Daily Archives: Sunday March 25th, 2012

Thoughts of the Day

“. . . the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion . . .”

— Treaty of Tripoli, negotiated and co-written by Joel Barlow, U.S. Counsel to Algiers, ratified in 1797

http://ffrf.org/day/view/03/24/#joel-barlow

“It’s an incredible con job, when you think of it, to believe something now in exchange for life after death. Even corporations, with all their reward systems, don’t try to make it posthumous.”

— Gloria Steinem, interview with Annie Laurie Gaylor, The Feminist Connection, November 1980 (Madison, Wisconsin)

“From my point of view, I would ban religion completely. The reality is that organized religion doesn’t seem to work. It turns people into hateful lemmings and it’s not really compassionate.”

— Sir Elton John quoted in Observer Music Monthly Magazine in an interview with Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears, Nov. 2006

“During the ages, no rebellion has been of like importance with that of Woman against the tyranny of the Church and State; none has had its far reaching effects. We note its beginning; its progress will overthrow every existing form of these institutions; its end will be a regenerated world.”

— Woman, Church and State by Matilda Joslyn Gage (1893)

God Isn’t Real

A world filled with wonder, a cold, fathomless sky
A man’s life so meager, he can but wonder why
He cries out to Heaven its truth to reveal
The answer: only silence, for God isn’t real.

Go ask the starving millions under Stalin’s cruel reign
Go ask the child with cancer who eases her pain
Then go to your churches, if that’s how you feel
But don’t ask me to follow, for God isn’t real.

He forms in his image a weak and foolish man
Speaks to him in symbols that few understand
For a life of devotion, the death blow he deals
We’d owe Him only hatred, but God isn’t real.

Go tell the executioner of the power he can’t defy
Go tell his shackled victim of the mercy on high. . .
Then go to your churches, go beg, pray, and kneel,
But don’t ask me to follow, for God isn’t real.

No, no matter how He should be, God isn’t real.
— Robbie Fulks, “God Isn’t Real”

http://ffrf.org/day/view/03/25/

Pauline’s Daily Tweets

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-25

  • “Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.” — Henrik Ibsen #
  • "I am an atheist. I have a very different take on who God is. Man invented God because he needed him. God is us." — Carl Reiner #
  • This is fracking stupid, it is Mar, we live on the valley floor of PDX, OR and yet we have snow for like 3rd/4th time this month! #
  • It'll be gone in a few hours, but that isn't the point…..we are suppose to be in the 50s/60s and not have snow, that is the midwest #
  • We normally get snow 1-2 a year in DEC or JAN not Mar……ggeeezzz….if you don't believe in climate change, you aren't very bright. #
  • How to Stereotype Our Military as Drunken Beggars: A Case Study in #MediaFail by Dr. Drew http://t.co/uPVSHeV #
  • Just trying to finish up my emails/tickets so I get other things attacked…..like our grocery list and laundry =) #
  • Wow, employees well paid fully staffed increases sales, who knew? : How Hiring Makes Uniqlo a Successful Retailer http://t.co/fZXtgg7 #
  • The Bullet Next Time: An Open Letter to My Unborn, Black Son | Urban Cusp http://t.co/WwtKQe1 =( #
  • Military Wives Rally Around Wife of Accused Afghanistan Shooter Robert Bales http://t.co/HTZNt5T #
  • How Religion's Demand for Obedience Keeps Us in the Dark Ages | http://t.co/drIG5A9 And they are trying to pull us back to it….so sad =( #
  • Richard Hanna, GOP Congressman, Tells Women To Give Their Money To Democrats http://t.co/2g3sGEI Someone with a backbone #
  • 'The Daily Show's' Advantage Over the MSM: An Eye for the Absurd – The Atlantic http://t.co/sWwZKVe Very good points #
  • Barely Literate? How Christian Fundamentalist Homeschooling Hurts Kids http://t.co/H4pyZtv #
  • It is frosty as hell (30 degrees)…..but at least no snow and the sun is out…..can't wait for it to warm us up….bbbbrr #
  • Liberian Writer Mae Azango Forced Into Hiding for Story on Female Genital Cutting http://t.co/dYahDvJ #
  • NYPD Infiltrated Liberal Political Groups, According To New Documents http://t.co/Fv6W6ka Disgraceful #NYPD #
  • Paranoia Strikes Deeper: http://t.co/ElGUOSa #
  • Meet the Obama Official Investigating the Trayvon Martin Shooting http://t.co/bWAEXor #
  • Just got done watching #OhioUniversity play a hell of a game against #UNC which I would've loved to have seen lose #
  • Now watching #IU & #UK not a #IU fan, I'm a #Boilermaker …grin…but come on #IU show your #Big10 pride. #
  • One Graphic That Will Terrify The Republican Party http://t.co/2febAyJ #
  • "Work It Out" With Your Rapist? No Way. http://t.co/OaBtulJ via @aclu This is TOTALLY messed up…ggeezz #
  • The Age of Double Standards: http://t.co/cBVGlmy A long read, but it will tick you off. #
  • Why health care is changing http://t.co/EXbfwTo #
  • Push Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to issue principal reductions for underwater homeowners http://t.co/YZCXV80 #
  • RT @JeffreyFeldman: Prior to Santorum, has any candidate ever publicly accused a sitting POTUS of being a "sworn enemy" of America? #
  • Florida’s Disastrous Self-Defense Law: http://t.co/uLJRZrr They were warned, but they never listened…..thank NRA…..ggrrrr #
  • Kristen Powers: Fight Unseen U.S. Slave Trade on Day of Remembrance http://t.co/n8ynrvN #
  • Atheists rallying in Washington http://t.co/hYMza6w #reasonrally #
  • Why we need a Reason Rally http://t.co/q83FKvD #reasonrally #
  • The Most Riveting Message About The War On Women In Under 3 Minutes http://t.co/rAWMlFN #
  • It's a bit breezy, but sunny and 55….we'll take it. =} Windows are open, so nice to have fresh air in the house and not freeze. #

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