Slower Than The Second Coming

We're all familiar with the expression "slower than the second coming," but where does it come from? It comes from the claim made in the Bible that Jesus would soon return and that even after 2000 years, or there about, he still hasn't made good on his promise. 2000 years may be but a blink in cosmic time, but to us humans it's a long time.

Eat His Flesh And Drink His Blood... WTF?!?!

There's an ongoing debate between Christians and Sceptics concerning the Eucharist, sometimes referred to as Communion, or The Lord’s Supper. Some Sceptics charge that it's cannibalism and, of course, Christians argue that it's not. 

My opinion in this matter is twofold: As far as Roman Catholicism is concerned, I maintain that it's a form of cannibalism, because of the literal way they interpret the passages in the gospels that recount the Jesus’ last supper with the twelve. But a lot of Christians believe that Jesus' words were to be taken symbolically, ergo, I maintain that these last are practicing symbolic cannibalism. Either way, it’s cannibalism.

The most often quoted passage, where this doctrine is concerned, is found in John 6 and the passages in the gospels which recount Jesus’ last supper with his disciples: Matthew 26; Mark 14; Luke 22 & John 13.

The Bible: Clear As Mud

I don't know how many times I've heard the statement, "the Bible is as clear as crystal", but I've heard it innumerable times. In fact, I've said the same thing myself on a great many occasions during my eighteen years as an Evangelical Christian. Those who believe the Bible to be the inerrant, inspired and sufficient "Word of God", will defend this book with whatever means are available to them; even lies are fair game.

Is the Bible that clear? Is it so clear that even child, as we are so often told by Inerrantists1, could understand its so-called "salvific message?" Well, that must be some brilliant child, because the so-called clarity of the "gospel of Jesus Christ" has caused Christians to deluge formerly blank page with untold gallons of ink, just arguing about it for centuries. So much for clarity and so much for the unity of the church!

The gods Of The Sheeple

Humanity unfortunately is still plagued with superstitious nonsense. Not a day goes by that we don't hear about some religious nutcase(s) wanting to take away our liberties by imposing some backward religious belief, usually coming from the Bible. I'm speaking here of course about North America, where Christian nutcases abound and where that psychopathic baby-killer, Yahweh, is still worshipped by a good percentage of the sheeple.

Jesus, Yet Another Sun God Myth.

Worship of the sun, under it's myriad forms, has been around since neolothic times. Neolithic times (new stone ages) lasted from about 10,000 BCE to about 2,000 BCE (BCE=Before the Common Era, i.e., before the alleged Jesus was born. CE=Common Era).

Some of the best known sun worshippers were the Sumerians, the Egyptians and the Babylonians. They had all kinds of imaginative myths surrounding their worship. One of the common stories was that at the winter solstice (21st of December), as seen from the Middle East or thereabouts, the sun would stay low in the sky for three days and then start rising. It was said to "die" for three days and then resurrect, or rise from death.

Is There Really Freedom in Linux Land?

Recently, I wrote a blog titled "One Desktop To Rule Them All", in which I advocated making GNOME KDE the desktop of choice for Linux. One desktop for Linux is not a new idea; in fact, many people have advocated that for Linux in order to better compete with bloated Windows, and OSX which you almost have to be rich to run, because their computers are so terribly over-priced.

Why I don't Like Microsoft and Windows

I'm not one of those Linux fan boys who loves to hate Microsoft and its bloated, over-rated and over-priced OS.... okay, I lied, I'm one of those Linux fan boys who loves to hate Microsoft and its bloated, over-rated and over-priced OS. Why do I hate  Microsoft and Windows? For one, because of Microsoft's shitty business practices, and for another because their OS sucks the bag.