1. Atheistic Denomination Struggles To Fill Void Left by Founder's Death

Comment #79897 by pissinintothewind on October 19, 2007 at 1:38 am

Nasmus...You sound like another candidate for the James Randi prize. As for self-vitimization I know it might be unnecessary but I will be still taking one with a small dose of aspirin every morning.

2. Christopher Hitchens and Bill Donohue on Mother Teresa

Comment #66564 by pissinintothewind on August 30, 2007 at 12:31 pm

Myself, I`d have taken mother Teresa outside....may have taken a few rounds but I`m sure I would have got the better of her!

3. A hole lot of nothing found by astronomers

Comment #66123 by pissinintothewind on August 29, 2007 at 1:09 am

LeeC and Geraint, it seems that I am partly resposible for Lee`s faux pas, I did`nt realize it was a private conversation. I only made the comment about the finding in respect of its possible ramification and I put foreward a possible explanation. Anywhoo cheers.

4. A hole lot of nothing found by astronomers

Comment #66073 by pissinintothewind on August 28, 2007 at 10:38 am

LeeC.. It was I that posted the comment you answered in 66401, thanks for the input. Your right with regards to physics being fun, As I said the standard model is based on Einsteins theory of relativity which again relies on the universe being both homogenous amd isotropic. A guy called Labini, an astromoner from Geneva made observations in the 90s and concluded that the universe is fractal in nature I believe that these observations have been repeated . The conclusion was refuted by the majority, stating that the clumping of matter seen, was on the larger scale smoothed out. This new observation on a larger scale again (if correct) seems to confirm Labini`s conclusions. I may have repeated myself here apologies if so. Its all so verrry interesting, there is one thing for definate though and thats nobody has the answers yet. again thanks Lee...Tom

5. A hole lot of nothing found by astronomers

Comment #65876 by pissinintothewind on August 27, 2007 at 8:16 am

The current paradigm is that the universe is both homogenous and isotropic (no not a sports drink) in other words its of equal density all the way through. Einstein came up with this idea in the early 20th C because for one there was no technology to study it in depth and for the other it helped with his sums when describing his theory of general relativity. ALL the current theories are based on this principle from the big bang theory to dark matter and dark energy, the (in my view) latter two being gap fillers to explain anomolies arising in the math involved in the explanations. Since the 80s with better technology smaller holes (massive on our scale) in the universe have been found and these have been explained away as one offs and that the cosmological principle (a homogenous and isotropic universe) still holds true on a larger scale. This latest finding on the face of it disputes that theory. There is another explanation and that is that the universe is fractal in nature and there has been plenty of interesting work done on this by people from the univerity of Rome and others. I believe that over the next twenty years there will be huge paradigm shift in the description of the universe and its creation. And it will not include the use of a creator.

6. Mother Teresa's '40-year faith crisis'

Comment #65831 by pissinintothewind on August 27, 2007 at 2:01 am

Ewan D..Very good! Corylus, she speaks of jesus revealing himself and speaking to her in first years as a nun. It seems to me that she may have had a schizophrenic episode early on when fully emotionally involved with her vocation, she was a bride of christ and went through all the ritual and truly loved him. For the following years her problem was being ignored by her husband and lover. She still sees christ in the suffering of others or rather christs suffering in the suffering of others, this view was never disbused by the men she went to for guidance instead his existance was reinforced in her mind. She was also in my view a sociopath who evidently would ignore the the pain and suffering of the people surrounding her in the belief that by converting them she was doing sevice to jesus and that after death they would live in paradise forever the pain of this world being transient. Tom

7. Mother Teresa's '40-year faith crisis'

Comment #65773 by pissinintothewind on August 26, 2007 at 12:58 pm

Logicel...My apologies, As you can see I`m slightly het up and not reading properly. In my time I`ve travelled, seeing poverty, death and destruction around the world. Hearing that people feel sorry for and making excuses for Monster teresa makes my blood boil. They should reserve their feelings for the poor bastards that died in pain and misery when they could have been helped by that insane bitch. Their so called mission is still active and no doubt people of all ages are still living and dying in those same conditions. I need a beer, c u Tom

8. Mother Teresa's '40-year faith crisis'

Comment #65760 by pissinintothewind on August 26, 2007 at 10:57 am

Well said Linda!

