Starring....Basement Cat.

This is one of the many many super valid reasons WE become atheists. Father in law of the person that looks like they are going to win the contest in the GOP to be the one to lose to the awesome Black President in the up coming presidential election, was Mormon "baptized"...after his death. Yuck yuck super yucky and fuck-man. Really. Christopher "My Hero" Hitchens always talked in his debates about the "celestial father" that watches over you in life and in death and, this is the worst part atheists,...forever.

I figured to get the original pictures an owner had to hold them, then photoshop it out later.

What they want us to believe is that voodoo like this somehow "protects" us (from what I'm not quite sure) and even "seals" us in a heavenly eternity with the ones we love. I guess it's  quite touching for a grieving person to know that "things get better." The super bad thing about that is there is no proof and it is so highly unlikely that it is childish to think that it is a valid conclusion.

The "ordinances" performed on Mitt's "militant atheist" father inlaw, Edward Davies, include...

"...baptism, confirmation, washings and anointings, ordination into priesthood..."

That's not too bad for a dead atheist.

What can I say about this...IT IS TOTALLY SELFISH. Total 100% shame on the Romney's for doing this to their dead father (in law). The dude was an atheist fer Christ's sake. He didn't want this. You (selfishly) wanted this, not him. And why...

The second part should be socks or underwear..your keys. Tupperware?

When Mitt came a-courting Davies' daughter, Ann, he went all religion and converted the sisters and eventually, the mother (I believe as she was going to die soon.). The "militant atheist" father...no. Davies son, Roderick (where do these white people get these names. sheez) told the Boston Globe in 2007 that Ed thought that the faithful were "weak in the knees." In fact, Ed, even called religion..."hogwash (oh no you didn't Ed, the Hogwash blast...no...you...didn't), so you can imagine the anger he would have felt upon the learning of his conversion...except that he is dead and all that stuff.

If this is not controlling, then I dunno what is. Control is one of the many many reasons we become atheists. Off the top of my head I'll go over weirdo control stories. What about the weirdo family members that insist a baby is baptized. Is it the battle for the nonexistent soul, or the indoctrination into the "club", that is so important to fanatical family members that insist the YOUR baby has a boy fucker priest sprinkle bacteria filled, so called holy water on the poor newborns head (I do recall reading about family members "taking" a newborn to do this without the parents OK.).

This is not the first time Mitt's so called church has done this. What about all those forced memberships for all those holocaust peeps. It was so bad, they were told to stop. I dunno, I'm confused. Should I get mad that Mitt's Team is stealing the souls of deceased people and converting them to Mormonism so they can go to Mormon heaven, or should I just shrug my shoulders and say, "there is no soul." Either way they win.

Look man, I come from a selfish religious family (and they have no idea what I want, because I was never asked) and I fear that this is something that they would do to me. (I told Sue this the other day...) I fear that my religious family that I have not seen in a decade will hijack my dead atheist body and have a religious ceremony in a different city away from my family of friends that I have spent the last two decades with. Why, not for me...for them. That is what they would want. That is what Mitt's family wanted. That is what controlling religion is all about and that is one of the many many reasons people like us become atheists.

I think Sue at Ex Fundamentalist said it best when she said something like...if you do this to me, I'll come back and haunt you (even tho we don't believe in that stuffs).

Awesome

* Talk about control...I'm still Catholic according to the church. There is a process to go thru to leave the church but I have not gone thru it, so technically they still own my soul. Control.

* OK I got my info from Gawker so sue me.

* Ed's (the father in law) Ancestry.Com file.

Roundup Jan 3, 2012

This is tooooooo funny to me. There was an epic battle (fight) in the "birthplace of Christ" between monks and priests. You see, the rule is and I'm not kidding on this one, if you clean that part of the church...then it belongs to your splinter cell of whatevah. First of all Jesus wasn't born in Bethlehem (right), so that means they are squabbling over a lie in a pseudo historical place. In fact Israel/Palestine thinks fighting over a chunk of church is petty. Sheez. Lastly, if all you have to do is clean a part of the church and then it belong to you, then I propose the Shaolin Monks go over there and take the shit over.

This one is a heartbreaker and the headline says it all...Infidel Santa killed in Tajikistan. The Russian counter part is called Father Frost. Reports say that as Father Frost was being stabbed to death, yea super gross, people were yelling "infidel." Super yuck.

