Dear Readers,
I am closing my blog ‘Canterbury Atheist’ indefinitely.
For the record, this is the 392nd post I’ve made since I started-up in April 2008.
I have a number of outside activities going on in my life – including writing a book, training for an endurance event - that are taking their toll time-wise.
Blogging is an outlet for me, but certainly not a big part of my life.
The tabloid ‘throw-away’ nature of blogs is something I constantly struggle with, find-somewhat but a short-fix and unfulfilling in the long-term scheme.
My best and most read articles have come-about after considerable research, time and effort (Examples: search, using the facility at the top-left for ‘Dalai Lama’ ‘Church of Odin’ and say ‘Zenith Applied Philosophy’)
The blogging platform is therefore limited to ‘throw-away’ articles, when I want to get into something more substantive. Not just limited to ‘free thought’ subject matter, either.
This is not the first time this blog has gone into recess, come hibernation, so I may well resurrect it, should the urges overcome me and I need to kill again, arrange the body parts geometrically and send the coppers cryptic messages taunting them.
You know you can’t trust an atheist’s word anyway.
To all my readers & even my detractors, some 250 a day, thanks for popping-by.
Keep safe and close to your family and friends.
Good-bye for now and thanks for all the fish.
Paul.
PS: For the record Split Enz went down-hill without Judd.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Why a single Cryptozoologist has more credibility than all the worlds theists put together.
In the same way scientists look for the origins of The Big Bang, create devices to examine what makes-up the universe etc - why can’t theists also similarly unite and employ science to conclusively seek out their god? Prove not only conclusively that this supernatural-being exists - but go then go the next step and start communicating with him/her and then in-turn find his creator?
With the financial resources at their disposal, the ability for theists to cobble-together enough money to fund a ‘God Detector’ can’t be down to lack of money.
Even the most staunch-believer has to agree that god is made of something to be able to make planets and monitor all the goings-on on earth etc.
‘Something’ on this massive scale can surely be discovered?
My hat goes off to those hardy Cryptozoology folk.
At least those seeking out hidden/legendary extinct-animals, do so with vigor and with every resource available at their disposal.
Cryptozologists are at least bright enough to know, that without evidence their convictions are meaningless.
They seek evidence for Big-Foot or Loch Ness Monster etc and don’t just settle for the comfortable yet unsubstantial “we know it exists” in the same glib way as theists.
That’s why a single pig-headed, nut-case Cryptozoologist has more credibility than all the worlds theists put together.
Note: Be sure to watch this You Tube (Kiwi Humour at it's best)
With the financial resources at their disposal, the ability for theists to cobble-together enough money to fund a ‘God Detector’ can’t be down to lack of money.
Even the most staunch-believer has to agree that god is made of something to be able to make planets and monitor all the goings-on on earth etc.
‘Something’ on this massive scale can surely be discovered?
My hat goes off to those hardy Cryptozoology folk.
At least those seeking out hidden/legendary extinct-animals, do so with vigor and with every resource available at their disposal.
Cryptozologists are at least bright enough to know, that without evidence their convictions are meaningless.
They seek evidence for Big-Foot or Loch Ness Monster etc and don’t just settle for the comfortable yet unsubstantial “we know it exists” in the same glib way as theists.
That’s why a single pig-headed, nut-case Cryptozoologist has more credibility than all the worlds theists put together.
Note: Be sure to watch this You Tube (Kiwi Humour at it's best)
Friday, October 8, 2010
There’s witchcraft in them there Carterton halls.
This coven of devil-worshippers was exposed when the towns-library was temporarily housed in the local Masonic Lodge.
As every good Christian knows those goat-molesting Freemasons are in league with Beelzebub and Reverend John Cromarty from St David’s Church in Carterton wants the mayor to close the temporary library being run out of the lodge – least it corrupts the population.
In his letter to the town mayor Cromarty spells-out the evils of Freemasonry and the potential dangers of being exposed to its dark-craft.
"Freemasonry, while it does good works in the community, is based upon the worship of pagan gods,"
“While it portrays a facade as being compatible to Christianity in its teaching, it has its foundation rooted in witchcraft and pre-Christian teachings and practice."
