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Comments by fin


1. How to refute Creationist with only a bucket of feces

Comment #103931 by fin on December 27, 2007 at 11:03 am

6. Comment #103804 by righton

I keep coming across the interview where someone asks RD to give an example of a mutation that increases the information in the genome.
The question is a creationist straw-man. It cannot be answered because "the information of a genome" has never been defined.

Because it has not been defined, it cannot be measured.

Because it cannot be measured, we cannot know if a mutation increases or decreases it.

2. Pascal's Wager

Comment #96263 by fin on December 10, 2007 at 8:48 am

Original site with better quality graphic:

http://cectic.com/082.html

3. Georgia plans service to pray for rain

Comment #86951 by fin on November 10, 2007 at 1:59 pm

steveroot:

I can't wait to know the answer:
*YES
*NO
*WAIT
... which is explained in:
http://godisimaginary.com/video8.htm

4. The good that comes from belief

Comment #86946 by fin on November 10, 2007 at 1:50 pm

John Done:

I'm trying to think of who it was who said "To say that a religious man is happier than a nonbeliever proves nothing more than stating that a drunk man is happier than a sober one".
George Bernard Shaw.
http://quotationspage.com/quote/458.html

5. Row Brews Over DUP Call for Schools to Teach Creationism

Comment #73107 by fin on September 24, 2007 at 6:12 am

I tried this question recently and got suggestions from people about how they believed mutations increased genetic information but no evidence.
OK, who were there people? Isn't "increase/decrease in genetic information" a creationist straw man?

Please answer:
1. How do you measure genetic information (GI)?
2. How much GI do humans have?
3. What about gorillas?

6. Row Brews Over DUP Call for Schools to Teach Creationism

Comment #72842 by fin on September 23, 2007 at 8:16 am

Intelligent Delivery theory:
http://www.jci.org/content/vol116/issue5/images/large/JCI0628449.f1.jpeg

7. State Senator Ernie Chambers Sues God

Comment #71222 by fin on September 18, 2007 at 4:52 am

Reminds me of the Australian movie "The Man Who Sued God".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Sued_God

8. Shop targets U.S. hunters with camo Bibles

Comment #65747 by fin on August 26, 2007 at 9:14 am

A few days ago at the Baton Rouge, Louisiana airport I saw a piece of camo luggage. I wondered how anything else could be more ridiculous in camo.
If it helps you spot your luggage and prevents someone accidentally taking it at the luggage belt, is not ridiculous.

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

Comment #65734 by fin on August 26, 2007 at 7:45 am

This is a prime example that one does not need the belief in god to do good (sometimes good) things. Despite her feelings that there was no god, or that god did not acknowledge her, she still took care of the poor.
Did she actually take care of the poor? Or did she just give them a place to suffer and die? And to praise the lord for the food and shelter.

Wasn't she a great supporter of suffering because that is what would bring you closer to god.

"Follow the money." What happened to all that money she was given?

10. Good luck, Dawkins!

Comment #63922 by fin on August 16, 2007 at 6:19 pm

So... [trying to think hard...]

In the EU, I can sell water in small bottles and claim it is a homeopathic remedy for common cold? Maybe I throw in some salt and sugar to make it look like it has some "real" ingredients.

And this is completely legal? Have I got it right?

11. An Atheist Responds

Comment #56636 by fin on July 16, 2007 at 4:55 pm

NormanDoering wrote:

Are you serious or joking?
Yes.

12. An Atheist Responds

Comment #56598 by fin on July 16, 2007 at 1:53 pm

If you believe in god, you do not need to have absolute moral rules yourself because you can always ask god and s/he personally tells what to do.

But atheists need to be told the moral rules revealed to you because they cannot ask god for help.

Clear enough? :-)

13. Bill Moyers interviews E.O. Wilson

Comment #55139 by fin on July 10, 2007 at 5:15 am

For those who dislike embedded video, here is a direct link to the quicktime file:

http://www.pbs.org/media/wnet/moyers/journal/1113/BMJ113_wilson_480.mov

14. Messiah

Comment #52446 by fin on June 27, 2007 at 3:53 am

ImagineAZ:

I mean, he got that lady's pictures perfect.
We get to hear or see only a fraction of all the suggestions he makes, like "...let different images just SAIL through your mind...don't go OVERBOARD on detail..."

And the lady draws a sailboat.

On the other hand, maybe we are the ones being tricked. Maybe the hints are for us so that we would think that they are suggestions, and he is wearing a small earphone and has an accomplish with a wireless transmitter.

Maybe we are only shown the hits, we do not know how many misses he made.

15. In Defense of Witchcraft

Comment #52308 by fin on June 26, 2007 at 5:12 pm

Bruno:

I applaud Sam's efforts here, but the problem I think is that most Fundamentalists actually still believe in witches and other demonic forces. They simply won't "get it."
I do not think Harris or Dawkins or Hitchens are trying to convert fundamentalists. Their writings are meant for the non-religious people who have inherited the beliefs of their parents but who are not committed to faith.

16. Egypt mufti says female circumcision forbidden

Comment #52295 by fin on June 26, 2007 at 4:25 pm

Deicide:

Ugh, As a circumcised male, I must object. Circumcision has never caused me any problems of any kind. Yes, it is pointless, but the same as female circumcision? absolutely not.
Maybe it has not caused you problems, but you cannot physically feel everything that a non-circumcised male can.

17. The Stupidity of Fox News is Truly Beyond Belief

Comment #52283 by fin on June 26, 2007 at 4:04 pm

Primenumbers:

Oh, and I've known a few pregnant women, and I know they don't see pregnancy as a miracle.
What if they were living in Israel 2000 years ago, not married, and would at least be disgraced, and maybe stoned to death?

Which is more likely:
  1. Maria became pregnant as described in the bible.
  2. Maria/Josef/someone lied.