SOUTH WEST AIRLINES ARE SICK

"Have airline employees replaced high-school deans as the arbiters of appropriate dress, or have skimpily-clad passengers forced flight attendants to act like Mother?A second young woman has come forward to claim that Southwest Airlines Co. employees made her cover up on a recent flight."

These girls/women are dressed totally normally for our times, whoever is the decision maker within Southwest needs to be fired without pay - they are making a spectacle of themselves far worse than any of these girls/women have ever done - better yet, boycott this airline - book a flight with another airline who doesnt expect women to dress like muslims...

It's A Sick World - To Be Continued....

You all may remember the case a few months back in the U.S. where a teacher was accused of displaying "Porn" to some 7th graders at school? She was arrested and put in jail awaiting her trial and the U.S. legal system was ready to put her away for 40 years. (40 years is the the maximum penalty for such crimes). In other words a 40 year sentence for her would have meant "life". Well yes, they have a totally pathetic and absurd legal system there - you can kick a child in the face and cause real physical damage and the punishment would only be 20 years in jail.

But wait there is more - the teacher was finally aquitted and the charges dropped - spyware/malware on her computer was found to be responsible - did the authorities go after the makers of the spyware/malware and charge them with displaying porn to 7th graders? Of course not.

The teachers career has been destroyed, she undoubtedly has suffered stress and trauma all for nothing - were those that arrested and charged her and hauled her in front of a judge ever charged with any crime? Of course not.

What is the crime here?

Well apparently under U.S. law the exhibition of nudity to minors of age is considered such a terrible and dreadful sin that the punishments reflect this. That is to say, aggravated robbery, assault, etc. are much lesser crimes with lesser punishments.

Lets see, did those 7th graders go home traumatised, injured, hurt etc... are they all now suffering bi-polar attacks, kidney failure, migraines and suicidal tendencies? Of course not but we are told that children suffer when they see nudity and that the law is there to protect children.

Protect them from what?

In every second of everyday in every country around the world 50% of the worlds population, adults and children, of all ages, see a penis, the other 50% see a vagina. We all have one or the other. The penis and the vagina are very real objects - they are not fantasies - every animal on the planet also has one or the other. The penis and the vagina have been with us since the dawn of history. Yet to see a penis or vagina that is not yours is a crime of such terrible proportions...

LOL

So I guess those 7th graders went home and said, "Mom, Dad, guess what, today I saw a penis/vagina - now I feel so bad, I have suicidal tendencies, migraine, a backache, and I've developed Bi-Polar disorder - my future life is a mess, I will never be able to find employment, I will never be able to live a normal life, my whole life is in ruins, I am traumatised beyond belief..."

Yeah, total bullshit, but there are plenty of people in the U.S. that think like that, the law-makers tell us we should think like that. God forbid that anyone under the age of 18 should ever be so unfortunate as to see a penis or a vagina.... You can lie to a child, you can teach them absurd fantasies, you can mould and indoctrinate a child with false history and education (Creationist) - you can raise a child on misleading facts - so long as it is all in the name of a religion it is not only considered legal but encouraged - but if a child sees a nude person, a true and real object that is 100% relevant to all humanity, this is breaking the law big time - somehow our cultures seem to have such matters "in reverse" don't you think?

By the time I was in 7th grade I had already seen several vaginas, if someone were to tell me that the owners of those vaginas had been put in prison for 40 years, now, that would have caused me trauma - the vaginas I have seen have not affected me in the slightest.

If the U.S. really wants to protect kids they should first stop their current "christian crusader" campaign and actually give their people an education, which, amongst developed nations, is currently ranked amongst the worst in the world. Since religious types seem to be achieving ever more positions of power in the U.S. it is no wonder that the U.S. legal system is becoming increasingly exaggerated and ridiculous. That the U.S. is making great steps forward in the quality of life is simply not true - freedoms of speech are being seriously curtailed, censorship is becoming the order of the day, a just and balanced society it is not, it's crime and violence levels are not so far removed from those in Iraq - yeah, how many kids were shot at school today Mr. President? Take care what you say and do when in the U.S. - someone can sue your ass off over nothing - and have you ever noticed how americans always include the "traumas" they have suffered when dealing with legal matters, the most trendy being migraine, depression, and Bi-polar disorders.... God is great when you can use him to validate a point and win even more $$$

Nudity and sexual matters in general are less of a taboo in Europe, so consequently there are much less sexually motivated crimes - also in Europe the number of religious people is much less than in the U.S. - obviously there is a link between religiously motivated people and sexual education... go figure... get your statistics from the link below.

http://atheistempire.com/reference/stats/index.html

Where does all this leave us? Can we look to, and trust in, the world's "wealthiest" nation to lead us and guide us to a new era? No, I don't believe so, they have allowed too much religion to cloud their judgement. My brother in law, an american, has been telling me for years that they, (the americans) are a sick culture, and you know what? Lately I tend to agree with him.

