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I read this and thought, "but you're alone either way!"
It tells you all you need to know about the people who endorse that kind of message, anyway.
(Sharing because I disagree!)
I read this and thought, "but you're alone either way!"
It tells you all you need to know about the people who endorse that kind of message, anyway.
(Sharing because I disagree!)
doublereed says
Wow. That's a terrible message.
angrymudcrab says
I would like to walk with, to paraphrase Sagan, a candle in the dark.
Kevin says
This message brought to you by Muggers Anonymous. Mugging people who walk about in the dark for 2000 years.
UnknownEric the Apostate says
Yeah, but God'll just laugh at you every time you walk into a tree, so…
rq says
Wait. I think I completely disagreed with that whole message. So much fear of the light, so much lack of one's own abilities. *sigh* Trust in god, indeed. He'll take you nowhere, but you'll feel special!
RFW says
It's word salad, phrased to appeal to a certain type of person but entirely lacking any real meaning.
I always thought coming into the light was a pretty-pretty-bad-poetry way of saying "find God", so the whole thing may even qualify as an oxymoron of sorts.
composer99 says
See, that's just prejudiced against darkness. Nothing wrong with it. Easier to see the cosmos, lots of interesting nocturnal animals out and about, often nicer weather than the daytime in high summer, and peace and quiet.
raven says
The candle flame gutters. Its little pool of light trembles. Darkness gathers. The demons begin to stir. Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan and normal people.
I would rather walk with god in the dark than go alone in the light.
Fundie xian idiots
Whatever. It's a free country, after all.
But there are problems with that idea.
1. There are demons and satan in that dark. Created by that god who lets them run around doing whatever they do.
2. God is imaginary and doesn't do anything in the real world.
3. Try walking in the dark with "god" and without a flashlight and you will soon run into an obstacle, fall, or get stuck in a thicket. You will just have to wait for day light like everyone else.
thumper1990 says
Anyone else wondering if "darkness" and "light" are metaphors for "ignorance" and "knowledge"?
chigau (違う) says
I don't get it.
What are they trying to say?
How many metaphors were mangled to produce that?
kemist, Dark Lord of the Sith says
I would rather walk with
godnight vision goggles in the dark than go alone in the light.
But that's probably just me.
chigau (違う) says
Anyone else wondering if "darkness" and "light" are metaphors for "ignorance" and "knowledge"?
I am now.
Zinc Avenger (Sarcasm Tags 3.0 Compliant) says
And I'd rather own a unicorn than never eat cheese again.
Must be those people I see driving at night with no headlights turned on.
timgueguen says
People like that need to realise that even if God walks with you in the dark it doesn't mean he's actually going to help you if something bad happens. Plans beyond mortal ken and all that rot.
Turtles says
At least they admit that religion is "dark".
Glen Davidson says
Because I don't need to see in order to know.
I just won't open my eyes, and all will be fine.
mythbri says
@composer99 #7
See, that's just prejudiced against darkness.
Agreed. I know that in general, light and dark have universal use as cross-cultural metaphor because we're diurnal mammals.
But I always get a sour taste in my mouth when those metaphors are used in a religious context, because of my Mormon upbringing. The idea that the color of your skin is an indication of your, or your race's righteousness or lack thereof, is disgusting.
mythbri says
Jeez. I know that last sentence might seem like a non-sequitur, but I promise it made sense in my non-caffienated mind.
boskerbonzer says
Pinterest is full of this same kind of shit, although to give credit where due there's also a lot of atheist pinning going on.
The one that grinds me the most isn't religious but is posted in the Science category all the time and says, "Stars can't shine without darkness." Oh, FFS! They shine all the time, we just can't see them sometimes because our own star is shining too brightly.
And then of course below stunning photos of incredible landscapes or space nebulae (or really, anything breathtaking) there are the usual comments left praising god for his handiwork.
Cynickal says
Ulysses says
Some more mixed metaphors, this time from the Bible:
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever. Jude 1:13 NIV
chigau (違う) says
Zinc Avenger
And I'd rather own a unicorn than never eat cheese again.
That clears things up.
sundiver says
Ah, but it's better to tapdance with a crustacean than play Yahtzee with the devil. Or something. Seriously, Demotivators called out this pap with their poster that read "If a pretty picture and trite saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probably have an easy job. The type machines will be doing soon".
greg hilliard says
Reminds me of the old bumper sticker: God said it, I believe it, that settles it. To which I add, OK, you're a dumbass.
grumpyoldfart says
It reminds me of this cartoon:
dianne says
Though I walk through the valley of the shadows* I will fear no evil…because I've got a cell phone with a flashlight app that lets me see where I'm going and I can call 911 if anything in the valley scares me. Thank you scientists, engineers, and city planners.
*Yeah, I know, that's not actually the quote, but I see it misquoted that way often enough to feel justified in using the misquote.
frog says
Ah, yes, the people who curse the glare when someone lights a candle.
Only very sad people would prefer to be stumbling around in the dark while other people are off getting shit done because they're making use of all the resources available to them. Of course, religion in general and fundamentalist religions in particular extoll the very most useless activity.
quarky2 says
The gist of "I would rather walk with god in the dark than go alone in the light" is:
"Ignorance and god is preferable to knowledge and enlightenment".
changerofbits says
So, given that the metaphor is dark=ignorance and light=knowledge, does this mean their invisible friend is ignorant now? I thought this friend knows all and farted out light on whim. I'm going to stop now before my brain implodes into a singularity.
frog says
Obligatory movie!Gandalf quote:
"You cannot pass! I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you, Flame of Udûn! Go back to the shadow. You shall not pass!"
(movie!Gandalf because I don't have the books handy. Sorry.)
Artor says
"Anyone else wondering if "darkness" and "light" are metaphors for "ignorance" and "knowledge"?"
I'm not wondering. That's exactly how I read it. If you're walking with Gawd, you ARE walking in "darkness." Lighten up and take a look at the real world. It's amazing!
Ulysses says
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I shall fear no evil…for I am the evils asshole in the valley.
Ulysses says
evils = evilist. My tribute to Tpyos
mobius says
In the company of our imaginary friends…
nullifidian says
thumper1990 @ #9:
Anyone else wondering if "darkness" and "light" are metaphors for "ignorance" and "knowledge"?
Not me. I'm quite sure that that's the message they intended to convey.
Louis says
Even with all the abhorrent misogyny and what not pouring from the fingers/mouths of a subset of my atheist confreres, I do have to hand it to religion. Pretty much any religion. When it comes to banal slogans that make my arse clench with the stupidity of them, they truly do take the biscuit.
