Music is so ubiquitous and such a normal part of our lives that it can do so much! For instance, music is played at funerals as well as weddings! People play music to have sex and they play music to cry! Music is also played when trying to get an army to march into war! What’s amazing about music to me is the fact that it really doesn’t exit because it’s really only air moving a little bit differently. However, somehow moving air a little bit differently can make someone weep, jump up and down, move across the country or cut their hair! 

 

There’s really not one thing you can actually look at and say “That’s music!”... It’s actually a construct of our brain responding to moving air. You can put your hand on most art forms! For instance, you can touch a sculpture but music by definition doesn’t exist and it never can exist. The very microsecond that air hits your ear drum, it affects you emotionally and after that, the music is gone! We think music exists when we think of CD’s and Vinyls’ but those are really just delivery vehicles and convenient ways of recording and storing electronic impulses that will move air a little differently. Music doesn’t exist physically yet has the greatest power over our emotions then anything anyone has ever devised. 

 

That my friends, is scary as well as beautiful and the reason why I’m a musician!

 

 

Armageddon According To Islam!

 

1) People will stop praying!

 

2) Dishonesty will be a way of life!

 

3) Falsehood will be a virtue!

     NOTE: “Which makes this kind of true because is not faith a virtue?”

 

4) People will trade their faith for worldly gains!

     NOTE: “That would be me!”

 

5) Usury and bribery will become legitimate! 

     NOTE: “Every year more than 1 trillion dollars in bribes go down... so it's pretty legitimate!” 

 

6) Imbeciles will rule over the wise!

 

7) The blood of innocents will be shed!

     NOTE: "This happens all the time and has been happening since the beginning of recorded human history!”

 

8) Pride will be taken on acts of oppression! 

     NOTE: “Seriously! When are they not?”

 

9) Scholars will be hypocrites! 

 

10) Adultery will run rampant! 

      NOTE: “Half the adults on the planet do it!”

 

11) Liars and deceivers will be respected! 

       NOTE: “The pope is respected!”

 

12) There will be acute famine! 

      NOTE: “Again... This happens all the time and has been happening since the beginning of recorded human history!”

 

13) There will be no shame amongst the people!

       NOTE: “Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and Linsey Lohan are pretty good examples of a society having no shame!”

 

14) Children will challenge their mothers

       NOTE: “Once again... Here comes Linsey Lohan!”

 

15) Youngsters will perform marital relationships with their parents! 

       NOTE: “There’s no way around it... that's pretty fucked up!”

 

16) Many people will worship Satan!

       NOTE: “Just another make believe character of the metaphysical!”

 

17) There will be no respect for elderly people!

       NOTE: “I see it every day!”

 

 

FINAL COMMENT: “Sounds like we're living in the end days as far as these guys are concerned!”

If you think about it, you do know the people in your life who really like you because people who hate you will actually be nicer to you! For instance, if you work with someone who really doesn't like you and they don't want you to know it, they'll pour the bullshit on a little more. In other words it's like someone saying "Hey! Did you get a hair cut? ... You look good! ... You look sharp!" They will always over compensate!

 

If you think about the people you secretly hate, but they don't know you hate them, you naturaly work a little harder. If someone you didn't like that much gave you a call and said "Hey, you want to grab some lunch Wednesday?" You wouldn't be short with them and say "Nah! I don't think so, I'm pretty busy, we'll do it some other time!" and hang up! On the contrary, you would probably say "Hey... you know what?... Normally, I would love too!... In fact I would absolutely love too!... I mean it would be awesome!!!... But this Wednesday I just can't, I'm so sorry!" Now compare that with someone you just know... are just friendly with or like. If they called and said "How about Wednesday?" You would just say "Wednesday's not good for me, I'll give ya' a buzz." The point is you automatically over compensate when you don't like people because you don't want them to find out about it.

 

So next time when someone is too nice to you, be aware that person hates your fucking guts!

