The Holy spirit is a stinking shitbag of puss and Mary was a lying whore (but she's dead now).
Mohammed was a child abusing warlord with a small dick and bad breath and his imaginary friend Allah is a sociopathic bloodthirsty tyrant with bad taste in fashion.
Lord Ganesha is a big-nosed wanker.
Happy Blasphemy Day International! Apologies to those of faiths that I didn't blaspheme, maybe somebody else will have you covered, keep looking - you can be offended if you try hard enough. Jain is a girls name.
Friday 30 September 2011
David Mabus/Dennis Markuze (aka GOATS ON FIRE!)
In some ways, David Mabus was my inspiration to start a blog. Perhaps as a way to combat the negative stereotypes that psychotic people have to deal with. You see, if you weren't aware of Mr Mabus, he gives us crazy people a bad name. He was recently the subject of a legal intervention after years of posting increasing incomprehensible gibberish (including various things which could be construed as death threats or other threats of violence: CLOBBERING TIME!!) to forums, blogs, on twitter and email in Herculean volumes. Here is some of later work
And so on. This would interspersed with surreal pictures like
It didn't used to be so incomprehensible. Just a few years ago it was practically Shakespeare in comparison:
Who knows, maybe I'm already on the downhill slide into gibbering mania like DM, in which case this blog might serve as an interesting case study for someone. For the curious, more information can be found strewn about the interwebs, but I'll link over to PZ Myers for convenience. After thousands upon thousands of complaints he was arrested and given a psych evaluation. The results of this evaluation have been reported as saying he suffers from bipolar disorder, compounded by substance abuse. The actual report says 'alcohol and substance abuse' I know, but I am fairly sure that alcohol is a substance.
And that's where DM had at least one advantage over me. His manic episodes meant he got a lot of work done. Unfortunately, it was all crazy work, but nobody doubts that he was prolific. For now he is receiving treatment, and the atheist blogger community is happy with that outcome.
why would anyone tolerate you intolerant sh&theads? the REAL WORLD!
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for lying intolerant sh*thead "wiseman" - we even use YOU!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJs9GCvKQwQ
WHACKANATHEIST
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTmXHvGZiSY
MORE THAN A MILLIONS DOLLARS!
http://richarddawkins.net/articles/628639-new-items-in-the-rdf-store-giant-evolution-playmat-poster-activity-guide?page=1
even Goebbels would not dare use such techniques to brainwash children....
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_J2o9Jkvkw
METAPHYSICAL GHOSTS
And so on. This would interspersed with surreal pictures like
It didn't used to be so incomprehensible. Just a few years ago it was practically Shakespeare in comparison:
For over 40 years James Randi Zwigert (is this even a REAL NAME?) has
had total control over who and how the testing was conducted, yet
despite all this he has terminated the challenge.
The ONLY REASON why the challenge was stopped is because he lost and
refused to pay.
Apparently, Randi likes to break the rules when it serves him
...
where is my MILLION DOLLARS, you LITTLE *NO-NAME* FRAUD
PS: Almost Forgot: Love the IRONY of the *BULLSHIT* sign over Randi's
ugly head...
Who knows, maybe I'm already on the downhill slide into gibbering mania like DM, in which case this blog might serve as an interesting case study for someone. For the curious, more information can be found strewn about the interwebs, but I'll link over to PZ Myers for convenience. After thousands upon thousands of complaints he was arrested and given a psych evaluation. The results of this evaluation have been reported as saying he suffers from bipolar disorder, compounded by substance abuse. The actual report says 'alcohol and substance abuse' I know, but I am fairly sure that alcohol is a substance.
And that's where DM had at least one advantage over me. His manic episodes meant he got a lot of work done. Unfortunately, it was all crazy work, but nobody doubts that he was prolific. For now he is receiving treatment, and the atheist blogger community is happy with that outcome.
Thursday 29 September 2011
Skinner's Dilemma
Also: Pascal's Wager rehashed.
Frank Skinner is a comedian and a one hit wonder, and he's recently expressed his opinions to the Archbishop of Canterbury:
OF course, there is a bit of problem here Mr Skinner. The problem is that you could substitute any belief-position for atheism and the argument would be as exactly correct as Skinner's. Imagine, for example, a Muslim Imam saying:
And since the argument applies equally to Catholics, Muslims, Hindus, Atheists and well...everybody, it actually applies to nobody. It's just Pascal's wager re-worded and suffers the same flaws. If it turns out that there is a God but that God punishes us for believing in him without sufficient evidence, then it is the believers that are in for terrible disaster. Indeed, if there is a God and his demands are in anyway contrary to the practices of Catholics or specifically to Skinner - then a lot of people are going to be screwed. No matter which way you put it, someone is going to be screwed if a God exists.