Religionists and sundry woomeisters have all the same drivelling bigots that any other segment of society has, perhaps more, I've never counted, but by fuck can they take perfectly pleasant individual words and mash them into a shit salad of mind bending nature. Just goes to show, eh?
SallyStrange says
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever. Jude 1:13 NIV
I did not realize that Portishead was quoting the Bible inthis cool song.
notsont says
I get several similar ones every single day on my facebook wall, I've blocked the ones who do it 2-3 times a day but still get plenty. If you point out how irrational or disturbing the messages really are, you becoem the bad guy.
ChristineRose says
Found the source!
894. Not Knowing
By Mary Gardiner Brainard
Not knowing the things that shall befall me there.—ACTS XX. 22.
I KNOW not what will befall me: God hangs a mist o'er my eyes;
And thus, each step of my onward path, He makes new scenes arise,
And every joy He sends to me comes like a sweet surprise.
I see not a step before me as I tread on another year;
But I 've left the past in God's keeping,—the future His mercy shall clear, 5
And what looks dark in the distance may brighten as I draw near.
For perhaps the dreaded future is less bitter than I think;
The Lord may sweeten the waters before I stoop to drink;
Or, if Marah must be Marah, He will stand beside its brink.
It may be He keeps waiting, for the coming of my feet, 10
Some gift of such rare blessedness, some joy so strangely sweet,
That my lips shall only tremble with the thanks they cannot speak.
O restful, blissful ignorance! 't is blessëd not to know;
It keeps me still in those mighty arms which will not let me go,
And lulls my weariness to rest on the bosom that loves me so. 15
So I go on not knowing,—I would not if I might;
I would rather walk in the dark with God than go alone in the light;
I would rather walk with Him by faith than walk alone by sight.
My heart shrinks back from trials which the future may disclose,
Yet I never had sorrow but what the dear Lord chose; 20
So I send the coming tears back with the whispered word, "He knows."
Clarifies the meaning somewhat but the issue I have with it is that there's not a choice between ignorance of the future and theism. You have pretty much the same data to work with whether or not Mr. Deity is out there because his communications to us are indistinguishable from people making it all up.
Eamon Knight says
@38: Indeed [quickly hunts through MP3 player, presses "play"].
Everyone should have at least a passing acquaintance with the Bible, the way they should have an acquaintance with Shakespeare [/shameless_anglocentrism], because our culture is full of references to both of them. (But the latter, on the whole, is a better read)
Scientismist says
Many, many years ago, a close friend invited me to watch a church choir rehearsal. The song title was: "Life is worth the living, just because He lives." Conversation ensued later. My friend was not happy with me.
Rey Fox says
I did not realize that Portishead was quoting the Bible inthis cool song.
Dauphni says
composer99 @7
See, that's just prejudiced against darkness. Nothing wrong with it. Easier to see the cosmos, lots of interesting nocturnal animals out and about, often nicer weather than the daytime in high summer, and peace and quiet.
You must not live very far north, where especially winter nights are long, dark and dreary, instead of cool, calm and lovely as they are further south.
UnknownEric the Apostate says
See, that's just prejudiced against darkness. Nothing wrong with it. Easier to see the cosmos, lots of interesting nocturnal animals out and about, often nicer weather than the daytime in high summer, and peace and quiet.
Don't forget that AM radio waves conduct better at night, so the winter gives me more chances to pick up Kansas City or somethin'.
Pierce R. Butler says
Note which gender is explicitly targeted by this dreck.
How can women function without a daddy nearby to help them, poor things?
stevem says
re kemist@11:
I would rather walk with
godnight vision goggles in the dark than go alone in the light.
You evil, evil sith, you. Technology is only for you evil siths. How dare you imply that is the best way to walk in the dark. Better to walk in the dark and
bump intoencounter trees directly. For shame, tsk, tsk, tsk.
sigurd jorsalfar says
There's already a name for this. It's called theolojizzing.
kagekiri says
Er, considering that the Christian God likes calling himself "Father of lights" and a "lamp in the darkness", this doesn't even make Christian-babble sense.
John 8:13
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
So….you're certainly not walking with the right god. Maybe try again, Christians?
barbyau says
You know who else likes it when we are all sitting around in the dark? Thieves. Rapists. Murderers. Thugs of all kinds.
Kind of like the Christian God.
anchor says
Man, they sure prefer life gloomy, don't they? What a depressing image of life they harbor.
Of course, there is a strong motivation of sorts: they must then rely on a savior to rescue them from the gloom of their own making.
As Christine Rose has found:
"I would rather walk with Him by faith than walk alone by sight…My heart shrinks back from trials which the future may disclose…"
In other words, they abrogate their responsibility to determine their course in life, because:
"Yet I never had sorrow but what the dear Lord chose;…So I send the coming tears back with the whispered word, "He knows.""
Isn't it funny how an irrationally inspired "whispered word" that appears in the head, and something as arbitrary as 'faith', should trump the illuminating flashlight of human knowledge and the reason and science and the consequent know-how technology that makes it available for useful application in a real natural world within which any creature or society of them must survive, dare I say so, in peaceful coexistence – interaction via trade as opposed to war, for example. There's obviously a lot more coming from outside the head than a 'whisper' coming from inside it.
Based on history , on the particular Abrahamic tradition, its certainly not as if any of those pesky offshoot commandments about not coveting your neighbor's property or wives (or any other ethical or moral tradition they claim) have any force when it comes to relations with the other. They conveniently suspend their 'god-given' ideals for ANY potential prize. So they might as well conquer them – completely dominate them.
The mindset runs internally: it all boils down to the establishment of a common view of a means of acquiring power, which regards everything as property, potentially to be exploited – to be absorbed and dominated – including their very own women and children and anybody who is weak, as well as anything perceived to be 'other', including other races, people of 'contrary' sexual-orientation and, strangely enough, other creeds.
Its always a system specifically designed to separate the wheat from the chaff, but that's how the system works: by enabling and enforcing a rule that is NOT applicable to everybody.
What is perhaps most amazing is not so much that such a despicable environment of institutionalized schizophrenia and the rampant supernaturality it spawns and preserves can become the basis for cultures, or even that they can become dominant across the globe, but that such cultures haven't swiftly extinguished themselves for the anti-natural and anti-reality world views they operate under and have continued to promote over the last 5000+ years or more.
There can be only one reason for this, I suspect and submit, and that can only be due to civilization. Most if not all of them have functioned on the premium of political and economic control of property largely orchestrated by an elite patriarchal class that have historically run societies.
That's how economic and political power has been systematically obtained, and that long tradition has been quite effective in training the inhabitants of various cultures (like ours) to reap power and influence by exploiting and dominating those who are least able to protect themselves.