 

Selected & Compiled from: "Hundreds of Proofs of God’s Existence"

Formerly: "Over Three Hundred Proofs of God’s Existence"

 

ARGUMENT FROM BEAUTY, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (II)

(1) Isn't that baby/sunset/flower/tree beautiful?
(2) Only God could have made them so beautiful.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM MIRACLES (I)
(1) My aunt had cancer.
(2) The doctors gave her all these horrible treatments.
(3) My aunt prayed to God and now she doesn't have cancer.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM FEAR
(1) If there is no God then we're all going to not exist after we die.
(2) I'm afraid of that.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM BELIEF
(1) If God exists, then I should believe in Him.
(2) I believe in God.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM NUMBERS
(1) Billions of people believe in God.
(2) They can't all be wrong, can they?
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM GUITAR MASTERY
(1) Eric Clapton is God.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM AMERICAN EVANGELISM
(1) Telling people that God exists makes me filthy rich.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM BLINDNESS (II)
(1) God is love.
(2) Love is blind.
(3) Stevie Wonder is blind.
(4) Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.
(5) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM FALLIBILITY
(1) Human reasoning is inherently flawed.
(2) Therefore, there is no reasonable way to challenge a proposition.
(3) I propose that God exists.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM SMUGNESS
(1) God exists.
(2) I don't give a crap whether you believe it or not; I have better things to do than to try to convince you morons.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM META-SMUGNESS
(1) Fuck you.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM MANIFESTATIONS
(1) If you turn your head sideways and squint a little, you can see an image of a bearded face in that tortilla.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM INCOMPLETE DEVASTATION
(1) A plane crashed killing 143 passengers and crew.
(2) But one child survived with only third-degree burns.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM POSSIBLE WORLDS
(1) If things had been different, then things would be different.
(2) That would be bad.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM NON-BELIEF
(1) The majority of the world's population are nonbelievers in Christianity.
(2) This is just what Satan intended.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL
(1) God loves you.
(2) How could you be so heartless to not believe in him?
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM SACRIFICIAL BLACKMAIL
(1) Jesus died for your sins.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM INCOHERENT BABBLE
(1) See that person spazzing on the church floor babbling incoherently?
(2) That's how God's infinite wisdom reveals itself.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

OPRAH'S ARGUMENT (I)
(1) The human spirit exists.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

OPRAH'S ARGUMENT (II)
(1) Check out this video segment.
(2) Now how can anyone watch that and NOT believe in God?
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

CALVIN'S ARGUMENT, a.k.a. TERTULLIAN'S ARGUMENT
(1) If God exists, then he will let me watch you be tortured forever.
(2) I rather like that idea.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM HISTORY
(1) The Bible is true.
(2) Therefore, the Bible is historical fact.
(3) The Bible says that God exists.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM LONELINESS
(1) Christians say that Jesus is their best friend.
(2) I'm lonely, and I want a best friend.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM CREATIVE INTERPRETATION
(1) God is:
    (a) The feeling you have when you look at a newborn baby.
    (b) The love of a mother for her child.
    (c) That little still voice in your heart.
    (d) Humankind's potential to overcome their difficulties.
    (e) How I feel when I look at a sunset.
    (f) The taste of ice cream on a hot day.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM SUPERIORITY
(1) If God does not exist, then I am an inferior being, since I am not "special" in a cosmic sense.
(2) But I am superior because I am a Christian.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM ABSOLUTE MORAL STANDARDS
(1) If there are absolute moral standards, then God exists.
(2) Atheists say that there are no absolute moral standards.
(3) But that's because they don't want to admit to being sinners.
(4) Therefore, there are absolute moral standards.
(5) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM HUMAN NECESSITY
(1) Atheists say that they don't need God.
(2) Which just goes to show that they need God.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM HIDDEN LOGIC (I)
(1) Intellectually, I know that the existence of God is impossible, or vastly improbable.
(2) But I must put on the appearance of being cool and intellectual in front of my Christian apologist peers.
(3) Therefore, I must pretend that (1) is false.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM HIDDEN LOGIC (II)
(1) Atheists say that God doesn't exist.
(2) But they only say that because they want to look cool and intellectual in front of their peers.
(3) They don't fool me!
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

