http://soup.c3o.org/ http://soup.c3o.org/ http://e.asset.soup.io/asset/0005/0254_0d41.png 128 128 Tumblelog by Christopher Clay, founder of Soup.io . hello@c3o.org / Twitter: c3o wonder / marvel / learn motivate / laugh Timeless posts Why I tumblelog A ShouldDo list Freiräume in Wien Was ist los in Wien? My favorite posts  (outdated) Output so far Heftling (2012?) Luminous Flux  (2012–) ♥ Mixtapes (2011) 27  (2010) ♥ Team Armin Soyka (2010) 26 (2009) ♥ Startupwiki (2009–) LIF (2008) Soup  (2007–) ♥ Netznetz (2007–2008) Metalab (2006–) ♥ CanvasPaint (2006) Design portfolio (2005) Textcounter.org (2003) PS: If I write about events, that's cause I'm inviting you to come along. Get in touch! {"tags":["wonder","religion","bestposts","quotable"],"type":"quote","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://enjoymentland.com/2009/12/20/stars-versus-street-lamps/\"\u003ETerry Pratchett\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://enjoymentland.com/2009/12/20/stars-versus-street-lamps/","body":"Stars are not important. There\u2019s nothing interesting about stars. \u003Cb\u003EStreet lamps\u003C/b\u003E are very important because they\u2019re so rare: As far as we know there are only a few million of them in the universe. And they were built by monkeys."} <p>"Stars are not important. There’s nothing interesting about stars. <b>Street lamps</b> are very important because they’re so rare: As far as we know there are only a few million of them in the universe. And they were built by monkeys."</p><p>&ndash;<a href="http://enjoymentland.com/2009/12/20/stars-versus-street-lamps/">Terry Pratchett</a></p>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:37:31 GMThttp://soup.c3o.org/post/41087528/Stars-are-not-important-There-s-nothingurn:www-soup-io:1:41087528quotewonderreligionbestpostsquotable {"tags":["austria","politics","religion","news"],"type":"quote","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2009-11/urteil-kreuze-eugh\"\u003EKruzifix-Urteil: Kreuze in Klassenzimmern verletzen Menschenrechte | ZEIT ONLINE\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2009-11/urteil-kreuze-eugh","body":"\u003Cp\u003EDer [Europ\u00e4ische Gerichtshof f\u00fcr Menschenrechte urteilte,] Sch\u00fcler k\u00f6nnten das Kreuz leicht als religi\u00f6ses Zeichen interpretieren. Die Freiheit, keiner Religion anzugeh\u00f6ren, brauche besonderen Schutz. Es sei nicht zu erkennen, wie das Zeigen eines \"Symbols, das vern\u00fcnftigerweise mit dem Katholizismus verbunden werden kann\", dem f\u00fcr eine demokratische Gesellschaft wesentlichen Bildungspluralismus dienen k\u00f6nne.\u003C/p\u003E"} <p>"<p>Der [Europäische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte urteilte,] Schüler könnten das Kreuz leicht als religiöses Zeichen interpretieren. Die Freiheit, keiner Religion anzugehören, brauche besonderen Schutz. Es sei nicht zu erkennen, wie das Zeigen eines "Symbols, das vernünftigerweise mit dem Katholizismus verbunden werden kann", dem für eine demokratische Gesellschaft wesentlichen Bildungspluralismus dienen könne.</p>"</p><p>&ndash;<a href="http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2009-11/urteil-kreuze-eugh">Kruzifix-Urteil: Kreuze in Klassenzimmern verletzen Menschenrechte | ZEIT ONLINE</a></p>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:57:50 GMThttp://soup.c3o.org/post/33475220/Der-Europ-ische-Gerichtshof-f-r-Menschenrechteurn:www-soup-io:1:33475220quoteaustriapoliticsreligionnews {"tags":["wonder","c3o","religion","conspiracy"],"type":"regular","title":"Zeitgeist","source":null,"body":"What's the point of criticizing religion and then turning around and building your own simplified, black-and-white, uncritical, unfalsifiable Explanation for Everything\u2122, complete with all-knowing, all-powerful forces pulling the strings?\u003Cbr /\u003EA conspiracy theory is like a religion without any god, just devils."} What's the point of criticizing religion and then turning around and building your own simplified, black-and-white, uncritical, unfalsifiable Explanation for Everything™, complete with all-knowing, all-powerful forces pulling the strings?<br />A conspiracy theory is like a religion without any god, just devils.Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:45:12 GMThttp://soup.c3o.org/post/941078/Zeitgeisturn:www-soup-io:1:941078regularwonderc3oreligionconspiracy