Twenty-five states prohibit marriages between first cousins. Six states allow first cousin marriage under certain circumstances, and North Carolina allows first cousin marriage but prohibits double-cousin marriage. States generally recognize marriages of first cousins married in a state where such marriages are legal.…

Angry America

Hat tip to Adriana for pointing out a blog to me on atheist republicans; the gist being how can you support a party who hates you?…

Gallup: For the first time, a majority of Americans say they’d vote for an atheist for president

FULL DATA: http://www.gallup.com/file/poll/155282/Willingness_Vote_Other_Key_Groups%20.pdf

I’ve blogged a bunch of these Gallup polls over the years and my demographic has always been at…

NOTE: there won't be a Science Fix for 2-3 weeks since I will be taking a vacation!

I will start this blog with everything human. Then interesting news regarding the natural world. I’ll throw I an arthropod or two to keep Michel happy. I will then post a pretty photo, and an interesting video. I declare…

This is the story as it has been given to us.

The Birth of Jesus - According to Matthew (1: 18 – 25)

Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. Such was his intention when, behold, the…

"The Sirian resumed his discussion with the little mites. He spoke to them with great kindness, although in the depths of his heart he was a little angry that the infinitely small had an almost infinitely great pride."

I’ve been researching the “Historical Jesus“. His existence really doesn’t motivate me one way or the other, its not like finding out there was a man named Jesus is going to convince me he was God, but it’s a story that is culturally relevant to our story. I personally believe Jesus was a Myth, it just makes since to me, the theory that he was a composite of some kind, really adds up.



But I wanted to know exactly how the professional historians come up with the “Historical…

1. Fathers and Sons

Over the past few days we've really gotten to know each other better.  He's been tested and currently places on the mild end of the ASD scale (I'm likely right there with him) - thanks…

Angry Americans

President Obama breaks a move. A policy change on Friday will allow "dreamers" to legally remain in the country for two years while the battle on immigration continues. The President had to deal…

FEATURED IMAGE:  Strange alignment of two distant galaxies…

This is the follow-up post to Bwambale Robert and The Kasese Humanist Primary School in Uganda. It is also the third in a series of personal profiles of Atheists, Agnostics and Humanists who are helping to make the world a better place.

I am focusing on people who are making a difference for others. They are…

Angry America

The two big stories this week revolve around the leaking of classified national security information, whether it was deliberate or not, and the recall election in Wisconsin.

The "leak" is a perfect example of political asshattery. The argument revolves around whether this was a…

Someday, Someday Soon,

We’ll all go to the moon.

To the moon.

They said it was crazy

when wingless man looked up at the sky

and said “We can Fly!”

They said, “Your crazy as a Loon!”

But up they went in a balloon.



Someday, Someday Soon,

We’ll all go to the moon.

To the moon.

They tried in vain

To maintain the mundane

And it worked for a while

But the future is here

Resistance is futile. …

One might think that winged angels flying about is a christian invention but no, it's a very human wish, maybe almost an obsession, for men since milleniums.

In greek mythology, Icarus, trying to escape from his  tower jail, made wings out of feathers and wax and flew out supposedly gaining altitude, and "getting nearer the sun" the wax melted and he fell into the sea...  Now an island inhabited by the Icarians, bearing his name, is in the Aegian sea.

So, there is nothing new…

I just finished reading the personal diaries of Eve and Adam - you know, the original humans.  It would appear that Mark Twain discovered the original manuscripts and succeeded to translate the ancient hieroglyphs somehow (perhaps he used a top hat) and published them to the world.  I will be the first to say…

FEATURED VIDEO: Time lapse video of the transit of Venus in front of the Sun, June 5^th

Venus passed in front of the Sun this week for the last time until 2117.  IN this NASA HD video, Venus transit as seen in the 171 wavelength.…

Planet Politics

In the United States, conservatives  in 34 states are working on suppressing the vote. This is part of the plan to…

Kenji Yamada, 29.

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This is the second post in a new series of personal profiles of Atheists, Agnostics and Humanists who are helping to make the world a better place.

Kenji…