Archive for June, 2009
what a self-righteous asshole!
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Give him a fair trial and then execute him!
Category: Evil
The murder of George Tiller has brought some vile people creeping out from under the woodwork…especially the kinds of nasty minds that like to dress up in clerical collars. Looking for a good emetic? Look no further than this sermon by a Presbyterian minister for a great example of deploring a murder while praising the murderer's motives.
A notorious murderer met what is certain to become a notorious end. By the goodness of God the witness of the Church was not entirely silenced in Dr. Tiller's life. He had been excommunicated by his previous congregation, a church of the Missouri Synod Lutheran denomination. And so the judgment of God had been declared; not every watchman was silent, not every shepherd proved a hireling.
But the point was reached where a man despaired of change through government and took matters into his own hand. I do not view the actions of Dr. Tiller's killer as defensible, but not for many of the easy and often self-serving reasons advanced with alarm and indignation even by many Christians in recent days.
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Violence is not always wrong. Killing is not always forbidden. Opposition to abortion does not obligate us to oppose all forms of killing. In saying this I make a biblically defensible statement. God has given the power of the sword to the state so that it may judge and execute judgment. This is true internationally and locally. Condemnation of the vile sin of abortion, the murder of an infant, an innocent, in its mother's womb is not the same as the death penalty, properly applied.
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Nor do I believe that Dr. Tiller's killer necessarily acted inappropriately as self-appointed judge, jury and executioner. Like the couple who boldly went into the tent before the congregation at Peor and were immediately killed by Phinehas, Dr. Tiller's bold practice of the indefensible, his brazen boasting of his practice rendered judge and jury superfluous. He was self-accused and self-convicted.
But what Dr. Tiller's killer did which Phinehas did not do was to kill against the will of the nation's civil authority. It was an act of rebellion posing as an act of justice. The killer was an assassin who lacked the courage to attack the root of abortion, our national leaders, and so attacked the branch. His was not an act of saving babies or of executing justice. Other men will continue Dr. Tiller's practice. A bucket of water taken from the sea will not create a hole in the ocean. Others will fill where Dr. Tiller left off. Abortion will proceed because, and this is vital to say, abortion is blessed by the law of the land. The logic of Dr. Tiller's killer is the logic of John Brown, of Absalom, of Ehud.
Get that? It's OK for anti-choicers to kill, and it is appropriate for them to execute abortion doctors, we just need to wait until the civil authorities declare it's time to line them up against the wall. And Tiller's murderer's mistake was being insufficiently brave enough to attack the nation's leaders.
I read the whole thing. Now I need to take a shower.
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Give him a fair trial and then execute him!
Category: Evil
The murder of George Tiller has brought some vile people creeping out from under the woodwork…especially the kinds of nasty minds that like to dress up in clerical collars. Looking for a good emetic? Look no further than this sermon by a Presbyterian minister for a great example of deploring a murder while praising the murderer's motives.
A notorious murderer met what is certain to become a notorious end. By the goodness of God the witness of the Church was not entirely silenced in Dr. Tiller's life. He had been excommunicated by his previous congregation, a church of the Missouri Synod Lutheran denomination. And so the judgment of God had been declared; not every watchman was silent, not every shepherd proved a hireling.
But the point was reached where a man despaired of change through government and took matters into his own hand. I do not view the actions of Dr. Tiller's killer as defensible, but not for many of the easy and often self-serving reasons advanced with alarm and indignation even by many Christians in recent days.
Violence is not always wrong. Killing is not always forbidden. Opposition to abortion does not obligate us to oppose all forms of killing. In saying this I make a biblically defensible statement. God has given the power of the sword to the state so that it may judge and execute judgment. This is true internationally and locally. Condemnation of the vile sin of abortion, the murder of an infant, an innocent, in its mother's womb is not the same as the death penalty, properly applied.
Nor do I believe that Dr. Tiller's killer necessarily acted inappropriately as self-appointed judge, jury and executioner. Like the couple who boldly went into the tent before the congregation at Peor and were immediately killed by Phinehas, Dr. Tiller's bold practice of the indefensible, his brazen boasting of his practice rendered judge and jury superfluous. He was self-accused and self-convicted.
But what Dr. Tiller's killer did which Phinehas did not do was to kill against the will of the nation's civil authority. It was an act of rebellion posing as an act of justice. The killer was an assassin who lacked the courage to attack the root of abortion, our national leaders, and so attacked the branch. His was not an act of saving babies or of executing justice. Other men will continue Dr. Tiller's practice. A bucket of water taken from the sea will not create a hole in the ocean. Others will fill where Dr. Tiller left off. Abortion will proceed because, and this is vital to say, abortion is blessed by the law of the land. The logic of Dr. Tiller's killer is the logic of John Brown, of Absalom, of Ehud.
Get that? It's OK for anti-choicers to kill, and it is appropriate for them to execute abortion doctors, we just need to wait until the civil authorities declare it's time to line them up against the wall. And Tiller's murderer's mistake was being insufficiently brave enough to attack the nation's leaders.
I read the whole thing. Now I need to take a shower.
Posted by PZ Myers at 3:30 PM • 253 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
doing CA xy: Fishing Yosemite National Park
Monday, June 15th, 2009
fun trip with a friend of mine … again I was almost running into a bear :) … trout fishing sucks cos those are super choosy fish … we had em right in front of us and they didn t give a thing about our prey
fun trip with a friend of mine … again I was almost running into a bear :) … trout fishing sucks cos those are super choosy fish … we had em right in front of us and they didn t give a thing about our prey
funny … hehe … that is so me :) Monday, June 15th, 2009
funny … hehe … that is so me :) Monday, June 15th, 2009
Experts reveal best ways to save an aging brain
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
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"There are some things that you can definitely take charge of, and not only will they benefit the brain but benefit the rest of your body," says Jennifer Weuve, M.P.H., Sc.D., an assistant professor at the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, who was not involved in the study. "There seems to be a little bit that may be within our control. It's not a given that your brain has to go down the tubes."
