1. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #132893 by robhu on February 25, 2008 at 11:27 am

Mitchell Gilks: Is your icon from a particular manga or anime?

2. Banishing the Green-Eyed Monster

Comment #91928 by robhu on November 29, 2007 at 3:03 pm

What an interesting article, but I have to disagree (as some others have) with the comments about sex with someone other than the person you married.

Open marriages, polyamorous relationships, etc.. are fine, of course they are. In such situations both people know what is going on and are happy for such things to occur. In the usual type of marriage the expectation (vocalised in some marriages, say at church) is that the relationship will be monogamous. If it isn't then it's a breech of trust with your partner, which is what makes it unacceptable.

3. A New Flea in Town!

Comment #91909 by robhu on November 29, 2007 at 2:35 pm

Is it really reasonable to refer to these people as 'fleas'?

Professor Dawkins has captured the public imagination with his books, so it seems perfectly reasonable for people to write books disagreeing with what he has said in his books.

Referring to them as fleas just makes us atheists look pompous.

Please, when talking to / about the religious let's stick to reasoned discussion, not name calling.

4. 'Purity' ring case in High Court

Comment #51284 by robhu on June 22, 2007 at 7:49 am

I think she ought to be able to wear the ring. If schools are going to allow any religious jewellery at all then I don't think they should put themselves in the position of being the arbiter of whether the jewellery is 'required' by the faith or not. Especially given that religion belief is very much a personal thing, what might be important for one Christian (e.g. wearing a crucifix) is completely unimportant to another.

Various people here seem to think that no religious jewellery or clothing should be allowed in schools. Personally I'm not sure, but I think in society we ought to err on the side of allowing freedom of expression even amongst teenagers.

5. Richard Dawkins and Alister McGrath

Comment #46329 by robhu on May 31, 2007 at 12:03 am

Google video says this for me:

We're sorry, but the provider of this video has not authorised Google to display this video in your location.

I'm in the UK (using Bulldog as my ISP... I've also tried with another ISP).