a top 10 list of bizarre tales from the bible

It always amazes me that there are people that accept the bible without question as the inerrant word of God. I bet a lot of them have never read the thing. 

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Cheeseburger in a Can Signals the Downfall of Humanity [PIC]

I honestly can't figure out how I feel about this: is it the greatest achievement of mankind thus far, or is it an abomination of foodstuffs that deserves to be hucked back into the gaping maw of whatever food processing plant it was spewed from? I just don't know what to think anymore. Would you eat a cheeseburger in a can?

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New Kids on the Block are getting back together...Sign of the Apocalypse?

Wow. How about that, not just a reunion.. but they're.. getting back together?So according to TMZ, and People, after months of speculation and rumor, the Kids are coming back. A well-placed source tells PEOPLE exclusively that New Kids On The Block are indeed getting back together. Announcement is planned for February..

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Researchers in Maryland Unleash Synthetic DNA

The researchers chemically created DNA fragments in the lab then used homologous recombination (a process that cells use to repair damage to their chromosomes) in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to rapidly build the entire bacterial chromosome from large subassemblies...

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Senator Mike Gravel on the Oppressive Nature of Religion.

One question that seems to embarrass all Presidential candidates is the question on Evolution. Some refuse to recognize its existence as a legitimate theory and prefer to let religious beliefs dictate their political message. Others refuse to discuss or advocate for the views of atheists, merely because they represent a minority of votes

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Fighting with your spouse can make you live longer

Fighting with your spouse can actually be good for your health with people who bottle it all up found to die earlier, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and its Psychology...

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Scientology versus Watchtower

VS


As much as I dislike Scientology, I have to ask myself: Are they any worse than the J.W.s ? The answer of course is, no. Now I admit that I have a chip on my shoulder when it comes to the J.W.s, having been a victim. But I think my argument is valid. You just have to Google Watchtower or Jehovah's Witnesses to find a sizable collection of horror stories. In fact, arguably they are worse. Most of the victims of Scientology tend to be adults and primarily the damage is financial (not always but mostly). True, there have been reports of Scientology being directly or indirectly causing the deaths of some their adherents,  but for the most part its a loss of time and funds. The J.W.s however, are responsible for a mini-holocaust of innocent children and brain washed adults.  

So Anonymous, what are your feelings about the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society?

Now the Three Little Pigs are racist!

In yet another case of political correctness gone mad, a British education agency has slammed an electronic version of the classic fairy tale as it 'could offend Muslims'.

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The Internet has had enough of Scientology

The internet has had enough of scientology trying to censor it and is fighting back!

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ANON release Scientology secret DOX

Dear Sci peepsANON delivers!WE ARE ANONYMOUSWE DO NOT FORGIVEWE DO NOT FORGETWE ARE LEGION

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War Breaks Out Between Hackers and Scientology

Wired's take on the brewing war against Scientology. Take a guess as to which side they're on...

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Proof there is a god!

HUCKABEE BROKE! (LINK)

PRAISE THE LORD!

The Rice Big Pharma Fears

Is an ancient Chinese remedy more effective than two of the biggest cholesterol fighting drugs on the market?

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Holy War or Invasion

When Jehovah's Witnesses and a local evangelical Christian church compete for your soul, everybody loses.

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Top 10 Reasons to Believe Logic Over Religion

8. Bad things happen to good people, great things happen to bad people. For a society that constantly gets the short end of the stick when it comes to miracles, why the hell are people stopping to help stalled motorists getting raped & murdered, but every time a girl scout makes it to my door she’s out of thin mints? I’m sick of it!

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Can you patent life?

One of the cornerstones of the free enterprise system are the patent laws. If you invent or innovate something new or improved you are able to reap financial rewards for a specified period of time. You are able to license your product and collect royalties. If some one steals your unique product, you have legal recourse to mitigate damages. Part of the cost of a product to the consumer is often either that royalty to the patent holder or a premium price to help defray the research and development costs incurred in the creation of a new or improved product. Of course this is all old news . For the most part (except for a few glitches here and there) the system has worked fairly well. But in the last few years companies like Monsanto and others have begun patenting life. So how can you patent a living thing?

Starting in the last half of the 20th century the use of bio-engineered crops that are resistant to herbicides have revolutionized farming. Even though the newly developed strains are more expensive to buy, they cost less to cultivate. Why weed your field when you can spray with herbicide and kill everything accept the crop. So what's the problem? Accidental cross pollination  puts the patented genes in your neighbor's crop and now he is technically stealing those (albeit accidentally) those super plants. That 's when the legal hilarity ensues. 

There was a case a few years ago involving Indian rice farmers. They grow a type of rice called Basmati. Many consider this to be the Rolls Royce of rice. It is long grained, fragrant and has a delicate flavor. The farmers in India have selectively cultivating this rice for centuries. Each year they have been saving the best seeds with the most desirable characteristics. All was well until a Texas company bio engineered a similar rice. They applied for and received a patent for all Basmati type rice. By treaty the farmers in India would have to had to pay royalties  to the Texas company to grow rice that they themselves developed 500 years ago. Of course that probably would have ruined the typical farmer in India. After a bit of legal wrangling the situation was sorted out. But it raises a few sobering questions about our food supply for the future.

Do we really want huge multinational corporations controlling our food supplies? Is it possible that a perfectly sound business decision at the boardroom level cause a famine halfway around the world? Is there such a thing as a benign monopoly? Can we trust a for profit corporation to do the right thing if it adversely affects the bottom line or the price of stock? How safe is our food supply if everybody is growing the same variety of grain from the same genetic stock and it becomes susceptible to some blight or pest? (Can you say Irish potato famine) 

Sign me:

Nervously stocking up for next famine in Dayton.

Emoose out

Pay Monsanto, or Starve

Prepare to be infuriated....

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ABC News: Huckabee's Son Arrested With Handgun

Not only is Mike Huckabee crazy, his son is to.

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Study: Clowns Universally Hated by Children

Bad news for Coco and Blinko - children don't like clowns and even older kids are scared of them.

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Rubber Testicles Now Banned from the Back of Trucks

A controversial Virginia lawmaker is trying to introduce new legislation to ban rubber testicles from being fitted to the back of trucks. Isn't it great that Virginia has no crime,no poverty and no unemployment so they concentrate on this kind of minutiae.

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