Q: Should public display of hate be illegal?

Posted by Eric P. Metze On November 17, 2009 1 COMMENT
Fred Phelps is gay.

Not only should it be legal, it should be highly publicized and ridiculed. Someone once asked Jerry Springer why he, a Jew, would give KKK members a platform to spread their hate to a national audience. His response was sublime. He said that it is our obligation as a free society to allow anyone to speak their hate, but it is our duty to make sure everyone recognizes it for what it is. If we don’t refute something because we’re too busy burying it, then the “truth” becomes whatever they want it to be.

“Robert Erickson” Speech to MN Tea Party Against Amnesty

Posted by Eric P. Metze On November 16, 2009 1 COMMENT

Trust me: you will love this video.

Why Lou Dobbs Got Canned

Posted by Eric P. Metze On November 14, 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Q: What is the meaning of death?

Posted by Eric P. Metze On November 13, 2009 7 COMMENTS
"Dying" by Alex Grey

A: Organisms are giant machines, and they require a lot of energy. All day, every day, most organisms spend their time concerned with the consumption and excretion of biological material. And since they constantly reproduce, they are introducing more of these consumers into the environment. Birth brings about mutations, which brings about change and leads  [ Read More ]

Richard Dawkins PWNS Interviewer

Posted by Eric P. Metze On November 12, 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Gender Equality

Q: How does evolution explain why men tend to outperform women in mathematics and spatial reasoning? A: Our species has a long biological heritage of men going out to do the hunting while the women stay at the camp to do the gathering. The men that tended to get lost because of their terrible spatial  [ Read More ]

Q: Science does not have any morals, yet Atheist still worship science? It seems futile and I don’t understand. Why do you choose hell over the kingdom of God? A: Science does not have any morals because science is not a religion. Mathematics and chemistry have no morals, either, and yet people have little doubt  [ Read More ]

The Yahoo’s at Yahoo! Answers

Posted by Eric P. Metze On November 8, 2009 2 COMMENTS

I have had the same Yahoo! account for over a decade. I mostly had it because I collect accounts at every major website. Most of Yahoo’s services are crappy and nerfed, so I’ve never had much of a need for it. But about a month ago I started participating in Yahoo! Answers and found it  [ Read More ]

Q: How come atheists are never haunted by ghosts or spirits? A: We are! Everyone is! The difference is that some people recognize those fears as an irrational and natural part of our biological heritage, so we don’t pay them much attention. Our imagination is a power thing. “I don’t believe in ghosts but they  [ Read More ]

Q: My friend won’t leave me alone about the fact that I’m Jewish but celebrate Christmas? A: Christmas is not about Christ. People give each other presents on Christmas. Is it to celebrate the birth of Jesus? Nope! It’s because giving gifts to celebrate the winter solstice has been going on for thousands of years.  [ Read More ]