Friday, August 5, 2011

Debunking Christianity: Richard Carrier vs. JP Holding - New Testament Textual Reliability

Here is the debate between JP Holding and Dr Richard Carrier. John Loftus posted the debate on his blog. I think it's worth watching.
















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Drudge Report Thinks New Spider-Man 'Could Be Gay,' Glenn Beck (and Colbert) Protest Diversity - ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews

Of course I'd expect that announcing that a new character who happens to be half-black and half-latino, named Miles Morales, to draw a lot of fire. Why? This is America. We still not over the President being half-black. Why would I expect that one of the most recognizable American icons not draw similar problems? For once, I wish I had been proven wrong. This particular article spotlights the stupidity of Glenn Beck. I don't even know where to begin about how stupid his remarks are.





I'm not even sure where he even got the idea that Miles was going to be portrayed as gay? I have not even heard of a single such report. No one deserves that kind of hate and ignorance. I see nothing wrong with Comics characters that look like the people who read them. I wonder how people like generate enough brain power to keep their autonomic nervous system working. If that isn't proof of God's mercy and power, it's hard to point to a better example.

Fortunately, Beck's stupidity isn't being ignored. Stephen Colbert mocks such "news" coverages:




And then there was this awesome mashup.




To make this even more stranger is that Michael Davis who is African-American has been approached to develop television for the 11-16 age demographic for...Beck TV! Does Davis have the track record, experience, and talent to pull that job off. Yup! But he will not sell out on his principles. Davis writes the following:
IS YOU STUPID??

Now if I were a sell out Negro, I’m sure I could create some shows for Massa Beck that I’m sure he would love…

How about, Nigger-Man? It’s an animated show about a Black superhero on welfare.

Or…The Nigger Family, that’s show about a black family on welfare.

Perhaps, Name that African American would make a good show. It’s an educational game show where the kids get to name the black person.

They name them all, nigger.

I’m fully aware that there is a good chance that the company that asked me to create something for Glen Beck may see this.

So be it. If it destroys my relationship there I could care less. If by some miracle Beck sees this and wonders why I just didn’t take the money and ignore everything else I say this,

I’m not that nigger.
I love to see someone standing up for what they believe in. Someone has to draw the line somewhere. I don't really think that Beck is that stupid, but the people who are in charge of Beck TV is. Looks like someone wants to be Oprah while lambasting Barack Obama and Marvel Comics.

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Taiwanese Animation Sees Diverse Spider-Man, Suggests More Asian Superheroes [Video] - ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews

This past week two things happened that showed us that we have much to do in terms of race relations: The new Spider-Man is a half-black and half-latino and Lawrence Fishburne has been cast in the Superman movie as Perry White. Quite a few racist remarks has been said and being African-American myself I am highly sensitive. The truth is that in the battle of black vs white in America, we often forget that most of the people on the planet are Asian (Chinese to be exact). Also there is so much racism against people who are from that part of the world. Let's face it: whoever is freshest off the boat gets it first in America, and blacks and latinos are next. Everyone should be protected. It's always interesting to hear what Asian-Americans experience. They are in the same boat as other minorities - used, abused, and stereotyped. Why are there are almost no Asian-American superheroes? Racism. The people who control the media don't think we want to read about and watch strong Asian characters. Some people do transcend all of that: Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Jackie Chan - but they are exception. This is why the live-action Dragonball and Avatar:The Last Airbender moves had non-Asian casts for characters who clearly should have been Asian.  It's sad. Look at the video below that deals with these question from a Taiwaneses point of view.




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Faithful Thinkers: Video: Pagan Turns Toward God

SVG version of Image:State Religions.png based...Image via WikipediaThanks to Luke Nix for pointing out this video of Dr Norman Geisler answering about Pagans and Christianity.




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Antiproton Ring Found Around Earth [Science!]

Yes, the earth has a ring of particles in orbit around it. Under thirty anti-protons! Cool!


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