As long as people continue to cleave to the preposterous idea that "He Knows" more than they do when it comes to the serious business of conducting one's own life based on the challenges which actuality in nature presents, we as a culture will continue to give this horrible idea a voice which it doesn't deserve. Its high time to make another separation, and once and for all make it stick: the difference between the culture of ignorance/stupidity and the culture of reason/science.
There is no other way that will see humanity and the rest of the biosphere beyond the next century or two. And the first thing that must accomplished is that our numbers on this poor planet must be reduced to at least a tenth of our current numbers – or we are inevitably doomed.
/end rant
anchor says
ack…so read beyond the obvious boo boos
Uncle Ebeneezer says
Just when you thought bioluminescent species couldn't get any cooler…they're probably atheists too!
barbyau says
You know, one thing I think makes for a good father figure is one who does not actively try to make you vulnerable all the time so you constantly require his salvation.
Marcus Ranum says
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
> what is a grue?
The grue is a sinister, lurking presence in the dark places of the earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of light. No grue has ever been seen by the light of day, and few have survived its fearsome jaws to tell the tale.
roro80 says
So I'm obviously thinking too hard about this quote, but the part that really angers me — that I think does real harm — is the "go alone in the light" bit. The idea of a god as the only one who can keep us from being "alone" in the world, that he is this thing that knows us better than anyone and is the only one besides ourselves who can truly know us, is harmful, and it's just untrue. Reach out to your fellow people! We are here, all around you, and we want to make you known and knowable! I want to know you, and I want you to know me. Let us keep each other from being alone. Let us care for each other, and foster human communication and intimacy and love. I don't want to know and love an invisible perfect omniscient robed dude who doesn't exist, I want to know and love real, living, breathing, fallable, imperfect, awesome people.
Stop pretending your only important connection is to god, and go out and engage with your fellow humans.
PDX_Greg says
Of course, anyone walking in the dark with God should also mull over the that any horrifying misfortune that befalls them will bring out the the God apologists talking about how the omniscient, omnipotent God could not intervene on their behalf because of free will.
I'm starting to think that Catch 22 must be a chapter in the Bible.
tbtabby says
This reminds me of the dwarf theology in "Thud!"; since dwarves spend most of their time mining underground, they've evolved to see better in the dark than in light, so they associate darkness with knowledge and light with ignorance, ever using the word "endarken" instead of "enlighten."
adobo says
Nonsense. There is nothing in the dark except what you bring with you.
Oh, but be careful on that first step!
Duth Olec says
They're walking with god in the dark because they ran into a wall and had a concussion?
sirbedevere says
You can tell a lot about people by what they fear. "Lucifer", after all, means "bringer of light".
John Morales says
Clarifies the meaning somewhat but the issue I have with it is that there's not a choice between ignorance of the future and theism.
Clarifies it plenty (illuminates it): she thinks she is God's perpetually-surprised toy and she loves it so.
(Sublimated masochism)
chuckonpiggott says
If you agree with this sentiment you are in the dark.
robster says
Those sadly afflicted with chistianity have developed a talent for creating words and statements that sound fabulous without having any real meaning, like calling the jesus nonsense ' good news' which it obviously isn't good or news. Walking alone with god or the bay jesus is no different than being alone, as stated by PZ.
DLC says
"I'd rather walk alone on the beach in the dark with God than with a light "
"but god why are there only one set of footprints in the sand ?"
"because I don't exist, you stupid pillock!"
Rev. BigDumbChimp says
Don't go into the dark, there be Christians.
bad Jim says
Lest we should see where we are,
Lost in a haunted wood,
Children afraid of the night
Who have never been happy or good.
karpad says
Truly we shall all be saved, for as it is written in the good book:
And I shall shed my light over dark evil, for the dark things cannot stand the light.
Pretty sure Alan Scott is a biblical character. right?
johnhodges says
"We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. "
Originally from some poem, I believe. Used as the epitaph of a married couple of astronomers, and quoted from there by Carl Sagan as an opening to a chapter in one of his books, IIRC chapter 8 of COSMOS.
unclefrogy says
I see little choice I will not cower in the dark with god I will walk out into the light and face my destiny and fate because I know that there were others that went before and there may be others that will follow
Nobody know what I'm talking about
I've got my own life to live
I'm the one that's gonna have to die
When it's time for me to die
So let me live my life the way I want to. (jimi hendrix if 6 was 9)
uncle frogy
gravityisjustatheory says
I tread the path of Righteousness. Though it be paved with broken glass, I will walk it barefoot; though it cross rivers of fire, I will pass over them; though it wanders wide, the light of the Emperor guides my step.
– Dolan Chirosius http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Ecclesiarchy_Quotes#.UY4K9MqXmM0
The courageous enter dark caves alone. The clever send in the courageous first. The cleverest wait behind the clever.
-Bool of Cataclysm, http://syndicate.lubie.org/swars/html/swars_book_cataclysm.php
theignored says
First, something truly Dark…from Pensacola Christian College:
One night during her convalescence there was a fire drill. Cassie was still on the 5th floor of the dorm, even though the Residence Manager and the Dean's office knew that she could barely walk let alone descend and re-climb stairs. Her roommates were literally forced to carry her. Of course PCC isn't known for really caring much about fire safety anyway. For years the rule has remained on the books that all female students must be in "proper" attire before they leave their rooms for a fire drill. If you happen to be sleeping in pajama pants, you must take the time to put on a skirt before you try to escape the flames. If you should perish then at least you'll know you died for the cause of not tempting the fire fighters to lust after you.
Finally, after trying to tough it out and even trying to go back to class, my future wife had taken all she could bear. She told the dean's office that she was leaving and they cut up her ID card, the final act of withdrawing from the college.
The fallout from this?
After a few weeks of being home my wife received a letter from the college. It should have been a note of apology or a letter expressing regret at how badly they had managed her entire situation. Instead it was a bill for the remaining weeks of the semester since she had crossed the six-week threshold by a few days.
From The Friendly Atheist blog
Now, some Light. From, of all places: Ireland/
No quotes, as it's a short article, but it is completely made of win.
StevoR : Free West Papua, free Tibet, let the Chagossians return! says
There's apparently a russian proverb that goes : "'Night hides the world but reveals a universe."
I'd rather walk in the dark and see a multitude of stars than just our one Daytime Star.
But that wouldn't mean there's any god.
StevoR : Free West Papua, free Tibet, let the Chagossians return! says
@2. angrymudcrab : "I would like to walk with, to paraphrase Sagan, a candle in the dark."
