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How Sanctified is Marriage?
I have talked about the concept of marriage before. I was trying to think why the term “sanctity” was applied to marriage. It occurs to me that marriage was never sanctified. Assuming that the Bible is an accurate history, and that Adam and Eve were the first people, they got married because there was no one else. In any case, there was no celebration, no priest, no vows. They just decided to be together. I’ll skip the part about them only having sons so where did the rest of humanity come from… just like Christians skip that part.
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The Oddity of Culture
I find the concept of culture interesting. Humans find group acceptance through culture. Part of their identity comes from the culture. Naturally, culture evolves over time. The more open minded you are when it comes to interracial relationships, the more cultures will blend. When you think about it, lots of things are part of our culture that we don’t realize. Let’s say that your family has pasta every Thursday. That’s part of your culture. One definition of “culture” is “a set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization, or group“.
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The Burden of Logic
One of the things that frustrates me is the lack of logical arguments people have. I understand that people have their own opinions, and I encourage that, but have a REASON for your opinions. Too often I am confronted with people that have beliefs, and when confronted with facts that disprove those beliefs, shrug it off saying, “everyone has the right to their own opinions.” I quote the great Scott Adams, “When did ignorance become a point of view?” Just because you want to believe something, doesn’t make it true.
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Minirant: Will Someone Please Sterilize the Duggars?
First of all, let’s talk about America’s Family, the Duggars. Josh Duggar (the oldest of the 19 waste of space brood from Jim Duggar and his cum factory… I mean “wife”) announced the addiction… I mean “addition” of the second to their own brood of unnecessary people.
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Earthquakes
Have you noticed that there have been a fuckton of earthquakes lately? It seems that while 2009 was the year of dead celebrities, 2010 seems to be the year of the natural disaster. Luckily, we have found not only the cause, but also the solution. It all comes to us from Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi.
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Priestly Virtues
Lately, there have been a lot of news stories about the Catholic Church and it’s abuses of underage children. First of all, I want to be clear that I am not defending Catholicism. The concepts of religion are dangerous to society. The Catholic Church has inflected enough damage to my personal psyche to warrant the most cruel of punishments.
