1. Richard Dawkins slaps creationists into the primordial soup

Comment #214177 by Uhtred on July 19, 2008 at 8:15 pm

RD's youthful looks just have to be a testimony to keeping the mind alive as one ages!

2. MnIndy interview: Unrepentant science-heathen PZ Myers still intends to prove 'this cracker is nothing'

Comment #211252 by Uhtred on July 15, 2008 at 4:48 pm

I like shemp333's idea: feed a blessed wafer to a parrot. If, thereafter, the parrot spontaneously and religiously recites the catechism with a few 'hail Mary's' thrown in, then we'll all know that the cracker's got something going for it.

3. Dalai Lama defends Islam as peaceful religion

Comment #210580 by Uhtred on July 14, 2008 at 8:38 pm

One could only hope that the Dalai Lama was attempting to use a little positive psychology on Muslims, you know, something along the lines of 'treat a man as he is, and he'll remain as he is. Treat a man as he could and ought to be, and he'll become as he could and ought to be'.

My respect for the venerable old man man will be greatly reduced if he meant or intended anything else.

4. PLEASE WRITE IN SUPPORT OF PZ MYERS

Comment #208426 by Uhtred on July 11, 2008 at 12:00 am

Another email sent from NZ...with pleasure.

5. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #206904 by Uhtred on July 9, 2008 at 12:53 am

I hope Sylvester Stallone is aware of this 'cause it would be a great script idea for the next Rambo film!
The story line could run something like: The Pope convinces Rambo to come out of retirement on his dad's ranch to rescue abducted holy cracker from atheist cabal. After much death and carnage, where the abductor himself has his spine wrenched out through his mouth, the cracker is safely returned to Church. Perhaps Mel Gibson could direct it (the atheist cabal could be a largely Jewish one)?

6. Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection

Comment #205221 by Uhtred on July 6, 2008 at 9:24 pm

Imagine how big those Palestinians must have been a way back then to swallow a tablet that size!?

7. The Challenge of the New Creationism

Comment #187285 by Uhtred on June 1, 2008 at 7:15 pm

I'm only here to look at thewhitepearls avatar!

8. Happy Birthday, Richard Dawkins!

Comment #150989 by Uhtred on March 28, 2008 at 12:12 am

Happy Birthday Richard!

Truly a candle in the dark.

9. The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing

Comment #144653 by Uhtred on March 16, 2008 at 2:14 pm

My daughter heads in from London to New Zealand within the next few days accompanied by a copy of Richard's new book for me.
I'm drooling like Homer Simpson to get my hands on it and begin reading.

10. Richard Dawkins' US Tour begins this week

Comment #138089 by Uhtred on March 3, 2008 at 10:21 pm

No chance that RD will visit New Zealand, I suppose :(

The Rolling Stones did and came to my town, which Mick Jagger called it the "arsehole" of the world.

It's really not that bad, RD.

11. Survey shows Non-Religious Outnumber Those of Every Single Faith (But One)

Comment #137940 by Uhtred on March 3, 2008 at 3:47 pm

Even if the percentages are as yet small, it may gather momentum, and is still very encouraging that people are beginning to invest less and less in divisive religion.

12. A natural phenomenon

Comment #137934 by Uhtred on March 3, 2008 at 3:40 pm

A time comes to an end for anyone inclined to trudging around in jungles and deserts looking at wild life. So pleased to read, though, that Sir David will continue to make TV programs.

I can still see the almost childlike wonder on his face when a fossil was exposed in a split rock!

13. The Encyclopedia of Life, No Bookshelf Required

Comment #133817 by Uhtred on February 26, 2008 at 10:05 pm

Who needs such a thing when we have the Bible!

I say destroy its blasphemy now!

14. Physicist Neil Turok: Big Bang Wasn't the Beginning

Comment #132314 by Uhtred on February 24, 2008 at 3:27 pm

Thanks, Steve Zara, its the details I'm after.

15. Physicist Neil Turok: Big Bang Wasn't the Beginning

Comment #132309 by Uhtred on February 24, 2008 at 3:21 pm

"Because this version contradicts the established idea of inflation."

Does it really?

16. Physicist Neil Turok: Big Bang Wasn't the Beginning

Comment #132297 by Uhtred on February 24, 2008 at 3:11 pm

Turok's idea is not necessarily a new one. A universe caught in a never ending cycle of fiery birth, cooling, and fiery rebirth - an ekpyrotic cosmology - was one that Marcus Aurelius was schooled in.

I can't understand why it has received such a fiery/cool reception?

17. Charles Simonyi Professorship in the Public Understanding of Science

Comment #125531 by Uhtred on February 11, 2008 at 2:34 pm

Whoever gets the position, Richard is going to be a hard act to follow.
My nomination would be the young mathematician, and excellent writer, Daniel Harbour. His book, 'An Intelligent Guide to Atheism', was second only to 'The God Delusion' in influencing my own atheism.

18. Charles Simonyi Professorship in the Public Understanding of Science

Comment #125529 by Uhtred on February 11, 2008 at 2:31 pm

Whoever gets the position, Richard is going to be a hard act to follow.

My nomination would be the young mathematician, and excellent writer, Daniel Harbour. His book 'An Intelligent Guide to Atheism' was second only to 'The God Delusion' in influencing my own atheism.

19. Why Darwin matters

Comment #124205 by Uhtred on February 8, 2008 at 6:29 pm

Darwin matters because his theory changed everything and helped jettison mountains of bullshit that had been accumulating in the minds of men for millenniums.

20. Richard Dawkins talks about The God Delusion

Comment #124204 by Uhtred on February 8, 2008 at 6:24 pm

I wouldn't deny that in the past religion has played a role in the history of science, but in saying that, religion's role has been no more significant than that of any other artifact of human invention.
The thing is, religion no longer has any role to play whatsoever other than, perhaps, providing some sort of consolation and solace for those who continue to demand it from the universe.

Actually, what a poor poor thing religion has become.

21. Richard Dawkins talks about The God Delusion

Comment #124201 by Uhtred on February 8, 2008 at 6:10 pm

"Can a scientist believe in the resurrection?"

I guess a scientist can believe anything he or she wants to, but a belief is scientific only if it is supported by sensory and rational evidence.