@8.raven :
3. Try walking in the dark with "god" and without a flashlight and you will soon run into an obstacle, fall, or get stuck in a thicket. You will just have to wait for day light like everyone else.
Or hope its a full Moon or very close to that lunar phase.
Or there's been a really nearby (but not too close!) supernova that's shining like a full moon or more or a close passing O-B type star or just maybe a really great comet!
Or frequent bright bolts of lightning, nature's fireworks although that has obvious risks attached. Ditto volcanic eruptions and the "white nights" produced by a Tunguska level bolide event.
@50. barbyau :
You know who else likes it when we are all sitting around in the dark? Thieves. Rapists. Murderers. Thugs of all kinds.
Except, they also need light to see with don't they – usually?
The idea that thieves and rapists benefit from hiding in the darkness as opposed to other (ugh) techniques is a somewhat misleading one I think.
Eristae says
I'd rather go in the dark without people telling me I'm going to get raped than try to shove God into any time of day.
anuran says
And I would rather walk alone in the night, knowing that the darkness holds nothing more terrible than me.
David Marjanović says
I would like to walk with, to paraphrase Sagan, a candle in the dark.
Sometimes a flamethrower is the right thing to take with you in the dark.
(Also, I'm angry today because of the football coach thread.)
There's already a name for this. It's called theolojizzing.
Thread won.
Just when you thought bioluminescent species couldn't get any cooler…they're probably atheists too!
+ 1
I'm starting to think that Catch 22 must be a chapter in the Bible.
+ 2
David Marjanović says
And I would rather walk alone in the night, knowing that the darkness holds nothing more terrible than me.
"Food chain" is misleading. It's "food web".
Goodbye Enemy Janine says
Amphiox says
If I need to walk in the dark, I would prefer to go with night vision goggles.
John Morales says
I'd rather walk in the dark and see a multitude of stars than just our one Daytime Star.
One cannot both see starlight and be in the dark simultaneously.
David Marjanović says
*sigh* "Dark" isn't restricted to absolute darkness.
John Morales says
David, how dark is a dark room? ;)
StevoR : Free West Papua, free Tibet, let the Chagossians return! says
@81. John Morales : Sure you can – I do that all the time and could do so right now but for the fact its 100% overcast.
Nothing says the darkness has to be total and darker skies make the stars (& planets) stand out more.
StevoR : Free West Papua, free Tibet, let the Chagossians return! says
@80. Amphiox : I prefer to take my 7 X 50 binoculars.
David Marjanović says
David, how dark is a dark room? ;)
I don't get what your point is or where the humor is.
John Morales says
David, in that original poetic sentiment, the darkness refers to the unknown.
(It's allegorical)


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I finished this top and sent it out to be quilted 5 months ago. I just got it back two weeks ago and I finished the binding on it last night. It is king size and I did not have anyone to hold the quilt for me so I threw it on the guest bed. It is for my son and I am going to see him tonight and give it to him-he has already seen it--it is not a surprise.
Considering the amount of time (over 4 months) this long arm quilter had my quilt and the amount of money that she charged me (LOTS) I wish I was happier with the results. I will not be using her again.
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HAHAHA! Ah, good luck on your finals. Get lots of sleep, too!
bahaha. Sad.
Yeah, the trooper line definitely made me laugh.
At least you have kept your sense of humor? Finals always made me a total whack job. Especially my writing and graphic design ones. Forced creativity + deadlines = mental exhaustion.
You're a trooper, too!
Rest up, my darlin'.
Definitely! Make some nice, warm soup and just curl up on the couch and sleep. c:
AHAHAHAHAHA *corpses laughing*
Good luck with finals?
Break a Blue Book, ladies. Then dose yourselves with the family-supplied tryptophans and chill. We'll wait until you have your feet under you again. :)
Hahahaha!!!!! That is the best alternative explanation ever :) Good luck! Don't die! :)
Poor Ben.
Hahaha The alternative explanation make me giggle
Finals? Rough! Good luck. Also that doodle is so cute.
good luck. I know it sucks …especially maths :)
O! What is in a name?
"Math… Ew."
bahaha, omgoodness, we have drawings verbatim of the your exhausted-animated-self all over the walls of our animation room, too… i know and share your pain–good luck with everything!!!
Don't worry about us! Rest your mind/body and rest assured that we'll all be back here for you when you get back. :)
Come on Ben! It's Hooked On Phonics, not that hard cher. Good luck on your finals, they love kicking everybody's butts this time of year.
Hope finals went well!
Believe me, I know thy pain. Your rest is well deserved. We'll be here, being patient with puppy eyes and all. :)
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Kennedy Center taps pianist Moran as jazz adviser
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday tapped 36-year-old pianist and composer Jason Moran to be its artistic adviser for jazz, a post held by acclaimed musician Billy Taylor until his death last December at 89.
The generational handoff wasn't planned in advance but makes sense as jazz evolves, musical directors at the Washington, D.C., center said. Moran, who lives in New York City and teaches at the New England Conservatory in Boston, won a $500,000 "genius grant" last year from the MacArthur Foundation and is known for mixing visuals and other media with some of his productions.
Moran told The Associated Press he thinks often about how to place jazz in a 2011 context.
"It's not like it was in 1959, and it's definitely not like it was in 1939, and it's not like it was in 1900," he said. "Things have changed. Jazz is at a different place right now. So where does it fit, and with whom does it echo?"
As artistic adviser for the next three years, Moran will help select artists and develop one of the nation's largest jazz programs. The Kennedy Center presents more than 30 performances each year, including concerts in its own jazz club and performances broadcast on NPR.
But hiring a young, daring adviser won't necessarily bring big changes to the program, said Kevin Struthers, the center's jazz director. He said Moran can "swing with the best of them" but also take the genre in a different direction.
"I think we have selected someone who is firmly rooted in the traditions of the music," Struthers said. "Jazz is not to be put on a shelf as a museum piece. It is important that we pay homage to the past, and I think Jason does that through his music, but he puts it in a contemporary setting."
Taylor, a pianist and composer who played with luminaries such as Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, became an ardent jazz advocate through radio, TV and his Jazzmobile arts venue that visited urban neighborhoods. He profiled musicians for CBS' "Sunday Morning" show -- winning an Emmy Award in 1983 for a piece on Quincy Jones -- and assumed the Kennedy Center post in 1994.
Moran said he considers Taylor a mentor because he always had advice and critiques to offer. He began learning from Taylor at age 16 during a master class at his high school. The young pianist performed at the Kennedy Center for the first time in 1998 through a program to identify young talent.
"At a certain point, my generation has to stand up to continue to hand down the information that has been given to us," he said. "Billy has been a person who bridged the gap between jazz and the American public ... So that's the thing I want to continue to model in whatever I do."


