"The Sunni and Shiite branches of Islam split in the late seventh century in a dispute over whether the Prophet Mohammed's son-in-law, Ali, should carry on as the fourth caliph, or successor. The Shiites - meaning partisans or supporters of Ali - lost, and since then have been a kind of underclass in the Islamic world, nurturing an emotional faith with an emphasis on martyrdom."
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/02/world/400-die-iranian-marchers-battle-saudi-police-mecca-embassies-smashed-teheran.html?pagewanted=2
Friday, July 31, 2015
Monday, July 27, 2015
An interesting explanation from a former Christian for why he threw out the god bullshit. Internet name "Goonie Works".
Quote:
Originally Posted by Goonie Works
I was raised as a Christian so that's what I believed until I lost the fear I was raised to have and started thinking for my self. Once I was no longer afraid to go to the hell I was told I would go for not believing in Christianity it all fell apart and I could see just how foolish and silly Christianity and relgion as a whole really is. To use logic and reason to navigate though everything in life but have to suspend it when it comes to religion just doesn't make sense. Are you a creationist? What are your thought on relgion and do they differ than how you were raised?
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Grades 1 thru 8 I was brainwashed in a Catholic school but I never bought the hell bullshit. At a public high school my girlfriend asked me why do I go to church. I could not answer the question. Not long after I threw the ridiculous nonsense out.
I remember in 1st grade being taught the creationist bullshit but it was never discussed after that, and we never learned any science those 8 years. In my 1965 high school biology class my incompetent teacher never once mentioned evolution and it wasn't until after I graduated from a university that I first heard the word "evolution". Nobody I knew ever talked about it and I didn't even know what the word meant. I became an atheist without ever wondering why we are here. I was only interested in math back then. When I got interested in science I read 5 books about how evolution works and the evidence for it. Now I know evolution is the strongest fact of science and the creationists are total morons.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2463374&page=55#post32267311
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Theists (and their agnostic friends) are fucking idiots.
"Atheists, what would make you believe in God?" is equal to "Atheists, what would make you believe in the Easter Bunny?"
Nothing would make me want to buy magical rabbit bullshit, same answer for magical god fairy bullshit. FFS magic is not real. How hard is that to understand?
"If you want proof, you read the bible and have faith that it is true."
If there is proof why would I need faith to accept your childish moronic fantasies? I can see your disease is incurable. Your brain damage can't be fixed.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150726104406AAsKVzS
Nothing would make me want to buy magical rabbit bullshit, same answer for magical god fairy bullshit. FFS magic is not real. How hard is that to understand?
"If you want proof, you read the bible and have faith that it is true."
If there is proof why would I need faith to accept your childish moronic fantasies? I can see your disease is incurable. Your brain damage can't be fixed.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150726104406AAsKVzS
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
What I wrote at the WSJ about conservative dividend income investing.
Jun 15, 2015
Most investors are doing it wrong. What they do is equal to gambling. It works sometimes but eventually they could get wiped out.
The way to go in my opinion is buy only safe dividend paying stocks. By safe I mean those corporations who have been increasing the dividend every year for the past several decades. They raised their dividend even during the last very bad recession. Investors should keep the shares they buy for the rest of lives, never caring if the price goes up or down. The idea is to have a growing dividend income. People who use this method starting at a young age will probably be able to retire long before they can collect social security, while never having to worry about anything.
Conservative dividend income investing is boring but it works. Not only do these people become wealthy, they can sleep at night. They have nothing to worry about because they're doing it right.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/3344045-periodic-table-of-dividend-champions-which-champions-have-the-best-combinations-of-yield-and-dgr
http://seekingalpha.com/article/3338755-do-nothing-investing
Most investors are doing it wrong. What they do is equal to gambling. It works sometimes but eventually they could get wiped out.
The way to go in my opinion is buy only safe dividend paying stocks. By safe I mean those corporations who have been increasing the dividend every year for the past several decades. They raised their dividend even during the last very bad recession. Investors should keep the shares they buy for the rest of lives, never caring if the price goes up or down. The idea is to have a growing dividend income. People who use this method starting at a young age will probably be able to retire long before they can collect social security, while never having to worry about anything.
