Editorial

Pride Month, Day 4: Your beliefs don’t make you a better person

I find the whole sola fide (that’s Latin for “faith alone”) to be — to use a religious turn of phrase — to be pure horseshit. I’ve met more than my share of people who are devout followers of their particular higher power who use their faith as a cudgel with which to beat anyone they think of as “other” or “lesser.”

My particular take is that good isn’t something you are, but something you do.

Or, to borrow Bojack Horseman’s take on that classic excuse for bad people (“This person may come off as terrible, but deep down, they’re good”)…

 

Joey deVilla

Recent Posts

She also lost “Accordion-ageddon”

And in case you need the rules for “Whamageddon...”

17 hours ago

Here are your three chords. Now GO!

Here’s your motivation for the day: All you need are three chords and the truth…

3 days ago

Sunday picdump for Sunday, November 30

It’s Sunday, and it’s time for another “picdump!” Here are the memes, pictures, and cartoons…

6 days ago

I’ll admit it: *I* am that guy:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qxIANXknGvo I even predicted the final line of the skit!

7 days ago

Someone had an eventful Thanksgiving…

This car was ditched in both senses of the word, and was still there (near…

1 week ago

Happy Thanksgiving / Journey to Mordor!

Whether you’re celebrating U.S. Thanksgiving or trudging towards Mordor to dispose of a very dangerous…

1 week ago