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[kiya]

If you're in Nevada -- or know someone in Nevada -- and recently registered to vote, check to make sure the registration went through. Actually, it's probably worth checking your registration in general if you haven't confirmed it recently, whether or not you're in Nevada or some other swing state, and whether or not the allegations of systematic voter fraud are true. (Link gotten from respect_otters and elynne.)

Which is as good a place as any to mention VoteWatch, which seems to be an interesting organisation. I'm poking at it; I don't know whether or not to say other people should poke at it too, but I'm poking. (From rosefox.)

Why do I bother reading theist/atheist threads on the SDMB? Why am I that stupid? I know that someone's going to wind up saying, in effect, that all theists are stupid or deluded because of some weird conception of an omnithree deity, generally involving the horribleness of bad things happening, and even pointing out that not all gods have the capacity to do whatever the hell they want (and are only refraining from doing so because of a solemn vow to not shake the ant farm) or the interest in doing so doesn't seem to make a difference; what they're really wanting to discuss is the plausibility of envisionings of the central entity of Christian monotheism. (With occasional handwavings at the existence of Jews, on a good day.) Rubber paradigms are undented by the influence of facts. "Omnipotence isn't exactly a universal trait of gods, you know." Boing! "Not all gods have benevolence as a favorite hobby, you know." Boing! "Have you ever heard of a religion that doesn't originate in the Middle East? In passing, perhaps? Could you name one?" Boing!!!

Spent a bit poking around looking for South American venomous snakes, which process of research was made much, much less painful by the fact that mentioning these things in the vicinity of oneironaut tends to lead to immediate useful suggestions. Except when gtst's idle. How did I ever write without people who can make these potential sources of infinite cat-vacuuming so easy to resolve?

I have written 949 words in the past two days. 518 today.

I hope Schilling's ankle's all right.

Comments

[rainfallsautumn.livejournal.com]

Word on the atheist/theist debate thing. I see these erupt every now and again on one of my political boards between the born-against and the one or two atheist guys. At first I'd gamely bring in the "non-Christian Theist" flag, but got tired of that because it only confused the arguers. Now we non-Christian Theist types just sit back, eat popcorn, and feel like an audience in a giant game of Pong. ;)

[rainfallsautumn.livejournal.com]

Eek! Born-*agains*, not Born-Against. Although I suppose it would be convenient to know you're against something right from the get-go. ;)

[nex0s.livejournal.com]

i thought you meant that arguments were erupting out between "tolerant atheists" and "i hate all things religious and assume that if it's religious it's christian athiestes".

i like that. Born-Againsts.

n.

[oneironaut.livejournal.com]

[...] which process of research was made much, much less painful by the fact that mentioning these things in the vicinity of oneironaut tends to lead to immediate useful suggestions.

I'm sure there are other factors involved in my warm fuzzy at this line.

Warm fuzzy anyway.