KENT HOVIND'S ARGUMENT
(1) I don't want to work for a living.
(2) I don't want to pay taxes.
(3) I can get gullible fundamentalists to send me money.
(4) I can use religious exemption claims to tie the IRS up in court.
(5) The IRS can't send me to prison.
(6) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM KENT HOVIND'S CHALLENGE
(1) Kent Hovind offers $250,000 (which may or may not exist) to anyone who can demonstrate evolution (defined as a natural, acausal origin of the universe) to a reasonable doubt (meaning with 100% certainty, allowing for no other possibilities whatsoever) in front of a neutral committee (handpicked by Hovind himself) and according to certain criteria (carefully worded so as to rule out any possibility whatsoever of the challenge ever being met).
(2) No atheist has ever met this challenge.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL SANITY
(1) I've had religious experiences that can't be explained unless I'm insane or God exists.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM INSTITUTIONAL LONGEVITY
(1) The Roman Catholic Church has been around for a long time.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM BIBLICAL HISTORY
(1) Many modern historians think that there probably was somebody named Jesus, maybe.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

BENDER’S ARGUMENT (I)
(1) One day, demons were tap-dancing on my roof.  I prayed and they went away.
(2) Therefore, demons are really good dancers.
(3) Also, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM SPEAKING IN TONGUES
(1) My friend here, once started spontaneously speaking some gibberish that sounded to me kind of like Russian.
(2) But neither he nor I know anything about Russian.
(3) The only explanation is God.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM OFFENSE
(1) God exists.
(2) [Atheist makes counterarguments.]
(3) You know what?  I am offended.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM NEUROSCIENCE
(1) Scientists say a portion of our brain may be responsible for mystical experiences.
(2) God must have created our brain like that.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM EYEWITNESS (SOMETIMES FOLLOWS OR COMBINED WITH LACK OF EYEWITNESS I)
(1) Someone wrote the creation story in the Bible.
(2) That someone must have been an eyewitness to the described events.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM PREFERRED ANCESTRY
(1) I don't want to be related to monkeys.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM JESUS SAID STUFF
(1) Jesus said some really cool stuff.
(2) No one else had said that stuff.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EVIDENCE (II) (MODIFIED SIMPSON’S ARGUMENT)
(1) God, if you exist, please give me absolutely no sign.
(2)
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM TERRORISM (I)
(1) Terrorists destroyed the WTC, killing thousands.
(2) One piece of the rubble sort of looks like a cross.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM TERRORISM (II)
(1) A plane was hijacked by terrorists.
(2) The passengers prayed and attacked the terrorists.
(3) The plane crashed into a field, killing all aboard.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM SPAGHETTI
(1) A few people saw something weird in a bowl of spaghetti.
(2) Some Catholics believe that it is the Virgin Mary.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM MONEY
(1) All U.S. currency contains the motto "In God We Trust."
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM A BAD TRIP
(1) I went to a party and took LSD.
(2) I saw demons attacking me.
(3) Then Jesus came and drove the demons away.
(4) So I joined the Assemblies of God.
(5) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM A GOOD TRIP
(1) I went to a party and took LSD.
(2) I saw God and Jesus, and they love me.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM PRAYER (II)
(1) When I pray, either it comes true or God has a better plan.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM PAIN AVOIDANCE
(1) If I don't believe God exists, I'll go to Hell.
(2) Please don't hurt me.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM MOUNTAINS
(1) People used to think gods lived on Mt. Olympus.
(2) We've climbed Mt. Olympus and there were no gods there.
(3) Therefore, pagan gods are false.
(4) Therefore, the Christian God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM INVISIBILITY
(1) God is invisible.
(2) I can't see God.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM FALWELL
(1) Jerry Falwell said some really stupid things after September 11th.
(2) Then he apologized!
(3) He was inspired by God to repent!
(4) No, it had nothing to do with the public outcry!
(5) Why?  Because God told me so!
(6) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM QUANTUM PHYSICS
(1) Quantum physics uses an uncertainty principle.
(2) There is room for God.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM SONG
(1) The song "America the Beautiful" has the line "God shed his grace on thee."
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM COMFORT
(1) All kinds of people have found comfort in religion.
(2) That means there must be something there to give comfort to them.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF IMAGINATION
(1) I couldn't imagine not believing in God.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM WOW
(1) When I look into the sky and see all the pretty stars, all those galaxies...
(2) Wow.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM ARMCHAIR PSYCHOANALYSIS
(1) You say there's no God?
(2) Ah, someone calling themselves Christian must have really hurt you in the past.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM THE BIBLE (II)
(1) The Bible says the Bible is true.
(2) Therefore the Bible is true.
(3) The Bible says God exists.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM BIBLICAL PRESERVATION
(1) The Bible hasn't changed much since it was written.
(2) Therefore everything in it must be true.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM CHURCH
(1) Lots of people go to church.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM FALSE MYTHOLOGY
(1) The old religions were myths and were wrong.
(2) And, they didn't believe in the same god as me.
(3) Therefore, I must be right.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

