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And I loved two of the comments there: JWs: Mumbling to doors, and Facebookers: mumbling to phones!
Ah, prayer: the efforts of a sinful, fallen, deceived creature to convince an omniscient, omnibenevolent, omnipotent creator to change his mind; an effort which the creator incessantly encourages, of course.
Two thumbs up!
I love that one.
Reminds me (although there is no real parallel) of the peasant going to the Doctor for constipation. The good Dr prescribes him some suppositories (probably Bisacodil or so) and asks him to call back in four days.
Four days later:
“And? Did they work?” “No Doc, your pills are absolutely useless, I might just as well have stuck them up my arse!”
Excellent!
Reminds me of this Bill Maher cartoon.
And I loved two of the comments there: JWs: Mumbling to doors, and Facebookers: mumbling to phones!
Ah, prayer: the efforts of a sinful, fallen, deceived creature to convince an omniscient, omnibenevolent, omnipotent creator to change his mind; an effort which the creator incessantly encourages, of course.
Two thumbs up!
I love that one.
Reminds me (although there is no real parallel) of the peasant going to the Doctor for constipation. The good Dr prescribes him some suppositories (probably Bisacodil or so) and asks him to call back in four days.
Four days later:
“And? Did they work?” “No Doc, your pills are absolutely useless, I might just as well have stuck them up my arse!”