What Would Jesus Say?

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/07/20/rick-warren-the-teaching-of-evolution-is-to-blame-for-the-colorado-shooting/

Lost Keys & God

A Shot at Creation Theories?

Interesting blog post from an Oregonian writer.  Terry Richard blogs about interesting places to visit in Oregon and the larger NW.  I wonder if his comments about the likelihood of "creation myths" is a subtle shot at religion - or evolution?

Believers Logic in a Flowchart

An Honest Oversight

It is high time that I pick up my quill and start posting to this blog again.  I've been intending to restart the blog for some time but a postcard received in the mail today finally prompted me to do so.  I was really enjoying the conversation with my friend TJ but I had to end the blog conversation - it seemed to be adding to  an almost obsession that was consuming TJ's life.  I didn't want to contribute to that.  Thus, this is still A Friendly Conversation but it is with you dear reader.




We received this in the mail today from a very good friend of ours, who, shall we say, takes her religion full strength.  I say "we" received it but alas, for some unfathomable reason, I was inexplicably left off the invitation!

An honest oversight on the sender's part to be sure.

I am hurt, hurt I tell you that I was not invited to this event.  Neither was my son Sam but then he doesn't live in town so he has an excuse.  

Interesting that "these questions" shouldn't be left to "world religions" amongst other nefareous authorities (like popular opinion or God forbid, science).

Abstinence and Abortions

Very interesting article about how the evangelical community has finally, in a very limited way, admitted that preaching abstinence is causing abortions rates to climb.  80% - 80%! of young evangelical adults are having sex before marriage and 30% of these women who become pregnant get abortions.  So one third of he recipients of the pro-abstinence (and presumably pro-life) message get abortions when they have an unplanned pregnancy before they are married.  That is astonishing.  If you hate abortion, teach birth control.