RAY COMFORT'S ARGUMENT FROM BANANAS, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (VIII)
(1) Bananas have many characteristics that make them attractive as primate food.
(2) They couldn't be used by women for that!
(3) They're so good that they must have been designed, just like Coke cans.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM COAL MINERS (I)
(1) A bunch of miners got trapped.
(2) A bunch of people worked around the clock for a week to rescue them.
(3) They were all found alive.
(4) It must have been a miracle!
(5) Only God could have done that.
(6) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM COAL MINERS (II), a.k.a. YOU ONLY HEAR FROM THE SURVIVORS (I)
(1) A bunch of miners got trapped.
(2) A bunch of people worked hard to rescue them.
(3) One was found alive.
(4) He thanked God for his survival.
(5) Only God could have done that.
(6) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL INABILITY
(1) The Bible says Jesus turned water into wine.
(2) Can you turn water into wine?
(3) No?  Well there ya’ go!
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM TAXATION
(1) Churches don't pay taxes.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM HOSPITAL, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM MIRACLES (II)
(1) A dear relative of mine was terminally ill and undergoing extensive surgery in the hospital.
(2) My whole family sat outside the O.R. and prayed through the entire eight hours of surgery.
(3) He lived.
(4) No, the highly trained physicians had nothing to do with it, unbeliever!
(5) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM COLTRANE
(1) John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" is dedicated to God.
(2) John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" is full of passion.
(3) Atheists cannot explain Coltrane's passion in "A Love Supreme."
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM GEORGE HARRISON
(1) George Harrison wrote "My Sweet Lord."
(2) It's one of the most beautiful pop songs ever, and one of the only pop songs devoted to God.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM BEING A CATHOLIC
(1) The pope believes in God.
(2) The pope is infallible.
(3) I am Catholic and like the pope.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM ELVIS (ADAPTED FROM A CHURCH SIGN)
(1) Some people call Elvis the King.
(2) But we know Jesus is King.
(3) Even non-believers can have a glimpse of wisdom.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM ALIENS
(1) Everyone knows that aliens don't exist.
(2) Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
(3) Oh, but God's different!
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM PULP FICTION
(1) God came down from heaven, and stopped those motha-fuckin' bullets.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM ABSURDITY
(1) Let's imagine that God doesn't exist.
(2) That's absurd.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA
(1) I hear voices in my head.
(2) The voices say they are God.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM BATHROOM
(1) I have to pee.
(2) Our bodies are perfectly designed so that we can do this.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM RESPECT
(1) You have to respect my right to believe that God exists.
(2) You also have to respect my right to believe that I don't have to respect your right to believe that God doesn't exist.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM JOHN LENNON
(1) John Lennon once said that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus.
(2) I didn't like that.
(3) Somebody killed him for saying that.
(4) Obviously, God didn't like him saying that, either.
(5) Therefore, God exists.

 

EVANDER HOLYFIELD'S ARGUMENT FROM BOXING DEFEAT
(1) I prayed to Jesus for help in knocking out my opponent.
(2) I lost.
(3) Therefore God wanted me to learn something / build character and / or God works in mysterious ways.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

 

ARGUMENT FROM RISK AVERSION, a.k.a. PASCAL'S WAGER (IV)
(1) Some people said I’d suffer for eternity if I don’t believe in God.
(2) I don’t like risks, no matter how minute.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

"We talk about quarks, antineutrinos and Quantum Mechanics but what about people? It's quite a step from demonstrating that subatomic particles can travel backward through time to saying that people can! What would be the result of people traveling in time? For one thing, paradoxes become possible!" 