The reply from Cartertons mayor, Gary McPhee, to Reverend Cromarty’s complaints could have been penned by yours-truly, given its acerbic nature.
McPhee told Cromarty in his open reply he was "stuck in the wrong century" and "We are now in the 21st century but clearly some people didn't move along with us."
Looking at the retard in the photo above (check-out the jutting jaw and small cranium) – I have to agree with McPhee’s line of reasoning on this one, but he appears to have let diplomacy get the better of his vitriol.
After closer examination of Reverend John ‘Missing-Link’ Cromarty’s photo, I would place that period of time closer-to 400,000 years ago when Homo Neanderthalensis roamed the planet, rather than mere centuries.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Would the real DM please stand-up
This is ‘the’ legendary DM (a.k.a David Marbus) the author of such gems as the one below, which appear with annoying regularity in the comments section of atheist blogs through-out the world, including mine:
add comment moderation to your BS you will not have a PUBLIC FORUM NEW GAME WITH YOU LITTLE F*CKERS - SPEAK N DIE. Come see the latest DM videos for your viewing pleasure! the WORLD TRADE CENTER PROPHECY - THE DANCE OF DEATH http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Hez25fFrg http://media.depechemode.com/micro_sites/remasters/gr/wallpaper/violator_8_640.jpg _______________ And the Pope is 100% correct: The Nazis and the atheists both wish to ABOLISH FAITH.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11332515 ________________________ hawking is WRONG science cannot explain NOTHING! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMRJJcfEXls& FAIR AND BALANCED! ________________ http://dissidentphilosophy.lifediscussion.net/philosophy-f1/the-boobquake-911-t1310.htm
If that wasn’t enough indication DM is a looney-tune extraordinaire, take-a-look at another one of his delusional rants, I recently deleted:
the only crap you will ever need from this so-called "philosopher" called massimo pigliucci http://chem.tufts.edu/science/pigliucci/rationally-speaking/RS2001-091.htm "The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it." http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1iy39_depeche-mode-john-the-revelator_music JOHN THE REVELATOR! FAIR AND BALANCED! KING OF TERROR add comment moderation to your BS or more people will die with you... NO GODS AND NO POLITICS WITH THESE LITTLE IDIOTS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyEISfS15g4&feature=player_embedded plush safe he think http://www.christies.com/lotfinderimages/D14781/d1478164x.jpg http://vimeo.com/13704095 but with recent revelations about James Randi, I think he likes DICKS! THE SECOND COMING! THE END OF ATHEISM FOLLOW THE WHITE RABBIT... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smwrw4sNCxE THE B**BQUAKE - 911 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeblvLoVJCA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
David Marbus turns-out to be a Canadian called Dennis Markuze and he’s a lot younger than I expected.
But then again I should have guessed he was closer to 30 than 50 when I had in front of me the stunning truth that Nostradamus predicted the formation of the group Depeche Mode and that somehow in-turn lead to September 11th.
If you ask me his jacket is more Spandau Ballet than Depeche Mode and the later have penned more than fair share of atheist anthems as it happens – not that DM is aware of much happening in the real world outside his Montreal bedroom.
Markuze also seems to like the Japanese horror-film ‘The Ring’ from other rants I’ve seen over the years – hardly suprising since I don’t think he gets out much of his parents house, except to fill-up his prescription.
Basically ‘the tough-guy’ DM turns-out to be a sniveling creep.
This song is for you DM.
Monday, October 4, 2010
The time for popes to show their magic is when they are alive – not dead.
Part of the all-but automatic beatification process of a pope and the road to his sainthood, is evidence of a credible miracle.
To gain sainthood a pope must show they are in-effect a kind of middleman ‘lightening rod’ on earth for their god called Yahweh.
Invariably this anecdotal evidence when provided is flimsy at best, and placed-on the-table long after their deaths.
No one seems to care that when someone is alive they are never able to display their magic-tricks and never, but never, in an open-public forum or say under scientific scrutiny.
