Posts under ‘Evil’

There’s a lot of debate over the cause or source of homosexuality, mostly involving nature vs. nurture, biology vs. desire, and so on. We can all agree, however, that it’s not caused by demonic possession.
Or so I thought.
It stuns me that these things still happen. Most people of faith can reconcile science and psychology with [...]

Taxes don’t bother me.
Really, they don’t. Taxes pay for our roads, our schools, and several other services. I often disagree with the way some of the funds are spent, but that’s to be expected.
The part I can’t abide is the greedy manner in which the system works. The politicians only see projects they need more [...]

“Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.”
I don’t know the original source, but my old man says it all the time. He’ll say it when we’re trying to decide whether or not to bring something on a trip, or when we’d try to throw away some old [...]

Have any other parents out there noticed what a dark and dangerous world Dora the Explorer lives in?
First of all, every time she has to go somewhere, the path is frought with peril. Whether she’s visiting the library or her grandmother, she has to take these long, roundabout paths through forests, mountains, and caves. If [...]

I shot this spider with my Canon Digital Rebel XSi, but I was tempted to go back in for the 12 gauge.
I’m pretty sure this is an Argiope, and its body alone is an inch long. It’s not supposed to be a biter, but I don’t plan to get close enough to find out.
The problem [...]

I just read that albinos are being murdered in Tanzania for the alleged magical properties of their limbs and organs.
We’ve split the atom, condensed the sum total of human knowledge onto silicon chips, and have shot satellites into the depths of space, yet a significant portion of the world’s population is still living in the [...]

DNA Collection Kit
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.
Our school is distributing DNA collection kids to elementary students.
My son’s will be promptly round-filed.
Like many a well-intentioned-but-flawed process, they’re doing this to protect the children. This kit will supposedly help the police locate your child should he be kidnapped, molested, or otherwise run afoul of some Great Evil.
Mm-hm. And [...]

Nay, your very soul!
CNN has a video of a giant squid that, fortunately for the dude in the tank with it, is dead.
At least I hope it is, for his sake. “Not dead which eternal lie” and all that.

People sometimes ask me how I can write the things I do, or how I can come up with these ideas. I’ve been told I shouldn’t “wallow in darkness,” and people have told me they will pray for me so I don’t somehow get tainted or corrupted by evil. I’ve even been asked if I [...]

From a distance, the human body is a thing of beauty. Get up close, though, and things start to break down.
And I’m about to tell you about one of the more intimate places things break down. If you’re at all squeamish or the type to scream “too much information!” at the merest hint of something [...]