Conservative dividend income investing is boring but it works. Not only do these people become wealthy, they can sleep at night. They have nothing to worry about because they're doing it right.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/3344045-periodic-table-of-dividend-champions-which-champions-have-the-best-combinations-of-yield-and-dgr
http://seekingalpha.com/article/3338755-do-nothing-investing
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Another quote for my list of favorite quotes
"And, you have absolutely no comprehension of how arrogant it is to pretend to have a personal relationship with the creator of the entire Universe, while you're only a mere relatively hairless ape spinning impotently on a wet ball of dust in an obscure corner of it all"
-- Methane Mama
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150721155343AAAIeMf
-- Methane Mama
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150721155343AAAIeMf
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Question at Yahoo: "Why should creationism(old earth or young earth) be taken seriously?"
"Why should creationism(old earth or young earth) be taken seriously?"
Or you could ask "Why should uneducated morons be taken seriously?"
All creationists are uneducated morons and they always will be uneducated morons. Imagine believing in bullshit even though the entire scientific community knows they're wrong. These Assholes For Jeebus have no curiosity. They don't even try to understand why everyone laughs at them. Their stupidity is breathtaking. They're too lazy to understand the science that makes them cry. They want to throw out two centuries of scientific progress and replace it with the most childish magical fantasy imaginable.
A Magic Man that looks like a creationist moron magically created all creatures out of nothing.
The stupid. The burning out of control stupid.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150718205558AA2FM4G
Or you could ask "Why should uneducated morons be taken seriously?"
All creationists are uneducated morons and they always will be uneducated morons. Imagine believing in bullshit even though the entire scientific community knows they're wrong. These Assholes For Jeebus have no curiosity. They don't even try to understand why everyone laughs at them. Their stupidity is breathtaking. They're too lazy to understand the science that makes them cry. They want to throw out two centuries of scientific progress and replace it with the most childish magical fantasy imaginable.
A Magic Man that looks like a creationist moron magically created all creatures out of nothing.
The stupid. The burning out of control stupid.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150718205558AA2FM4G
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Friday, July 17, 2015
At Yahoo I asked Muslim scum "Do any Muslims accept the evolutionary relationship between human apes and chimpanzee apes?" The answers so far: NO.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150717150726AAR3Ahz
Also interesting is this anti-science article written by a Muslim Fucktard:
http://www.islam21c.com/theology/2127-the-prophet-adam-and-human-evolution/
A typical answer:
38:71 of the Quran:
[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay." http://quran.com/38/71
Also interesting is this anti-science article written by a Muslim Fucktard:
http://www.islam21c.com/theology/2127-the-prophet-adam-and-human-evolution/
A typical answer:
38:71 of the Quran:
[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay." http://quran.com/38/71
Thursday, July 16, 2015
At Yahoo I answered this question: "Does everything in nature has a natural answer or explanation?"
"Does everything in nature has a natural answer or explanation?"
It's nice to see this rare good question at a website infested with hardcore morons.
Of course there is a natural explanation for everything even if scientists don't yet know what that natural explanation is, and even if the problem is never solved, there has to be a natural explanation.
This is not an opinion. This is reality. Reality is not an opinion.
The only alternative, which is stupid and childish, is magic. The lunatics who believe in a Magic Man will never admit they believe in magic but that's exactly what they believe in.
Science hard. Hurts brain.
God easy. No think.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150715211557AAMnmZp&page=1&sort=N
It's nice to see this rare good question at a website infested with hardcore morons.
Of course there is a natural explanation for everything even if scientists don't yet know what that natural explanation is, and even if the problem is never solved, there has to be a natural explanation.
This is not an opinion. This is reality. Reality is not an opinion.
The only alternative, which is stupid and childish, is magic. The lunatics who believe in a Magic Man will never admit they believe in magic but that's exactly what they believe in.
Science hard. Hurts brain.
God easy. No think.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150715211557AAMnmZp&page=1&sort=N
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
When scientists haven't yet solved a scientific problem should they continue their research or should they give up and invoke the Magic Man?
