1. The Dissent Of Darwin - The World Of Richard Dawkins

Comment #180561 by fretmeister on May 15, 2008 at 7:58 am

"Brian English on May 14, 2008 at 9:01 pm

Cartomancer, who's going to witness your greatest acheivements, if not your little witnesses?

Testes = witness(es)
Testiculi = little witnesses

Testify to that. :)

Apparently when a man didn't have anything of value to swear upon, he would grab hold of his virile member and swear the oath. The testicles witnessed this oath. Of course, this could all be apocryphal..."



True.

This is why women were not allowed to give evidence - they had nothing to hold and risk!

2. Churchgoing on its knees as Christianity falls out of favour

Comment #177479 by fretmeister on May 9, 2008 at 6:53 am

Immigration is only the half of it.

Muslim families breed at a much higher rate than olde english ones. If immigration were to stop today the UK will still be a predominantly Muslim country within 100 years.

Part of me wonders if this has been planned.

3. Faith in Britain today

Comment #177477 by fretmeister on May 9, 2008 at 6:50 am

He was on Radio 4 this morning claiming that 70% of UK people were Christian.

What a dick.

4. Evolution: 24 myths and misconceptions

Comment #163116 by fretmeister on April 18, 2008 at 2:37 am

I usually get the magazine.

Can't see it changes anything though - I don't see many people picking it up with their copy of 'Nuts'

Shame really - the mag is a pretty good read most of the time.

5. Sexpelled: No Intercourse Allowed

Comment #163112 by fretmeister on April 18, 2008 at 2:19 am

Absolutely glorious.

It MUST go viral. I'm going to pimp it everywhere.



I do have a question though - if the stork theory is correct - why did I have a vasectomy? My doctor was the spitting image of Freddie Mercury (the hair, teeth, 'tache, everthing) which was a bit off-putting when he was ...er in contact.

I could have saved £250 and not had a gay icon at my tackle with a laser!

He did an excellent job as it happens. As I now have 2 young kids the contraception is brilliant... I don't get any time for sex at all!

6. Lungless frog discovered in Borneo

Comment #158777 by fretmeister on April 11, 2008 at 3:15 am

Can I just say what a wonderful, amazing and surprising place the universe is.

More than ever before I am so annoyed I went into the law and didn't study the sciences.

7. The simple falsehood at the heart of Expelled

Comment #158768 by fretmeister on April 11, 2008 at 3:03 am

The problem is - when we solve the issue of these idiots... someone comes along and invents a better class of idiot.

Oh well.

8. Commentary: Democrats finally getting religion on religion

Comment #158141 by fretmeister on April 10, 2008 at 6:04 am

"Martin is studying to receive his master's degree in Christian communications at Louisiana Baptist University."


What are 'Christian' Communications? and how on earth can any centre of learning be called a 'Baptist Univeristy'

It deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as the Goebbels School of Racial Harmony.

9. Discussion between Richard Dawkins and Paula Kirby

Comment #157376 by fretmeister on April 9, 2008 at 2:34 am

As a professional public speaker of sorts (lawyer) I am very impressed indeed.

So many people fall apart just because of a 'bigger room' when they are perfectly clear in smaller groups.

It can be taught - but natural confidence is a great help to start with.

Very nicely done.

10. Vote on freedom of expression marks the end of Universal Human Rights

Comment #153147 by fretmeister on April 1, 2008 at 5:58 am

I think it was The Hitch that said the best defence against extremism was an air force.

I never thought he might be right.

Sad day indeed.

11. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #149865 by fretmeister on March 26, 2008 at 9:58 am

12. Comment #148681 by eric.malitz on March 23, 2008 at 3:35 pm

Stein is the only Jewish ID proponent I can think of. I thought this movie would be good for a laugh, but apparantly not


Joshua Rosenburg (former BBC Legal correspondent) and his wife (apparently) Melanie Phillips who writes for the Daily Mail.

They don't even accept germ theory.

12. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #133348 by fretmeister on February 26, 2008 at 5:28 am

Yes, all 98 lbs (44 kg) of this little atheist is a threat to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness of all those theists out there. [/sarcasm]

WTF?

:)

I'm 231 lb. Maybe I threaten them a bit?


The best things about these books is that it shows how much we are annoying them!

13. Feb 12th: Happy Darwin Day!

Comment #125747 by fretmeister on February 12, 2008 at 1:26 am

There are some real design talents on there!

Fantastic stuff.

14. Charles Simonyi Professorship in the Public Understanding of Science

Comment #125255 by fretmeister on February 11, 2008 at 6:29 am

Assuming they have at least an 'O-Level' in a science subject...

I vote for a Chair and Assistant: Sam Harris and Christopher Hithens.


Just for fun.

I can see the press release from the Vatican now... :)

15. George Scales, War Hero and Generous Friend of RDFRS

Comment #112156 by fretmeister on January 16, 2008 at 1:24 pm

Very best of luck to you.

It is the bravery of people like you that allow us to have an often contrary voice in the first place, and without the contrary voice that challenges all irrationality we would still be at the mercy of middle age thinking.

Thank you.

16. The OUT Campaign has its own Flea!

Comment #107763 by fretmeister on January 5, 2008 at 8:43 am

I could not resist it:

I have sent them this email:

"Dear Sir

I am so pleased about your website.

It is about time that there was proper recognition for gay Christians everywhere.

In these enlightened times I applaud you.

I will ask my gay and straight Christian friends to recommend your site to all.

Best regards.

Paul
"

17. 2007 Audiobook Download of the Year: The God Delusion

Comment #99098 by fretmeister on December 15, 2007 at 2:35 pm

For those who think the audibooks are a bit expensive (they are... but when you get 14 CDs worth of audio that puts most music to shame)...

You can borrow the audiobook from any UK Library even if they have to order it in for you.

And often the quality is far better than buying a badly compressed and often mono digital download.

18. CNN Request for 'I-Reports' on religion

Comment #65429 by fretmeister on August 24, 2007 at 6:37 am

This is mine:

Hi

Religion is not being attacked and to state that is irresponsible. Religious people claim to be attacked when all that is really happening is that more and more people are using reason and evidence to come to their own conclusions about the nature of the world. The world is slowly but surely rejecting the religious approach of "we don't know and you are not allowed to ask."

The scientific advances throughout history have never set out to destroy religion at all (in fact originally science was used to promote the glory of God) but every day we learn something new is another day where we no longer have to rely on superstition.

The destruction of religion was never intended, it is merely a byproduct of human learning.

As Arthur C Clarke said "A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets."

I can't see any valid regrets at all.