An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles

About Me

"Me" is a two-letter word in the english language used when someone is referring to his or herself. From Websters:MEpron. The objective case of I.1. Used as the direct object of a verb: He assisted me. 2. Used as the indirect object of a verb: They offered me a ride. 3. Used as the object of a preposition: This letter is addressed to me. 4. Informal. Used as a predicate nominative: It's me. See Usage Note at be. See Usage Note at but. See Usage Note at I1. 5. Nonstandard. Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb: I bought me a new car.

Alas, all my smilies are gone:( Rest in Peace Area Man.

My Interests

World Map of baby-eating heathens:

I'd like to meet:

I originally started this page as a heathen group before myspace actually had groups. Since then, we've created the largest atheist group on msypace, and the 6th largest religious group! (1-4 are jesus groups; the 5th used bots to unfairly increase their membership in a very short time). Click below to join and support the cause-- hurry before we get deleted!!!:

Atheist and Agnostic Group!

The stuff below was written before myspace had groups:

How many times have you heard the argument from / to design? That atheism is a religion? That if evolution were true, how come a monkey has never given birth to a human? That one can't be moral unless he/she believes in a supreme being? We are among the most hated, yet most misunderstood minority out there. So, let this group be a place where skeptics, freethinkers and nonbelievers can hang out, network, exchange information, nude pics, whatever.I suspect the polls (that 90+ % of people are believers) are inaccurate. More people like us exist, but some are in the closet. So, get out and join! Or at least email me comments. I am a needy person, please amuse me.

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My Blog

Replies to the Boston Globe reporter.

Some here have been solicited by a reporter from the Boston Globe. He's doing a Sunday magazine piece thingy on humanism (mainly as a reaction to the new humanism conference last April at Harvard).Sin...
Posted by An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:48:00 PST

What were you before your parents met?

Nothing.Today you are something. Something can come from nothing.The average male produces billions of little swimmers. The probability of you existing is 1/billions * the probability of your parents...
Posted by An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:28:00 PST

You can't spell "churtch" without "crutch"

Can't do it. Coincidence? I think not.Lame pun? Perhaps.But one can't spell "Christian" without "rich at sin," nor "protestant" without "entrap tots," or "taste porn.""Mormon" just has an un-needed se...
Posted by An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:35:00 PST

Check out this event: The Humanist Symposium at Harvard University

Hosted By: Bryan PestaWhen: 20 Apr 2007, 19:00Where: Harvard UniversityOne Harvard YardCambridge, MA 02138United StatesDescription:Bryan Pesta Click Here To View Event...
Posted by An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:02:00 PST

Point of clarification re the big 3 religions

I hear this a lot; I think theists use it to dampen the reality that where they were born determines-- in large part for most people-- which god they swear is real.Take a fundie xtian born in Alabama ...
Posted by An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:21:00 PST

Agnotheism and Agnotheists.

Agnotheist:My newly coined term for agnostics who require certainty for beliefs/disbeliefs to be rational (e.g., "you can't prove for sure that gods don't exist, so atheism is irrational-- just like t...
Posted by An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:28:00 PST

My interview from a theist

A user here in seminary school needed to interview an atheist and so picked me. It's not all that exciting, but here's the Q&A. Perhaps read in bed (with clothes on pervs) as a sleeping aid):To you, w...
Posted by An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:07:00 PST

IQ and religious belief

From a group post... ctually lots of studies have been done showing that heathens are smarter than the average bear. Again, I ain't claiming that all atheists are smart / educated and all theists are...
Posted by An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles on Mon, 29 Aug 2005 04:32:00 PST

Profound questions / simple answers

A baby cries. The force of her breath disturbs the air molecules by her lips. These molecules bump into neighboring molecules; a domino effect occurs, and the sound "wave" travels to your outter ear a...
Posted by An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:35:00 PST

Egocentrism and religious belief

Every generation has a large percentage of people who are certain they're living in the end of times. Witness, for example, the Jehovah's Witnesses, who have changed their prediction for Armageddon ma...
Posted by An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 07:01:00 PST