1. Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds

Comment #263297 by treeman17 on October 10, 2008 at 1:48 pm

I was very fortunate at my public high school in America to have a series of mathematics teachers who absolutely loved their discipline and passed that passion to me. I ended up graduating university with a degree in mathematics, and I credit them for fanning that flame.

There is still hope for us.

2. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #207965 by treeman17 on July 10, 2008 at 10:57 am

HA! My brother stole the Jeezus cracker from the church at my wedding and gave it too me at the reception! It was probably the coolest and most unique gift anyone has ever given me.

3. Should Strident British Atheist Richard Dawkins Dictate Education Policy to US States? Barbara Forrest Apparently Thinks So

Comment #197094 by treeman17 on June 21, 2008 at 4:35 am

For the millionth time, there is no such thing as a "Darwinist." It's the idea that counts, not the person.

4. Survey finds most Americans believe Jesus born of virgin

Comment #102531 by treeman17 on December 23, 2007 at 6:33 am

From the article, I get the sensation of "so what?" Is this really anything new?

5. God rest you merry atheist

Comment #99984 by treeman17 on December 18, 2007 at 2:47 am

What's wrong with an appreciation of the winter solstice?

What was so infantile of Hitchens? Is ironic humor now off-limits and vitriolic?

Why is it that the Nazi party is always inevitably dragged out, kicking and screaming, when drawing comparisons? Leave the poor Nazis alone.

6. Creation college seeks state's OK to train teachers

Comment #99121 by treeman17 on December 15, 2007 at 4:46 pm

Goddidit! Where's my degree?

7. Creation vs. Reality

Comment #98663 by treeman17 on December 14, 2007 at 2:13 am

"I have got a question. How can you explain that something can exist by itself? Just tell me how? I am holding a glass and if you tell me that glass came into existence by chances, I would not believe it. Nobody would."

Good question Wooter, I was wondering the same thing. How could this god who obviously created the universe come into existence just by himself? Who created that god, and the super god before that? This intelligent, ordered god couldn't have come into existence by chance, and if you told me that, I wouldn't believe you, nobody would. I mean, it's just a huge circular reasoning on steroids.

8. Creation vs. Reality

Comment #98655 by treeman17 on December 14, 2007 at 1:58 am

Well that was weird.

9. Colouring book warns kids of pedophile priests

Comment #95131 by treeman17 on December 7, 2007 at 12:16 pm

Huh, I just had a strange thought in light of overwhelming irony. I wonder how many children the Pope has molested?

10. Riding with Rocinante: 'It's me or the crucifix'

Comment #94823 by treeman17 on December 6, 2007 at 5:22 pm

Personalmente, questo è imbarazzante che un professore, quando dice che anche se non esiste dio, è nonostante importante difendere il suo mito, può abbassare la sua testa così vicino alla terra che l'unica cosa che vede è la merda. Il mito di Giove fa pure una parte della tradizione in questa area geografica, è questo un'altra illusione da difendere?

Inoltre, condannare un giudice per il delitto di difendere la costituzione è una vergogna insopportabile. Questa è solo un'altra prova che fra troppi politici, assecondare il Vaticano in questo paese è ancora più importante dei diritti del'umanità.

I felt it necessary to post my response in Italian since I call this county my home. Bablefish makes a decent translation, but if copy and paste sounds like too much work, I'll translate.

11. Highway to hysteria

Comment #94227 by treeman17 on December 5, 2007 at 3:56 am

AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!! My eyeballs are hurting! Posts like this drop IQ points.

12. Daniel Dennett Debates Dinesh D'Souza

Comment #93212 by treeman17 on December 2, 2007 at 12:38 pm

Wait, wait just a second. Did he just invoke Ocham's Razor in part 5 to say that the universe was created by an intelligent designer? Doesn't that statement raise more questions than answers, and require elimination?

13. Banishing the Green-Eyed Monster

Comment #91858 by treeman17 on November 29, 2007 at 1:09 pm

If I can play devil's advocate, the problem that I had with Clinton was that he had sex in the Oval Office, not that he lied about it. Unless you happen to be a porn star, sex at work is generally frowned upon, and for sure it is something that could get any of us fired.

14. Response to My Fellow 'Atheists'

Comment #77171 by treeman17 on October 8, 2007 at 4:25 pm

This guy is good. I really enjoy reading from people like this who give me that "Oh, yeah" sensation.