 

"Let's say  you build a time machine and go back and murder your father when he was 10 years old? That means you were never born and if you weren't, how did you build the time machine? It's the possibility of paradoxes that make most people rule out time travel by human beings. Still, why not? If you were careful you could do it! You wouldn’t go back to kill Adolf Hitler as much as you might like too because it would change history. A time traveler would have to be very careful but he could do a surprising number of things! For instance, he could observe the world around him and find out once and for all if there was in fact someone on the grassy knoll that day in Dallas! He would come to know what we could only guess at in that we might be destroying the planet we live on by complacency. He would have to live with our legacy of pollution and acid rain! Our negligence today is quite possibly producing a future world in which our children's children will be barren as the human race heads towards extinction! On the other hand, he could also take things providing they wouldn't be missed. He could take things like a cup of water from the Pacific ocean or a stone from the Grand Canyon. This might sound pointless but sometimes very small differences can be crucial. The difference between a dead man and a man who's alive can be very small! What about a man who's about to die or a man no one will ever see alive again?" 

 

"This is the hard part about looking for Time Travelers because they don't want to be found! You must look for them in places where no one is or where there are people no one will ever see alive again!"

 

 

                                                                     excerpt from Millennium (1989)

 

If you weren't indoctrinated in to some sort of religion at an early age then religion sounds like a rather far fetched fairy tale! Take any of the religions, from the Christians to the Born Agains... From the the Jews to the Muslims... If you weren't born into that culture, their beliefs would sound like the most outlandish thing in the world! If you take any Christian, Jew or Muslim and have them born into a fundamentally Hasidic culture, after a while they would indeed be walking around with the beard and the whole get up! So obviously, if you weren't indoctrinated into that culture early on in life then it most likely makes no sense.

I personally argue this point and I'm also very insulted when people say "Without religion then what's to stop people from doing anything?" As if we as individuals, don't know that it is intrinsically wrong to kill, cheat or do whatever horrible and unspeakable things that are mentioned in the bible. It's truly frightening because you have people that look you directly in the eye and say "If it weren't for my religion, I'd be killing and raping everybody!" Really? Maybe you should, at the very least, be put away in some maximum security prison for a long time just for saying something like that! I sometimes think It would be wonderful if everyone had a permanent police department built into their DNA structure. It would be much better to have that safe guard rather than to have one around them in the form of a church, bible or a place where they can go to repent! If you are an Atheist and have a set of values and moral codes, it's difficult to do something wrong because your viscera just won't let you! I'd also like to say this to all the assholes who make these kind of accusations... How many people on death row are Atheists? Those inmates currently on death row, claim they love Jesus except for the fact they put a shiv in some poor Korean liquor store owner one night! It's obvious they didn't love Jesus that much! Recently, a survey was conducted involving 70,000 people currently in state prisons and now, the sobering result of that survey! The result was that the number of Atheists incarcerated is lower than the total number of Scientologists on the planet! In other words, the number of Atheists comprise less than 20% of the national population which is 0.2% of the nations total prison population. Just to be clear, that's 0.2% out of 95,000! The whole thing is so insulting and ridiculous! Meanwhile, in prison you have born again gang bangers who happen to be some of the most scariest people on the planet! They brazenly flaunt themselves as Christians, thumping a bible asking for donations, speaking in tongues with a teardrop tattoo! It's absolutely frightening!

Let's face it, people are afraid to die! Simply put, long ago the very second someone figured out that someone died they got frightened and had to concoct a fairy tale! The question is, who would believe in a god that is as captious and weird as the one perceived by Christians? Who would believe that somebody you loved died because there was a sin committed thousands of years ago? Who would want to believe they were born with original sin and therefore eligible for a free ride to hell in a hand basket because there was a garden, an apple and talking snake?

It really amazes me that people still buy into these bronze age fairy tales!

For the longest time I've been hearing these god damn politicians, actors and no talent personalities spouting off about the Middle East, the elections and the economy. If they were saying something I never heard before then that would be just fine! However, what's the one topic that we never hear anything about? ... Idiots pumping out kids!