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Cambridge, Mass. – Lauren Quisenberry has received double honors in the 2010 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) women's tennis postseason awards. Quisenberry has been named the NEWMAC athlete of the year, earning her the number one singles spot on the All-Conference First Team. The freshman from Corpus Christi, Texas was also named NEWMAC Rookie of the Year in the vote by the eight women's tennis coaches from across the conference. Julia Hsu, the Engineer's second singles player, has been honored as well with a spot on the All-Conference second team.
Quisenberry had a perfect season at first singles for the Engineers. She went 9-0 in all dual matches, 8-0 in NEWMAC play, including a win in the conference tournament semi-finals. In her eight conference victories, she never dropped a set and lost four games only once. Her path to perfection included an upset over Tufts' Julia Browne, the defending national champion for women's singles at the Division III level.
Hsu, a freshman from Knoxville, Tennessee, earned the second team All-Conference nod at the position that she occupied all season for MIT. Hsu had a stellar season, winning six of the seven matches she played at number two singles. Her resume includes convincing wins over Clark, Smith, and Mount Holyoke and an impressive victory over Wellesley's Erica Choo in the regular season.
Quisenberry and Hsu also played together in the first doubles slot for MIT. The pair went 6-1 in NEWMAC doubles regular season play, with their only loss coming to Wheaton's Sarah Geocaris and Catherine Teague. Quisenberry and Hsu also took a point for MIT in the Engineer's conference tournament defeat to Wellesley College. For their performance, the freshman tandem was named as the #1 doubles pair in the second team All-Conference.
Lynn Miller, of Wheaton College, was named NEWMAC coach of the year. The Lyons went 11-1 (7-0) in the NEWMAC and swept through the conference tournament en route to winning their second straight NEWMAC post-season title. Clark University received the 2010 NEWMAC sportsmanship award.
2010 Women's Tennis All-Conference Team and Award Winners:
NEWMAC Athlete of the Year:
Lauren Quisenberry, MIT
NEWMAC Rookie of the Year:
Lauren Quisenberry, MIT
NEWMAC Coach of the Year:
Lynn Miller, Wheaton
NEWMAC Sportsmanship Award:
First Team All-Conference
#1 Singles- Lauren Quisenberry, MIT
#2 Singles- Sarah Geocaris, Wheaton
#3 Singles- Lyndsay Cooke, Wheaton
#4 Singles- Allesandra DiOrio, Wheaton
#5 Singles- Diana Granger, Wellesley
#6 Singles- Morgan Johnstonbaugh, Wellesley
Ellen Van Faasen, Wheaton
#1 Doubles- Sarah Geocaris & Catherine Teague, Wheaton
#2 Doubles- Lyndsay Cooke & Madison Hartley, Wheaton
#3 Doubles- Ellen Van Faasen & Allesandra DiOrio, Wheaton
Second Team All-Conference
#1 Singles- Catherine Teague, Wheaton
#2 Singles- Julia Hsu, MIT
#3 Singles- Nathalie Herman, Wellesley
#4 Singles- Monica Mercer, Babson
#5 Singles- Madison Hartley, Wheaton
#6 Singles- N/A
#1 Doubles- Lauren Quisenberry & Julia Hsu, MIT
#2 Doubles- Erica Choo & Kendall Tada, Wellesley
#3 Doubles- Maya Sayarath & Elise Marifian, Mount Holyoke


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The thirteenth session of the AWG-KP and the eleventh session of the AWG-LCA took place from Monday, 2 August to Friday, 6 August 2010 at the Hotel Maritim in Bonn. The second iteration of the text to facilitate negotiations prepared by the Chair of the AWG-LCA is available here.
The above-mentioned sessions were preceded by preparatory meetings of the Group of 77 and China, the African Group, the small islands developing States and the least developed countries.


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This article helps troubleshoot text messaging issues on your Apple iPhone 5.
You may have text messaging issues if your device is:
These steps help identify and resolve the underlying cause. After completing each step, test to see if the issue is fixed. If not, continue to the next step.
Verify your Apple iPhone 5 is connected to the Sprint network.
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Disable iMessage and then verify Send as SMS is On.
Perform a soft reset.
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About This Page
This is the official wiki for the boxee-source aur package; it should contain reasonably up to date information on its status and on workarounds to get things running in specific environments. Please feel free to add useful information in this regard to this page, and if you do, remember to credit yourself in the contributors section below.
About boxee-source
The Boxee media center @ http://www.boxee.tv/ is both open source and by far the most advanced and featureful mediaplayer available for linux. Unfortunately, the sourcecode does not compile properly against archlinux or 64bit, and even worse, there is no functioning 'make install' to easily seperate the unused chunks of xbmc and sourcecode from the actual package. To remedy this, a small group of us have been working hard to maintain our own patchset and installation script (built against the official ubuntu releases' file structure) that allows the latest boxee to compile in archlinux on both 32 and 64bit.
Active Project Maintainers
- Prurigro (prurigro at gmail dot com) - Contributor/Maintainer, Patches, PKGBUILD & 32bit Testing
- Anish (anish.7 at gmail dot com) - Patches, PKGBUILD & 32bit Testing
- Paulingham (paul.ingham at beefeatingmonkeys dot com) - 64bit Patches, 64bit PKGBUILD & 64bit Testing
Contributors/External Help
- sdnick484
- jaydonoghue
- jpf
- vrtladept
- adamruss
Issues Compiling
NVIDIA (binary)
If you are using the nvidia binary driver, then compiling boxee-source will give you the following error: "configure: error: cannot compute sizeof (size_t)". To get around this error, you must compile the package as root:
- 'makepkg' -> 'sudo makepkg -asroot'
- 'yaourt' -> 'sudo yaourt -S boxee-source'
Issues Running
An up to date xorg/ati installation reportedly breaks boxee, and the only known fix right now is to downgrade libgl and ati-dri to 7.4.4
Quick Start Guide
This assumes i686 architecture. If you're using 64bit, I can't help you.
1. install yaourt, it's much easier. Follow the guide HERE: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Yaourt
2. yaourt -S boxee-source OR if you have nvidia binary it MUST be sudo yaourt -S boxee-source. Maybe it'll even install all the dependencies for you! That'd be nice, wouldn't it?
3. To save you what may have been hours looking in vain for the command to start the fracking program, it is
4. Also, if you receive errors related to the following files, you can fix it with symbolic links, whatever they might be:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libgssapi.so.2 /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libnspr4.so /usr/lib/libnspr4.so.0d
5. If you get a segmentation fault, uh...
You could try removing the libgl driver? I replaced mine with nvidia and didn't get this error anymore. But possibly the error was unrelated to libgl. Maybe I wrote a crappy xorg. Or something.
