Muslims have been in the news lately with their ridiculous behavior. Specifically, the assertion that cleavage causes earthquakes (and the resulting BOOBQUAKE movement, which I thought was genius) or more importantly the censored South Park episode.

There is one point about South Park that I’d like to make that seems to have been missed. SPOILER ALERT! People have been complaining, and rightfully so, about all the censorship in the episode, while missing a really cute but poignant scene — where Buddha is snorting cocaine and Jesus is looking at porn.

I loved that little part, because is showcases a major point. No matter how much they show Jesus, Buddha, Moses, or Krishna, and no matter what they show these characters doing, nobody is going to die. There is no threat from crazy Christians to blow up anything because of a cartoon — and there are a LOT of crazy Christians! The Jews aren’t protesting that Moses is a huge dreidle, and nobody is worried about Hindus planting bombs and killing innocents.

One thing we need to keep in mind is that Muslims are particularly barbaric and primitive, even more so than their competitive mythologies. They are going to keep making demands — they will not stop until they get the message that we will continue to defy each and every demand, and it is THEY who must reform.

Because in the end, every little bit we give in is something we will lose permanently. If they demand we treat them with reverence or respect just because they will kill people if we don’t, we must disobey. It sucks, but the world cannot be held hostage because terrorists want warm-fuzzies. They are bullies, and deserve only what bullies deserve.

So for the record, Muhammad was a pedophile who raped a 9-year-old girl. He is not worthy of any respect that would not be afforded any other child rapist. Islam is a mythology worthy of ridicule, and Allah does not exist.

Terrorists may want to kill me for printing that, but there are 50 million intelligent people behind me who will take my place. We don’t want violence, but we will not bow to idiocy.

I spent this weekend in Dayton and Cincinnati, mainly the latter, for a memorial for Helen Kagin. As you may know and remember, Helen, who co-founded Camp Quest, died in March at age 74. The ceremony was heart-warming as family and friends paid tribute. I was especially glad to see so many young people at the event whose lives had been touched by Helen. This is a prime example of reality – the closest any of us come to real immortality is the ‘ripples’ we leave behind, and helping kids is one heck of a ripple. Helen will be missed by many people, for many years. Thanks to Edwin for the invite, and to Jana for the ride.

A special thank-you to the Dayton Freethinkers, who allowed me to crash one of their meet-ups just because I was in the area. A great group, FYI, for anyone in the area. Special thanks to Zack and Nick for their hospitality.

Attention artists and non-artists alike! Make your stand for Freedom of Speech and Blasphemy on May 20th!

Check out the original entry at The Stranger Blog and Reason.Com’s entry about the event.

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by Blair Scott

(Maryland) Woman gets probation for starving son with cult

From the article: “A woman who starved her 1-year-old son to death at the behest of a religious cult leader was given a sentence Wednesday that won’t require her to serve any more jail time. Ria Ramkissoon, 23, pleaded guilty last year to child abuse resulting in the death of Javon Thompson. She admitted denying food and water to the 16-month-old child when he did not say “Amen” before a meal. Javon wasted away over the course of a week before his heart stopped beating.”

Commentary: It is a shame that this judge only gave this woman probation and then sent her to a residential treatment center that conducts Bible study. That is the last thing this crazy woman needs.

Shame on the judge for allowing this heinous religious-based crime to now go unanswered.

by Blair Scott

A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear immodest clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes. “Many women who do not dress modestly lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes,”

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There is not much more I can say here, except this reiterates the ancient-style barbarism from which religion sprang. One of the original questions that gods answered was “where do earthquakes come from?”, and here we are back again with idjits following idjits, who push idjicy over knowledge. You can actually hear the caveman saying “Banging drum make god happy, so god stop earthquake”.

Use the comment section to propose some better answers as to why there are earthquakes. Have fun. Here’s the hint: it’s not from women showing their hair.

Oh, and by the way, please don’t protest my using the words ‘stupid’ or ‘idiocy’. My words are correct, just as is the word ‘pedophile’.