Author Archive: Homer Carroll
Writer, game developer, unschooling mentor & founder/board member of Shine Your Light Event : A non-profit aimed at helping individuals in medical crisis | @homercarroll
Jesus n’ Cider
You have likely heard the story of Jesus miraculously making wine out of water at a wedding party; the supposed event is the first of the “signs” that prove his divinity. What most don’t know is that Biblical scholars still debate whether the story is historical documentation or mere allegory; and some contest that wine [...]
What Kind of god?
Propagandists manipulate emotions to spread a simple idea. For instance, politicians bring up 9/11 when they want to sway an audience on foreign policy issues. The religious use this strategy at every national tragedy and disaster that presents itself. If that fails, they embellish or outright fabricate stories to stir emotion. Stepping in to proselytize [...]
The Two Party Blues
There are a lot of people saying they are not going to vote in the presidential election, or that it doesn’t matter if they do because Obama and Romney, Democrats and Republicans are “all the same.” A closer look should be taken at the facts behind that statement, because it’s simply not true. While I [...]
Misanthropic Apology
Present and future children of the world, before you lose your innocence and grow up to be worthless apathetic parasites, I want to apologize for the state in which we will leave the planet to you. I am not strong enough to change our polluted course. I am sorry we are hurling ourselves relentlessly toward [...]
Powerful Hallucinations
Let me tell you the story of my childhood friend, Aaron. Growing up, Aaron had a difficult life. His father abandoned him and his mother, and she often resorted to prostitution to supplement their income. His mother dated some inmates that abused him, and Aaron was given trouble being biracial. Still, He was always a [...]
BSA & BS
Hello friends, I have been an Eagle Scout since the year 2000, but no longer! After hearing about the recent decision to exclude the LGBT community from the Boy Scouts I have decided to request to be removed from the rank of Eagle Scout. I sent them a scathing letter which I shall post here. [...]
The Pro-Life False Premise
“Republicans, get out of my vagina.” This a great slogan for the recent zeitgeist against the medically invasive bills targeting women’s rights that have been flooding in, the past few years. The mere idea of an abortion debate is a dangerous and pervasive platform. Discussing the beginning of life in tandem with abortion is equivalent [...]
The Faithful Phenomenon
Guest Post by Homer Carroll I’d like to call your attention to a mind-bending social psychological phenomenon. There is a communication symbol, a word, that people use every day and it has no definition. I’m talking about ‘GOD’. When a group of faithful people gather and talk about their god, they pass ambiguous information back [...]