6. Consult the boxee source page on the AUR if you have further problems. Maybe you need to download some extra libraries or something? Who knows?
7. Please, someone, make this guide better!
Known Issues
64bit flash support (hulu/monty python etc)
The flash player provided with boxee is released only in binary format. After a great deal of work and waiting, boxee-source finally supports flash content in 32bit, however; to support 64bit we need to wait for the boxee team to release 64bit binaries, and sadly there hasn't been much talk in this direction.
However, it is possible to install a 32-bit chroot as per the Arch64_FAQ, make sure to enter the environment you set up using linux32 chroot /opt/arch32, and install the appropriate binaries (xorg, nvidia drivers if necessary, yaourt) and run schroot -p -- /opt/boxee/run-boxee-desktop. Seems to work great on my amd64 box. I'm watching Destination: Moon in 32-bit Boxee right now.
A small warning to all that the room is empty more often than not, but when its not you can find us @ #boxee-source on irc.freenode.net


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Phillips Seafood will open a location at Maryland Live, the Cordish Cos.' $500 million casino and entertainment complex under construction at Arundel Mills.
Cordish chairman David Cordish made the announcement at a Tuesday afternoon ribbon-cutting at Phillips new restaurant at the the Power Plant, a Cordish-operated retail, restaurant and office complex in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
The addition of Phillips to Maryland Live marks a quick blossoming in the relationship between Cordish and Phillips. The seafood restaurant left its longtime Harborplace home in September for the Cordish property, where it opened on Nov. 11.
"This is one great Maryland-based company partnering with another great Maryland based company at Maryland's premier casino," said Robert Morton, president and general manager of Maryland Live.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger joined Cordish and Phillips president and CEO Steve Phillips at the ceremony.
Last October, Cordish announced that Obrycki's, another Maryland-based crab house, would be part of Maryland Live, along with Ruth's Chris Steak House, the Cheesecake Factory, and a new live music venue to be operated by Rams Head. Phillips will be part of the Live Market.
Obrycki's departure from the project has been characterized by both sides as a difference of vision.


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WICHITA –The Kansas Natural Resource Conference (KNRC) will be held in Wichita January 24 and 25, 2013 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Airport. A unique opportunity for professionals dedicated to natural resource conservation to connect, this year marks the sixth year for the conference.
This year's plenary session will feature speakers who will discuss the conference theme "Under Attack: Invasive Species in Kansas," including the following:
"Invasive Species ? A National Perspective" by Chris Dionigi, deputy director of the National Invasive Species Council
"Invasive Pest Concerns Affecting Kansas" by Jeff Vogel, Plant Protection and Weed Control Program manager for the Kansas Department of Agriculture
"Bioenergy and Biodiversity" by Bill McGuire, president of Bill McGuire Conservation, LLC
"Emerald Ash Borer: Kicking Ash in North America" by Deborah G. McCullough, professor at Michigan State University
Interested individuals will find that conference speakers, concurrent sessions, and the tradeshow provide a variety of information about many natural resource topics, including the many aspects of invasive species. For more information, as well as registration details, go to www.kansasnrc.org, or follow KNRC on Facebook. Early registration continues through January 9, 2013.
According to Keith Harmoney, poster and paper presentation chairperson, "Professionals and students will be presenting at breakout sessions on the conference theme, as well as other natural resource-related topics of importance to Kansas and the region, which will make this an educational and informative conference."
Nearly 70 posters and presentations will be available at the conference. Categories for this year's breakout sessions will include aquatics, careers, forestry, pasture, rangeland, riparian, wetlands, and wildlife. Detailed information about the presentations are available at www.kansasnrc.org.
"There is no better place for your organization to display your products or services," said Harold Klaege (email firstname.lastname@example.com), chair of the tradeshow." Professionals attending the conference can learn about your products or services, and then through their normal contacts with Kansas landowners and operators suggest your product or services."
Conference brochure, registration form, concurrent session topics, tradeshow exhibiting information, committee chairs, and hotel information are available on online, by contacting Jessica Mounts at 316-683-8069 or emailing, firstname.lastname@example.com.
The sponsors of the conference are the Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Society of American Foresters, Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams, the Great Plains Society of American Foresters, Kansas Chapter of the Wildlife Society, the Kansas Section of the Society of Range Management, and Kansas Chapter Soil and Water Conservation Society.


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Born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Sergio Abramov studied at the Applied Arts Academy in Moscow. After completing his studies, Abramov moved to Israel, where he worked for years to create large murals.
His love for music and metropolitan cities is expressed through his work. Abromov, known artistically as Bramo, expresses his passion for music through highly textured paintings composed of built-up layers of acrylic paint that give depth and feeling to his paintings. As a painter, his ability to capture the perceived movement of sound on canvas is truly unique.
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We received over 1,700 submissions in our Dive Paradise contest and chose three amazing winners to join us on an exclusive diving trip to Ayada Maldives.
Choosing the winners was a challenge since there were so many potential candidates to win the main prizes. In the jury's final selection there were about a dozen images, but only three initial winners.
Now, as a new year's gift, we have made room for two more winners. Welcome to join our trip to dive paradise Jen Weston and Dapeng Juan!
Here are Jen's and Dapeng's great diving experiences.
"Diving off of Koh Tao, Thailand, I came across a large anemone with some anemone fish hanging out at home. I got my Canon G16 camera as close as I could without being bitten or stung and snapped a few photos. I was lucky that there was plenty of light and no need for flash."
–Jen Weston from New York, USA
"I had a stunning diving trip in Mexico and Galapagos Islands during October!"
– Dapeng Juan from Beijing, China


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Saint Phanourios (pronounced "fan-OO-ree-os") is to the Greek Orthodox what Saint Anthony is to the Catholics: the patron saint of lost things. But here's the twist: this saint has a sweet tooth. Greeks bake, bless, and give away this humble nut-and-spice cake, also called a phanouropita, in return for the saint's help to find something that's missing. During my own year-long quest with the phanouropita, a friend's grandmother showed me how to make the following version of this traditional Greek cake, which she likes to enjoy with morning coffee. Of the many recipes I've tried, it's my favorite, because it's so forgiving. The batter is easy to make by hand, and it's all about proportions, which means you can use any reasonable measure (a coffee cup or drinking glass) in place of a standard cup. To my mind, the recipe's looseness perfectly captures the spirit of Greek home cooking and offsets the formality suggested by Church and Saint. It also adheres to the traditional nine ingredients. (If you cheat just a little and count the cinnamon and cloves together as spices.) One unbreakable rule: Before you begin, take a moment to think of something you'd like Saint Phanourios to help you find—keep this in mind as you make the cake.–Allison Parker
LC Date with a Saint Note
If you'd like some divine company in the kitchen, print this image of the icon of Saint Phanourios and keep it within sight as you make the cake. Be warned, though—this alone won't bring you what you seek. Sincerity is everything when conversing with a saint.
