atheism

God to Gervais: No, Really – Thank You!

January 19, 2011 Culture

British Comedian Ricky Gervais ended his reputedly raucous evening of hosting The Golden Globes ceremony Sunday night with the mildly witty remark, “Thank God for making me an atheist.”  I can’t help but reflect that God might well respond, “No, really, Ricky, thank you.”  The atheism of someone like Gervais – a man who radiates [...]

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God Is Mocked. Not.

February 1, 2010 Culture

I went to see Brit comedian Eddie Izzard perform live this weekend.  He was hilarious; great.  He did one bit illustrating the idea that Latin became a dead language because it was just too complicated.  A Roman legionnaire comes running to tell a centurion that Hannibal and his elephants have crossed the Alps but he [...]

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