1. A New Pope

Comment #177523 by hexhunter on May 9, 2008 at 8:27 am

I don't remember this from Time Trumpet. Adam Buxton is Adam from Adam & Joe though, and he is in Time Trumpet.

- Deus X Machina

2. Gay scientists isolate Christian gene

Comment #177447 by hexhunter on May 9, 2008 at 5:39 am

Brilliant, only got it a minute in but loved it.

:D

3. My Response to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Comment #177439 by hexhunter on May 9, 2008 at 5:16 am

I'm amazed that Boteach lived in the UK for 11 years. He seems to think that we are all Royalist Super-patriots. The way that he says "England" pisses me off too.

4. How to reconcile Richard Dawkins?

Comment #172992 by hexhunter on April 30, 2008 at 8:18 am

I am massively confused, since when was the Troubles not a religious issue? I understand that the territory was a difficult meeting point for the British and Irish, but why would 2 civilised, post-war nations be so violent?

Surely without religion it could have been handled with the diplomatic efforts which finally ended it?


-Deus x Machina

5. Orangutan attempts to hunt fish with spear

Comment #172913 by hexhunter on April 30, 2008 at 6:58 am

This is clearly an arguement about semantics, why don't you look in a dictionary and see what that says.

-58. Comment #171964 by Didaktylos on April 29, 2008 at 3:36 am

"They'll all be getting jobs in libraries next."

- Ook Eek Eek
I think the Librarian has a little more than intelligence, like magic, and bananas.

- Deus X Machina

6. Yoko Ono sues over use of John Lennon videos

Comment #170102 by hexhunter on April 27, 2008 at 11:31 am

I believe I also read on Wikipedia that The Killers were lied to about the premise of the film, whether they'll decide to sue or not though, I've no idea...

-Deus Ex Machina

7. Richard Dawkins on The Big Questions

Comment #118872 by hexhunter on January 31, 2008 at 5:25 am

Should enjoy/get really annoyed watching this, I saw it in the upcoming events section literally a few hours after it finished...

8. Man-sized sea scorpion claw found

Comment #89929 by hexhunter on November 22, 2007 at 7:18 am

Sounds like the crocodile might have filled it's niche, just like herds of reptiles becoming herds of cows, and reptilian flying animals becoming birds.

I think what he actually meant about size was that big animals go extinct easier than their smaller cousins, which is why there are still Lizards, despite the lack of Dinosaurs.

9. Der Digitale Planet (lecture)

Comment #53910 by hexhunter on July 4, 2007 at 5:19 am

All of the lecturers were good, but I now understand why Douglas Adams's death was such a blow for science, he really had the power to communicate, most scientists stumble on questions and find it difficult to explain things, but he could have made public understanding of science so much better in the UK.

I must also ask for somebody to upload the discussion from this event, even if it's not in English...

10. Call for 'post-9/11' RE teaching

Comment #50660 by hexhunter on June 19, 2007 at 9:26 am

I agree with Chezzyd, actually, I think the A-level course is something like that, it covers a religion, and a range of ethical topics, also a few philosophy subjects.

I think the GCSE course should cover philosophy, sociology, ethics, history of religion (egyptian, greek, roman, christianity/islam/judaism in the past), religious studies (religion vs atheism, comparative theology, religious texts and religious people)...

Its quite a bit but our course was only a half GCSE, with a max grade of a D. also, the exams are confusing, I think coursework should probably involve research on different views on a subject, like euthanasia, comparing them, being critical of all of them, and finding and explaining what you think to be the best answer...