This is just as instructive if you replace “Santa” with “God”.

Wondermark #474; In which you better Watch Out, December 23, 2008

Be good for goodness' sake

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Be careful out there.

Drawing on an unlikely source for advice
Carl V. Natale, The Takeaway, Maine Business, April 1, 2009

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Hebei got its first heavy snow of this year on Wednesday. The provincial weather bureau said that snow too was “enhanced” by artificial seeding.

“The snow has brought moisture to the soil, which may help end the drought,” Guo Yingchun, a senior engineer of the provincial meteorological observatory, was quoted as saying.

She said that 313 cigarette-size sticks of silver iodide were fired into the clouds from Wednesday night to Thursday morning, “a procedure that made the snow a lot heavier.”

I’m not quite sure what to think of this. If seeding clouds with sticks of silver iodide can increase precipitation and reduce the severity of a long drought, then go for it.

Modern science is fantastic and amazing! It’s a great and exciting time to be alive.

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Elders Danley and Malouf

People who know me at all know that I do not believe in god. In fact, I would label myself an antitheist. I haven’t been able to shake my disdain for theism from my sleeve. Some have wondered to me how I went from Book of Mormon totin’ Mormon missionary to positive atheism and antitheism. What tipped me over the edge?

The house of cards that was my strong Christian belief fell near the end of my bachelor of science pursuit. It became impossible to continue to reconcile what I’d learned in geology, physics, statistics, philosophy, logic, psychology, and biology with what I’d known my entire life. And what a rush it’s been! The world is so much clearer now; but people are so stupider.
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