1. Saudi Marriage Officiant : 'It Is Allowed To Marry A Girl At The Age Of One'.

Comment #198905 by headcold on June 24, 2008 at 5:16 pm

People, don't judge! Haven't you heard the saying, 'Once you go nine, ain't nothing so fine!'

Have you seen how some of the nine year olds dress over there?




And people wonder why I joke about bombing them up to the 21st century. Why can't we just hook them all up to a lie detector and say, 'Mohammed molested and raped little girls. Do you think that is OK?' If the machine starts beeping, then maybe we should send them to a 're-education camp.'

Before anyone freaks out, I'm mostly joking. At least Jesus isn't celebrated for molesting little girls, I can't understand why I'm supposed to respect Mohamed's followers for even a second. And that includes the ones who say, 'Well, Mohamed was the Prophet, but I don't agree with him screwing little kids.'

2. Rapture site sends unbelievers their last chance ... via email

Comment #194833 by headcold on June 17, 2008 at 10:13 am

My favorite part is at the website under Services. One of the services they offer is: Write your own documents or choose from some of ours.

Wonderful! Not only will I not be raptured, but I'm going to get a form letter from grandma telling me 'Told ya so!'

3. Proving ID is Creationism

Comment #182990 by headcold on May 21, 2008 at 7:37 am

She's hot!

4. Girl, 17, killed in Iraq for loving a British soldier

Comment #171710 by headcold on April 28, 2008 at 5:53 pm

Watch out, Lycosid. You're going to make Al-rawandi take off his weight belt and throw down some compassion on your ass.

5. Girl, 17, killed in Iraq for loving a British soldier

Comment #171613 by headcold on April 28, 2008 at 4:02 pm

Al-rawandi,

No shit I contradicted myself. That was the whole point, to show that I was representing a deep emotion, irrational response to this disgusting situation.

I don't actually think we should nuke them. Do I think it would be better if we just nuked them? I don't know. Let's ask all the prosperous people in Japan. None of them wish the bomb was dropped, but a couple generations down the road people aren't going to care.

Oh great! I'm a bad person again for accurately summing one aspect of the last century of Japan's history in two sentences. History isn't pretty and it isn't fair. I'm not saying we should 'make' history happen. I'm just saying that if a bomb fell off an airplane it may not be the worst thing in the world a hundred years from now.

Would it be better to promote a secular enlightened society free of stupid religions? Of course not. It would be trading one evil for another.

6. Girl, 17, killed in Iraq for loving a British soldier

Comment #171566 by headcold on April 28, 2008 at 3:12 pm

Al-rawandi, I'll stop thinking that the entire country should be nuked when everyone in the neighborhood of that murderer drags him out into the street and uses him as an example to show that honor killings are never ever permitted.

What's the other option? We wait 100 years and 3000 more honor killings for the Middle East to decide that instead of murdering your daughter for disgracing the family, instead you should just tie her up outside and let the neighbors rape her? And then another 100 years later, they'll say, 'hey, rape is almost always bad.' Instead when the daughter disgraces the family they will just cut off her ears so no man will find her attractive.

I don't actually think we should nuke the place. I use it purposefully as a wake-up generalization to say that we shouldn't be invading Iraq to remove an evil dictator. We should bomb them up to the 18th century, and then we'll educate them up to the 21st.

Offended again? I'll inspire anger and you inspire fair mindedness. I have no power and neither do you so we both end up accomplishing nothing. My comments reflect my emotional outrage and my gut feelings. When it comes times to act on something, I'll remove my emotions and think logically. Until then, allow me be as angry and unsympathetic as I want at the fact that these cavemen, their cavemen neighbors, and the cavemen countries next door to them are just dandy with strangling daughters.

7. Girl, 17, killed in Iraq for loving a British soldier

Comment #171424 by headcold on April 28, 2008 at 1:35 pm

We should pull out the troops and turn that fucking country into a sea of glass.

8. Interviews with Richard Dawkins and Michael Shermer

Comment #164056 by headcold on April 19, 2008 at 1:16 pm

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

No intelligence allowed? Sounds like they know exactly who their target audience is. "Come out to the movie, but be sure to leave your brain at the door."

9. Ancient serpent shows its leg

Comment #159454 by headcold on April 12, 2008 at 8:23 am

Let's not exclude the creation scientists.


Check it out: it's yet another transitional form, a 92 million (or 6,000) year old snake with two hindlimbs. Cool! Just last week I was told that none of these things exist.

10. Scientists take drugs to boost brain power: study

Comment #159010 by headcold on April 11, 2008 at 10:37 am

Using hallucinogenic drugs coincides directly with my final break from religion and associated metaphysically supported stuffs. After realizing that while tripping on mushrooms or DXM I went through a variety of emotional states, from great fear to extreme joy and "genuine" religious experiences, I finally started to understand that maybe I was just stimulating a part of my brain that made me hallucinate into thinking that there was something divine in the world.