Here's what the research team, led by Alexandra J. Fiocco, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, found:
• Stay in school: High school graduates were 2 to 3 times more likely to be cognitive maintainers, compared to those with minor memory loss. Those with a ninth-grade literacy level or higher were 4 to 5 times as likely to maintain their mental capacity with age.
• Quit smoking: Chalk up one more advantage of steering clear of cigarettes. Nonsmokers were 1.84-fold more likely to be in the "no memory loss" category compared with those with minor decline.
• Exercise: People who engaged in moderate or vigorous activity at least once a week were 1.34-fold more likely to be memory maintainers. Health.com: Getting my butt out of bed: How I became a morning exerciser
• Stay connected: People who lived with someone had a 1.24-fold higher chance of being a memory maintainer, and the same was true for those who did volunteer work.
Fiocco and her colleagues followed 2,509 healthy men and women over an eight-year period. All the study participants were either black or white and in their 70s when the study began.
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"There are some things that you can definitely take charge of, and not only will they benefit the brain but benefit the rest of your body," says Jennifer Weuve, M.P.H., Sc.D., an assistant professor at the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, who was not involved in the study. "There seems to be a little bit that may be within our control. It's not a given that your brain has to go down the tubes."
Here's what the research team, led by Alexandra J. Fiocco, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, found:
• Stay in school: High school graduates were 2 to 3 times more likely to be cognitive maintainers, compared to those with minor memory loss. Those with a ninth-grade literacy level or higher were 4 to 5 times as likely to maintain their mental capacity with age.
• Quit smoking: Chalk up one more advantage of steering clear of cigarettes. Nonsmokers were 1.84-fold more likely to be in the "no memory loss" category compared with those with minor decline.
• Exercise: People who engaged in moderate or vigorous activity at least once a week were 1.34-fold more likely to be memory maintainers. Health.com: Getting my butt out of bed: How I became a morning exerciser
• Stay connected: People who lived with someone had a 1.24-fold higher chance of being a memory maintainer, and the same was true for those who did volunteer work.
Fiocco and her colleagues followed 2,509 healthy men and women over an eight-year period. All the study participants were either black or white and in their 70s when the study began.
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It’s official: ‘Futurama’ is reborn!
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Jun 9, 2009, 05:20 PM | by Michael Ausiello
Categories: News
Holy Bender Bending Rodríguez!
Six years after getting axed by Fox, Futurama is being resurrected on Comedy Central.
A spokesperson for 20th Century Fox Television confirms that the cable net has ordered 26 new episodes of Matt Groening and David X. Cohen's late, great animated series to air beginning in 2010. The studio cites Futurama's "blockbuster" performance on DVD and in reruns on Comedy Central as the reason for its rebirth.
Hmmm… sound familiar?
"When we brought back Family Guy several years ago, everyone said that it was a once in a lifetime thing — that canceled series stay canceled and cannot be revived," 20th Century Fox TV Chairmen Gary Newman and Dana Walden said in a joint statement. "But Futurama was another series that fans simply demanded we bring back, and we couldn’t have been happier when Matt and David agreed that there were many more stories yet to tell."
Adds Groening: "We’re thrilled Futurama is coming back. We now have only 25,766 episodes to make before we catch up with Bender and Fry in the year 3000."
I have a hunch Groening isn't the only one doing a happy dance. (That's your cue to start filling up the comments section.)
Jun 9, 2009, 05:20 PM | by Michael Ausiello
Categories: News
Holy Bender Bending Rodríguez!
Six years after getting axed by Fox, Futurama is being resurrected on Comedy Central.
A spokesperson for 20th Century Fox Television confirms that the cable net has ordered 26 new episodes of Matt Groening and David X. Cohen's late, great animated series to air beginning in 2010. The studio cites Futurama's "blockbuster" performance on DVD and in reruns on Comedy Central as the reason for its rebirth.
Hmmm… sound familiar?
"When we brought back Family Guy several years ago, everyone said that it was a once in a lifetime thing — that canceled series stay canceled and cannot be revived," 20th Century Fox TV Chairmen Gary Newman and Dana Walden said in a joint statement. "But Futurama was another series that fans simply demanded we bring back, and we couldn’t have been happier when Matt and David agreed that there were many more stories yet to tell."
Adds Groening: "We’re thrilled Futurama is coming back. We now have only 25,766 episodes to make before we catch up with Bender and Fry in the year 3000."
I have a hunch Groening isn't the only one doing a happy dance. (That's your cue to start filling up the comments section.)
life explained by buttons
Monday, June 8th, 2009
Posted on June 8, 2009 by tiki god
Filed Under Images and has been tagged: Humor, Sexist, Technology
(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)
Posted on June 8, 2009 by tiki god
Filed Under Images and has been tagged: Humor, Sexist, Technology
(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)
me want this as a tshirt … lol
Friday, June 5th, 2009
Posted on June 4, 2009 by tiki god
Filed Under Images and has been tagged: Cute As Hell Animals, forum fodder, Humor
(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Posted on June 4, 2009 by tiki god
Filed Under Images and has been tagged: Cute As Hell Animals, forum fodder, Humor
(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)I want to be this guy when I m grown … seriously: watch it!
Friday, June 5th, 2009
