1. Religion useless to Dawkins

Comment #29386 by an_arbitrary_name on April 2, 2007 at 6:04 pm

Hey, that wasn't such a bad article. She seems pretty fair and honest to me. I think it was intended to be quite light-hearted.

2. Dawkins v. Collins Debate

Comment #23379 by an_arbitrary_name on February 28, 2007 at 8:51 am

In another post, MIND_REBEL stated that he has fallen out with his parents over their religious beliefs. I'm concerned that he's going a little too far with his atheism.

MIND_REBEL, I know it's frustrating when people can't see the obvious—that the whole idea of a god is entirely unjustified, and, as someone here said, you have to jump through hoops just to keep it from being falsified— but people are people. For example, I was quite shocked recently when I found out that my father is a theist, because he is usually very sceptical. I guess that when it comes to theistic beliefs and the like, people just lose all sense of rationality, perhaps using some kind of compartmentalisation. I guess they just can't help it.

By all means invite them to debate religion, but, please, live and let live. Everyone has their crutches, and imperfections, no matter who they are.

3. Presentation on Atheism

Comment #22734 by an_arbitrary_name on February 21, 2007 at 5:04 pm

That's the clearest presentation on atheism I've ever encountered. Good job!