What's the one universal topic that applies to most everyone, like a dark umbrella over every other topic? ... Who is it that's running up the credit card debt? ... Who is it that's filling up the prisons? ... Who is it that is unemployed? ... Who is it that's uneducated? ... Who is it that's getting pregnant in their teen years? ... Who is it that's getting strung out on drugs and filling up the clinics? ... Who is it? ... It's unwanted kids! The very second people start getting responsible with that thing called birth control... The very second parents start focusing on the children and keeping an intact family and having 2.3 kids instead of 14.9 kids... The very second they start focusing on the kids education and the kids future... The very second parents start parenting instead of just fucking, is the second all the worlds problems go away! That's when the prison guards get to go home! ... That's when you get to sleep at night with the front door open, closing only the screen door in order to keep the mosquitos out! That's when every problem we have goes away including the crime, congestion and pollution! It all just magically disappears!

Sure, there's always going to be some celebrities kid in rehab but guess what? That celebrity will be able to afford rehab for his kid and not send him out on the street to wander around with his god damn pants around his ankles pushing a shopping cart! Of course there will always be exceptions but guess what? That person will be able to say "Alright, my kid had a substance abuse problem that got out of control but I can afford to help him! I can afford an attorney if he needs one and I can afford to send the kid to rehab so he can get the medical attention he needs to correct this problem so he can become a tax paying member of society!" What the whole thing comes down to is this... You're either in the plus column or you're in the minus column! You're either in the 'Give Me!' column or the 'Get Me!' column! Everyone in this country who's paying taxes is on the plus side of the ledger and everyone who's in the "Hey man, got any spare change?" is in the minus side of the ledger! The more people we have on the minus side of the ledger the worse off the country is! It's all about unwanted children who then go on to have more unwanted children and so on, perpetuating the species! These issues are never addressed or at the least, never brought up! We're always talking about the hard working families! ... We're always talking about the folks on Main Street who can't make ends meet!... We're always talking about the mothers who have to hold down three jobs! The fact is, they have to hold down three jobs because they have 33 fucking kids and they can't take care of them! Thus, they can't pay the mortgage and now the house is in foreclosure! This my friends, is just the tip of the iceberg as to the state of affairs in this country!

So, lets address the root of the problem like the experts do! Excuse my 'cockroach' metaphor but when the exterminator shows up at a house, he doesn't find each cockroach and chase it around the house! The point being, the world is a big house we're living in and there's a lot of cockroaches running around! Don't get me wrong, I don't particularly like the idea of abortion as a solution and I'd rather not see these poor kids aborted! At the same time, I don't like seeing these kids abandoned or forgotten in crowded juvenile detention centers or out on the street working when they should be in school! I don't like any of it but then again, the so called parent has nine kids, no money thereby forcing the kid to go to work on their 10th birthday! Is it possible as a society that we just don't we get it? Forget about us as a nation but as a planet, is it possible we just don't understand it or is it that we just don't get it? Are we just going to load up the C130 Hercules and fill it up with another 50 metric tons of rice only to drop it off at one of those impoverished nations so they can get up the energy to crap out more kids? What I'm basically talking about is the economy! So, what exactly is the economy anyway? In any given economy if you have a force of people who are mostly uneducated, completely unemployable, have no tangible skills and are constantly on the dole, then you have a bad economy! On the other hand, if you have a force of trained professional people who can go out there, make a living and pay taxes, well then guess what? ... Suddenly, you don't have foreclosures!

It's so easy, yet we never talk about it! It's the one topic that's never discussed and it just drives me insane! All I can think of is either the politicians are the dumbest people on the planet or they're cowards and hypocrites!

There's an old saying that says: "The stupidest people are the happiest people!" However, nobody walks around saying "You want to know the reason I'm so happy? ... I'm a fucking idiot!" Let's face it, nobody does that because if they did, then it probably wouldn't work out too well for them and they would cease to be happy!

