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Comments by TalentedChimp


1. Opponents of Evolution Adopting a New Strategy

Comment #188824 by TalentedChimp on June 4, 2008 at 4:47 pm

In other words, don't bother this court with such frivolous legal drivel.


A rather telling interpretation of the decision to not uphold Yoko Ono's claim. How hypocritical then that the {$insert_latest_creationist_label} lobby is relying on the same "frivolous legal drivel" to shoehorn their views into science classes.

2. The Stupidity of Dignity

Comment #185837 by TalentedChimp on May 28, 2008 at 6:59 pm

For instance, Aristotle has it that "man is a rational animal ..."


No, man is a rationalising animal that uses his prodigiously intelligent, but otherwise, animal brain to justify actions and beliefs he knows not why he does or holds . This rationalising is often used to tie himself in logical knots in an attempt to maintain the integrity (dignity?) of irrationally held beliefs or irrational actions, viz ...

... but Dawkins holds that religious people are irrational. If you think religious people are irrational but you also believe that rationality is what separates us from most (if not all) animals, do you therefore think that religious people are not human?

3. Bible Theme Park Faces Opposition in Tennessee

Comment #180810 by TalentedChimp on May 15, 2008 at 9:11 pm

"The park would be financed in part by county-backed bonds and deferred taxes in return for future revenues generated by the park."

Who was it who kicked the money-lenders out of the temple?

4. UC Berkeley is going to court over Evolution website

Comment #180805 by TalentedChimp on May 15, 2008 at 8:55 pm

"... , while religion deals with beliefs that are beyond the natural world."

This statement implies that there *is* something beyond, outside or above the observable world, suggesting that there are *truths* in religious belief that science is unable or ill-equipped to discover.

The statement should stop at "beliefs" and have done with it.