The Egg - probably my favorite 5 minute read

The Egg

By: Andy Weir

You were on your way home when you died.

It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me.

And that’s when you met me.

“What… what happened?” You asked. “Where am I?”

“You died,” I said, matter-of-factly. No point in mincing words.

“There was a… a truck and it was skidding…”

“Yup,” I said.

“I… I died?”

“Yup. But don’t feel bad about it. Everyone dies,” I said.

You looked around. There was nothingness. Just you and me. “What is this place?” You asked. “Is this the afterlife?”

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Andy Weir also wrote The Martian which is one of my favorite hard sci-fi books and is currently being made into a movie. I read the book due to Adam Savage recommending it in a Tested video.

ONN Exclusive: One-On-One Interview With God

Incidentally this is also what Salvia often feels like to me.

Annom seems to be right and it's a good thing

Very interesting report. Atheism on the rise.

The WIN-Gallup International ‘Religion and Atheism Index’ which measures global self-perceptions on beliefs is based on interviews with more than 50,000 men and women selected from 57 countries across the globe in five continents. The survey also provides trend data for shifts in attitudes since 2005.

Interesting fact, China is the most atheist country in the world:
14% religious, 30% non-religious, 47% convinced atheist, 9% don't know / no response

Thank god for science

Other videos made by Jesusophile

Christopher Hitchens, still outrageous

One of my heroes. I hope, but doubt, he will get remission from his cancer.

Jim Jeffries on heaven and hell

Quite an extreme and angry atheist, but fucking funny too.

Flux Bible

With this book you can mix the three different religions in any way you want. Maybe this book is the answer on all the relgion based wars.

Fuck him

From Tim Minchin. He's a bit of a weird comedian, also known for:

More Tim Minchin which was featured on our blog.

America can't be considered a civilized country

Sure the US is a developed and rich(for now) country, but it's only very few people who are rich. However, America is not a civilized country. I'll give two recent exhibits out of a very deep pool of uncivilized conduct.

And this recent article:

Sonoma County CA separates elderly gay couple and sells all of their worldly possessions Clay and his partner of 20 years, Harold, lived in California. Clay and Harold made diligent efforts to protect their legal rights, and had their legal paperwork in place--wills, powers of attorney, and medical directives, all naming each other. Harold was 88 years old and in frail medical condition, but still living at home with Clay, 77, who was in good health. One evening, Harold fell down the front steps of their home and was taken to the hospital. Based on their medical directives alone, Clay should have been consulted in Harold's care from the first moment. Tragically, county and health care workers instead refused to allow Clay to see elderly_man.jpgHarold in the hospital. The county then ultimately went one step further by isolating the couple from each other, placing the men in separate nursing homes. Full story...

Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions

A nice TED Talk. I think Harris makes some good points and is an eloquent speaker.

The Importance of Unbelief - Stephen Fry

Full version (61 minutes) here

Domtoren plays the theme song of Star Trek

To commemorate the 25th anniversary (17 October 2009) of The Flying Dutch Star Trek fanclub, the Domtoren in Utrecht rang its bells to the theme of Stark Trek: The Original Series. It's a bit hard to actually hear the song in there, they should have chosen the theme of The Next Generation which is much more recognizable IMO.

a tip from this nice australian man

Wouldn't you guys love to have him over sunday morning as a jehovah's witness. His YouTube channel.

Good idea

Mitchell & Webb - Guru Meditation

God asks for sacrifice

Pimp's previous post was of Mitchell and Webb who have a lot of great sketches. Here's another one.

More clips...

Eddie Izzard Illustrated - Jesus and the Dinosaurs

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What a wonderfully illustrated work to Eddie Izzard's great comedy bit. Here is another one on Noah's Ark.

Crucifixion Fail

Such a beautiful fail. The scream he makes is awesome.

The Best Singing Preacher Ever

The fun starts at 1:08.

Darwin v. Adam&Eve @ The Netherlands, the epic battle continues.

Nu.nl; 30 januari 2009:

Nederlanders krijgen brochure tegen evolutietheorie EMMEN - Nederlanders ontvangen eind februari een brochure in de bus waarin de evolutietheorie ter discussie wordt gesteld. Behoudende christelijke organisaties die ervan uitgaan dat God de wereld in zes dagen heeft geschapen, zijn voor de tekst verantwoordelijk.

-artikel Nu.nl; 23 februari 2009:

Weblogs samen in actie tegen scheppingsfolder AMSTERDAM - Een groot aantal Nederlandse weblogs is maandag een protestactie begonnen tegen een huis-aan-huis bezorgde folder waarin behoudende christelijke organisaties zich verzetten tegen de evolutietheorie.Onder meer Geenstijl.nl, Sargasso.nl, Geencommentaar.nl, Retecool.com en Flabber.nl roepen mensen op om de folder terug te sturen naar initiatiefnemer Kees van Helden. Ze hebben daartoe de gezamenlijke website terugnaarjemaker.nl geopend.

- artikel Er zijn zelfs stickers die ervoor moeten zorgen dat de folder niet in je bus terecht komt, als antwoord hierop hebben de christelijke organisaties een sticker gemaakt om het juist wel in de bus te krijgen: 'Ja schepping, nee evolutie'.