Religious Education - Ergo "Education USA"

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Respect Religions & Beliefs - Part 2

Continuing on from my previous post "Respect Religions & Beliefs" I keep coming up against the same question - "Why respect a persons belief in an idea or ideology that is so glaringly absurd, faulted, pious, etc., etc?

My daily job is in the public service sector, I meet and deal with dozens of people on a daily basis - now if one of those told me in all seriousness that he/she had just been returned to earth after being abducted by aliens I would tell them they are sick or crazy and in need of medical help and I would ban them from my office for being unstable, deluded, possibly drugged, or drunk, and a danger to me, my family, and the other members of the public that might be present in my office.

Now if a religious nut enters my office to tell me that I should repent and embrace the word of the lord, that Jesus loves me and I will go to heaven if I take the faith, blah blah, what do I do?

In the past I have sat there quietly, wearing a false smile on my face and saying something like well ok, maybe I'll think about it...

well NO MORE OF THIS...

The respect has gone... I am not going to "tolerate" or "respect" these idiots just because someone has decided to label all these brainless fantasies "Religion."

I am going to tell them they are sick or crazy and in need of medical help and I am going to ban them from my office for being unstable, deluded, possibly drugged, or drunk, and a danger to me, my family, and the other members of the public that might be present in my office.

The bearded old man in the sky belongs in the same place as the alien abductors - IN THE NUT HOUSE !

Respect Religions & Beliefs

I have been hearing and reading this a lot, and it's usually the people with a religion or a belief that say it. I respect intelligent thoughts and beliefs - I do not respect narrow minded, blind idiots that believe in unquantifiable fantasies. I do not respect the rapist who thinks its cool to rape young girls, although he might believe he is justified in doing that. I do not respect the thief who robs although he might be able to justify his actions. And I will go even further, the people that make the statment "Respect religions and beliefs" are cowards and ignorant - afraid of true debate and facing the truth based on scientific facts. Yes the world is round, it is FACT, although it took you religious types many hundreds of years and many 1'000's of deaths of people who accepted the world was indeed round until religious doctines finally accepted that simple, scientific truth.

Muslims believe in stoning to death men or women for acts they consider aldulterous - let me ask you intelligent reader, Do you respect that? After all it is part of their religion, it is their belief that what they are doing is correct. Do you stand casually on one side and let that happen?

Have you ever seen a stoning? Do you want to see a real live public stoning? I will give you one.

http://www.apostatesofislam.com/media/stoning.htm

Go on, click the link - I dare you to watch this and then tell me you respect the people and their beliefs that did this. Look at how they are shouting and enjoying this spectacle - they are LESS than animals.
Do you think this has anything to do with intelligence, justice, or is even remotely humane? Those people died slowly, painfully, their eyes hanging out of their sockets, teeth shattered, tissue and bone slowly rent apart, bleeding to death, brain tissue oozing out of fractured skulls - watch it, and then tell me you respect this practice and the people responsible.

But no, do you turn a blind eye because it is based on "religion" and we are taught to respect religions??? Do you say "If thats what they believe then thats up to them"

If thats what you think, if you do nothing, if you say nothing, YOU ARE A DAMNED COWARD

Are you going to answer with "Well my religion doesn't teach those kinds of things"

YES YOUR RELIGION DOES

I do not advocate violence, and in fact it is my experience that "speaking your mind" about religion sparks a violent reaction from those that pretend to be religious (they kind of forget their beliefs in these moments and convert into raging monsters). I have lived in many 2nd and 3rd world countries and have witnessed many things at first hand. You might win the argument during the day but don't be surprised if a gang of machete wielding "good religious people" turn up at your door during the night. Whether they are christian, catholic, muslim, etc. makes no difference. But speak up and speak out you must - harness the power of the written word, the photograph, the video, the blog. The barbarism of the religious and their religions has been with us for 1,000's of years, so it will not disappear overnight, but when religious fanatics and idiots are a small minority and intelligent, peacful and constructive human beings dominate the world, maybe we can say that humanity has progressed and advanced.

To be continued....

