1. Genes might not be so selfish after all

Comment #249137 by wasabi on September 17, 2008 at 3:18 pm

This is silly. It's been well known that the environment alters genes. From retro virus fingerprints to cancer. Storm in a teacup.

2. Q&A with Richard Dawkins after lecture at UC Berkeley

Comment #249124 by wasabi on September 17, 2008 at 2:56 pm

Javajin,

As to morals. What is right is what ends up with the best outcome for you. Think about it very hard. If you kill somebody, is it a good outcome for you? Of course not. You get arrested. Nobody no longer trusts you. On top of that, usually, killing people is sad. So why do we have laws that prevent people from killing people? Because life without those laws is constant fear and worry.

As to what I was before I became a human being. What does that mean? I am a human being. *I* was never anything else. I was born of my mother and father. Who were born of theirs. Going back millions of years into the past. Some ancestor, way back there, was very much different from humans today. Go furthur, and you find an ancestor that is related to other branches that still live today.

Scientists are wrong. All the time. And that's normal. Scientists admit they are wrong, and then seek to correct their knowledge. What is the alternative? Guess and then stick to it? How is that a good decision? That's religion.

3. Texas State Board of Education approves Bible course for high schools

Comment #213641 by wasabi on July 18, 2008 at 5:44 pm

Cool. Dallasite here too. Ya'll should join some Dallas atheist groups.

Specifically: www.churchoffreethought.org

4. The atheist delusion

Comment #144033 by wasabi on March 14, 2008 at 10:54 pm

Heh. I like this article. I find it well written. Yes, we all do know that logic and reason are.... more logical and reasonable. But seriously, do we all think that we can force all humans to be logical and reasonable? They are not. Some people simply are not INTs. They don't want to be. They don't need to be. And all our attempts to convince them that they should be reasonable will fail. Teach your ideas. Try to build agreement. But why do us Atheists hate these people so much?