If I believed in heaven, I would kill myself.
Let me clarify that. If I thought that the popular notion of heaven (clouds, harps, streets of gold, eternal happiness) were truly awaiting me after death, I’d be pretty eager to get there. I’ve always wanted wings. It sounds lovely. Well, […]
I’ve been working ridiculous hours this week, and I’m preparing for the Carnival of the Godless on Sunday, so I won’t have a post up until then. Sorry for such a long gap. Speaking of COTG, I’ll accept contributions until Saturday at 8PM Eastern, so there’s still a chance for procrastinatheists to get […]
February 26, 1993 - World Trade Center
6 dead, 1,000 injured
October 4, 1993 - Black Hawk Down Incident (Somalia)
18 dead
June 25, 1996 - US Base in Saudi Arabia
19 dead
August 7, 1998 - East African Embassies
220 dead
October 12, 2000 - […]
“First of all, Mr. Otero was strangled, a bag put over his head and strangled. And then I thought he was going down. Then I went over and strangled Mrs. Otero, and I thought she was down. Then I strangled Josephine, thought she was down, and they I went over to Junior and put the […]
At the suggestion of a reader (jdt), I’ve been reading The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes (1976). I’m not even 100 pages in, but there’s already enough material to make for a good post.
Jaynes starts out with a discussion of what exactly consciousness is. At […]