9. Mother Teresa's '40-year faith crisis'

Comment #65758 by pissinintothewind on August 26, 2007 at 10:55 am

Before any of you decide on how kindly she was or how she should be viewed post mort I suggest you take a bit of time and do some research on the subject. A quick look at famous.y2u.co.uk will give you some idea of the "good" she did never mind what Chris Hitchens has to say about her. Rest in peace mt what a laugh, mind you after living a lie, obtaining money by deception off thousands of people and being indifferent to the religious convictions of others I suppose she deserves a place in heaven. As I have said before she was more interested in harvesting souls like some bloody vampire than alleviating the suffering.

10. Mother Teresa's '40-year faith crisis'

Comment #65675 by pissinintothewind on August 25, 2007 at 1:33 pm

Oh I forgot..:-)....Tom

11. Mother Teresa's '40-year faith crisis'

Comment #65674 by pissinintothewind on August 25, 2007 at 1:30 pm

Don`t know wether you do or not maybe you should try for the Randi million dollar challenge.

12. Richard Dawkins at the Edinburgh Book Festival

Comment #65673 by pissinintothewind on August 25, 2007 at 1:14 pm

I enjoyed the laughter coming from Muriel...verrry nice!

13. Mother Teresa's '40-year faith crisis'

Comment #65661 by pissinintothewind on August 25, 2007 at 11:42 am

Some went into creating similar institutions and into training nuns the rest is in the vatican bank.

14. Mother Teresa's '40-year faith crisis'

Comment #65652 by pissinintothewind on August 25, 2007 at 10:55 am

Just being economical with the truth?

15. Mother Teresa's '40-year faith crisis'

Comment #65648 by pissinintothewind on August 25, 2007 at 10:20 am

To be frank I don`t give a rats arse about her wishes for the letters, in fact it shows the hypocrisy and the deceit she was willing to indulge in to propogate her belief. At one stage she is praying about bringing souls to him (jesus) like some bloody vampire. It seems her main endevour was converting people, bringing succour to the helpless and dying by converting them to the way of christ... Imagine those poor bastards lying in their own piss shit and pain being proselytised to by some insane old woman... Speaking of hypocrisy I get slight wiff of it from some of the previous postings on this site.

16. Mother Teresa's '40-year faith crisis'

Comment #65516 by pissinintothewind on August 24, 2007 at 2:44 pm

Sad in some ways...Poor mad old bugger, if she had`nt have gone for the regular re indoctrination and allowed the light of reason to take over, she might have done some real good. Look on the bright side though, this is a fine example of Hitchens challenge to the theist in finding some good work a religious type would do that an atheist would not!

17. I'm gonna be a MOVIE STAR

Comment #65446 by pissinintothewind on August 24, 2007 at 8:06 am

Plastictowel. Thanks for the reference LOL

18. Diamonds unlock secrets of early Earth

Comment #65314 by pissinintothewind on August 23, 2007 at 2:56 pm

They were planted!

19. I'm gonna be a MOVIE STAR

Comment #65125 by pissinintothewind on August 23, 2007 at 1:01 am

P Z..... Look on the bright side, the money will go to supporting your trophy wife and lavish life style.

20. Artificial Life Likely in 3 to 10 Years

Comment #64400 by pissinintothewind on August 20, 2007 at 1:28 am

Bizzaro Dawkins; re the necessity of intelligent involvement in the creation of life.... round a round a round we go....I feel quite dizzy..Your prompt first posting suggests this news may pose a threat, do not worry, you will go to your death bed still believing in non sense. what it will do is give yet one more reason for millions of people not to believe! Excellent and far reaching news.

21. Floods are judgment on society, say bishops

Comment #53534 by pissinintothewind on July 2, 2007 at 12:58 am

It`s lucky we have men such as these in the House of Lords where they can put their minds to, and have a say in Goverment legislation. After another bout of faith based attempted murder what we need is more of this type of incisive reasoning.

22. His word

Comment #51462 by pissinintothewind on June 23, 2007 at 2:23 am

He obviously did`nt make any effort with this work and I doubt that he finished the book. A disrespectful, ill thought out piece of writing and as he said himself well past its sell by date. Not up to standard " our Dave ".

23. An Inquisition in science's name

Comment #51107 by pissinintothewind on June 21, 2007 at 1:40 pm

Outstanding! A true prodigy. Mr Manning is a credit to the religious minded. The use of his imagination goes way beyond the fundamentalist christian norm and exposed like this the similarity between the 16th century roman catholic church and the 21st century Atheist movement is uncanny. As for the next four centuries I predict they will start banging rocks together.

