Puppy!

We purchased a puppy today! She is a bordercollie/yellowlab/bluetickhound. We've just decided to call her JINX. She is 9wks old and already so big(12lbs...ish). We drove 130kms to get her(3.5hrs both ways), just north of a remote country town called Bancroft. She's been home since 830pm and its now 2am.


So far she's been doing really well. She's curious of the cats, but smart enough to not get to close. Hunter (3yrs, not declawed), is a bit scared and curious, but keeps his distance. He is a fat orange lazy cat...very "Garfield" we adopted from a barn at 6mths old. Once Jinx fell asleep, Hunter spent close to 20mins watching and smelling her from a foot away.  I'm not sure how he's going to react to her in the long run.


Cloud (declawed, 4.5yrs old) is quite the princess and has made it known she is not happy. But I must say Cloud acts like a hyper spoiled princess on her good days, she has quite the spaz attitude towards everyone. I adopted her at 3mths old. She also is curious of Jinx, but in more of a dominant way. She was the first to get close and she swatted. I think with time she will actually be very close to Jinx. Cloud has lived with other peoples(parents, roommates) dogs before and eventually came to love them.

Jinx seems to be very smart. She's already taken to the paper training after only 2 "mistakes". All we did was put her on the newspaper when we caught her peeing. After just over an hour of using her name, it is already getting her attention. She already knows that her blanket is her's. She is automatically returning to it already to lay down.

I think we made a great choice when purchasing her. I plan to post more about her growth.

Why do I care?

The above picture explain exactly how i feel when debating with Christians online. Like I said in my last post, I've tried to stand back and let the religious be...but when they troll Atheist sites it pisses me off. I never have commented on ANY Christian site, why can't they give Atheist and Anti-theist  the same curtsy?

Many people (including some atheists) ask me why i bother to fight against religion. I wouldn't care so much if they didn't push politicians to push religious beliefs in laws.

Angry Atheist. How I feel about my views.

funny how, religious people go on atheist sites and call me an angry Atheist when I'm defending science. its an atheist site! i don't go on religious sites and tell u how science is right...i keep that on my own blog. sick of being harassed on atheist FB pages, news attacking atheists, etc… and people trying to save me because i trust science. A lot of these people are like…”why so angry?” ..why do you think? I’m respectful enough to stay of your sites…please do the same.

Ok, I vented lol. Now to the point..
I used to be even more bold...almost preachy with my Anti-theist ideals. My partner opened my eyes to the fact that there is a point in an argument, where you have to say to yourself "this person is not even listening or open to what I'm saying" and its time to just leave the discussion. I have never gone on any religious site/page and told them what I believe. But I used to think I could "free" people from religion. This can't be done on one experience. The person that needs to be "freed" through their own life experiences, and see that religion is false, and science is learning more all the time.

I'm getting to the point that I'm standing up for my ideals, maybe make my points known, but not pushing them. If some one attacks me personally, I will obviously tell them they need to leave it alone or I will retaliate in heated debate. But I won't be commenting my views on news articles or FB Atheist pages anymore. Will still post them here and my personal FB though. I will still post in full "ranting" force on here, everyone needs an outlet of some sort. I hope for more readers, it would be nice to hear other (peaceful) views on my posts/rants.

Pot Calling Kettle Black

Pot calling Kettle Black

Monday, January 9th, Pope Benedict stated that gay marriage is a threat to humanity. As a person of alternative life style, I find this offensive and a pathetic attempt at diverting attention. It seems as though the Vatican is trying to divert attention because of all the negativity it has received for child abuse cases and failing challenges against science.

 Over recent years, more scandals and child abuse cases are being brought to light. There are so many cases of abuse (including same sex abuse) that I’ve lost track of them all, but I’m sure you can search “Vatican child abuse” and have a few days reading of news articles.  One of his key arguments is the “Traditional Family” values. I know same sex parents and heterosexual parents. I grew up in a “Christian home” with a very christian mother and VERY liberal father. The dysfunction was not less or better than any other human couple could do… gay or straight. No family is perfect. I can say that the same sex parents are just as loving parents as my family. The key thing is that the child has a supportive & loving home that encourages learning and growth. The Pope argues that children of same sex parents lack ether female or male guidance. I completely disagree. For example, a lesbian couple with a child can have an uncle or friend as a male role model for a son, or vice versa.

There are leaders of the Catholic Church are being helped in the hiding of their sick crimes against children by the Vatican. The Vatican likes to say it pro-life; I’d say it is more pro-control, and only now changing some of its policies because people are starting to see how out dated and manipulative the catholic beliefs are. 

