Comments on: Morbid Fact Du Jour For July 29, 2009

By: Comtesse

Comtesse — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 04:31:27 +0000

@nadtheimpaler I will have to check it out. I love science books. I just read a book called Your Inner Fish about recent evolutionary discoveries that was fascinating too. I was a physical anthropology major, so evolution is one of those things I can spend hours discussing with enthusiasm.

By: MoxieHart

MoxieHart — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:42:08 +0000

@Comtesse Yes, The God Delusion is really good, especially when you're looking for evidence of the ills of religion, but I like God is not Great because of the rhetorical skills involved. I definitely need to read the other two books. Hearing stories like this just makes me sick.

By: nadtheimpaler

nadtheimpaler — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:05:47 +0000

@Comtesse
If you dont mind my two cents – I highly suggest “God and the New Physics” as well. I am a terrible science thumper, however.

By: Comtesse

Comtesse — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:21:15 +0000

@MoxieHart I read Hitchens' book last month. It was good, but I prefer Dawkins' The God Delusion. My favorite though is Atheist Universe. Highly recommended! Letter To A Christian Nation by Sam Harris is really good too.

By: Comtesse

Comtesse — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:19:20 +0000

@RobertB I honestly don't know how you do it. My trips to Texas have left me even more appreciative of California and Illinois!

By: Magnoire La Chouette

Magnoire La Chouette — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:23:09 +0000

@Aimee
Schizophrenia is genetic. I got it from my Daddy who got it from his mother…
I have no kids…
But my big brothers do…

By: The Witch Aquarius

The Witch Aquarius — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:31:58 +0000

also interseting; religion is often linked to addiction.

By: Aimee

Aimee — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:26:50 +0000

This kid had no chance. BOTH hsi parents were diagnosed schizophrenics, plus the mother was bipolar, plus the post-partum thign that she refused to take medicines for. I am wondering what the data is on on the chances of people with two schizophrenic parents also having the disease themselves. I thin I remember reading someplace that the chances of them having it were very high.
Read today that the mother had takent he baby to visit his father the day before she killed him, and that she’d gotten upset when he asked for a copy of the birth certificate and other papers, and went off in a huff. He called 911 and told them she was driving around with the baby not being in a car seat. He says he might have told them she was depressed and schizo and off her medicines but isn’t sure if he did. Which of course means he told them no such thing. Now he wants her executed. Pots should be careful about calling kettles black.

By: MoxieHart

MoxieHart — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:47:25 +0000

Isn’t it interesting how often religion is linked to mental illness? It’s almost like it’s a disease.
He’s a bit of a blowhard but I’m rereading God is not Great and it reaffirms my enjoyment of Chris Hitchens.

By: RobertB

RobertB — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:33:05 +0000

I’m SURE it’s just a coincidence that we execute more Death Row inmates than any other state. Between the death penalty and concealed handguns, and State Board of Education members who think 6000 years is plenty long enough… well, Texas is Heaven on Earth, right? (Well, actually it is, but I think it’s more of a “despite” than a “because” thing…)