1. Darwin still causing waves after 150 years

Comment #188709 by Reg on June 4, 2008 at 12:05 pm

JLD
http://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Dummies-Math-Science/dp/0470117737. Nothing implied, honestly.

Reg.

2. Is religion a threat to rationality and science?

Comment #166294 by Reg on April 23, 2008 at 5:14 am

Comment #166253 by irate_atheist


Perhaps he's been swallowed by a whale. Jonah 2.0

3. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #163881 by Reg on April 19, 2008 at 8:41 am

Comment #163870 by Frankus1122

That looks like a great site, cheers for the link. If you have more good Science links, please post them.

A question for the visiting creotards - Do angels shit before they land?

4. In search of the God particle

Comment #157702 by Reg on April 9, 2008 at 12:42 pm

Rod the farmer. This seems to be a hoax. Yu gorra larf


http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/forums/viewthread/6525/

5. The books that inspire me

Comment #157581 by Reg on April 9, 2008 at 9:42 am

The links provided don't work. Is anyone else having the same problem.

6. In search of the God particle

Comment #157553 by Reg on April 9, 2008 at 8:57 am

Comment #157533 by rod-the-farmer


"Oh, no......a lawsuit has been filed to prevent the Large Hadron Collider from starting up."


You might think that the laws of nature would insist on one sphincter per person, but no, there far more arseholes out there than brains.

7. Fleabytes

Comment #157531 by Reg on April 9, 2008 at 8:33 am

This is saddening; I feel a genuine sympathy for RM and hope he can find a group that can satiate is needs. Yet, is it possible that revenge is the motive? If this proves to be the case, then it is professional help that this gentle man should be seeking.

Perhaps after a little feigned "love bombing" he will regain his trust in the godless, and return.

I wish RM all the best.

8. Richard Dawkins on The Big Questions

Comment #157471 by Reg on April 9, 2008 at 6:18 am

Witnessing these childlike worldviews from so called adults (fucktards) just makes me feel like a crewmember of the Holoship, from Red Dwarf.

Reg.

9. Richard Dawkins on The Big Questions

Comment #156981 by Reg on April 8, 2008 at 1:04 pm

Shocking! The majority of our species is absolutely barking mad. So, Adolf was just an innocent puppet (and hence a victim) of the Great Horned One. I like others find this depressing. This institutional ignorance, in all its guises, puts such a drag on our desperately needed advancement, both moral and intellectual. It is a great shame that sooooo many have been damaged, Stockholm syndrome for the people, or maybe the intellectual Black Death. I'm OK, I've inoculated myself with MMR (much more reason).

10. Dispatches: Holy Offensive

Comment #135111 by Reg on February 28, 2008 at 2:42 pm

Comment #135076 by Colwyn Abernathy on February 28, 2008 at 2:00 pm


It's like they WANT us to poke fun at them! Oh, the potential for gags


How about, the service is delayed this morning, as the scripture has overslept. It will be with us as soon as it's finished its fag (cigarette) and cup of tea.

Or a Daily Star headline, SCRIPTURE CAUGHT SLEEPING WITH FIESTA MAGAZINE.

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

Comment #132394 by Reg on February 24, 2008 at 5:37 pm

The Ekpyrotic model by Paul J. Steinhardt can be found at http://wwwphy.princeton.edu/~steinh/npr/.


Fascinating, yes, but this is not so new. The last paragraph may satisfy all here.

12. Morality and the 'new atheism'

Comment #119882 by Reg on February 1, 2008 at 12:47 am

Comment #119675 by Greyman


"Interesting experiment indeed! I wonder if anyone has done something similar with chimps?"


I’m sure they will, but I being an Atheist, then want to see it kicked in the testicles.


Reg

13. Sentenced to death: Afghan who dared to read about women's rights

Comment #119160 by Reg on January 31, 2008 at 11:08 am

Signed the petition and written a page of vitriol to my MP. If our government allows this murder to go ahead then they had just as well piss on every coffin of every British, Canadian and American soldier that has died fighting in that backward country.

14. Happy Birthday Josh Timonen!

Comment #119058 by Reg on January 31, 2008 at 9:37 am

Happy birthday Josh, and happy birthday to me also (started my fiftieth journey around the sun this morning). Keep up the fine work.

15. Dawkins is third most prolific internet Briton

Comment #117687 by Reg on January 29, 2008 at 11:32 am

Nice one Doc. It is also good to see Stephen Wolfram on the list.

16. The New Theology

Comment #113216 by Reg on January 19, 2008 at 1:01 am

"In a curious way, Dawkins and his fellow scientific atheists espouse the same notion of God that drives their sworn enemies, the creationists who oppose teaching evolution in public schools. For both camps, the only God who makes sense is one who designed all life with exquisite attention to detail."


It is very early in the morning; I know I'm tired, so I have read this over a few times to no avail, it still troubles me. So, can someone here either put meat on this skeleton? Or grind its bones to dust. I just cannot recall our Richard ever espousing such a view.

The rest is just the same old chestnut, perceiving a gap which can be used to maintain his comfort with ignorance.