24. Rushdie knighted in honours list

Comment #50352 by pissinintothewind on June 17, 2007 at 5:26 am

The morons that are the royal family and the sychophants that surround them have a vested interest in the " honours " system. They honour the court jesters who are are interface between them and joe public. The last thing the royal firm wants is to be ignored. I am not saying that people should not be honoured for their achievements Rushdie is a great writer but royalty in contemporary society is as defunct as the church of England. As for Rushdie if he does not have a jesters outfit for the occassion, maybe Sir Elton John could lend him a dress.

25. Religion - our maelstrom of ignorance

Comment #49444 by pissinintothewind on June 12, 2007 at 1:44 am

PZ left the word gullible out, it should read ... a nation of gullible uneducated morons. Its the American dream folks, come on people wake up!!

26. Man to die over insult

Comment #47084 by pissinintothewind on June 3, 2007 at 1:50 am

There are areas in the West that are retarded and some where belief in the irrational is the mainstream. As has been previously said, many here would welcome similar laws and some the same punishment. The West needs to keep Musharraf in power in the hope that he and those that follow have the fore sight to drag Pakistan out of its dark age. A secular military dictatorship is preferable to people with this mind set having THE bomb and its unrealistic to think that the goverment can rule without doing some deals with the religious leadership that has the voice of the majority.

27. Woman - Blame devil for infant in microwave

Comment #44639 by pissinintothewind on May 25, 2007 at 6:06 am

Ahhh now I remember.

28. Atheists: Get off of our country!

Comment #44617 by pissinintothewind on May 25, 2007 at 5:40 am

That reminds me must make more of an effort to stop practising evil, ....now where did I leave that child.

29. Creationist Periodic Table of the Elements

Comment #44592 by pissinintothewind on May 25, 2007 at 5:13 am

V/Good

30. Lightning damages Jesus statue

Comment #44367 by pissinintothewind on May 24, 2007 at 12:46 pm

mispelt occur, I`m tired and in no mood for this nonsense.

31. Lightning damages Jesus statue

Comment #44365 by pissinintothewind on May 24, 2007 at 12:42 pm

Well f**k me people not being hurt, more evidence of miracles! No doubt if they cannot afford the repair job the faithful will cough up the cash for it. Maybe then, by their gods all loving grace another miracle will occour and they will send the money to Africa, to buy condoms and stop more people being hurt.

32. Scientists Draw Link Between Morality And Brain's Wiring

Comment #43549 by pissinintothewind on May 22, 2007 at 1:30 am

Logicel, Thanks for that. Tom

33. Scientists Draw Link Between Morality And Brain's Wiring

Comment #43445 by pissinintothewind on May 21, 2007 at 1:19 pm

Hello everyone, could someone help please. Where did Dr Dawkins say "Atheism is a brave and splendid aspiration" and in what context was it said. I`ve just had it quoted at me and am ignorant about it. Cheers Tom.

34. Supporters of abortion have no future in Church, Pope tells faithful

Comment #39591 by pissinintothewind on May 11, 2007 at 8:26 am

Thousands die each day in pain and shit because of bedrock christian values and millions more look foreward to the same fate. An ignorant morally evil old man.

35. Convention ends with Satan and immigrants

Comment #36221 by pissinintothewind on April 30, 2007 at 2:22 pm

Larsen is obviously insane and needs committing, sad and frightening for all concerned.

36. New Noah's Ark ready to sail

Comment #35852 by pissinintothewind on April 29, 2007 at 4:25 am

As for the "ARK" a waste of good timber, Dick head.

37. New Noah's Ark ready to sail

Comment #35851 by pissinintothewind on April 29, 2007 at 4:16 am

Bizzaro Dawkins, If you consider the time those people were born into and the paradigm of the universe and life that was current, none of them were fools. On the other hand if you with access to our accumulated knowledge and current scientific paradigm believe anything of the creed then you at the least inhabit a fools paradise. You seem to be opposed to peoples ridicule of christians as it promotes "more" bitter feelings, So are you opposed to all satire? What about politicians? actors? these have feelings too! To be frank I question the reason you ask that question of yourself on a site like this? Is it something of the martyr or masochistic in you?

