"All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things." - Bobby Knight

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Seen in the IVLE...

A: On further thought, religion does serve many functions. Besides the three stated above, I believe that religion also serves as a social system which increases the unity of similar religious groups. Human cannot be a lone creature, and similar beliefs and practices will unify people and make them feel a sense of belonging to a group

B: many things that exist in this world have some functions, even faeces of human serves the function of providing food for the flies. but at the same time they may also cause some problems to others besides that benefitted group...but the functions may not be the reason for their existence...like faeces existed not because we wanted to feed the flies...but then again, perhaps the intelligent design wanted to feed the flies...

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"The clavichord, popular from the 15th to 18th century is the simplest and quietest of all the keyboard instruments. It is for personal use and not for concerts. To approximate its true sound your playback level must be very low. While rock music resides in the upper injurious levels of human hearing, the clavichord occupies the lowest levels. The instrument however has a wide dynamic range; its lowest levels are barely perceptible, while the upper levels can reach an audience in a small room who are intently listening."

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Stop using the lousy excuse that we are helpless citizens - "Singaporeans are not speaking up: A survey taken by the SPH in 2000 found that 93% were fearful of speaking up on government policies that they disagreed with. But can you blame us? Singapore has made good examples of those who dare make their voices heard... And our reach extends beyond our citizenry. Look at how we silence the foreign media, the Asian Wall Street Journal, Asiaweek, Time, The Far Eastern Economic Review, and International Herald Tribune. All these titles that have international reputations for accuracy and credibility but all have spent millions of dollars defending and losing libel actions brought against them by members of the ruling party"

New Trojan Swaps Porn for Koran - "Koran message chastises user when browser title bar shows something 'objectionable.'"

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In the beginning there was the Flying Spaghetti Monster

"In an open letter to the Kansas Board of Education in July, Mr Henderson wrote: "I think we can all agree that it is important for students to hear multiple viewpoints so they can choose for themselves the theory that makes the most sense to them. I am concerned, however, that students will only hear one theory of Intelligent Design.

"I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster."

He ends his letter with the telling comment: "I think we can all look forward to the time when these three theories are given equal time in our science classrooms across the country, and eventually the world; One third time for Intelligent Design, one third time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, and one third time for logical conjecture based on overwhelming observable evidence."

To support his account, he added a crudely drawn picture of the deity "creating a mountain, trees and a midget" and, as an afterthought, posted the whole thing on his website.

Barely three months later, Mr Henderson has discovered that he really has created a monster. His website - www.venganza.org - receives as many as two million hits a day. It has been featured on several widely read blogs, one of which is offering a $1 million (£545,000) prize for "proof" that the Flying Spaghetti Monster does not exist."