On the Road...

I've been thinking about my journey towards atheism and realized that Walt Disney played an important role. When I was a little girl his movies of fairy tales like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella enchanted me so I began to read all sorts of books on fairy tales which led me to mythologies which are basically ancient fairy tales. That, plus my interest in ancient history in school, made me aware that all over the world there were fantastic stories featuring a deity or deities each with their own creation myths and many with their own versions of Adam and Eve. 

I remember sitting in Sunday school with the teacher explaining how this was the one true god while the others were false gods. I wondered why, if this was the true god of the entire world, he didn't he show up in China and India and the Americas and Australia and Africa and reveal how he was the one true god and dictating his rules so that the whole world would be eating kosher. If he was too lazy at least he should've popped up in Assyria, Babylonia and Rome explaining how he was the true god and they were to leave his chosen people alone but did he do something so helpful - no. The only thing I could think of was that either he didn't exist or Baal and Jupiter kept him from going to their domains. To this day it seems so obvious to me that he was just one of many made up deities - how in the world can others not see this? Oh the stupidity *sigh*

An Easter Infographic

Came across this fascinating infographic (you can click on it to enlarge it) around Eastertime. It shows the discrepancies in the story of Jesus and his death and resurrection. How fundies can claim there are no contradictions in the Bible I'll never understand.

The Powers of Ten

I came across this vid a few years ago then lost track of it. It was created by Ray and Charles Eames (who also designed one of my favorite chairs) and is a little bit outdated but the basic concepts are still valid. It's truly fascinating to think that humans are in effect existing midway between the realms of the very small and the very large.