Life in the Banana Patch

A collection of thoughts and asides about life. And if I think of anything that needs to be mocked, it will show up here.

"If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way."
--Bertrand Russell

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Happy Festivus!

Labels: Festivus

Monday, December 21, 2009

I love archaeology stories. And I love biblical archaeology stories. While I don't believe the Bible is God's literal words, I do admire how well it chronicles history. And here's a story about some house that the real Jesus--the brown, Arab-looking guy that actually existed, not the white, Anglo-Saxon guy portrayed by Jeffrey Hunter--that was found in Nazareth.

Labels: Chri$tma$, Jesusistan