Its that time of the year when Christmas starts to seem close enough to feel real.
Locally we have a few short weeks, and a party style feel to things as the Melbourne Cup plus our own "Show Day" rolls through.
Thoughts of the rest period around Christmas means that it is harder to get motivated to get the usual day to day stuff done.
I'm doing my work admin so that fee invoices can be generated. Procrastination is running amok, hence the post to my blog... Capping this off is the sudden arrival of warmer days and the harsh reality that our heatpump (now broken) will not be fixed by the landlord - argh the joys of free rent
Ciao
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Sunday, 25 September 2011
Great quotes
"The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully." - Dr Richard Dawkins
“Organised religion is violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism, tribalism, and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward children.” ― Christopher Hitchens
“Organised religion is violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism, tribalism, and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward children.” ― Christopher Hitchens
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Friday, 1 July 2011
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Pleased about this...
The results of this survey are a sign that people are noticing and (hopefully) starting to think for themselves
As I read more about atheism and the consequences of religious thought on society, I can see that there is a huge problem with the "moderates". By moderates I mean those individuals who believe in a personal god and who allow those with similar faiths to be extreme about it. While we (as a society) can cry out about the extremists amongst us, its the moderates within there own religious communities that are allowing these "crazies" to operate.In my opinion, this goes against the natural morals and norms of our societies.
Promoting atheism is fine, however the "Back-fire Effect" ensures that atheism will not convert those moderate religious individuals (yes, we can influence the fence sitters).
Or maybe, if atheism is promoted, then the "leaders" of these institutions will start preaching a more crazy line and dis-affect the moderates from within. Is that too subtle? Or does this survey suggest that there is hope?
Why am I worried? I don't live in the US, however, the US does have an influence on the world. The religious moderates/extremists seem to be very intent on being political. And if the effect of George Bush is anything to go by, the rest of the world should be worried if we get more of the same or worse from the leadership of the US.
Promoting atheism is fine, however the "Back-fire Effect" ensures that atheism will not convert those moderate religious individuals (yes, we can influence the fence sitters).
Or maybe, if atheism is promoted, then the "leaders" of these institutions will start preaching a more crazy line and dis-affect the moderates from within. Is that too subtle? Or does this survey suggest that there is hope?
Why am I worried? I don't live in the US, however, the US does have an influence on the world. The religious moderates/extremists seem to be very intent on being political. And if the effect of George Bush is anything to go by, the rest of the world should be worried if we get more of the same or worse from the leadership of the US.
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