"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
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The Catholic Church states that the Eucharist is the body and blood of Christ under the species of bread and wine, it maintains that during the consecration, the substances of the bread and wine actually become the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Christ (transubstantiation) while the appearances or "species" of the elements remain (e.g. color, taste, feel, and smell).
The comments by Army Gen. Austin Scott Miller came as Taliban forces continued their rapid advance across northern provinces and as a haphazard array of armed groups join the anti-Taliban fight.
The Southern Baptist Convention also approved resolutions to affirm the sufficiency of scripture on matters of race without mentioning critical race theory and to permanently disqualify pastors accused of sexual abuse.
"Third, for more than a century, white evangelical Protestants have had a tense relationship with modern science, which they see as challenging core tenets of their faith. They are less likely than other Americans to take 'follow the science' as their benchmark."
These religious people are very anti-science. For example they want to throw out evolution. They prefer god-did-it.
"Later, Jesus even invited Thomas to touch his wounds."
This would be after Jeebus magically rose from the dead. That never happened because it's impossible.
Christianity completely depends on this ridiculous magic trick. Without the brainwashing of children, Christianity would be extinct in less than 100 years.
UPDATE:
What I wrote for a god-soaked fucktard at the Wall Street Journal.
Mr. Snowden: 7.13 billion people who were brainwashed when they were children.
If something requires "belief" or "faith" I throw it out, especially if it's wishful thinking. I prefer reality.
Some countries in Europe are mostly atheists. America is catching up to them. The newer generations are throwing out the childish god fantasy.
UPDATE:
The Wall Street Journal deleted everything I wrote. They're stupid fucking assholes trying to defend their stupidity.
zombie: a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
Resurrection: The resurrection of Jeebus is the belief that Jeebus returned to bodily life on the third day following his death by crucifixion. It is a key element of Christian faith and theology.
Try to imagine how stupid, gullible, and batshit crazy a person has to be to believe in the idiotic Jeebus zombie fantasy. The belief is so insane that if not for the vast numbers of American tards who are infected with the Christian disease these idiots would be locked up in asylums.
What's interesting is the Jeebus = zombie bullshit is a required belief for Christian morons. If they don't accept the ridiculous idea that a Master of the Universe would use this disgusting magic trick to prove its existence, then they are not real Christians.
The same Christian assholes who believe in the Jeebus zombie think they're qualified to tell biology teachers how to do their jobs.
Fuck off and die Christian scum. You have disgraced my country long enough.
If you think that creationism is a hoot, wait until you hear about other religions...
New leader of the DUP in the North is a politician, not a missionary evangelist. His religious beliefs — even if they may appear bizarre, or even abhorrent to some — are a private matter, says John Dolan
Democratic Unionist Party new elected leader Edwin Poots leaving Stormont, Belfast. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
JOHN DOLAN
IS there anyone, anywhere on this island rock, who isn’t aware by now of the fact that the new leader of the DUP in the North is a Creationist?
Surely to God on high there can’t be a single person — man, woman or beast — who hasn’t been given the full lowdown on Edwin Poots and his beliefs, and perhaps been invited to have a good old chuckle at them?
As a member of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, he sincerely believes that the Earth was created around 4,000 BC, and rejects the theory of evolution.
Pressed on where dinosaurs fit into this cosmic mix, Mr Poots once said he was willing to admit that the likes of the T-rex may have existed, before they were all drowned in the biblical flood.
Unless you’ve spent the past month in a coma, you must be very familiar with all of this.
The specifics of Mr Poots’s faith have been inescapable, as mainstream media and social media combined in an unholy alliance to publicise — and mock, either directly or by inference — the admittedly unusual religious beliefs of a man who now leads a party which is anathema to almost all of the people living in the Republic.
The new DUP leader’s track record and actual politics and policies were considered of far less relevance, as commentators united in a major pile-on to smear the honestly held beliefs of a Christian man.
My, I thought, as I looked on at this unedifying spectacle, how far we in the once ‘Holy, Catholic Ireland’ have come, in such a short space of time, to have such a disregard for religion.
But wait...
If this sort of cruel, school playground-style bullying, picking on someone who is merely different than most of us, is good enough for Mr Poots, surely it’s good enough for our own politicians, the large majority of whom are Roman Catholics?
I mean, wait until you read about some of the crazy, far-out beliefs of that religion!
But first, perhaps it is best to start by pointing out the fact that many of the beliefs of the Free Presbyterian Church are actually shared by the one founded in Rome.
Both worship the same Christian God, and his son — the one with the beard — and both sets of followers believe that when they pray, they are actually interacting with said God.
How mad is that?!
Oh, and get this about the whole Christianity thing: God sent his son down to earth in human form because he wanted to save us — despite being the Almighty. Like, God couldn’t somehow do that himself, having created the world in the first place?