Saint Phanourios's Cake
- Quick Glance
- Makes one 9-inch cake
IngredientsEmail Grocery List
- 1 cup vegetable oil, plus more for greasing
- 1 cup fresh orange juice (from about 3 oranges)
- 1/2 cup brandy
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- Powdered sugar, for dusting (optional)
- 1. Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) degrees. Oil the bottom and sides of a 9-inch round cake pan (or a Bundt or loaf pan of equal volume). Dust the pan with flour, tap out any excess, and set aside.
- 2. In a large bowl, whisk together the oil, orange juice, brandy, and sugar until thoroughly combined. Mix in the chopped walnuts.
- 3. Sift together into a medium bowl the 4 cups of flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and cloves. In small batches, add the flour mixture to the brandy mixture, whisking vigorously as you go. Continue whisking until completely combined. The batter will be very thick and slightly gummy—not to worry. (If it seems impossibly thick, you can always do what I do and splash in another tablespoon of brandy.) Tradition dictates that you're supposed to whisk for 9 minutes by hand. Good luck.
- 4. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan. Before putting the cake into the oven, pause to say whatever kind of prayer you feel comfortable with as you focus on the thing you hope to find. (Greek Orthodox women make the sign of the cross, but the cake will not suffer if you skip this step.)
- 5. Bake the cake until the top looks hard and golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then remove the cake from the pan and let it cool completely on a wire rack.
- 6. Traditionally, the cake is now given away whole or cut into nine pieces and shared with others. If you're serving the cake at home, you may want to sift a little powdered sugar over the top of the cake before slicing. The cake dries out easily, so if you do cut into it, make sure to wrap any leftovers well in plastic and foil, or store in an airtight container.
If you make this recipe, snap a photo and hashtag it #LeitesCulinaria. We'd love to see your creations on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.


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Veteran London dance duo Groove Armada consist of Tom Findlay and Andy Cato. The group formed in the mid-'90s after Findlay and Cato were introduced by the latter's girlfriend and soon started their own club, also named Groove Armada (after a '70s discotheque), which featured their spinning. By 1997 they released a handful of singles, including "4 Tune Cookie" and "At the River"; their debut album, Northern Star, followed the next year. Issued in 1999, Vertigo made the Top 20 of the British charts and silver status in the U.K. The album's singles achieved similar heights, including "I See You Baby," which was remixed by Fatboy Slim. The group followed this success with a stint as Elton John's opening band and with the U.S. release of Vertigo in early 2000. An album of remixes followed shortly after, featuring post-productions by DJ Icey and Tim "Love" Lee. After releasing a mix album, Back to Mine, the duo returned with a sophomore production effort, 2001's Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub). Two years later, Lovebox highlighted a new kind of funk for Groove Armada, with kitschy vibes and collaborative efforts coming from Neneh Cherry, Nappy Roots, and R&B chanteuse Sunshine Anderson. Soundboy Rock, released in 2007, continued the emphasis on catchy hooks and became the fourth straight GA album to reach the British Top Ten. Black Light, a darker affair featuring vocals from Saintsaviour, was released three years later. A remix album, White Light, followed it near the end of 2010. In 2014, the group released the EP Pork Soda, while Findlay released the '80s-flavored mix album LateNightTales Presents Automatic Soul. Two years later, the group released a mix album as songs from Tiga, Chez Damier, and Josh Wink landed on Groove Armada's Fabriclive.87, released through the Fabric label. ~ Heather Phares
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August 28th, 2009
by Kyle Gray
About the Game
Run and jump into high-falutin' gentlemen to reach critical mass and build up speed while avoiding obstacles. This game is my attempt at exorcising a horrible pun I caught during the production of Hatsworth while I was designing the outlandish Tea Time sequences. What better way to get rid of it then to finally make it into something?
The game is "Bare Minimum" in the gameplay sense – you only ever press the space button. There's only one level, and the whole experience lasts around a minute. It took 3 days to make.
How to Play
Press and hold space to build up speed then release. Press Space after to jump obstacles – that's it.
A big thanks to The Coconut Monkeyrocket for letting me use "Shufflin' Dynamo." If you dig the music I highly recommend buying the CD and supporting this one-man band.
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A lot of fun – nothing wrong with a good (or bad) pun! Very simple, but then, that was what was asked for, right?
Ok, that's pretty funny. Took a second to guess that by "press select" you meant "press space." I dig the art work.
rly cool and fun! I liked, and its rly simple! I like the score!
Fun game. Like the art – good music too.
3 days for a minute's entertainment? Always surprises me that producing games take much longer than you'd imagine – even in flash! (Not a criticism, just an observation on a fact of life!)
lol… nice! :D
By the way, I'm in chrome, and I can play the browser based game, but whatever you've done for the image is just listing as a broken link.
I'm in chrome and see a broken image too.
But I can play or download the game just fine.
Amazingly hilarious for the first few seconds.
Is the broken image at the top of the post, or in the game itself? I see it in Firefox just fine.
T-Time.jpg isn't showing up for me either, in IE. :( Great game though! Very evocative characters. It's like that communist bulls smash game mixed with the powerpuff girls or…. something. :D
Works now! thanks. :)
i'm in chrome and see the image at the top just fine. and the browser version works fine too.
thanks for the good game. :)
Turns out the culprit was a large jpeg image saved under CMYK instead of RGB – thanks to everyone who reported it.
Hahaha excellent! Great display of taking a minimum gameplay/input and polishing the core concept until it is dressed with nice art and is fun to play.
Very fun. Love it.
It works on Firefox fine, but it doesn't work on my mac or anything! :( Any info about this?
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I've been lurking around youtube tonight and found this lovely lady. She is incredibly ignorant. I thought this would be a good opportunity to discuss our moral compasses, and how diverse our views really are. For example, I am an atheist, an animal rights activist (and vegan), a secularist, among other things. While my brother, who is also an atheist, has some pretty opposite views; he fishes and hunts, he's in the army (I don't agree with the war for MANY reasons, but I'm not going to get into that), as well as other things.