Cleaning Out My Closet

One might ask, by renouncing religion and God am I also throwing a lot of other supernatural, and metaphysical ideas out the window also... isn't life real bleak and boring without any "faith?"

Good question, and yes I am throwing it all out the window, and no, life is not bleak and boring, in fact it's quite the opposite - but first, while I am cleaning out my closet, just WHAT am I throwing away by denying the existence of a god, or gods? Lets take a look:

Heaven, Hell, Satan, Devils, Angels, Jesus, Saints, Souls, The Bible, The Quran, Life After Death, Re-Incarnation, Resurrection, Miracles, Faith Healing, The Pope, The Holy Spirit, Eternal Damnation, Apocalypse, The Second Coming, Soul-Mates, Twin Souls, Cupids, Cherubims & Seraphim's, Noah's Ark, Adam & Eve, Bishops - especially the child molesting gay ones, Virgin Mary, Virgin Guadalupe, Turin Shroud, Blasphemy, Divine Water, Baptism, Fate...

Wait, there is more - also out the window goes:

Ghosts, Gnomes, Fairies, Goblins, Monsters, Elves, Unicorns, Dragons, Trolls, Witches, Black Magic, White Magic, Sea Monsters, Yeti's, Sasquatch, Chupa-Cabras, Dracula, Vampires, Middle-Earth, Santa Claus, Flying Reindeer, Zombies, VooDoo, Walking Dead, Paris Hilton, Merlin, Camelot, Runes, Werewolves, Sea Monsters, Loch Ness Monsters, Bogey Men, Sandman, Haunted Places, Exorcisms, Diabolic Possessions, Barney...

See how full of junk this closet is, and there is still yet more to throw away:

Good luck, Bad luck, DejaVu, Clairvoyants, Telepaths, Psychics, Fortune Tellers, Magicians, Astrology, Zodiacs, Tarot Cards, Ouija Boards, Uri Geller, Eric Von Daniken, Pyramid Power, Crystal Power, Aroma Therapy, Acupuncture, Ginseng, Incense, Time Travel, UFOs, Destiny, Ley-Lines, Numerology, Hippies, Tie Dye, Nirvana, Perfection, Einstein's Theory Of Relativity, Worm Holes, Black Holes, Star Gates, Number 13, Friday 13th, Number Of The Beast 666, Prophecies, Microsoft, Che Guevara, USA, Tibetan Monks...

Wow, look at all that crap I have been carrying around with me, I am going to write a note to myself and leave it in that cupboard as a reminder for the future - "There is a whole universe of possibilities out there - Explore it with an open mind and don't fill up on rubbish".

Done

Remember how it feels when you are faced with cleaning up the home - yeah you put it off and put it off, you hate it while you are doing it but once it's done, doesn't it feel good? Almost like you are living in a new home - and that is exactly my point here. Just look at all that stuff we carry around with us, it's really a perfect example of "Not Seeing The Wood For The Trees" - well, perhaps the person that coined that timeless phrase also cleaned out his, or her, closet.

Religion - The Worlds Deadliest Cause

Throughout mankind's history, his "animal side" while controlled and oppressed to some extent, has never really been dominated. Animals are territorial - so are humans. Animals fight for superiority within their own species - so do humans - animals protect their young from threats - so do humans - animals kill to eat, well so do humans, but only humans kill for pleasure (pleasure here includes sport, sex, entertainment, money, vengeance, greed, ego, etc.) There are a lot of other things that humans do that not even animals would consider doing.

Hitler and his regime destroyed how many, 6 million Jews? and with particularly gruesome and cruel methods, not to mention the torture, abuse, live surgeries and experiments. Many people have claimed Hitler was a christian, (he was in fact born and raised a catholic) - should we care whether he was christian, catholic or whatever? No we shouldn't, Hitler is merely one of millions of examples of the human animal - predator, destroyer, dominator. At this point many catholics and christians will jump up and say, "look, isn't this proof that with religion these things would not have happened?

Whaaaat?

If you think Hitler was bad, then just take a look at history and see how many people have been slaughtered in the name of religion - hundreds of millions? Equally vile and cruel deaths have been applied to everyone from grandfathers to new born babies - global slaughter that continues today even as you read this. How many native americans (not just in north america, try south america also) were slaughtered for being "heathen" - their cities and temples destroyed, churches erected on top of the ruins by christians and catholics claiming supremacy? C'mon, this history is within the last 400 years, it's not so old - how many innocent women and children were burned alive because they were thought to be witches by the "religious persecutors?" - it goes on, the Vikings, the Norsemen, the Moors, the Crusaders, the Greeks, the Romans, the Persians, the Maya, the Aztec, the Taliban, the Sunni, the Shiite, the Iraqis, the palestinians, the Jews, the Hindu...