And if God doesn't exist, then people are just screwing themselves by wasting their time and efforts right now. And worse, they are often screwing others over since religious beliefs tend to exact moral demands on the followers which necessarily impacts the lives of other people. Surely, if we are going to try and prevent a 'terrible disaster' we should only make guesses that are in line with the corroborated evidence that we have (or perhaps guesses that go slightly beyond the corroborated evidence, in ways that might be possibly corroborated in the near future).
I agree with Skinner's larger point, however: Comedians are nowadays more regularly taking potshots at religious views. But they can do this in increasing numbers because it is become increasingly safe to do it. More importantly, the audiences find jokes mocking religion to be funny. And comedians are nothing if not opportunists for extracting laughs.
Skinner might lament anti-religion routines becoming the 'in thing', but that's because religion is so absurd just about anyone can say something funny about it.
At any rate, even if the Catholics and the Protestants ganged up against atheism and even if they won - they'd be back to bickering over which fuddy-duddy is in charge of the church and what opinions we should hold about Mary in no time. And then, eventually, people would start taking the piss again.
Frank Skinner is a comedian and a one hit wonder, and he's recently expressed his opinions to the Archbishop of Canterbury:
Atheists we might see as people like those who deny global warming. You might celebrate their right, and defend their freedom of speech, to deny global warming – but if they're wrong, and millions of other people have taken their view, then it could end in a terrible, terrible disaster for a lot of people.
...
At a time when secularism is a threat to the salvation of millions, believers should get together, find what we have in common, and sell that
OF course, there is a bit of problem here Mr Skinner. The problem is that you could substitute any belief-position for atheism and the argument would be as exactly correct as Skinner's. Imagine, for example, a Muslim Imam saying:
if Catholics are wrong, and millions of other people have taken their view, then it could end in a terrible, terrible disaster for a lot of people.
And since the argument applies equally to Catholics, Muslims, Hindus, Atheists and well...everybody, it actually applies to nobody. It's just Pascal's wager re-worded and suffers the same flaws. If it turns out that there is a God but that God punishes us for believing in him without sufficient evidence, then it is the believers that are in for terrible disaster. Indeed, if there is a God and his demands are in anyway contrary to the practices of Catholics or specifically to Skinner - then a lot of people are going to be screwed. No matter which way you put it, someone is going to be screwed if a God exists.
And if God doesn't exist, then people are just screwing themselves by wasting their time and efforts right now. And worse, they are often screwing others over since religious beliefs tend to exact moral demands on the followers which necessarily impacts the lives of other people. Surely, if we are going to try and prevent a 'terrible disaster' we should only make guesses that are in line with the corroborated evidence that we have (or perhaps guesses that go slightly beyond the corroborated evidence, in ways that might be possibly corroborated in the near future).
I agree with Skinner's larger point, however: Comedians are nowadays more regularly taking potshots at religious views. But they can do this in increasing numbers because it is become increasingly safe to do it. More importantly, the audiences find jokes mocking religion to be funny. And comedians are nothing if not opportunists for extracting laughs.
Skinner might lament anti-religion routines becoming the 'in thing', but that's because religion is so absurd just about anyone can say something funny about it.
At any rate, even if the Catholics and the Protestants ganged up against atheism and even if they won - they'd be back to bickering over which fuddy-duddy is in charge of the church and what opinions we should hold about Mary in no time. And then, eventually, people would start taking the piss again.
The enemy of motivation
Of course, one of the dilemmas of having a blog and being psychotic is the tendency towards not making regular updates. In psychosis there are positive and negative symptoms. Most people are aware of the positive ones (delusions, hallucinations etc), but the negative ones are the ones that are more regularly present. Except in some cases like schizophrenia, the positive symptoms are occasional or minor. The negative symptoms include avolition. From www.schizophrenia.com
Nevertheless I will attempt to press on and continue writing. Even if it appears I am addressing naught but the aether.