The world around us is very complex and I don't know if there's any correlation between intelligence and happiness. However, I've got a feeling there might be a correlation but it seems to be going in the opposite direction because some of the smartest guys I know are the most miserable guys I know! The question is... How can you not be when there's so much crap going on? For instance, I know a guy who's got a Labrador who doesn't know about the war, aids, the economy we're living in or global warming. In short, the dog doesn't know anything about anything! All he knows is he eats his kibble at four o'clock in the afternoon and gets a walk. He's happy and surprised each and every day to eat the same goddamn kibble and go on the same goddamn walk, tail wagging and never depressed. So obviously, brains don't help the matter! What's more depressing is, when your smart and you can't figure out a way to make money! In other words, you're smart and you have to see a bunch of other people that aren't your intellectual equal, making a whole lot more money than you're making, which sucks! So the rule of thumb is, smart, rich and miserable is still a lot better than smart, poor and miserable! Either way the more aware you are, eventually you'll just turn into Howard Hughes!

It goes something like this: Eating hotdogs is eating something that's filled with all kinds of shit! Personally, I can enjoy a hotdog because I'm not that smart! Like me, my friends dog can enjoy a hotdog because he too, is not so smart! However, if you knew every ingredient in that hotdog, you would definitely not enjoy that hotdog and smart people know the ingredients of life! We all see a lot of successful people who are self starters, super motivated but not very smart. I think the correlation between smart and money is overrated! For example, most of the successful people I know just have... A) A lot of personal momentum!... B) A lot of bravado!... C) Work hard!... D) Go out and get it! ... As strange as it may seem, they're actually so dumb to know they're not smart enough to make money they actually go out and make the money!

My advice is: Be a little on the dumb side, a little on the happy side and a motivated self starter!

Recently, I was talking with a close Christian friend of mine and once again the subject of religion came up! Although my friend is what many would call a liberal Christian, it's obvious we don't share the same world view. Despite this diametric opposition, it never once got in the way of our deep mutual friendship and for this we both feel rather lucky. In a way, it often allows us to be totally up front and honest with each other on any and every subject or issue! I must say, besides being a fellow of great intelligence and wisdom, he is a rarity among our species! There are however, many people I know in my life who appear to be genuinely good people but whom I would consider acquaintances. Although appearing to be generally good human beings, I feel they don't (by a long shot) possess even a tinge of the intelligence and wisdom in that of my friend. To those particular folks I direct this article, not to be rude, insensitive or insulting but more over to be honest in the hopes of answering their questions once and for all!

Just to be clear, I'm not Agnostic! I'm an Atheist! I don't think there is no god, I know there is no god! I know this in very much the same way I know that there are many other laws in our universe. I know there is no god and I know most of the world, deep down in their heart of hearts, know it as well but they just refuse to admit it! They won't admit it because there's another thing they know! They know they're going to die and it freaks them out and totally overwhelms them! They constantly attempt to suppress this reality and if you bring it up, they get angry! They get angry because life is filled with tragedy and worse than that it's filled with the unknown. Every time a loved one gets on an airplane... Every time you get into your car... Every time somebody goes off to do anything... Every time you take a nap there's a chance you won't wake up! When you hear about the death of young men or women who seem to be healthy, you say to yourself "That could very well be my son, my daughter or worse... me!" So what happens is we find a great need to make sense of it all! It appears it feels much better to believe a god had a plan for those unfortunate people rather than nothing at all! There's a great yearning to create something in order to rationalize these realities!

