Blog Posts
This has been around, but for those who haven’t seen it or want to see it again, it’s certainly worth sharing! Created by Jamal N. Qutub, who is a director, designer and animator (see http://nimpsy.com) and written by James Huber (see http://www.jhuger.com/kisshank.php). -JS
This video clip is illustrative of the squewed logic people use to convince themselves that Bigfoot could have piloted a flying saucer. Tilted logic (here it’s using peanut butter to prove a point) is what makes the world go ’round more often than not.
This article from the LA Times, March 15, 2007 is so incisive and deserving of attention, I hope everyone reads it! Sam Harris is the author of “The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason” and “Letter to a Christian Nation.” -JS
Moderate believers give cover to religious fanatics — and are every bit as delusional.
Pete Stark, a California Democrat, appears to be the first congressman in U.S. history to acknowledge that he doesn’t believe in God. In a country in which 83% of the population thinks that the Bible is the literal or “inspired” word of the creator of the universe, this took political courage.
Of course, one can imagine that Cicero’s handlers in the 1st century BC lost some sleep when he likened the traditional accounts of the Greco-Roman gods to the “dreams of madmen” and to the “insane mythology of Egypt.”
Mythology is where all gods go to die, and it seems that Stark has secured a place in American history simply by admitting that a fresh grave should be dug for the God of Abraham — the jealous, genocidal, priggish and self-contradictory tyrant of the Bible and the Koran. (more…)
Welcome to Pranks.com, produced and edited by Joey Skaggs. Here you will find insights, information, news and discussions about pranks, hoaxes, culture jamming & reality hacking around the world - past, present and future - mainstream and counter culture. You are invited to contribute to its development. May your journey be filled with more than your expectations.
You are currently browsing the archives for the The Big One category.
