I’d like to point out to Duane Kimme, in his Dec. 20 letter to the editor, that every statement he made was false. Natural selection cannot select for what does not already exist in the genome, making it an elimination of the weakest and not a creator of additional information.
No new biological system can have […]
A judge in India has summoned two Hindu gods, Ram and Hanuman, to help resolve a property dispute.
Judge Sunil Kumar Singh in the eastern state of Jharkhand has issued adverts in newspapers asking the gods to “appear before the court personally”.
The gods have been asked to appear before the court on Tuesday, after the judge […]
Slide show: The Church of Coltrane (New York Times)
“Christianity: An idea so fragile that it is threatened by a fantasy movie for kids!”
“While I can see Bill O’Reilly and others might be offended, the sisters do not meet the criteria the church has for denying Communion. Over-accessorizing and poor taste in makeup is not an excommunicable offense.”
—Rev. Jim Bretzke, professor of moral theology, in “Archbishop apologizes for giving Communion to gays dressed as nuns” (San Francisco Chronicle)
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For years Dunkin’ Donuts made exceptions for Elkhatib, even providing him signs for his restaurants that read “No meat products available,” he asserts in court documents.
The company introduced breakfast sandwiches in 1984, five years after Elkhatib bought his first franchise, which he later sold.
“That’s why I bought a Dunkin’ Donuts, because I never had to […]
The people in this video fucking creep me out.
Dante’s Inferno: A Virtual Tour of Hell (Flash, via TDG)
Previously ‘varked:
Haven’t Taken This for Awhile (Inferno quiz)
Good point.
“On all fourteen convoys I have been out on so far, we have never been attacked. I know magic is a major part of that.”