A Gathering Storm

I found this video on youtube, and I DEFININTELY recommend that you all watch this, it's almost too funny.

Come on Jesus, big money big money...

When it really gets down to the nitty gritty, I am sure that we can all agree that our economy isn't doing all that well. Yes we have stimulus plans, bail-outs, etc, but things aren't going to be getting better for a really long time, at least not without a miracle. Oh wait, they have a thing for that now, it's called organized religion. You heard me right, people are so "desperate" these days that they are turning to their respective religions and dieties and asking them for economic advice.
Personally, I thought that attributing economic well-being to the power of the gods was something that we grew out of centuries ago, so much for that. In the Monday's edition of the New York Times online, there was an article speaking to a similar affect. The quotation, "Apparently Christians Against Poverty have 3,500 new referrals every day, " caught me of gaurd to say the very least. It's as if we are avoiding directly dealing with or otherwise associating ourselves with this economic crash, so we turn to god for answers.
I got to thinking about what might actually go on that a meeting for the Christians Against Poverty. Would they meet as a regular mass might, except they would pray for advice as to best protect their 401k's? Would they flagelate themselves for every point that their most valued stocks and holdings dropped? It turns out, they serve more as a service, as a means of acting through the lord, so as to provide you with the best financial and economic advice there is. The whole thing seems a little foolish to me, but I am sure that there are some people out there who can more than justify these actions. My only comfort in this arguement is that the universe tends to unfold as it should, and if these people want to put their funds in the hands of an imaginary friend, a thousand-year-old jewish zombie, a 3rd person omnicient, or a really old guy in funny robes, be my guest.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/5146664/People-turning-to-religion-for-economic-advice.html

p.s. this video is just in the realm of crazy christian zealots, and thought it might be interesting to watch, especially with same-sex marriage being legalized recently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED4DJbCDthI

Athiest Cartoon

So the other night, I was utilizing the oh so wonderful StumbleUpon tool for Firefox and seeing all that the internet had to show me. I had told the tool that I was an atheist at an earlier date, and now almost every time I log in, it shows me a new form of "atheist" cartoon. I thought that the blog would be the best place to share this with the class so as to analyze it as fully as possible.

http://www.atheistcartoons.com/?p=288

So, first off, hey there, name's Geoff.  I would like to bring two things to your attention today.  The first, is a video of Keith Olbermann speaking out on the passing of Prop. 8 in California.  Then, the second, is just a little something I found the other day, discuss.  Enjoy.

G

think about this, a genuine $1 bill is made by the U.S. Mint, and can't be made by anyone, or anything else.  God, in theory, could make an atom-for-atom copy of a one dollar bill, but it wouldn't be genuine being that it isn't made by the U.S. Mint.  Therefore, God is NOT omnipotent