This one happened a couple of days ago...Some dude named Cee Lo Green hijacked our song, Imagine. Brainiac turned "and no religion too," to "and all religion is ture." WTF. That has got to be the stupidest thing in the world. First of all religion, if that is your real name, stop hijacking shit. You are not morally superior, you do not own the institution of marriage and you are not the only ones that can have a transcendental, or dare I say, spiritual, experience.

This is also one of the things where we can critique religion with common sense (no Phd. required). If all religions are true, then why are there so many religions. I guess God isn't so powerful as to create one true religion, whatevah that is. All religions preach love, but they have different vehicles to get you there and if you choose the wrong one...then you go to hell. So how can one religion be true. It cannot.

So to get back at them I propose that we change Jesus Christ Superstar to Jesus Kriss Rock Star. That'll make it even.

I dunno, I thot this was a totally funny picture.

OK, I took a couple of days off so lemmie see if I got this right...The extremist Jews that called 8y/o girls immodest and spit on them and make them NOT use the sidewalk in front of their Temple are protesting the more liberal, democratic government by wearing holocaust uniforms/costumes. Is that how this one is going down. OK then...

The extremist Jews have the right to segregate the women folk, even tho the rest of Israel society doesn't trip on that, they have the right to make their ladies sit in the back of the bus and the clothing police is also out there to make sure everyone (the ladies) are dressed modestly...but the government is all Nazi...am I reading this wrong.

Russia no like Western ways.

And lastly...I woudla published this roundup earlier but I was doing research. Apparently religious folk, whether they are one of the million Christian, Islamic or Jewish splinter cells, all like the good 'ol double ended two fer one dildo (right). The mulitbillion dollar sex toy industry just got holy'er, or Kosher, and, well...gross. This is a great example of cherry picking from religious texts (Qu'ran, bible) to sell your cause.

I grew up Catholic so sex is a no no. But then again I have never heard "If a man is unable to please a woman in bed, she can divorce him." Click the links within the links, it quite enlightening, err, biblical-n-shit.

Still there are those uppity old school religious people that slam their fists on the table and proclaim "SEX is for the glory of God (OK, weird much)." For the cool, married and normal person, other than they are believers, the can go to shop like Hooking Up Holy, Intimacy of Eden, Covenant Spice. So I know what you are about to ask, kind gentle and very good looking readers...what makes a dildo kosher...

The ingredients I guess, fuck...I dunno.

Get Your Feminist On...I Do.

I've been fortunate lately to have discovered some good feminist reading. Team Atheist should team up with the women's movement and the GLBT movement. Both have a great history and the New Atheist can learn a thing or two both from their histories and their organizations. Let's get right down to it, folks.

I could be wrong but blackfemlens is the blog of Sikivu Hutchinson. It is that or they just reprint her articles. Hutchinson is the answer to the question often asked, "Where are the female, black atheist.?" She also appears in the Black Agenda Report. Check both out.

I just discovered skeptifem just the other day. I was really impressed with the article Feminist Opposition to Porn v. Religious Opposition To Porn. The difference is that one has concerns about women being abused and the other has concerns about men and sinful thoughts. Guess which is which.

A little while back there was discussion in the mighty atheist blogosphere about the lack of female biblical scholars. Honestly I do not know if this person is a biblical scholar but she is going through the bible and posting about it from the female perspective. This One Shall Be Called Woman tallies the number of times the ladies are mentioned in the bible and under what circumstances (usually mentioned in the way that people talk about cattle and property. sheez). Quite an admirable task and I am admiring.

I was a gonna try and not mention sites that I have talked about before (so don't your feminist panties in a bunch if I have mentioned you before.sorry) but this one is too good. Feministing is a good hub page for everything feminist. If you go to one feminist site, this should be it (but of course you should go to more than that).

Feminist are in the minority as well as atheist, but if we team up, then our numbers will be greater. We have a common opponent in biblical literalism and institutionalized sexism. They claim moral superiority and have hijacked everything that is good and just. And that kind gentle and very good looking readers is what we, together, are going to take back; for the sake of secular society and for the sake of world peace.

Join us.

This is what my feminist six pack looks like. Just so ya know.