Author Archives: Emmett

About Emmett

I am a 1st grade teacher who loves reading, writing, hiking, corresponding, learning languages, and lots of other stuff fit for a person with mild ADD. I am married to the wonderful Angela Estes and I have two fabulous daughters, Margaret and Emily.

Virtue, up to a point

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Emmett

Americans love to think of themselves, nationally, as a people who saved the world in 1945 and who continue to possess the capability to repeat this action as needed.  We don’t stop to think how willing we’d be if it … Continue reading →

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Such nonsense is all religious belief

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Emmett

What a bunch of bullshit, eh?  Yeah, I know.  you’re pained by all this religiosity in the world, and you turned to this page by accident and found a kindred spirit. Uh oh.  Does that mean you’re “spiritual”? Fear not; I won’t tell anybody.  Spiritual … Continue reading →

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Persecuted Christians

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Emmett

Who’s more persecuted, Christians or atheists? Imagine a kindergarten teacher in a public school who pointedly refuses to say “under God” while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance every morning. Imagine an American President who doesn’t say, “And God bless the United States of America!” … Continue reading →

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David Brooks pre-defends Christian young angry men

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Emmett

Brooks claims Christians are feeling like mainstream culture is against them.  That mainstream culture is against Scripture and that they will be persecuted for adhering to said Scripture. In the first place, it’s against Old Testament bullshit, not New — … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 26, 2015 by Emmett

How is Jesus supposed to be a model for living if he croaked at the dawn of his middle age?  Get real.  It was fine for him to throw shit away, tell people to give to the poor (though what … Continue reading →

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The Caliphate Concept

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Emmett

What a load of bullshit, huh? Caliphates in the 21st Century. Well, they are a negation of nationalism; a denial of the direction of world politics for the last 1,000 years or so. What blows me away is the idea … Continue reading →

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Freud, underappreciated

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Emmett

Sigmund Freud is, of course, a familiar name in North American households.  Usually his name is adjectified in accusatory phrases, such as, “That was a Freudian slip!”  But he is less well known as a philosopher, which he very clearly … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 27, 2014 by Emmett

Imagine you’re some unfortunate chap scraping out a living as a shoemaker in some remote Sorbian village in the center of Europe. You’ve been hearing about mass deaths in far-off Vienna, and your priest has been darkly hinting of a … Continue reading →

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God loves Ebola.

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Emmett

God loves Ebola.  God loves all viruses.  He made them.  Given that there are billions upon billions more viruses than humans, is it not conceivable that your god — yes, your god — created viruses in his own image?  In … Continue reading →

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Nyah, nyah.

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Emmett

God is on our side. No, God loves the other guys. No, us. No, them. No, us. No, them. Okay, pal, prove it. No, you. Now we know whose side he’s on.  

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