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150714085213AAj4GhB&page=1
An excellent quote from the answers:
"Religion is a magic device for turning unanswerable questions into unquestionable answers." — Art Gecko
An excellent quote from the answers:
"Religion is a magic device for turning unanswerable questions into unquestionable answers." — Art Gecko
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Virtually all investment advice from professionals are stupid. What I wrote at the New York Times which was full of terrible advice.
"Why Investing Is So Complicated, and How to Make It Simpler"
Simple and safe: Do not buy mutual funds and do not pay for advice. Make your own decisions. Do not share your retirement income with professionals.
After doing your own research (I recommend Seeking Alpha for free advice from successful investors), buy only shares of corporations with a very long history of raising the dividend every year. Keep these shares for the rest of your life. Reinvest the dividends (there is no fee to do this) and spend every spare dollar on more shares. When your dividend income is greater than your income from your job, you can retire. And if you start using this strategy at a young age, you will be able to retire long before you're old enough to collect Social Security. When you retire your income should be enough to be able to continue buying more shares of dividend paying stocks to increase your income for the rest of your life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/upshot/investing-in-the-dark-the-biggest-cost-of-fear-is-paralysis.html?abt=0002&abg=0
At Charles Schwab it's only $8.95 to buy an unlimited number of shares and for reinvesting dividends there is no fee. I agree with "Buying mutual funds is a fool's game: no matter how low the fees, they still drag down returns." People should make their own buying decisions and not share their income with anyone. If people buy shares of companies with a long history of increasing the dividend every year, even during the worst recessions, and keep those shares for the rest of their lives, they will never have to care if the stock market crashes because their dividend income is safe. I'm retired and I live off the dividends, and I keep buying more shares, increasing my income even though I don't need it. I love market crashes because they're a great buying opportunity.
Simple and safe: Do not buy mutual funds and do not pay for advice. Make your own decisions. Do not share your retirement income with professionals.
After doing your own research (I recommend Seeking Alpha for free advice from successful investors), buy only shares of corporations with a very long history of raising the dividend every year. Keep these shares for the rest of your life. Reinvest the dividends (there is no fee to do this) and spend every spare dollar on more shares. When your dividend income is greater than your income from your job, you can retire. And if you start using this strategy at a young age, you will be able to retire long before you're old enough to collect Social Security. When you retire your income should be enough to be able to continue buying more shares of dividend paying stocks to increase your income for the rest of your life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/upshot/investing-in-the-dark-the-biggest-cost-of-fear-is-paralysis.html?abt=0002&abg=0
At Charles Schwab it's only $8.95 to buy an unlimited number of shares and for reinvesting dividends there is no fee. I agree with "Buying mutual funds is a fool's game: no matter how low the fees, they still drag down returns." People should make their own buying decisions and not share their income with anyone. If people buy shares of companies with a long history of increasing the dividend every year, even during the worst recessions, and keep those shares for the rest of their lives, they will never have to care if the stock market crashes because their dividend income is safe. I'm retired and I live off the dividends, and I keep buying more shares, increasing my income even though I don't need it. I love market crashes because they're a great buying opportunity.
My conversation with a Muslim terrorist.
Where does it say apostates need to be killed in the Noble Quran? It mentions that apostates who FIGHT Muslims and also spread their poisonous ideology to others should be punished. Apostates who keep to themselves, don't try and argue with Muslims to spread their unbelief to others and try to harass Muslims and also, especially, those who fight Muslims with other unbelievers should be punished. That is the Law of God (swt), but they can avoid punishment by repenting and accepting faith again. The apostates who don't bother anyone and don't spread their unbelief to others should not be harmed, their punishment will be in the next life and even in this life if Allah (swt) wills it as it states Allah (swt) either punishes them or grants them respite in the Noble Quran along with other sinful wrongdoers.
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"spread their poisonous ideology to others should be punished" In other words your disgusting cult suppresses freedom of speech. Drop dead Muslim scum.
