Happy Saint George's Day!

You say "Tomato," I say "Fruit in a Burkha"

Islam is a parody of itself.

"American commanders cite al-Qaida's severe brand of Islam, which is so extreme that in Baqouba, al-Qaida has warned street vendors not to place tomatoes beside cucumbers because the vegetables are different genders, Col. David Sutherland said."

You can't make this crap up -- 4th paragraph

Apologies to non-yawpy Brits

More Brits Becoming Evangelical

Interesting article. Notes success of a parish that "developed an outreach course for newcomers called Alpha, which explains the basics of Christianity." Meanwhile, Anglican and Episcopalian churches that attempt to explain away things such as the resurrection under "more reasonable" terms dwindle to nothing thanks to great minds like John "Christianity Must Change Or Die" Spong (or Spong John No Pants, as I call him). Apparently, the old "basics" work better.

Two other points. First, the article notes "antiChristian" laws becoming more prevalent. I don't know what those are, but it's funny -- if true -- that at the same time British lawmakers are bending over backwards to accomodate their future slavemasters, the Muslims. Second, it's too bad that the evangelicalism taking hold in Britain is apparently so rabidly anti-homosexual. I know several homosexuals who are wonderful Christians, and others who wish they could "go back" to Church but are afraid. Anyway, that's my take.

The Easter Bunny Meets British Yawps

Yawpy Brits

Some British yawp I was reading (the Brits make the best yawps) quoted the philospher David Hume on the issue of miracles. The yawp, of course, is too smart to believe in such things and apparently believes such belief should be outlawed. Whatever. Anyway, here is what he quotes Hume saying

A miracle, began Hume (On Miracles, pt I), “may be accurately defined, [as] a transgression of a law of Nature by a particular volition of the Deity”.

But “there is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves.”

Um -- Huh? What about the resurrection of Jesus? Little miracle there, if true, right? And the New Testament says hundreds witnessed it, and then told others, revolutionized their lives and the communities around them, and in many cases then died violent deaths for insisting the resurrection was real.

There are two responses, I guess. I would assume 500 witnesses would be "a sufficient number," or else there probably isn't a sufficient number of witnesses to prove any historical event before the age of videotape. The responses to the resurrection evidence are (i) "these are not people of good sense," or (ii) "they lack education and learning."

The first response is simply untenable. How can anyone know whether an individual is a person of good sense without meeting them or otherwise having evidence of some other kind to assess their good sense? No doubt, the yawp would say, "well, they believed in resurrection; how could they have any good sense?" But not having seen what they saw, the yawp is merely passing on these witnesses' good sense based on his own prejudices and experiences. Having done so, he has no reason to examine the rest of their story: how these people changed, what they did in response to what they experienced, and what they were willing to give to assert its truth. In other words, the yawp's dismissal of this testimony is baseless.

The second response is simply a philosopher's mask: What he means is -- they don't have the same education or learning that I do. Because I -- the yawpish philosopher -- have been educated to believe as I do and learned that such things as resurrections are hogwash, then they are hogwash, and anyone who disagrees "lacks education and learning" and so is an incompetent witness.

I don't really care what the yawp says or believes, I was just struck by the Hume quote, which seems laughable in light of the historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. If I were this yawp I would be directing my attention toward the purveyors of Shariah law, under which he will soon live if he is not careful. But I suppose it's safer bad mouthing Christians. Hmm. A coward and a yawp.

Here is a recent photo of a philopher's mask:

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Virginia Tech

I posted this comment to a Guardian (UK) editorial calling for gun control in response to the VT tragedy:

The American character and the federal system of its government, thank God, make it impossible that national-level legislation will "solve" America's gun violence problem and "prove[] itself []able to defend its ordinary citizens from its armed maniacs." Americans do not want a Mommy-Government to protect them from isolated, albeit tragic, instances like the VT massacre. We do not want Mommy to take away all of our rights to make sure the scary men go away. We do not trust the Left's argument that more government control will make us safer; we trust ourselves more than government. Until you understand that you will never understand the majority American view on this issue. Do we have leftists here who want to hide behind Mommy's skirts? Sure. Thankfully they're still the few.

Gas Leak Fingered in Butte Blast

How do I find these things?

AP - Damascus -- Speaking in Damascus, Syria, today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she enjoyed her clitorectomy very much, and that Syria is now ready to make peace with Israel.

"All the Syrians ask is that the entire Jewish population of Israeli walk into the sea and drown, and Syria is ready and willing to make peace," Pelosi said. "That seems reasonable to me."

Isreali Prime Minister Yahud Olmert responded that, "The chick is nuts."

The White House had originally asked Pelosi to forego her diplomatic efforts with Syria, but now has retracted its statements to that effect.

"This is just too rich," one White House spokesman said. "We're kinda hoping she goes to Iran next."

Muslim Clerics Change Tune!

Mecca -- AP -- Muslim clerics from all over the globe today called for tolerence, peace, human rights, respect for women and homosexuals, democracy, an end to slavery and war, renounced 6th-century Sharia law, and declared that the cartoons of Mohammed were not only okay, some were actually pretty funny.