If the current pope is to show us the power of god channeled through his form – why not stump-up with the goods right now rather than later when he is dead and buried?
Why doesn’t The Catholic Church show us Benedict is literally ‘gods emissary’ by showing-us now, rather than decades later, his miracle, so we can examine it in the harsh light of day?
The time for Benedict to show us his magic, say regeneration of a severed limb, is now - but there sweat FA chance of that happening.
That would lead the entire public and scientific community playing the devils advocate.
To gain sainthood a pope must show they are in-effect a kind of middleman ‘lightening rod’ on earth for their god called Yahweh.
Invariably this anecdotal evidence when provided is flimsy at best, and placed-on the-table long after their deaths.
No one seems to care that when someone is alive they are never able to display their magic-tricks and never, but never, in an open-public forum or say under scientific scrutiny.
If the current pope is to show us the power of god channeled through his form – why not stump-up with the goods right now rather than later when he is dead and buried?
Why doesn’t The Catholic Church show us Benedict is literally ‘gods emissary’ by showing-us now, rather than decades later, his miracle, so we can examine it in the harsh light of day?
The time for Benedict to show us his magic, say regeneration of a severed limb, is now - but there sweat FA chance of that happening.
That would lead the entire public and scientific community playing the devils advocate.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Burning books is a long-held Religious Tradition
The images and act of book-burning is etched in our psyches as being a formative part of National Socialist Germany - when copies of anything from Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud to H.G Wells went-up in flames.
Yet, the sordid history of book burning pre-dates 1930’s Germany by centuries and still goes-on all too frequently even today.
Catholics in particular love nothing better than to destroy the writings of anyone that upsets their narrow sensibilities.
In their hey-day The Spanish Inquisition relished burning Korans & any other Islamic text they could lay their hands on.
Virtually the entire writings of the Mayan Civilization were destroyed with perverted pleasure by The Catholic Church.
For good measure nearly every Cathar text that could be found by The Catholic Church were also destroyed as well.
This fruit-loop pastor Terry Jones would have to build a bonfire the size of the state of Florida to come close to the Catholic Churches suppression of free-thought and alternative beliefs through-out the ages.
It was only four years ago Catholics in Rome and Manila decided Dan Browns ‘Da Vinci Code’ deserved being BBQed.
Whist doubtlessly top-of-the-pyre for destroying writings that threatened their self-appointed place in the world, The Catholic Church is not alone amongst religious zealotry when it comes to book-burning.
The evil texts of Harry Potter and Superman Comics have gone up in flames lit by evangelists.
In the 1980’s orthodox Jews in Jesuleum incinerated New Testaments by the score.
More copies of Salman Rusdies ‘Satanic Verses’ were probably destroyed than read.
The Taliban also did what the Taliban does best.
God evidently loves a good book burning!
Yet, the sordid history of book burning pre-dates 1930’s Germany by centuries and still goes-on all too frequently even today.
Catholics in particular love nothing better than to destroy the writings of anyone that upsets their narrow sensibilities.
In their hey-day The Spanish Inquisition relished burning Korans & any other Islamic text they could lay their hands on.
Virtually the entire writings of the Mayan Civilization were destroyed with perverted pleasure by The Catholic Church.
For good measure nearly every Cathar text that could be found by The Catholic Church were also destroyed as well.
This fruit-loop pastor Terry Jones would have to build a bonfire the size of the state of Florida to come close to the Catholic Churches suppression of free-thought and alternative beliefs through-out the ages.
It was only four years ago Catholics in Rome and Manila decided Dan Browns ‘Da Vinci Code’ deserved being BBQed.
Whist doubtlessly top-of-the-pyre for destroying writings that threatened their self-appointed place in the world, The Catholic Church is not alone amongst religious zealotry when it comes to book-burning.
The evil texts of Harry Potter and Superman Comics have gone up in flames lit by evangelists.
In the 1980’s orthodox Jews in Jesuleum incinerated New Testaments by the score.
More copies of Salman Rusdies ‘Satanic Verses’ were probably destroyed than read.
