The Jewmanist

I have made a change log for The Coming Out Godless Project.

As you may have noticed, I’ve been slow to blog here as well as work on the final changes for COG. Read my post on what has come up.

I recently read this article (about a week ago) at The American Scholar that runs alongside my recent post regarding the beauty in evolution. I noticed author Brian Boyd sees things through Rose-colored glasses (or, perhaps, I see things through Brian-colored glasses).

Does evolution by natural selection rob life of purpose, as so many have feared? The answer is no. On the contrary, Charles Darwin has made it possible to understand how purpose, like life, builds from small beginnings, from the ground up. In a very real sense, evolution creates purpose.

Simply put. No. Evolution does not rob any meaning from life. In fact, evolution only adds to it. He goes on:

Evolution generates problems and solutions as it generates life. Rocks may crack and erode, but they do not have problems. Amoebas and apes do. Natural selection creates complex new possibilities, and therefore new problems, as it assembles self-sustaining organisms piecemeal, cycle after cycle, by generating partial solutions, testing them, and regenerating from the basis of the best solutions available in the current cycle. In time, it can create richer solutions to richer problems.

Tonight I saw a taping of Real Time with Bill Maher. They were taking all cameras and phones (with decent cameras). Somehow they missed my point ‘n shoot camera– this is what I got and I like it!!

On the show: Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean; comic/writer Dana Gould; journalist Bethany McLean; writer Randy Cohen; author Robert Baer.

He also taped a few elephant PSAs regarding dying elephants in the LA Zoo and mistreatment in the circus.

Head on over to my fellow Jewmanist’s site Not My God for shifts ‘n googles.

After experiencing the magic of the prayer cross, you just know that there is so much more tacky Christian decor out there just waiting to be exposed. That’s why Corey of God is Pretend and I have decided to host a little contest to see who can dredge up the best piece of Christian Kitsch.

The prize is a scarlet A t-shirt from The Out Campaign.

There are so many cheesy Christian products out there. What to choose, what to choose!