The credibility of the Vatican is waning. The Pope came out and said recently that the Big Bang could have happened, but if so… god created it. Are they now going to re-write Genesis? No, but they can’t fight science, so they try to manipulate it to “fit” their story. Millions people are dying of AIDS in Africa because until very recently the Vatican did not condone the use of a condom to save a partner from the disease. To this day, they still don’t condone condoms unless you are preventing transmission of diseases like AIDS. What about all the teens they tell NOT to use condoms? They would rather the teens abstain. I’m sorry…but most teens won’t, let us teach them to be safe before they regret it.

                I’m not a professional writer of any sort and I tend to be bold with my opinions, but I will continue to write about my stance against the Vatican. Their out dated ideals are appalling. I just hope that more people see the human, godless tendencies of the Vatican sooner than later, for the sake of society’s children.

I'm a militant Anti-Theist. Bold, Opinionated and not afraid of questioning BS!

ok so I've been told by a few people that I tend to be a bit....bold/opinionated...some even say rude and evil... with what I say. Sorry I'm no politician. I will say what I see, how I see it. I want to raise those questions that make people think, even question their own deity bases beliefs. this is mainly because I grew up in a christian home and now feel (as Ruth from movie Paul would say) FREED! I'm free to think and believe what I want! free of worrying that some cosmic zombie wants me to obey him or else. Free to trust in Science!

Why am I anti-theist not just atheist? well because I think that religion is a main cause of separation and hate in society.  Without religion we would be so much farther as a species! why must we have a "father above" police us? can't people just be moral citizens because they are good people, not because they fear hell? With out religion, we could have world peace! The bible supports hate!

I know I can seem angry at times...i'm just passionate about my anti-theism. why am I "angry" when i support my views passionately ..but a religious person is considered moral and devoted when they are passionate? my views are based in SCIENCE!!

I recently subscribed to a site I think EVERYONE needs to visit.  Be free to think  at http://www.atheistunderworld.com/

I recently commented on that site:

"Why is it offensive when i politely criticize unproven common beliefs, but it "ok" for them to call us immoral/evil and intolerant. why can I be charged for "discrimination" for questioning them, but if they do the same to me they are "standing up for their beliefs" or "trying to save me". I personally think many Atheists or Anti-theist tend to be more tolerant than those who follow christian/catholic beliefs. I also was raised in a very christian home(did the whole christian school and youth group thing) and began to question things in my late teens. I tried answering these questions by looking to other belief systems, but none satisfied my taste for truth/fact."

Christmas: 2 months of myth and greed

So the holiday season is here…and I want to vomit. Yes I’m a Grinch. I hate the commercial greedy REAL modern reasons for celebrating Christmas. The holiday comes from so many beliefs systems, but don’t tell that to a Christian…because they find fact offensive, and would rather blindly believe in myth.

To start, let’s find out when and by whom Christmas traditions originated. I’ve have been doing research and this is what I’ve found so far.

The Date, the Gifts & The Feast: December 25^th- About 200 years before the supposed birth of Jesus, Romans were celebrating Saturnalia which was believed to be a week long celebration starting Dec 17^th and ending the 25^th. There are different reports of what exactly went on during this time, but its commonly believed by historians that there was feasting, gift giving, intoxication and lawlessness.  The sun god of the later Roman Empire Sol Invictus was believed by followers to be born on Dec 25^th. But in the 3^rd century A.D, Emperor Constantine favored Christianity as the imperial creed and thus it became the birthday of the new favorite god. To make the transition from pagan to Christian easier many of the customs were kept.

Mistletoe & Christmas Trees: Pagans, (the Celts, ancient Romans) have long worshiped trees and brought them into their homes and decorated them. Egyptians worshiped the ever green for it ability to keep it leaves in the cold. In pre-Christian Europe mistletoe was thought to be a sign of male fertility and romance.  There was also the belief mistletoe was the sacred plant of Frigga, Norse goddess of love and to kiss under it was good fortune in love for the couple.

Many Christians like to think that we need to push the “Keep the Christ in Christmas” ideal during this season. To try to take the public's eyes of the fact that we are breeding greedy, self centered children. They forget that while 3/4 of Canadians are Christian or Catholic(according to 2001 census), that leaves 1/4 of the population that doesn’t have the same beliefs. With a population over 30 million, 7.5 million people are being forced to be surrounded by religious propaganda they don’t support. And I mean surrounded! I can't leave my house without hearing holiday music in every store and radio station. I can't sign on to Facebook without 50% of posts relating to the Christmas or "reason for the season".  Most nonreligious people just accept this and try to move past it, some even embrace it. To say that this is "christian nation" is very niave. this is a multicultural country with many beliefs...so if you think "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" is stupid/insulting...well I find your intolerance and stupidity insulting.

