Inspirational video

I'm not sure what it is but I really like this video.

Simpsons and Fox News

This has to be one of the funniest things I have seen on youtube in a long while.



Alasdair

Thoughts on boxes, religious ones.

Over the years one of the things I have noticed is that many of my friends (and I doubt my friends are unique) like to box me. To my Islamic friends I am Christian, to my Christians friends I am an Atheist, and to my Atheist friends err, well it does not seem to have come up. The point is I have always resisted being boxed like this, and frequently claim to be agnostic.
The problem is I have become increasingly dissatisfied by this idea. My main issue being how is being an agnostic different from being an Atheist. This weekend I found the following video on YouTube:

In some sense the distinction makes a lot of sense. The problem is it misses out one critical factor. How much do people care! Although Laci (the person who made the video) describes herself as an agnostic atheist she clearly cares about it. I expect (although I would hate to speak for him) that Richard Dawkins is a gnostic atheist and he clearly cares. Most people on the other hand I expect do not care. People who do not care will typically answer, when asked, that they do, or do not, believe in God, but otherwise take no action.

This still does not help me though, because I still object to being in the atheist, or theist box, and all I just did is create another two. I would still say I do not care, but I do not care because I have decided that whether God exists or not I'm going to live the same way, rather than not really thinking about it. My flawed thinking goes as follows:

1. If God exists and is the wonderful all forgiving God Christians believe in then I really do not think he would send a good person to hell just because they did not believe in Jesus.
2. If God exists and is like the jealous God of the old testament then I want nothing to do with him because he commits mass murder, created us so we could worship him, making us his slaves. These are things I consider wrong, even for God.
3. If God does not exist I would not want to spend my life worshiping something that does not exist.

I also take issue with the following ideas:

1. All good things comes from God
2. All bad things come from the Devil

I feel that these statements absolve Humans of responsibility for the good and evil we do in this world, it allows us to justify all kinds of evil on the grounds that "God wanted me to". I think Humans have the unique capacity to commit both good and evil and we have a choice which we do.

As a result I will put myself in the following boxes:

• agnostic about God
• a humanist
  

At least until I change my mind.
Alasdair

FailBlog

Thanks to youtube I just discovered failblog. I discovered it via this video:



I wouldn't say this made me laugh, I was too surprised, it did make me go and look at the blog which has a mix of surprising, confusing and funny clips and images. I just hope the confusing ones are me lacking a cultural reference. Oh, and one other I thought was worth capturing:



Alasdair

Thought provoking

The Daily Show

I love the daily show. One of the funniest programs from the US.

This youtube video just underlays how important the writers of the show are.

White Guy Doing Bollywood

Hi,

I was shown this today and found it really really funny.

Enjoy



Alasdair

Sometimes it is just dangerous to follow a bus

Alasdair

How NOT to use powerpoint

I found this on one of those you tube blogs. It is great, and so true. There are some people that just should not be allowed a licence for PowerPoint.



Alasdair

The ultimate geek question, answered (Part 2)?

Another take on the Star Trek vs Star Wars debate, a more reasonable one too.



Must find something interesting to blog about.

Alasdair

The ultimate geek question, answered?

One of the geekyest questions ever asked is:

"Who would win in a fight, the star ship enterprise or a star destroyer?"

Here is one amusing take on the subject (from a star wars fan me thinks).



Alasdair

King Kong Song

Hi,

I have been prompted to blog again. I found this on you tube recently and I just love it.



Enjoy
Alasdair