I saw this on EvilBible.com, and had to share...

Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian


10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.

9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.

8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.

7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!

6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.

5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.

4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."

3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.

2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.

1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.

I just thought this was a great picture!!! (I have no idea WHO it is, don't ask!)

Don't get me started...

Quote of the Day

Here was today's Quote from my Mac's Desktop Widget...

"First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I guess that explains the vast intellect and the lies...

Jazz Band gig coming up!

I'll be performing (playing lead) with the Wednesday Night Big Band on Wed., May 17, @ New Rochelle HS. The band is part of the Adult Education courses offered in New Rochelle. The HS Big Band will be opening up the concert at 7:30, we'll be going on around 8:15. Admission is the ever-popular FREE. Come on by and say hello, if you're in the neighborhood. Email me if you need directions...

The players are not famous (including me), and come from all walks of life. There are retired surgeons, dentists, schoolteachers, artists, and guys with current day gigs like teachers, accountants, lawyers. It aint Woody Herman's Herd, but we can hold our own, and it's a fun bunch to hang out with every Wednesday night!

"This year's election offers the chance, after four decades of one-party control, to bring to the House a new majority that will transform the way Congress works. That historic change would be the end of government that is too big, too intrusive, and too easy with the public's money. " Some might think that this is a recent quote, a Democratic diatribe. They'd be wrong.

It's a quote from the infamous "Contract With America," back in 1994. Since then, Republicans have INCREASED bureaucracy in Washington, after Al Gore streamlined government offices and policies during the Clinton administration. Republicans have made things harder on normal folks, while easing the burdens of corporations. Witness the Medicare Plan D Debacle, for instance. This Republican administration is certainly more intrusive, as evidenced by its illegal wiretap program, and surveillance of such "dangerous" terrorist groups like vegans and Quakers. Mr. Bush and his enablers in Congress have pissed away a $150 Billion surplus, and turned it into an $8 TRILLION deficit. Since Bush took office, the US Government has BORROWED more money than all of the previous administrations COMBINED.

Bill Clinton managed to balance the budget and reduce government bureaucracy, even with a hostile GOP majority running Congress. W and the Mayberry Mafia can't even get it right with a defacto one-party rule. I've said it before, and I'll say it again- The last good Republican President was Eisenhower. Barry Goldwater would be considered too-moderate by today's standards, and Abe Lincoln would not recognize what his party has turned into.

It's time for a change in Congress, if for no other reason than to hold the power of the Executive branch in check. To the die-hard Republicans out there, think about this very real possibility- "Would you want Hillary Clinton to have the same power as George W. Bush?" Yeah, I didn't think so. The point is that NOBODY should be allowed to piss all over the Constitution the way that Mr. Bush has. Time to wake up and pay attention...