38. Bill Maher - APATHEIST

Comment #35719 by pissinintothewind on April 28, 2007 at 2:19 pm

I`ve just watched THE WAY OF THE MASTER part 3 on youtube, one of the guys says "If you speak to someones conscience and circumnavigate the intellect the subject (evolution) dos`nt come up." If thats the level of debate in some sections of society in the USA you need people like Bill Maher. I will say no more except "GIVE IT A REST" its getting tedious.

39. Bill Maher - APATHEIST

Comment #35549 by pissinintothewind on April 27, 2007 at 3:07 pm

40. Bill Maher - APATHEIST

Comment #35532 by pissinintothewind on April 27, 2007 at 1:54 pm

Oy Vay girls and boys, such an argument,over a television personality at that! Mind you I remember such an argument over dinner in a very cultured household, about David Beckham and his wife( He has skills with a soccer ball, friends of that remarkably great actor of yours Tom Cruise I believe ). It ended very poorly, with me being Knocked over in a bout of fisticuffs with the hostess. However, I hope Mr Maher arouses the same level of debate amongst the theists. I also like the word apatheist it describes most people I know.

41. Bill Maher - APATHEIST

Comment #35445 by pissinintothewind on April 27, 2007 at 7:19 am

I`m a Brit and have never heard of Bill Maher, I am of the opinion that whatever his reasons are for making a documentary, its importance lies in the fact that the message will be spread through sections of the society that have no interest in scholarly debate, or even in reading books. As they say, "Any publicity is good publicity." From my observations,in the USA you have one massive struggle on your hands and you need every tool (pun intended) in the box. More strength to his arm my friends.

42. Potentially habitable planet found

Comment #34901 by pissinintothewind on April 25, 2007 at 2:18 pm

You will all be pleased to hear that the vatican has already been thinking this one through and in their view there is reason to believe that the resurrection of JC applies to all creation. Lucky extraterrestrials eh, they dont know what they are in for.

43. 'The Day They Kicked God out of the Schools' & Rebuttal

Comment #34157 by pissinintothewind on April 23, 2007 at 11:50 am

Respect Brian.

44. Pope abolishes limbo

Comment #34034 by pissinintothewind on April 23, 2007 at 4:50 am

Too late and too bad for the millions of families that have suffered as a result of this dogma and no consolation for those catholic families around today, the commission says there is reason to "Hope" that unbaptised infants will be saved, if they are wrong the impliction is that the children will go to hell.

45. Atheists split on how to not believe

Comment #34017 by pissinintothewind on April 23, 2007 at 3:56 am

Methinks Chaplain Epstein sups with the Devil.

46. Here Comes the Fourth Musketeer.

Comment #33719 by pissinintothewind on April 21, 2007 at 10:54 am

By the way its the being a Welshman is the joke

47. Here Comes the Fourth Musketeer.

Comment #33718 by pissinintothewind on April 21, 2007 at 10:50 am

Russel, some may be some may not be, I find it hard to tell the difference and if a half blind, octogenarian Welshman with a limp who lives in sin with a sheep can`t tell, i`m sure a lot of theist won`t be able to either.

48. Here Comes the Fourth Musketeer.

Comment #33674 by pissinintothewind on April 21, 2007 at 4:26 am

I think there is a lot of uncalled for reverence of the so called musketeers bordering on personality worship. I applaud their leadership and devotion to the rationalist cause we all promulgate, however In my view it will neutralize some of our efforts if we are not conscious and allow this "meme" to take hold. It should not be encouraged, an example of this were the e mails sent from this site asking and encouraging people to send Dr Dawkins birthday greetings. Why? I can see why some theist call this a religion as much as personality worship can be called a religion and I think its very negative .I realize this may upset some but there it is. TOM.

49. Richard Dawkins interviews the Bishop of Oxford

Comment #33484 by pissinintothewind on April 20, 2007 at 10:25 am

fonex-86, Hi, re Spaghetti Monster, you have to remember she/he has access to intelligence we are not privy to.From what I have seen of her/his posts, they seem to consists of either inane comments or pseudo intellectual arguments. She/he has been asked to explain him/herself on several occassions with no reply, I can only conclude that she/he does not have the moral fortitude nor the intellectual acumen to answer,a TROLL and not a very bright one at that.

50. Dinesh D'Souza says I don't exist: an atheist at Virginia Tech

Comment #33354 by pissinintothewind on April 19, 2007 at 11:58 pm

Sick Bastard