. I feel this would at least intrigue many of you seeing as many of you seem to share similar views.

A Suffering Servant: The Letters of Mother Teresa
Chuck Colson
BreakPoint

August 29, 2007

For the first time in more than 30 years, Mother Teresa graces the cover of Time magazine. But unlike the 1975 cover that hailed her as a living saint, this week’s cover titillatingly trumpets, “The Secret Life of Mother Teresa.” The subtitle declares, “Newly published letters reveal a beloved icon’s 50-year crisis of faith.” NBC led the TV pack with serious questions about her faith.

THE MASTER CLEANSE MEME

Lemonade enthusiasts seem to consistently fail to explore the reasoning, let-alone science, behind a diet confined to water, lemon juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper, salt, and herbal laxatives. There are few calories present in these ingredients, so there's no question a person subsisting on this will lose weight during their fast. But is it fat or muscle they're losing? They take it for granted the claims of detoxification are valid, anecdotally supported by excessive mucous in both their mouths and in their waste. But why suppose this is a built up “toxin” rather than, say, a by-product of the laxative or their cayenne-irritated organs? People seem to blindly accept the methods, and also seem genuinely surprised by the weight loss resulting from their malnutrition: as though it were confirmation that this is the correct way to starve. It takes a heroic lack of curiosity not to wonder how this motley hodgepodge of kitchen detritus had ever been assembled. Personally, I'm waiting for an updated version involving canned pumpkin pie filling, cigarette butts, yellow mustard and baking soda.

Goats sacrificed to fix Nepal jet

A goat. File photo

A goat offering is a holy act for Hindu devotees

Nepal's state-run airline has confirmed that it sacrificed two goats to appease a Hindu god, following technical problems with one of its aircraft.

Nepal Airlines said the animals were slaughtered in front of the plane - a Boeing 757 - at Kathmandu airport.

The offering was made to Akash Bhairab, the Hindu god of sky protection, whose symbol is seen on the company's planes.

The airline said that after Sunday's ceremony the plane successfully completed a flight to Hong Kong.

Borrowed from Over-Compensating Comics

I received the following myspace bulletin from a family member of mine:
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" A girl went to a party in Sexy clothes and she ended up staying longer than planned, her boyfriend got drunk and passed out and had to walk home alone. She wasn't afraid because it was a small town and she lived only a few blocks away around the corner of 4th & 16th.

As she walked along passing "MacDonalds" Mary asked God to keep her safe from harm and danger. When she reached the alley, which was a short cut to her house, she decided to take it. However, halfway down the alley she noticed a man standing at the end as though he were waiting for her. She became uneasy and began to pray, asking for God's protection.