It was then that I realized there was no magic in the world, but now, a year later, I'm finally coming to terms with that truth. It sucks that I had to de-brainwash myself, but drugs were the path that I chose.

11. Scientists take drugs to boost brain power: study

Comment #158924 by headcold on April 11, 2008 at 7:13 am

Are they safe to buy online? Sorry, but now I want to try some brain boosters. Any tips on finding them?

12. The Atheist Next Door

Comment #157276 by headcold on April 8, 2008 at 8:15 pm

I hated that more than I've hated anything in a while.

13. My quest to get de-baptised

Comment #152500 by headcold on March 31, 2008 at 6:53 am

I share the opinion with some others here that de-baptism is silly. I understand that the Church of England is taking credit for your soul in statistics, but it's all a big scam anyway. It's a bit like writing Microsoft to say that in retrospect you've decided that you don't agree to the Terms and Conditions of Windows 98. (Not a perfect analogy, I admit.) Whether you like it or not, the Church does deserve credit for your baptism. They did spent 2000 years deceiving people in order to someday be able to trick your elders into splashing some water on your head. It's evil, but it was hard work! :)

I'd rather show a bit of respect to my parents' beliefs at the time. They did it out of a deep love for you even if they were misguided by the Church or bad memes.

Instead of spending time fighting the system over an arguably pointless gesture, you could save that time for yourself: read a book that cheers you up rather than frustrates you endlessly as religion tends to do.

14. Evolving Mistakes

Comment #134323 by headcold on February 27, 2008 at 3:32 pm

You forgot to point out that evolution is just a theory, and a theory with holes in it at that.






Just kidding!

15. The argument from oranges

Comment #128232 by headcold on February 16, 2008 at 3:26 pm

"I don't think we should teach evolution in our schools, because it dulls its effect." -- Emo Philips

who also said:

"I used to think the brain was the most important organ in my entire body, and then I realized, 'Well, look what's telling me that.'" --Emo Philips

16. Hitchens V. Boteach

Comment #120178 by headcold on February 1, 2008 at 10:12 am

Why hasn't anyone caught on to the fact that I and probably other people here would be willing to pay a few bucks to watch these debates? Instead of waiting around for it to pop up on YouTube, I'd pay $5 to see it now. $10? Ehh...maybe, but definitely $5. I'd rather see it free, but if the producers can get these debates up within a couple days of the debate, I'll do my best to encourage that.

I'm still waiting for Hitchens debate from last weekend with Jay _____ from the Discovery Institute.

17. Happy Birthday Josh Timonen!

Comment #118985 by headcold on January 31, 2008 at 8:43 am

So it turns out there is an intelligent designer after all. Best birthday wishes.

18. Interview with Richard Dawkins

Comment #116642 by headcold on January 26, 2008 at 10:44 pm

LOL Others have said it better than I will, but I would just like to echo that I seriously laughed out loud to hear that John that his "transitional fossils" question was going to stump Richard. I wish there was a show calling Feeding Fools to Dawkins. Furthermore, I think Richard Dawkins is hilarious when he's angry. Not that he's a funny spectacle. He just finds his comic timing the most when he's fuming over someone's proud stupidity.

19. Archbishop of Canterbury Praises Richard Dawkins

Comment #104730 by headcold on December 29, 2007 at 9:24 am

I found it to be a very nice comment. He's pointing out, and, I hope genuinely, admiring Dawkins most powerful point about the difference between atheists and religious people. It's a step though I'm not sure towards what.

20. 'Muhammad' teddy teacher arrested

Comment #90903 by headcold on November 26, 2007 at 4:11 pm

It's this kind of stuff that makes me like the idea of bombing the Jesus into a country. At least then they will have a religion in which interpreting a holy text is at least possible. Is it just hopeless? How many more thousands of years will it take for the moderate Muslims to grow some balls and fight back?

21. 'Expelled' Movie: The Extended Trailer

Comment #88209 by headcold on November 15, 2007 at 10:58 am

Rtambree!!!

Remember the first rule of the cabal of egg-headed scientists:

1. There is no cabal of egg-headed scientists.

22. Debate between Michael Shermer and Dinesh D'Souza

Comment #80464 by headcold on October 21, 2007 at 10:53 pm

The joke Shermer does about the Gideon Bible striking him in his bullet is an old Woody Allen joke from his stand-up days. As a comic I would have preferred that he credit the joke instead of using it, albeit well, to bolster his likability. I like Shermer and buy Skeptic when I can find it, but, Michael, don't steal jokes in professional settings. Hire a writer.

23. Debate between Christopher Hitchens and Alister McGrath

Comment #79526 by headcold on October 17, 2007 at 2:53 pm

I'm transcribing Hitchens' opening remarks for a religion debate thread that I participate in. Does anyone know if the source website for that debate does a good job getting their debates transcribed? I can post my work on here later or if someone has a better idea let me know. It would be nice if someone here is good at editing. Typing Hitchens' speech is quite a bit more daunting than my law firm typing days. And I can't slow it down with a foot pedal!!