ALEX · just now
It's obvious from what you wrote you're equal to a terrorist. Get off my planet asshole.
ALEX · just now
"the Noble Quran" Your holy book is 100% pure bullshit. Now punish me asshole if you don't mind getting your teeth punched out.
ALEX · just now
"The apostates who don't bother anyone and don't spread their unbelief to others should not be harmed, their punishment will be in the next life and even in this life if Allah (swt) wills it " What a fucking asshole. You are scum.
Saturday, July 4, 2015
I wrote a comment for a god-soaked airhead. Like most airheads, she refuses to admit her Magic Man is not a magical being.
I will explain. Your Mr. God, when it creates something out of nothing, for example a universe, solar systems, life, or causes miracles (for example the resurrection of a decomposing corpse), it is performing magic tricks, the same as Harry Potter except Mr. God has a much more powerful magic wand.
A belief in magic is childish which explains why Christians would rather call Mr. God's magical powers something else, but no matter what people call it, it's still magic.
Another interesting thing about Mr. God is it's not necessary. Scientists know how the universe began, they know how solar systems form, they know how life began and how new species develop. They might not yet know all the millions of details, but what they do know is enough to say your Mr. God was never necessary for anything. Also, invoking a god to solve scientific problems is just plain wrong. It's giving up scientific research and saying god did it. That's for lazy people who don't want to think. And since Mr. God was never necessary for anything it's fair to say it doesn't exist.
And that bible thing, it was written by uneducated people, and most certainly they were not inspired by the magical master of the entire universe. You might want to throw out reality so you can believe your religious fantasies, but reality is not going away. We are stuck with reality whether we like it or not. So there is no magical life after death, no magical resurrection, no magical miracles. For me reality is a wonderful thing because it's interesting and because it's real.
One more thing. Reality is not a point of view. Reality is not an opinion.
You are so nice and I appreciate it but you're wrong about everything, and I can't respect ideas that don't belong in the 21st century. And most certainly I can't respect any religion because religions are good for nothing but the brainwashing of children, violence, and slowing down human progress. We don't need religious insanity in the 21st century.
A belief in magic is childish which explains why Christians would rather call Mr. God's magical powers something else, but no matter what people call it, it's still magic.
Another interesting thing about Mr. God is it's not necessary. Scientists know how the universe began, they know how solar systems form, they know how life began and how new species develop. They might not yet know all the millions of details, but what they do know is enough to say your Mr. God was never necessary for anything. Also, invoking a god to solve scientific problems is just plain wrong. It's giving up scientific research and saying god did it. That's for lazy people who don't want to think. And since Mr. God was never necessary for anything it's fair to say it doesn't exist.
And that bible thing, it was written by uneducated people, and most certainly they were not inspired by the magical master of the entire universe. You might want to throw out reality so you can believe your religious fantasies, but reality is not going away. We are stuck with reality whether we like it or not. So there is no magical life after death, no magical resurrection, no magical miracles. For me reality is a wonderful thing because it's interesting and because it's real.
One more thing. Reality is not a point of view. Reality is not an opinion.
You are so nice and I appreciate it but you're wrong about everything, and I can't respect ideas that don't belong in the 21st century. And most certainly I can't respect any religion because religions are good for nothing but the brainwashing of children, violence, and slowing down human progress. We don't need religious insanity in the 21st century.
Friday, July 3, 2015
At the Wall Street Journal I told a "grand mufti" he's a fucking idiot.
"As such, fatwas are one of the most important tools we have for countering radical terrorism."
The only possible way to end religious terrorism is to eradicate Islam, a disgusting anti-science barbaric cult, which during the 1st 15 days of Ramadan is responsible for 149 terror attacks, 27 suicide bombings, 1,402 killed, 1,896 wounded. For a longer list of atrocities for Allah see http://thereligionofpeace.com
"Mr. Allam is the grand mufti of Egypt.
I can't imagine a more worthless career. Get a real job Mr. Allam.
