I’m dealing with an unexpected dental situation (what I thought was a mild sore spot on my gum turns out to be an infected tooth — stupid high pain tolerance). Not an enormous deal, but an unpleasant and seriously annoying one. I am therefore giving myself a couple days off from the blog. I’m going to keep doing the Atheist Memes of the Day of Facebook and here, and will check for spam and flame wars, but am otherwise going to be getting tortured and then sulking in front of the TV feeling sorry for myself. Will be back in a day or two.
In the meantime: Yesterday’s Atheist Meme of the Day was:
It’s not reasonable to say that only trained theologians are competent to discuss religion’s validity. Most atheists aren’t interested in the religion of a few theologians: we care about religion as it’s believed and practiced by the vast majority of believers. Besides, many atheists have studied modern theology… and found it wanting. Pass it on: if we say it enough times to enough people, it may get across.
And today’s is:
It is hypothetically possible that there is a three- inch- tall pink pony behind my sofa, which instantly teleports to Guam the moment I look. You can’t prove with 100% certainty that it doesn’t exist. Is that a good argument for the pink pony hypothesis? And if not, why is it a good argument for God or the supernatural? Pass it on: if we say it enough times to enough people, it may get across.
Get well soon, and I really hope your pain tolerance will not be tested further except for when you want it to! ๐
I’ve had my share of dental woes, too, Greta, so I can sympathize. Tooth pain really sucks. I hope that you get well and feel better soon.
~David D.G.
Good luck! It’s important to take care of these things. I won’t go into some of the wacky things my “alternative” med friends say about dentistry.
Doublethink: to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them รขยย Orwell (1984 Pt1-Chpt3)