Comments by Agrajag

Comment #147240 by Agrajag on March 20, 2008 at 4:14 am

I'm concerned. If clearmind keeps stroking himself (#478), he's going to pop. Then we'll *really* have a mess!
AJ

Comment #135130 by Agrajag on February 28, 2008 at 3:00 pm

After a final pause, Marvin gathered his strength for the last stretch. He read the "e", the "n", the "c" and at last the final "e", and staggered back into their arms. "I think," he murmured at last, from deep within his corroding rattling thorax, "I feel good about it." The lights went out in his eyes for absolutely the very last time ever. Luckily, there was a stall nearby where you could rent scooters from guys with green wings.
- Douglas Adams

God's final message to his creation:
"We apologize for the inconvenience"
AJ

3. Ore. Court: Boy Has Say in Circumcision

Comment #116457 by Agrajag on January 26, 2008 at 2:31 pm

36. Comment #116431 by Bertybob on January 26, 2008 at 1:20 pm
How do you circumcise a whale??

Did you hear about the job at the city zoo circumcising elephants?

The pay isn't much, but the tips are great. ;-)
AJ

4. Why (Almost All) Cosmologists are Atheists

Comment #110584 by Agrajag on January 11, 2008 at 2:16 pm

"What's your vector, Victor?" :-)
AJ

5. Nurses Told to Turn Muslims' Beds to Mecca

Comment #96020 by Agrajag on December 9, 2007 at 6:41 pm

76. Comment #96018 by hopeful on December 9, 2007 at 6:13 pm
If you are lying down are your feet supposed to point towards Mecca or is your head? Does islam have rules for hospital beds in foreign countries?

I think the angle of the bed should be adjusted to compensate for the curvature of the earth.

Nothing as complicated as that. The path to Mecca is measured as the winged horse flies.
AJ

6. Why Science Will Triumph Only When Theory Becomes Law

Comment #95280 by Agrajag on December 7, 2007 at 9:03 pm

435. Comment #94852 by Ruht on December 6, 2007 at 8:40 pm

How did the banana 'evolve' alongside of the size of the average human mouth?

A few sandwiches short of a picnic, I deem.
AJ

7. Pascal's Wager

Comment #94393 by Agrajag on December 5, 2007 at 3:06 pm

38. Comment #94371 by Ty_Webb on December 5, 2007 at 1:47 pm
How about saying:

That's funny. I believe in God too. I believe that you will go to Hell if you don't give me 10,000 pounds. If you do hand over the cash, then you will go to heaven.

Only clergy can say this!
AJ

8. Atheism's Wrong Turn

Comment #93981 by Agrajag on December 4, 2007 at 2:20 pm

76. Comment #93610 by Downunder on December 3, 2007 at 6:03 pm

What stimulates an atheist into that X-massie feeling?

We still put up some lights, though fewer than in the past for conservation reasons. I'm sure there's a pagan precedent for that. :-)
I also listen to Handel's Messiah once or twice, live if possible (most text discounted, of course!).
AJ

9. Monotheism was a con from the beginning

Comment #90960 by agrajag on November 26, 2007 at 8:11 pm

7. Comment #90956 by crazy old man on November 26, 2007 at 7:40 pm

In my office,...

There are emails which daily make the rounds...

There was grousing...

I talked about skepticism in general...

Over the course of what became an hours-long exchange...

... and then I was fired! ;-)

Don't forget the generic "miracle" births prevalent in religious mythology. Good work- Keep their feet to the fire!
AJ

10. 'Muhammad' teddy teacher arrested

Comment #90887 by Agrajag on November 26, 2007 at 3:18 pm

I still don't understand why the devoutly religious must do the police work for their deity (in this case it's a so-called prophet, not an actual god). If someone offends, let the stones fall from heaven. These supposedly omnipotent entities seem pretty pathetic.
AJ

11. Why Science Will Triumph Only When Theory Becomes Law

Comment #90247 by agrajag on November 23, 2007 at 5:57 pm

326. Comment #90246 by Ruht on November 23, 2007 at 5:40 pm

The Bible can only be interpreted properly by the author who wrote it - God.

No wonder I get so confused! I'm trying unsuccessfully to interpret what seems like bat shit, and it turns out I can only do this if I'm god. What a relief!
Steve

12. Why Science Will Triumph Only When Theory Becomes Law

Comment #90151 by agrajag on November 23, 2007 at 7:45 am

228. Comment #89939 by Ruht on November 22, 2007 at 8:00 am
"If god is perfect, he can't change his mind. Thinking means working out something. Changing your mind means not knowing the end result."

Not if he changed his mind from doing one thing perfectly to doing something else perfectly.

I have been following this thread, lurking as it were, and this goes beyond the "breathtaking inanity" bar... I think my lungs have been sucked out. Waiting for the next level of sophistication in argument: "Is so." "Is not." "Is so." "Is not."
Five

13. Why Science Will Triumph Only When Theory Becomes Law

Comment #90149 by agrajag on November 23, 2007 at 7:08 am

228. Comment #89939 by Ruht on November 22, 2007 at 8:00 am
"If god is perfect, he can't change his mind. Thinking means working out something. Changing your mind means not knowing the end result."

Not if he changed his mind from doing one thing perfectly to doing something else perfectly.