Mr. Allam, guess what happens when an atheist insults your moronic Islam in Saudi Arabia. He gets seven years in prison and 600 lashes. Mr. Allam, you have my contempt.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB12629032146271714730204581041853312221500
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB12629032146271714730204581041853312221500
Thursday, July 2, 2015
YouTube Why Is Creationism Still Taught In The U.S.?
YouTube Why Is Creationism Still Taught In The U.S.?
While church and state are separated in the US, some public schools still teach creationism. So why does the US still teach Creationism?
Learn More:
Ten Major Court Cases about Evolution and Creationism
http://ncse.com/taking-action/ten-maj...
"In 1968, in Epperson v. Arkansas, the United States Supreme Court invalidated an Arkansas statute that prohibited the teaching of evolution."
Map: Publicly Funded Schools That Are Allowed to Teach Creationism
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_...
"A large, publicly funded charter school system in Texas is teaching creationism to its students, Zack Kopplin recently reported in Slate."
Fighting Over Darwin, State by State
http://www.pewforum.org/2009/02/04/fi...
"The debate over whether and how to teach public school students about evolution may be an old one, but it shows no signs of abating."
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CHRISTIAN SCUM ARE STUPID FUCKING ASSHOLES: The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana have filed a federal lawsuit against a public school in Sabine Parish that harassed a non-Christian student and has a long history of proselytizing students and promoting religion.
While church and state are separated in the US, some public schools still teach creationism. So why does the US still teach Creationism?
Learn More:
Ten Major Court Cases about Evolution and Creationism
http://ncse.com/taking-action/ten-maj...
"In 1968, in Epperson v. Arkansas, the United States Supreme Court invalidated an Arkansas statute that prohibited the teaching of evolution."
Map: Publicly Funded Schools That Are Allowed to Teach Creationism
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_...
"A large, publicly funded charter school system in Texas is teaching creationism to its students, Zack Kopplin recently reported in Slate."
Fighting Over Darwin, State by State
http://www.pewforum.org/2009/02/04/fi...
"The debate over whether and how to teach public school students about evolution may be an old one, but it shows no signs of abating."
Subscribe to TestTube Daily!
http://bitly.com/1iLOHml
CHRISTIAN SCUM ARE STUPID FUCKING ASSHOLES: The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana have filed a federal lawsuit against a public school in Sabine Parish that harassed a non-Christian student and has a long history of proselytizing students and promoting religion.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
I answered a question at Yahoo Answers.
"Who is waging this supposed war on religion?"
I am. I want to eradicate religious insanity from this planet.
"People who identity as atheist make up 5% of the population"
It's a lot more than 5%. The most recent Gallup poll shows that 19% of Americans accept the evolution of human apes from ancient apes, and they agree a magic god fairy had absolutely nothing to do with it. These people are atheists or very close to atheist. 19% of the American population is not insane. That's disgraceful but not as bad as 5%. In any case the younger generations are not buying the moronic bullshit. Religion is dying in this country and it's already virtually dead in Europe, except of course the Muslim scum.
The vast majority of atheists completely ignore religious insanity except when they're laughing at the breathtaking stupidity of it. However there are hundreds of thousands of atheists who have said enough is enough. The never ending religious violence, the stupidity, the brainwashing, the religious war against science education, it has to stop. These people, including myself, ridicule religious scum every chance they get.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150701163732AAsVBbV
I am. I want to eradicate religious insanity from this planet.
"People who identity as atheist make up 5% of the population"
It's a lot more than 5%. The most recent Gallup poll shows that 19% of Americans accept the evolution of human apes from ancient apes, and they agree a magic god fairy had absolutely nothing to do with it. These people are atheists or very close to atheist. 19% of the American population is not insane. That's disgraceful but not as bad as 5%. In any case the younger generations are not buying the moronic bullshit. Religion is dying in this country and it's already virtually dead in Europe, except of course the Muslim scum.
The vast majority of atheists completely ignore religious insanity except when they're laughing at the breathtaking stupidity of it. However there are hundreds of thousands of atheists who have said enough is enough. The never ending religious violence, the stupidity, the brainwashing, the religious war against science education, it has to stop. These people, including myself, ridicule religious scum every chance they get.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150701163732AAsVBbV