Avolition is the reduction, difficulty, or inability to initiate and persist in goal-directed behavior; it is often mistaken for apparent disinterest. (examples of avolition include: no longer interested in going out and meeting with friends, no longer interested in activities that the person used to show enthusiasm for, no longer interested in much of anything, sitting in the house for many hours a day doing nothing.)
Nevertheless I will attempt to press on and continue writing. Even if it appears I am addressing naught but the aether.
Tuesday 27 September 2011
I'm the psychotic atheist
Hello there, I'm the psychotic atheist!
I didn't choose this name to be provocative or to appear especially interesting. I really am an atheist (who suffers from psychosis). I have no idea if my input into the collective blogosphere will prove welcome or of interest to anyone other than me, but I figure I should just start writing and see where it takes me.
Of course, it needs to be disclaimed: I cannot know for sure that I am psychotic. Two medical professionals and a social worker have come to that conclusion based on a series of interviews with me, and thus the evidence certainly supports the notion. I can find correspondences with my symptoms and the symptoms of established psychotic disorders. So I'm going to accept that it is true for the time being.
Of course, it could (as sometimes I suspect) be a conspiracy to discredit me. Unfortunately however, thinking such possibilities is exactly what a psychotic person would do. The only thing that seems to set me apart from many other psychotics is that I am quite aware of many of my delusions (though there are probably some I am not aware of).
Nevertheless, I have not been formally diagnosed yet. My doctor says they have no intention of diagnosing either. Apparently its the new thing to treat the patient and not stigmatize them with labels or some hippy nonsense. It kind of makes sense, but it means trying to explain my condition to others is very hard since 'psychosis' conjures up such negative stereotypes. For the record: I'm magnitudes more likely to hurt myself than anyone else...and this is generally true of other of my fellow psychotics.
Furthermore, I'm an atheist. I reject religious beliefs entirely: I might be crazy, but I have limits! When I became aware of my first psychotic episode, I realized I needed to instigate certain mental safeguards to prevent things from getting out of hand again. No system is perfect, and it took a long time with lots of mistakes along the way, but I eventually settled on skepticism as the best defence against delusions.
This blog will be a place where I will try and throw my thoughts out there about the news of the day, mental health issues, and whatever else strikes my fancy. I choose to remain anonymous for reasons that should hopefully be obvious. That said, I get confused or have 'brain farts' more than the average person might so I may inadvertently leave a trail to my true identity. Please respect my anonymity, and if you find such a trail please alert me to it so that I can remedy things.
I didn't choose this name to be provocative or to appear especially interesting. I really am an atheist (who suffers from psychosis). I have no idea if my input into the collective blogosphere will prove welcome or of interest to anyone other than me, but I figure I should just start writing and see where it takes me.
Of course, it needs to be disclaimed: I cannot know for sure that I am psychotic. Two medical professionals and a social worker have come to that conclusion based on a series of interviews with me, and thus the evidence certainly supports the notion. I can find correspondences with my symptoms and the symptoms of established psychotic disorders. So I'm going to accept that it is true for the time being.
Of course, it could (as sometimes I suspect) be a conspiracy to discredit me. Unfortunately however, thinking such possibilities is exactly what a psychotic person would do. The only thing that seems to set me apart from many other psychotics is that I am quite aware of many of my delusions (though there are probably some I am not aware of).
Nevertheless, I have not been formally diagnosed yet. My doctor says they have no intention of diagnosing either. Apparently its the new thing to treat the patient and not stigmatize them with labels or some hippy nonsense. It kind of makes sense, but it means trying to explain my condition to others is very hard since 'psychosis' conjures up such negative stereotypes. For the record: I'm magnitudes more likely to hurt myself than anyone else...and this is generally true of other of my fellow psychotics.
Furthermore, I'm an atheist. I reject religious beliefs entirely: I might be crazy, but I have limits! When I became aware of my first psychotic episode, I realized I needed to instigate certain mental safeguards to prevent things from getting out of hand again. No system is perfect, and it took a long time with lots of mistakes along the way, but I eventually settled on skepticism as the best defence against delusions.
This blog will be a place where I will try and throw my thoughts out there about the news of the day, mental health issues, and whatever else strikes my fancy. I choose to remain anonymous for reasons that should hopefully be obvious. That said, I get confused or have 'brain farts' more than the average person might so I may inadvertently leave a trail to my true identity. Please respect my anonymity, and if you find such a trail please alert me to it so that I can remedy things.
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