The Padded Cell

I was walking inside an assisted living facility the other day. There was an elderly woman in a wheelchair who had no legs (amputated, most likely, perhaps diabetes, I don't know). Coming from the opposite direction I was walking was a middle-aged woman and three small children. As they were passing the amputee, one little girl (she might have been 5 years old) said to the middle-aged woman, "That lady doesn't have any legs." To which the middle-aged woman replied, "Well that's the way God made her."

I didn't hear if the little girl said anything more, but I would have loved to hear her say, "Why is God such a bastard?" because that would be what I would have asked. Why didn't the woman just say nothing, or "Well that happens sometimes." instead of filling a child's head with nonsense, and wondering what the lady did to piss off god.

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Three mountain climbers on Mt Hood were missing for several days here recently. The body of one was found, the other two were not found after 5 days of searching, then the weather forced the search and rescue teams to stop their searches.

The mother of the one who's body was found was on television afterwards, talking about her son to the rescuers, apparently trying to cheer on the search parties. She said things like "Luke loved to hike, he loved the outdoors, and he loved Jesus."

Well, apparently Jesus hated him, having skipped him off the side of Mt Hood like a flat stone on a pond.

Well, UFC 107 has come and gone. Some great fights, to say the least. My favorite was the expert dismantling of Chieck Congo (no disrespect to Congo, he's a helluva fighter) by Frank Mir. I've always liked Mir, and am pleased to see him win against a dangerous opponent.

But I was even more pleased to see Diego Sanchez lose. He's always been an idiot, although a very good fighter. He's always thanking "god" when he wins, but when he loses there's no mention of Jesus at all. Funny that. BJ Penn is almost as bad as Sanchez in the religion aspect, and has an ego the size of the Orion constellation. For me this was a win-win, since I don't mind seeing either of them get their asses kicked.

It was amazing how Penn COMPLETELY dominated Sanchez. Penn didn't have a mark on his face, and Diego never took him down. It was as about as one-sided a fight as I've ever seen. Diego's face was hamburger (kinda like Mir's was against Lesnar the second time around). And I guess the question of Penn's cardio has been solved. He didn't slow down once.

I always find it amusing when biblical apologists try to explain what was really meant by a particular story of the "bible". If god was so all-powerful and all-knowing, wouldn't he had written his book so all could understand it, as is, for all eternity, instead of leaving things open to interpretation?

Here's an example. The test of Abraham. Here, god tells Abraham to prove his faith by killing his first born son. But when Abe finally is ready to actually do it, after agonizing for who knows how long, god stops him at the last second.

To the apologist, this is god's way of testing his subjects to make sure they're really faithful (so much for being all-knowing). In a modern context, this is called psychological terror. We arrest people and put them away for doing stuff like that.

The apologist says that such tests were a normal part of life during that time. So that somehow makes it right. There are reasons we don't do those things any more.

Revenant

BBC Article: http://bit.ly/3wYMjt

Now, before you click on the link, try to think of the most annoying thing you can. Fingernails on a blackboard? People talking at the movies? Obnoxious assholes on their phones at the grocery store?

Ok click the link. I'll wait....

How would you like to get stuck on THAT flight?

Apart from the extremely annoying atmosphere, what are the odds that what they're trying to accomplish will actually work? And people say we're supposed to respect their religious beliefs.

I got yer respect right here, fucktards.

Revenant

So, Dana White, President of the UFC, says Kimbo Slice can only get into the UFC if he goes through the Ultimate Fighter show. Why? did Brock Lesnar have to go through the show? Lesnar didn't even have an MMA record, and his first fight was with a former champion, Frank Mir.

What's different about Kimbo that he has to go through the show? He has professional fights, just like the guys in Pride and the WEC. Can someone explain this to me?