The Taliban also did what the Taliban does best.
God evidently loves a good book burning!
Friday, September 24, 2010
Bishop Tamaki’s ‘spiritual’ father turns out to be a raving-homo!
The fallout-out (or would “blow-out” be a more appropriate term of phrase given the subject matter?) from Bishop Eddie Long rent-a-choir-boy affair has reached New Zealand.
And the stains (of the type not even modern washing-powers will remove) have reached the crocodile shoes of our own self-proclaimed bishop, Brian Tamaki.
Bishop Long, or as his rent-a-choir-boys got to call him ‘Big Ed’, journeyed down-under in 2003 after the year prior Tamaki had made it to Atlanta for some well-earned R&R.
2003 was a spiritual journey at the behest of Tamaki who runs New Zealand’s version of a mega-church, Destiny. Rather than being a double-meat wopper burger like say Longs ‘Birth Ministry’ Destiny would be better termed as one of those crappy small cheese-burgers McDonalds have. Soggy in the middle and with a tacky outer wrapping.
This trip and the ‘connection’ (not in a biblical sense one presumes?) Tamaki had with Long is out-lined in his autobiography. I think it’s in the section just after he admits fathering children out of wedlock?
In the chapter rather appropriately titled, given what now we know happens behind the scenes at The Birth Ministry, “Spiritual Father – a long time coming” Tamaki waxes lyrical over Long and his set-up. In case you get confused that’s the set-up of Longs organisation rather than the ‘set-up’ where he befriends teen boys, lavishes them with gifts and attention – then sodomises them.
"The instant that Bishop Long walked into the room our spirits connected without having said a word”
In the most Freudian of statements possible, Tamaki goes-on to say in his bio:
"I was a little taken aback by his embracing nature and the manner with which he greeted each and every one of us as if we were long lost brothers."
"I was impressed, yet the ease of our connection and the confirmation of a date was entirely in line with Kingdom principle - when God speaks, do it,"
Clearly when Longs felt the urge for “a connection” he didn’t have to look far to “do it.”
Tamaki is apparently going to issue a statement today about ‘Big Ed’ Long in which no doubt he’ll say he’s praying for him and to return the christening gifts.
I’ll be sure to do a follow-up on this.
And the stains (of the type not even modern washing-powers will remove) have reached the crocodile shoes of our own self-proclaimed bishop, Brian Tamaki.
Bishop Long, or as his rent-a-choir-boys got to call him ‘Big Ed’, journeyed down-under in 2003 after the year prior Tamaki had made it to Atlanta for some well-earned R&R.
2003 was a spiritual journey at the behest of Tamaki who runs New Zealand’s version of a mega-church, Destiny. Rather than being a double-meat wopper burger like say Longs ‘Birth Ministry’ Destiny would be better termed as one of those crappy small cheese-burgers McDonalds have. Soggy in the middle and with a tacky outer wrapping.
This trip and the ‘connection’ (not in a biblical sense one presumes?) Tamaki had with Long is out-lined in his autobiography. I think it’s in the section just after he admits fathering children out of wedlock?
In the chapter rather appropriately titled, given what now we know happens behind the scenes at The Birth Ministry, “Spiritual Father – a long time coming” Tamaki waxes lyrical over Long and his set-up. In case you get confused that’s the set-up of Longs organisation rather than the ‘set-up’ where he befriends teen boys, lavishes them with gifts and attention – then sodomises them.
"The instant that Bishop Long walked into the room our spirits connected without having said a word”
In the most Freudian of statements possible, Tamaki goes-on to say in his bio:
"I was a little taken aback by his embracing nature and the manner with which he greeted each and every one of us as if we were long lost brothers."
"I was impressed, yet the ease of our connection and the confirmation of a date was entirely in line with Kingdom principle - when God speaks, do it,"
Clearly when Longs felt the urge for “a connection” he didn’t have to look far to “do it.”
Tamaki is apparently going to issue a statement today about ‘Big Ed’ Long in which no doubt he’ll say he’s praying for him and to return the christening gifts.
I’ll be sure to do a follow-up on this.
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