Religious people and Atheists alike... please answer this... If a few thousand years ago, I came up with a belief system that said: HEY EVERYBODY! EVERYTHING IS GOOD... JUST DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD YOURSELF, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORS AND STAY OUT OF TROUBLE! WHEN YOU DIE, THAT'S IT... YOU JUST TURN INTO DIRT! ... Tell me if you think that concept would have taken off! Tell me if that concept would have been embraced and people would have picked it up and ran with it! I don't think so! The point being, we need to make sense of it all! Let's face it, we're the only creatures on the planet who are aware that we're going to die. It's pretty much a science and besides, it's not like the average person lives between 45 and 285. Rather, when you see people in their late 90's, what have they really got? Years? Months? Who the hell knows but it's not very much and I'm pretty sure they're damn well aware of it! That's the way it works and we are all freaked out about it because it's the only thing we really know. We have no reference point except Zero, and we as a species can deal with almost anything but Zero! Lose your eyesight, your legs or your job! We can put misfortunes like that into some sort of context... but Zero? We just can't deal with that and that is exactly what we are being asked to deal with from about the age of eight or maybe even younger! Think about it... Go ahead and live the next 80 years on this planet knowing that at the end of the journey there's nothing but a big fat Zero waiting for you! This alone is incredibly difficult for us as a species to rap our brains around. However, I'll tell you how people rap their heads around it, they lie to themselves and create a god and then they go through life. One day a loved one dies or tragedy strikes and it all becomes the will of god! Guys like me get yelled at all the time for telling the truth! I don't believe in a god anymore then I believe in anything else that doesn't exist, so go ahead and shoot me! The truth is, I sometimes think they could possibly shoot me because they're so freaked out about their fairy tales and protecting their lies!

People constantly ask me where I get my evidence and more over, exactly what made me an Atheist! Simply put, my answer is nothing! Having a brain and being able to use deductive reasoning, that's what makes you an Atheist! As a matter of fact, religion doesn't necessarily make sense to somebody who didn't kill a guy and had to deal with it while waiting on death row! Besides, if I may say so myself, religion doesn't make sense to smart people! Oh yes, I almost forgot (and this is the most condescending statement on the planet) they'll say... "Look, I know it really doesn't work that way but let the little people believe because it keeps them in line!" My questions are, how many people in jail are Atheists? How many wars have been fought by Atheists? What about all the killing and stealing going on in the world, so does it really keep people in line? To be completely honest, I don't like the Eye In The Sky propaganda! It's like someone saying... "Guess what? We've installed a styrofoam surveillance camera up in your room so that way your dad won't beat the hell out of you anymore!" Tell me, who really buys that? Do want really want this sort of false 'Eye In The Sky' keeping people in line? Here too, as i asked earlier, does it really keep people in line? Of course it doesn't! Personally, I prefer people who can think for themselves! I prefer people who don't want to steal because it's wrong, not because there's a fake styrofoam camera wearing a robe and sandals hovering over me! I don't want to cheat or kill, simply because it's wrong! Don't give me that bullshit line... "Well, who's to say if it's right or wrong?" Really? Well then, who's to say what's up or down? If you want to deconstruct the world around you until we're just broken down into a bunch of cells running around in the wrong direction, you can certainly do that but it's a bullshit argument!

I would say there's a logical right and wrong in the world and in the face of reality!there That's why I'm not afraid to pass judgment on other cultures. I say and I continue to say that female genital mutilation is wrong! I don't care if it's part of a culture! I don't care if it's even passed down from generation to generation! I don't care, I rebuke it as well as refuse to accept it! Do I really need a god to come down from out of the clouds and intervene and explain to me that it's wrong? No! I have deductive reasoning and a brain to know it's wrong!

NOTE: I'm sure that many people who use computers, which I believe is at least 85% of any particular society that has the technology, have indeed heard of SSL. However, just about the same percent of these mentioned users have absolutely no idea what it is! There in posits the major problem because it's sometimes the very thing that we are not aware of that that causes the most damage!

What exactly is SSL? ... SSL stands for ‘SECURE SOCKET LAYER’ and is the cornerstone of all webpage security! What exactly does SSL do? When you approach a website and the website reads 'https://'...instead of 'http://'... the 's' stands for Security. What it does is handshake your computer and then goes out to another server to get what is called THE TRUSTED CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY. This in turn, gets something called an ENCRYPTION KEY. An Encryption Keyis a very big number of which you get half and the internet keeps the other half for itself. It should be noted, that it takes both parts of the Encryption Key to decrypt the information between you and whatever service you're attempting to link with. As a result, you're communicating with it on a Secure Channel, or more technically put a Scrambled Beta Channel. 

I'm sure most people who consider themselves 'Geeks', or even 'Quasi-Geeks' pretty much understand this explanation. However, I'm also pretty sure the average or casual user does not! So, what the hell did I just say? ... If you're still awake, I’ll try and take a different approach...