I dunno. Kinda on the fence about this one. Looks a little too much like League of Extraordinary Gentlemen to me (read: Excellent source material, poorly translated action flick)
Wordless Wednesdays: Sherlock Holmes Trailer!
Posted in Wordless Wednesdays with tags downey, holmes, jude, law, robert, sherlock, wednesday, wordless on May 20, 2009 by thecapedcrusaderThe New Doctor Who?…
Posted in My Thoughts with tags Children In Need, David Tennant, Doctor Who on November 20, 2008 by thecapedcrusaderI know Wednesdays are the days I usually post videos, but I came across this and wanted to pass it along. I don’t know if the followers of the Whoniverse on this side of the pond already know this, but I just saw it. I’m sure it’s a red herring, but now I’m excited for the Christmas Special…
Wordless Wednesdays: The Dark Knight/Toy Story Mash Up…
Posted in Wordless Wednesdays with tags Dark Knight, mash up, Toy Story, trailer on November 19, 2008 by thecapedcrusaderSent to me by my friend Lindsay, this is one of the better mash up movie trailers I’ve seen. Rex and Potato Head once again steal the show in my opinion…
E-Mail Forwards: Hard To Believe…Except When You Think About It
Posted in Politics with tags e-mail forwards, election, John McCain, Obama, results on November 17, 2008 by thecapedcrusaderI was sent this map in an e-mail forward titled “Hard To Believe”. The map shows the results, by county, of the 2008 Presidential Election. In glancing at the map, you may say to yourself, “Wow, it seems like McCain won most of the country!”
…That is, until you think about it for, like, two seconds. Compare the map that was forwarded to me with the map below it–a map showing population density in the United States. Then it’s pretty easy to see what actually happened: McCain won counties with about three people while Obama won the large population centers of the country. Therefore, Obama received the most votes and won the election.
Which means it isn’t that hard to believe…when you think about it.

Some Funny And Kind Of Disturbing Videos For You: Say No To Prop 8, No To Sarah Palin
Posted in My Thoughts, Politics with tags abortion, Al Jazeera, california, election, Mac, PC, Prop 8, sarah palin on November 4, 2008 by thecapedcrusaderFinally, after 732 years of campaigning, today’s the day. If you live in California, take a stand against bigotry and say no to Prop 8…
and nation-wide, say no to Sarah Palin and the man who chose her as his running mate, John McCain.
Wordless Wednesdays: Mayberry 2008…
Posted in Politics, Wordless Wednesdays with tags Andy Griffith, fonz, Funny Or Die, happy days, Henry Winkler, mayberry, Obama, opie, Ron Howard on October 29, 2008 by thecapedcrusaderYou’ll see Part II of my post “The Religion of Politics” tomorrow (hopefully). But we pause now for Wordless Wednesday with a return to Mayberry…
The Religion Of Politics Part I…
Posted in My Thoughts, Politics with tags religion on October 28, 2008 by thecapedcrusaderOnce upon a time, back when I was just starting out at my first job, I was given this advice:
“There are two things you should never discuss at your workplace: religion and politics.”
At first I wondered why, but soon realized that in the case of religion, any discussion you have must deal with a person’s faith, whether it be faith in God, faith in a particular religion, or faith in what’s to come.
But more importantly, when you discuss or argue about a topic like religion, you’re essentially telling the other person their belief is wrong. And faith is a tricky thing to argue about because in the end, there are no facts to base any opinions on. All you can go off of is what you believe to be the truth–not what the truth actually is. Anyone who tells you that they know what happens when you die, or that their religion is the “correct” one, or that God even exists is a liar. No one really knows for sure and in the case of religion, that’s kind of the point.
Another problem in discussing religion is that often the person you’re arguing with has been indoctrinated in the tennents of the religion for their entire life (this could obviously apply to you as well.) Their faith and belief in a particular religion is something they were taught as a child and have grown up believing ever since. But along the way, they never thought to question as to WHY they believe what they believe. The problem is that this often breeds blind faith, which can become dangerous. It is our job as believers to question not only the religious principles we believe but WHY we believe them. This also leads to religious beliefs becoming based only on emotion, instead of emotion and thought. Blind faith leads you to use only your heart instead of both your heart AND your head.
The final problem is a combination of the first two: Because there are no facts on which to base an argument on, and often people go through their lives without questioning their beliefs (leading to blind faith), logic is useless in a debate over religion. To believe in God or any religion is to defy logic-which again, is kind of the point. The idea is that if you believe DESPITE overwhelming evidence to the contrary, or at least a lack of evidence to support your belief, your faith is considered STRONGER. So what happens often during a discussion over religion, one party eventually says something along the lines of:
“Because He’s God.”
“Because we’re not meant to understand the ways of God.”
“I just know.”
Which, ultimately, is a discussion stopper simply because those statements can neither be proven or disproven. They also come from a place of emotion rather than thought and defy any logic that can be applied to them.
What’s more, the person saying one of these statements knows all of this! They know what they’re saying can’t be proven, doesn’t make any real sense and defies logic. And because of this, tempers start to flare and emotions can run high during a religious argument. But the person who is defending his beliefs isn’t upset at being questioned about them (even though that’s how it may seem), the person is often frustrated at the fact they know they have no real facts on which to base their argument and sometimes don’t even have answers to the questions for themselves, let alone their argumentative partner. Because of this, they tend to dig their heels in more and more, even to the point of shutting out the other person’s arguments, and falling back on statements like those above that in their mind explain everything.
It’s frustrating to have to defend a position that seems illogical. I know, I’ve done it many, many times.
But if this explains why we shouldn’t discuss religion at the workplace, why can’t we talk politics?
I’ll get to that answer in part II…
