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Don't know if this has been posted before but found it interesting. An unusually serious Billy Connolly gives his views on religion during an interview.
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oddly enough, apparently being interviewed by his wife?achtungbarry wrote: »Don't know if this has been posted before but found it interesting. An unusually serious Billy Connolly gives his views on religion during an interview.
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Interesting talk by Michael Newdow about separation of church and state:
It's in 9 parts (so it's pretty long!), and he appears to be ad libbing the whole thing, which is pretty impressive! He also really knows his American history... Would love to see him in a debate with some religious nut, he would p1ss all over them. He's been on Fox and the likes a few times, and he skullfvcks them every time.0 -
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Arsenic based or...?
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I noticed that Obama speech video was lifted off www.yoism.org
Checking it out, we find a hippy religion, complete with celebritity saints such as Saint Albert (Einstein):) and Saint Richard.
However, some of these saints appear to have been press-ganged into service.....
"Also note that Yoan Saints may be drafted against their will by Yoism. For example, when the formation of Yoism was proposed to Saint Richard in 1988, he had an anaphylactic reaction, experienced hysterical deafness, and turned away in disgust immediately after hearing the word "religion" ;-) Two decades later, while promoting his book, The God Delusion, his hysterical deafness seemed to dissipate and he finally was able to acknowledge that the type of "God" represented by Yo—i.e., the pantheistic Universe/God of Baruch Spinoza or Albert Einstein—is something Dawkins does believe in!"
http://www.yoism.org/?q=node/34
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A major exhibition of the international archaeological sensation.
The spectacular reconstruction of the Pharaoh’s tomb and treasures
TUTANKHAMUN - HIS TOMB AND HIS TREASURES...
17 February 2011 for a limited run | RDS Industries Hall | Dublin
link
Looks great & is under 20 squid! (half of that asked for by a certain Dennett... lol).
Wonder do they mean by reconstruction that they are not shipping the
actual scoliosis-laden bones along as well?According to an article in the September 2010 issue of National Geographic
magazine, Tutankhamun was the result of a incestuous relationship and,
because of that, may have suffered from several genetic defects that
contributed to his early death.[14] For years, scientists have tried to
unravel ancient clues as to why the boy king of Egypt, who reigned for 10
years, died at the age of 19. Several theories have been put forth.
As stated above, one was that he was killed by a blow to the head.
Another put the blame on a broken leg. As recently as June 2010, German
scientists said they believe there is evidence he died of sickle cell disease.
Research conducted by archaeologists, radiologists, and geneticists who
started performing CT scans on Tutankhamun five years ago found that
he was not killed by a blow to the head, as previously thought. That same
team began doing DNA research on Tutankhamun's mummy, as well as the
mummified remains of other members of his family, in 2008. DNA tests
finally put to rest questions about Tutankhamun's lineage, proving that
his father was Akhenaten, but that his mother was not one of Akhenaten’s
known wives. His mother was one of Akhenaten’s five sisters, although it is
not known which one. New CT images discovered congenital flaws, which
are more common among the children of incest. Siblings are more likely to
pass on twin copies of harmful genes, which is why children of incest more
commonly manifest genetic defects.[15] It is suspected he also had a
partially cleft palate, another congenital defect.[16]
The team was able to establish with a probability of better than 99.99
percent that Amenhotep III was the father of the individual in KV55,
who was in turn the father of Tutankhamun.[17] The DNA of the so-called
Younger Lady (KV35YL), found lying beside Queen Tiye in the alcove of
KV35, matched that of the boy king. Her DNA proved that, like Akhenaten,
she was the daughter of Amenhotep III and Tiye; thus, Tut's parents were
brother and sister.[18] Queen Tiye held much political influence at court
and acted as an adviser to her son after the death of her husband.
There has been speculation that her eldest son Prince Tuthmose was
in fact Moses who led the Israelites into the Promised Land.[15]
While the data are still incomplete, the study suggests that one of the
mummified fetuses found in Tut's tomb is the daughter of Tutankhamun
himself, and the other fetus is probably his child as well. So far only partial
data for the two female mummies from KV21 has been obtained.[19]
One of them, KV21A, may well be the infants' mother and thus,
Tutankhamun's wife, Ankhesenamun. It is known from history that she was
the daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, and thus likely her husband's half
sister. Another consequence of inbreeding can be children whose genetic
defects do not allow them to be brought to term.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun
When I read about that when it first came out earlier this year, how
tests put to rest years and years of mythology and folklore regarding
Tut I was shocked, I mean you can imagine how many children were
fed noble stories about him, as I was, & to find out how weak he was
& the weird family history it just shows you that, just like childrens
nursery rhymes, there's a seedy & dark tale underlying reality.0 -
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sponsoredwalk wrote: »A major exhibition of the international archaeological sensation.
The spectacular reconstruction of the Pharaoh’s tomb and treasures
TUTANKHAMUN - HIS TOMB AND HIS TREASURES...
17 February 2011 for a limited run | RDS Industries Hall | Dublin
link
Looks great & is under 20 squid! (half of that asked for by a certain Dennett... lol).
Wonder do they mean by reconstruction that they are not shipping the
actual scoliosis-laden bones along as well?
When I read about that when it first came out earlier this year, how
tests put to rest years and years of mythology and folklore regarding
Tut I was shocked, I mean you can imagine how many children were
fed noble stories about him, as I was, & to find out how weak he was
& the weird family history it just shows you that, just like childrens
nursery rhymes, there's a seedy & dark tale underlying reality.
I'm sorry, but that sh*t is fuc*ed up:eek: 0 -
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