1. The Faith of Flanders

Comment #184359 by gcujimmy on May 24, 2008 at 7:01 pm

One has to wonder if the writer of this article has ever actually watched "The Simpsons".
The flanders family are so obviously used to poke fun at fundamental religion.

2. Richard Dawkins Responds to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Comment #181631 by gcujimmy on May 17, 2008 at 6:14 pm

clearmind..

Atheist people with sick mind are able to do anything since they have no fear of God and Judgement day.

3. Bible Theme Park Faces Opposition in Tennessee

Comment #180838 by gcujimmy on May 16, 2008 at 12:17 am

They could call it Praiseland like Ned Flanders in The Simpsons.

4. Ken Miller on Intelligent Design

Comment #176299 by gcujimmy on May 7, 2008 at 6:34 am

Awesome. How refreshing to see such a reasoned rebuttal of ID from one you would expect to be on the other side of the debate. An ideal source for theist friends who will not accept your arguments against ID now they can see it from one of their own.

5. Yoko Ono sues over use of John Lennon videos

Comment #169848 by gcujimmy on April 27, 2008 at 12:43 am

As a Beatles fan in my youth and half blaming Yoko for the break up of the Beatles it feels wierd to be cheering her on.
Go get em Yoko

6. Mount Vernon schools to hire investigator in Bible case

Comment #169844 by gcujimmy on April 27, 2008 at 12:27 am

Re the meaning of Easter.
Try spelling it OESTRE and you find it predates Christianity by a long way. The following is from a google search....


The young God at this time is young and strong, but not yet aware of the responsibilities he will take on, or his impending death at his own hand. It's hard to see in this capricious young buck, the god who will sacrifice himself that others may live and the wheel ever turn.

Some symbols for this time are eggs, rabbits and spring flowers. These symbols are all representative of fertility and new life. The idea that the Earth was hatched from an egg is widespread throughout the world. The Celts believed that the egg was from a snake, symbol of regeneration. Rabbits are a natural symbol of fertility due to their prolific reproduction and also show a deep connection with the Earth because of their underground burrows. Traditionally, rabbits are linked to the moon and therefore the goddess.

It is very common for christianity to incorporate it,s message into already existing Pagan festivals.

7. The Giant Tortoise's Tale

Comment #133930 by gcujimmy on February 27, 2008 at 3:16 am

Re tortoises being used as emergency rations.

Terry Pratchett in Small Gods...

"There's very good eating on one of these, you know."

8. Richard Dawkins on five of his favorite books

Comment #133286 by gcujimmy on February 26, 2008 at 3:03 am

Verylee, Geoff thanks for the kind words of welcome.

APPLet I just recently read 1984 for the umpteenth time and was struck, more than on any other reading, by the awful inevitability of it all.I found it a wee bit depressing.

MPhil, agreed about including more of Hesses books. I tossed up about three for which was my favourite.

9. Richard Dawkins on five of his favorite books

Comment #132671 by gcujimmy on February 25, 2008 at 5:35 am

Hi all this is my first post, actually this is the first thread I haven't felt daunted by. I have been pretty much lurking here for the last couple of weeks since reading TGD and am totally in awe of the level of discussion on this site.I feel I have learned so much already and, who knows, Some day I may pluck up the nerve to post on one of the more serious threads.

Anyway, for what it's worth here is my list.

JRR Tolkein - The Lord of The Rings

Herman Hesse - The Glass Bead Game

George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four

John Steinbeck - The Grapes Of Wrath

Upton Sinclair - The Jungle