How many millions, if not billions of people have been slaughtered throughout history in the name of religious beliefs?

Is there any religious group out there not guilty of slaughter?

I think not.

Do you expect me to become a Muslim, while daily there are executions, muslims against muslims, bombing, killing, torturing each other, killing their own women and children? They have been that way for centuries - how do you expect me to respect such a religion?

Do you expect me to become a Christian, while christians are responsible throughout history for genocide on a scale far worse than Hitler. Entire countries and peoples destroyed mercilessly in the name of "The Righteous God" - forget it - how do you expect me to respect such a religion?

Should I become a Jew, a Hindu, a Buddhist???

Forget it, forget all of them - enough of all this religious mumbo jumbo god crap - It isn't working. It has never worked. It never will work. Period.

To all the intelligent examples of our species, the human race...

SAY NO TO SLAUGHTER
SAY NO TO VIOLENCE
SAY NO TO HIPOCRASY
SAY NO TO LIES
SAY NO TO RELIGION

SAY NO TO GOD

Are You Here Or Are You There?

I first came across this analogy about 3 years ago while studying the internet for nano-technology and its possible applications for storing a human mind in a computer. Life extension was the purpose of the website, which I have since lost, however, they gave this clear, and, and for me, unforgettable, scenario about who and where we are with regard to the mind.

Imagine yourself in a locked room, you are sat in one corner on a chair, in the opposite corner is a refrigerator and on top of the refrigerator is a super- computer.

Your legs are removed, cut from your body (no pain no blood, this is imaginary) and they are placed in the refrigerator. A voice speaks out and ask you "Where are you?"

Naturally you will answer that you are still on the chair in the corner.

Next your body is removed from the neck down and placed in the refrigerator, your head sits on the chair. Again a voice asks "Where are you?" and again your answer is the same as before "I am here on the chair in the corner."

Next step, your brain is removed from your head and placed on the chair, your head is also placed in the refrigerator along with the rest of your body and once more a voice asks "Where are you now?"

Yes you guessed, you are still on the chair in the corner. You are the same person, with the same thoughts and the same emotions, the only thing that is different is that you do not have any sensory input into your brain, but apart from that you still exist, you know who you are and where you are.

Now, can we take that part which is you out of that brain and transfer it to the super-computer sitting on top of the refrigerator? If if were possible then we could put your brain in the refrigerator along with the rest of your physical body. Your body is dead but you are not.

This is where the idea begins to get complicated. You are the sum of your lifelong experiences - memories - because everything that is happening now, this split second is not yet a memory, but everything that has happened before this split second is a memory, which can be mapped and sent to the super-computer and stored on its hard drives. So we conclude this process of mapping your memories and sending them to the super-computer and again we ask "Where are you now?"

Well of course you are still in the brain on the chair in the corner - YOU are not in the super-computer, every thing about you is in the super-computer, every memory, every experience, but you are not there. So it seems we need to make one final step to get YOU out of that brain and into the super-computer.

Woah, this is where it all fails - the mind - where is it? We know it resides in the brain. The brain is part of the body, and physically at least, the brain needs the body to function, however the mind does NOT necessarily need the body to function. Steven Hawking is a fantastic example of a great mind that is alive in a mostly useless body. But if we destroy the brain the mind will cease to exist, can we say therefore that YOU, that free thinking part of you, is MORE than just the sum of your memories - even if we cloned your brain, and fed the new cloned brain all your experiences and memories and asked you once again "Where are you?" you would still be exactly where you are now, even if the cloned brain thought, acted, behaved just like you do, it would not be you.

So where does all this lead us? Not to god, neither to religion, all though many people will invoke gods and deities and magic and fantasies to explain all this, the simple and chilling answer at our moment in time is that we simply do not yet know.

The human body is certainly a marvel of biology, and its capabilities which we witness everyday in sports, dance, music, artistic achievements, etc. are truly amazing, yet it is the mind that drives the body and makes all this possible.

Science will one day understand the mind, it will not happen in the next few years though, it may take centuries - but the day will come when it may be possible to send the mind to a super-computer where it might be stored until a replacement body becomes available - perhaps some people might be happy just being a mind stored on a super-computer, the techy geeks amongst us might find that idea in itself satisfying... but is this life after death? No it is not. The body might be dead as demonstrated above, but the body is not you (it is part of you but it is not you). As long as your mind exists, you are alive.