 Don’t forget, the Christians and Catholics through out history used Christmas as a reason to harm and humiliate. For Example, in 1466 Pope Paul II forced some of the Jewish population to run naked thru the streets of Rome on Christmas to “humiliate those who killed Christ”.  Through out the 18^th and 19^th century it was common for Rabbis from the Jewish ghetto to be forced to walk through the streets in clownish outfits and publicly humiliated on Christmas.

Even if you say the past doesn’t matter, that its about what people celebrate now… ok then so people are celebrating greed and commercialism. Giving and getting gifts is all good except for one thing…its expected. If you don’t (literally) buy in to the worship of commercialism, then your considered greedy and selfish. What if one can’t afford to participate in this stupid tradition? I love how Sheldon from Big Bang Theory puts it:

"The foundation of gift-giving is reciprocity," Sheldon explained to Penny. "You haven't given me a gift. You've given me an obligation." When Penny said that he didn't have to get her anything in return, Sheldon quickly disabused her of the notion. "Of course I do. The essence of the custom is that I now have to go out and purchase for you a gift of commensurate value, and representing the same perceived level of friendship as that represented by the gift you've given me."

I do believe in purchasing gifts for a loved one when you can afford it and when you see something you think they would love(another reason I hate Valentines day...but I'll save that topic for Feb). You buy it because you love them, not because you are social obligated. I very much disagree with the random work gift exchange. It takes the personal aspect out of the entire idea of gift giving, it shows the raw greed our society endorses. How about don’t buy me a random gift and I won’t buy you one. We each save a bit of cash in an already expensive time of year. What ever happened to the homemade gift? It seems children are being raised in this culture of greed, expensive toys and “I want!”. I’d much rather a gift from a family member that is home made from there own hands and effort than some expensive gift they think I might like. 

Christmas is bad for your health, more people die Dec 25th than any other day of the year (in North America). Suicide rates are higher, heart attack rates are higher. The poor, sick and homeless need our help beyond Dec 25th.

The only part of the current traditions of this holiday season I like is feasting with Family and helping those who need it! How about instead of buying you family and friends that live comfortable a gift, you take that money and buy food for a local shelter or food mission. Your family won't miss it as much as the needy will.

For 2months we are bombarded by the idea that if you don’t celebrate Christmas, you must be part of another religion or you must be a horrible immoral person like the Grinch or Ebenezer Scrooge. I’m sorry but I’d rather be an informed Grinch that helps those who need it than be a socially acceptable greedy Elf.

recent comment on a Xmas FB status:

‎"saves time in lines too(homemade gifts)...and if this is a 'religious holiday' ..just like ppl like to think...it should be free of greed and full of hope. I have 10x more joy in giving a home made gift and seeing the receiver's face than any gift I've recieved as an adult. "

Religion: The Drug

Religion is like a drug, its fulfilling, addicting & gives you a peaceful vale over your life. It promises a justified self-righteous numbness and dream life (the path to heaven).  Crack, meth and many other harmful drugs also make these promises within their delusion. But it’s a fantasy that harms your health and those around you that are not addicted. 

It’s a disease of the mind that preys on young and old, strong and weak. The only way to successfully combat it is through an open mind & critical thinking. Like many addicts, people are lured by something they crave, (like love and “truth”) into the bondage, and then they become a "soldier" to recruit and put the bonds on everyone else. Our young are the most susceptible to its ruse. I believe teaching religion to children is cruel! It limits their choices and makes it much harder for them to think on their own when they get older. What makes me mad is that these people who are suffering from this awful drug would love nothing better than to pass this disease on to our children. This is no different then a dealer selling drugs to kids on a school yard. The children don’t understand the harmful effects that come with the drug; they just see the enjoyment that it gives. 

I wish I could hold interventions for my religious friends, but it would be considered intolerant and hateful. I don’t hate the people; I hate what the ‘drug’ does to them. They do not realize how their addiction affects the ‘clean’ people around them. Why is this drug accepted by society, but street drugs like meth (which has caused less harm in history) is unacceptable. Both should be banned!

 Ignoring the hatred and hypocritical parts of the Bible and only focusing on the moral parts is no different then someone taking a drug for its mildly healing benefits but ignoring the even more harmful side effects. The intoxicating effects cannot last forever. You have to increase the dose to stay high, to ward off contradiction (truth). I've heard people say things like, "I don't know how I'd make it through the week without my faith," or "I don't know how I could be a good person if it wasn't for my faith." I hear similar comments from some people referring to caffeine, cigarettes, drugs and booze.”

It is worse then any street drug out there because it's sold and promoted in the name of truth and love - and it is condoned by the public as honourable & righteous. The fact is religion kills people, divides society, steals free will, suffocates creativity and expression, stifles passions, replaces "reason" with illusion, and casts a person's mind into voluntary bondage and servitude.

“It (religion) is the opium of the people. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness.” -Karl Marx