Out of all the stupid, ignorant, and hypocritical things said by theists, this is the one that gets me the most. It's absurd to think that you need some higher power to guide you and tell you what is right from wrong. I actually got into an argument with a classmate about this, who is a crazy christian. I asked her what good she has done for our community or our world, she replied telling me how her and her mom raise money for their church. She reciprocated the question, and I gleefully answered telling her of the hundreds of hours of volunteering I've put into numerous charities and organisations. She was in shock, and needless to say she learned something new about atheists that day.
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Yes makes perfect sense..because YOU ABIDE BY THE WRONG LAW!!!!
Whether for personal gain or for some mythical code system, like to benefit all life on earth, one has a natural propensity to please others of our species. We please each other mostly by identifying stressors and not activating them in others. If you know you are speaking to your friend that doesn't eat pork, would you really harp on and on about the glorious pork sandwich you ate or maybe just refer to the sandwich? It helps to not make your friend feel....avarice or displeasure. Once on a pack scale, village sized group this behavior pattern makes the possibility of stable breeding, feeding and sheltering for our species. It is natural to be good to each other, I never eliminate the Buddhist school of psychological analysis on this, they argue it's not supernatural, we are faced with data that we can't even sort out, that is displeasing...that it isn't easily sorted...in our minds, so we want....something...different. The theist must confront that if it is natural to be good then it must be natural that there is no rhyme or reason to calamity. It is natural for one to want something different than the inevitable moment of melancholy or sadness...but talking to an invisible friend isn't half as helpful as having a community of like minded people. The Dalai Lama commented on a question about it being good or bad to say hello or not to a stranger in passing...he looked as if told a joke...it's an interesting expression, very genuine, 'of course you say hello, it's natural to say hello to a stranger you are human' Blam!
"I never eliminate the Buddhist school of psychological analysis"
Buddhism is a "religion" that I respect, not only due to the fact that it is atheistic, but that it also has good principles to live by.
Yah I'm saying that the moral compass exists from evolved necessity if I can call it that. Its just easier. We have figured out that it's easier to survive in numbers and being nice makes that easier to accomplish. Pretty simple really. To a theist I think it should be presented as, "I have a fantastic moral compass without the crutch of a god or religion, so why do you need such things to force you to behave? Do you think that you are born evil by nature and need to be held in check?" Probably gonna invoke some bogus free will argument or their head will explode. Can't wait till we get to say I told you so. I'll let go of my morals that day.
I carved my moral compass out of the Golden Rule, something that was taught to me by my parents well before I ever set foot in a church. Once I had the framework of "Treat others the way you want to be treated", I strengthened it with the idea of "Do right because it is right, not because you are told to". After I had the base, I built from there. Reason and logic taught me that I gained nothing by being a complete asshole to those who didn't deserve it. They also taught me that life was a precious thing, and that it isn't something to be wasted, especially if we really do get only one life to live.
Morality may be easily taught in the churches, but it does not have to come with the threat of fiery damnation and the promise of eternal bliss. I know I'm not alone here when I say I feel that those who need morality to come from a cloud dwelling absentee father figure, a being that has killed more people since the conception of the human race than anyone else in history, are nothing more than spineless, amoral people who cannot bear the responsibility of true morality.
I agree with you completely
The Golden Rule assumes that you and I would want the same thing, to be treated the same way. However, not every woman wants a door opened for her, for example. And let's not even get into how masochists screw up the application of the rule!
It's a Goden RULE, not a Golden LAW. :-)
It's a valuable insight, not a system.
I believe that we are actually born with a "moral compass". I won't bore you with the studies of toddlers. Good and careing people will most likely raise good and careing childern. But, again I won't bore you with facts of personality, emotional,or mental disorders. We all have the ability to understand that others are in pain, unfairly treated or abused in some way. However, people over the ages have taught their childern to think that some people are more important than others; due to religion, color, gendner, or sexual orientation. So it seems to me that people make a choice about morality, what you have been taught, or what you feel in your heart. Some people feel deeper than others, some people are able to break free from biase and think for themselves; others cling to fears that they have been taught. Your moral compass is what you allow it to be, with an open heart and an open mind.
Well, one probably should not blame the religious too much for arguing divinely inspired morality, though the concept has become extremely outdated in modern society. The monotheistic religions we see today is mostly a result of humans attempting to codify pro-social behavior into some type of system. The main vehicle for the behavior manipulation system commonly referred to as morals is law, and it's quite easy to track the progression of morals through time and across cultures by checking the letter of the law. It's no coincidence that these will match fairly tightly.
Instead of looking at religion today - especially the monotheistic religions - and their arguments about morality, it's more interesting to see how they fit into society during the time they were introduced. It certainly cannot be denied that Christian social moors were much less barbaric (by today's standards) than the Greco-Roman ones it replaced. Islam and Judaism for the most part replaced tribal traditions with far less regulation of social behavior. Add to this attempt of making the world a bit less brutal the fact that whatever central power existed at the time had little power to actually enforce secular law, and it is therefore much easier to threaten someone into civilized behavior by threatening them with eternal damnation of the soul rather than a pretty much non-existent legal enforcement system. One should perhaps not quite dismiss the positive role religion has played in civilizing the subset of mankind residing west of the Indus valley and north of the Sahara. (Has being the key word there.)
So, what's an atheist moral compass based on? Well, externally it is the law of the land which the vast majority of people follows the vast majority of time. Internally it is ethical concepts such as the golden rule and karma.
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Chris Rolfe - A familiar face in former Fire striker Chris Rolfe who made his second appearance this weekend for Alborg BK in the Danish First Division this week. Rolfey sent this photo over and we'll be checking in with him later in the season to see how his time is progressing.
Rolfe played the final 15 minutes in Alborg's 1-1 draw with FC Nordsjælland. The match remained scoreless until the 89th minute when Nordsjælland's Andreas Laudrup put the club ahead. Alborg's Ronnie Schwartz served to disappoint the hosts with a blast deep into stoppage time, forcing the teams to share the spoils. Following the winter break, Alborg sit fifth in the Danish SuperLiga with 35 points, within striking distance of third place Silkeborg (38) and fourth place Esbjerg (37).
Carlos Bocanegra - Played the full 90 minutes for French First Division side Stade Rennes in their 3-1 victory over Le Mans. With 49 points, Rennes sit seventh in the Ligue 1 table, five points out of a Europa League place. Bocanegra has appeared in 21 matches, taylling two goals and an assist from the Rennes backline so far this season.
Bakary Soumare - Played 29 minutes before being sent off in Boulogne's 3-0 loss to Paris St. Germain in France's Ligue 1. Boulogne sit 18th with 23 points in the Ligue 1 table, six points inside the league's relegation zone with eight matches left this season. The Malian international has made 13 appearances for Boulogne in 2009-10.
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