What Kind of God…?

Almost every day I see a report or hear of some sort of ridiculous rituals being performed by people purely for religious reasons. I usually blow them off as they’re typically silly, pointless mechanisms that really don’t hurt anyone other aside from maybe wasting someone’s time.

But every once and again, I become truly appalled that people – real living, breathing, thinking, loving human beings can perform such excessively malevolent acts in the name of their Deity.

This headline definitely caught my attention:

200,000 animals to be sacrificed at Nepal festival

More than 200,000 buffaloes, goats, chickens and pigeons will be killed Tuesday and Wednesday at the temple in the jungles of Bara district, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Katmandu, to honor the Hindu goddess Gadhimai…

…The slaughtered animals are taken back by devotees to their villages and eaten during a feast. The meat is considered blessed and consuming it protects them from evil.

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This post was written by Mike on November 24, 2009 Comments Off

A Word to the Wise About Domain URLs

If you’re ever inclined to start your own website, whether it’s a blog, or a forum, or an ecommerce site, you should definitely exercise caution when selecting your domain name.

Take the website ” Pen Island”, for example. They sell promotional items that are customizable for giveaways and such. The name of their website, penisland.net, might not be the best representation of their business with respect to the type of clientele that they are looking to attract.

And just as a word of warning, I’d advise against visiting the same domain with a ‘.com’ extension – unless you’re into that sort of thing.

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This post was written by Mike on November 2, 2009 Comments (1)