1. Poll: Should the motto 'In God We Trust' be removed from U.S. currency?

Comment #230426 by adrianrf on August 14, 2008 at 4:48 pm

um, may haqve once been 91%/9% Against Reason;
but as of this writing, it's

32% Yes, Stop The God-bothering;
to
63% No, Carry on Promoting Childish Stupidstition

so, let's keep rocking that vote!

2. A word for nonbelievers

Comment #189811 by adrianrf on June 7, 2008 at 10:16 am

forgive my reposting a comment I just added on the "Religulous" movie trailer site, http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/06/06/religulous-movie-trailer/

at the tail I address why atheists: a) need to get; b) and AT LAST are getting; their shit together -- despite the flailing reflex political uselessness of attitudes expressed by Apathy Personified et al.
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@Israel Groveman

>every single human being on the planet places their faith in something quite blindly, whether it is one God, science, environmental living, themselves, or politics.

you evidently have learned nothing about science.

the scientific method is the key principle that has driven every piece of technology that elevates your daily life from mere cave-dwelling hunter-gatherer subsistence.

formalized and refined, it is:
review of literature;
hypothesis;
prediction;
experimentation with controls;
capture & publication of objective data;
statistical analysis;
reporting both data and conclusions to peers via peer-reviewed publications.

scientists compete.
all claims are subject to open criticism in the scientific literature.
every scientist's work is open to challenge by reproduction.
"blind faith" does not enter the picture.

the only people who operate on "blind faith" are the sort of willfully ignorant idiots who allow wishful fantasy about sky fairies to drive their worldview.

unfortunately, in this country there are far too many of them, so they are blatantly pandered to by craven politicians; and they thus exert ridiculous sway over vast numbers of issues they are intellectually unqualified to address.

well, those of us with an actual grip on logic and reason have had enough of this BS. the future of the world itself is at stake.

and so we're going to dispossess you of the levers of power.

it will take several generations, but it WILL happen.

and this movie is one small part of the mounting wave.