Mad stuff, Ted.
Yet these central planks of Christianity were not deemed to be worthy of mockery when it came to targeting Mr Poots. Maybe believing in God and praying are still a bit too close for home, even in the secular, uber-liberal Ireland. No, it was the specific areas where Mr Poots’ religion differs from Roman Catholicism which so many seemed to find so hilarious.
Even though, to an atheist, believing in and praying to deities is just as silly as thinking the Earth is a mere 6,000 years old.
However, while Presbyterians do indeed believe in Creationism rather than evolution, the Roman Catholics have their own beliefs which, on the surface, appear just as zany.
Take, for example, Holy Communion, where Roman Catholics go the complete nine yards. They sincerely believe that the bread is the actual flesh of Christ and the wine is his actual blood!
Mr Poots’ Presbyterians don’t go that far, simply believing that Jesus is ‘spiritually present’ in the elements of the Eucharist.
Any non-believer may find the Roman Catholic belief laughable, worthy of mockery even. But would it be rude to do so? Of course it would.
Yet so many here, and many of them Roman Catholics, were aghast at Edwin Poots’ beliefs.
Forgive my irreverence here, in order to underline my point. But it’s fair to say if Mr Poots’ party in the North were to pour scorn on an incoming Irish Taoiseach for believing he was eating the actual flesh and blood of Jesus at the Holy Communion, there would be an indignant response from both believers and non-believers in the Republic.
However, I can’t see that ever happening, as unionists appear to have far more respect for other people’s religions than the folks here in the Republic.
Since when did we become such a judgmental, boorish country, mocking a man for his beliefs?
It’s strange, too, that many Irish people seem perfectly comfortable rubbishing the beliefs of a fellow Christian. If the new leader of the DUP had been a Buddhist, Sikh, or Muslim, would we have seen the same stampede to pour scorn?
Would the media here have taken such joy in gleefully pointing out that Buddhists believe in reincarnation, that Sikhs refuse to eat meat or drink alcohol, or that Muslims believe in angels? The very thought makes us recoil, yet Mr Poots was exposed to just that, and worse, for days on end.
The entire experience, with not a dissenting voice that I could hear, left me wondering if the people of the Republic will ever be able to achieve proper unity, when you see the lack of maturity and cruel nonchalance with which a respected figure of the unionist community was traduced.
It’s not as though Mr Poots will be trying to convert people to his religion in his new role. He is a politician, not a missionary evangelist. His religious beliefs — even if they may appear bizarre, or even abhorrent to some — are a private matter.
In response, party leader Mary Lou McDonald, who may well be our next Taoiseach, said: “I hope everyone can accept that people’s religious beliefs, their faith beliefs, are private matters.”
The Wall Street Journal had an article about god-fairy stuff. I wrote a comment for the god-soaked retards who infest the WSJ. I came back today. Numerous people were crying like babies, but not one of them tried to provide evidence for their childish fantasies. This is what I wrote for the assholes:
If Christians ever grow up and stop acting like idiots, I will stop calling them idiots. Until then the relentless ridicule will continue because you Christian assholes are no better than terrorists.
The problem with you retarded Christians is not your breathtaking stupidity, your cowardly fear of reality, your refusal to educate yourselves, and your tendency to lie about everything to defend your childish fantasies. Despite these character defects, if you assholes ever learned how to shut the fuck up, I could learn how to ignore you.
But you subhumans can't keep your stupidity and your dishonesty to yourselves. You cowards are constantly attacking science education. Every day you indoctrinate your own children, making them permanently brain-damaged and hopelessly retarded like yourselves. You support the massive Liars-For-Jeebus industry, a lucrative business that does everything it can to keep Idiot America stupid.
Christians, I can't ignore your out-of-control insanity. So until you learn how to shut up, or better yet you learn how to grow up and escape from your childish magical fantasy world, I'm going to ridicule you imbeciles to death, because that's what you deserve.
Some of the worst fighting between Israelis and Palestiniansin years showed no signs of subsiding.
Israeli airstrikes left neighborhoods in Gaza trembling and rockets fired by Palestinian militants rained on cities in Israel, including Tel Aviv. By Tuesday night 30 Palestinians had been killed, including 10 children, and 203 others were wounded by airstrikes over the past two days, according to health officials in Gaza. At least three people in Israel were killed in strikes by Hamas, and at least 100 wounded.
Shortly after 9 p.m. in Tel Aviv, militants fired another barrage. One rocket hit an empty bus south of the city, wounding at least three people, including a 5-year-old girl. Above, rockets launched from Gaza toward Tel Aviv.
Palestinian militants said the barrage was revenge for an airstrike that hit a tower housing the offices of several Hamas officials, as well as an apartment owned by a Hamas leader.
The conflict escalated rapidly after confrontations at the Aqsa compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, a chronic flash point.
