1. Faith schools undermined by 'Government witch hunt'

Comment #201753 by doctor_regtools on June 30, 2008 at 8:03 am

"Faith based schools are assured a secure future in the state system under this government, with parents from all backgrounds being offered an equal chance to get their children in to these popular schools. To suggest otherwise is nonsense and a distortion of the truth."

I find this claim bewildering. Is he seriously suggesting that faith has no bearing on your chances of getting your kid in to a catholic school. This is nonsense - catholic schools clearly favour catholic families, and indeed it would be a strange sort of faith school if they did not.

2. Missing matter found in deep space

Comment #182884 by doctor_regtools on May 21, 2008 at 5:05 am

I got this article through the rss feed, the title of which was:

"Missing matter found in deep space by Yahoo"

For a minute I thought Yahoo had been diversifying!

3. Richard Dawkins on The Big Debate

Comment #117964 by doctor_regtools on January 30, 2008 at 5:03 am

Good show - although I think Dawkins came across quite badly unfortunately.

I doubt if this was really on the BBC, as the BBC don't usually have breaks in shows like this!

4. Interview with Michael Behe

Comment #61070 by doctor_regtools on August 3, 2007 at 2:12 pm

On the subject of mousetraps, here's the reduced complexity of it:

http://udel.edu/~mcdonald/mousetrap.html

5. 60 SECONDS: Richard Dawkins

Comment #49434 by doctor_regtools on June 12, 2007 at 12:57 am

In today's metro (in London):

Why are people so afraid of Richard Dawkins? P Jennings, you accuse him of vitriol (Metro, Mon) but the vitriol, I'm afriad, comes from you. Dawkins's sin appears to be that he no longer believes in Father Christmas, the Tooth Fairy, and yes, that other man-made myth, God.

If you knew the man you'd know he was a kind, thoughtful, and caring human being. He accepts his place in the order of things and doesn't need a justification for his life, or its meaning therein.

Visit the dying children of Africa and tell me about the wonder of God's creation. We must learn that life is there to be lived and cherished in the hear and now and not subjugate ourselves to an irrational fear of our final demise.

- Mark Boardman, Cheshire

Contrary to Dawkins's claims (Metro, Fri), God is slow to anger and has shown abundant mercy. IN Romans 5:8, the apostle Paul writes: 'God commendeth His love toward us that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.' This is surely the greatest act of love the world has witnessed

- Aissa Amurao, London W11

I think the second of these letters ought to be fairly easy to rebut by means of a few other select quotes from the Bible!

6. 60 SECONDS: Richard Dawkins

Comment #49200 by doctor_regtools on June 11, 2007 at 1:30 am

There were a couple of 'Dawkins is Deluded' letters in today's metro which followed up on this. Sadly I can't find the letters page on-line, but perhaps someone more erudite than me might like to respond?

I can copy the letters in here if they're not published online

7. Christopher Hitchens is Not Great

Comment #40905 by doctor_regtools on May 15, 2007 at 7:26 am

I wish these people would come up with more interesting headlines than replacing 'God' with the author of the book they are reviewing.

I think this title is a little unfair as I don't believe Christopher Hitchens claims to be great, or that there are millions of people claiming he is.

8. Global Warming (includes commentary about creationism)

Comment #40423 by doctor_regtools on May 14, 2007 at 9:20 am

I used to be convinced, but not any more - since I watched "The Great Global Warming Swindle" on Channel 4:

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=2332531355859226455&q=global+warming+swindle

now I just don't know! One thing is clear, there's such a bandwagon that it's difficult to have a reasoned discussion on the matter.