First cause, being the root of the argument is I think led me to define nothingness as the most powerful of all states; it has absolute potential for everything that we observe today and more. If there is nothing, as the situation once was, then it comes with total inevitability for change. The next and only possible change is to become something. Or, a little more laconic perhaps, nothingness had its moment and blew it big time. The physical qualities of this initial nothingness, being outside of time and space will evade our perceptive abilities for many decades to come, but it will be eventually understood through the lens of mathematics and science (come on Ed Witton, get your skates on, keep grinding that lens). It is then and only then that we will kill this naive notion of a god/creator. That is not to say that organised religion won't diminish sooner through educating all our impressionable children.

Hope there is some sense in there. Love the site, Steve.

17. George Scales, War Hero and Generous Friend of RDFRS

Comment #111648 by Reg on January 15, 2008 at 9:58 am

The religious argue that one should carry out such deeds for personal profit, namely, eternal life. A true hero is one that is willing to risk what they know to be their one and only life, for the freedom of others. George, I truly thank you both for your courage and for your great contribution to reason. Compared to you, I'm just one cell of a maggot's arse hair, Fight on Brother George, fight the gooder fight.


Steve.

18. My Road to Atheism, What Took Me So Long and The Aftermath

Comment #47478 by Reg on June 4, 2007 at 4:21 pm

16. Comment #47473 by MIND_REBEL on June 4, 2007 at 4:07 pm


Mind Rebel, you left out a very important W in your last sentence, I hope.

19. TB and the Question of Evolution

Comment #46774 by Reg on June 1, 2007 at 2:06 pm

Oops sorry, I left out - or herself.

20. TB and the Question of Evolution

Comment #46771 by Reg on June 1, 2007 at 2:02 pm

It is more than likely that the guard is himself an anti-evolutionist.

21. Richard Dawkins and Alister McGrath

Comment #46502 by Reg on May 31, 2007 at 1:43 pm

The part that did it for me was fifty minutes in, when Richard's tenacity, superior debating skills and of course being armed with truths, had the man flummoxed. Darwin's rottweiler had the rag and Christ's Yorkshire terrier had yapped itself into a state of exhaustion, wishing it could crawl up its own arse. Whereas The Hitch gives a verbal bitch slapping, a Richard Dawkins onslaught is the verbal equivalence of ripping out the theist heart and watching its last beats. I don't feel that I would ever want to see Richard debate that imbecile again as he has proven himself not up to the task, that's him finished. What a team the musketeers are, they give me hope and make me glad to live in these times.


Sun comes up, sun goes down.

22. Sam Harris Strikes Back

Comment #45899 by Reg on May 29, 2007 at 2:38 pm

3. Comment #45804 by kevlaw on May 29, 2007 at 10:29 am
"our belief that life has meaning, one that transcends the world's chaos, randomness and cruelty."

And also-

7. Comment #45817 by cassdenata on May 29, 2007 at 10:46 am
"I believe that life does have meaning and there is such a thing as good and evil".

My view of the reality I was born into is not one that I perceive as having gods or "meaning", nor have I ever felt that either is needed, I just feel very lucky to have been born at all. Please do not take my disagreement as any form of criticism, it is not, maybe I am wrong. I am truly perplexed whenever I hear such teleological beliefs coming from atheists and I hope that one or both of you would, if you can, answer the questions that have always come to mind. Which are:-

1/ What or who do you think bestowed meaning on life?
2/ Is it in your view applicable to all life forms?
3/ If it was discovered somehow that there is no meaning, would you feel that without it life is hence inadequate?

23. Adult breast-feeding sucks, authorities say

Comment #44747 by Reg on May 25, 2007 at 8:48 am

Could even help me giving up smoking. Or maybe not, I'd still end up with a twenty a day habit.

24. Hitchens on Falwell, Part 2

Comment #43530 by Reg on May 21, 2007 at 11:21 pm

twblalock - see Comment #43517 by DavidJGrossman on May 21, 2007 at 9:55 pm above


A little off topic but I just heard this one and needed to pass it on.


A Christian moderate was walking along a cliff top when the edge gave way and he started to fall to the rocks below. Fortunately he was able to grab hold of branch and hung there helplessly. With only a tentative grip on a plant that he felt his god had designed only for its aesthetics and not for defying gravity, he started to shout at the top of his voice, "HELP,IS THERE ANYBODY THERE, PLEASE, CAN ANYONE HERE ME" but after repeating his cries many times there seemed no hope. Suddenly a bellowing, deep voice, that seemed to emanate from all around, inside and out spoke to him with the words "my son, I am your God, you have been a good Christian and you have no reason to fear, just release your grip from the branch and I will catch you, then place you at the top of the cliff". The guy thought his very deepest thoughts for a few seconds and then shouted, HELP, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THERE.

25. Hitchens on Falwell, Part 2

Comment #43523 by Reg on May 21, 2007 at 10:25 pm

Hannity, "Your being mean" ha! what a moron, he would definitely stand a chance in a Barney Rubble thinkalike contest. But against the Hitch, no no…

26. Four arrested in Iraq 'honor killing'

Comment #42991 by Reg on May 20, 2007 at 8:38 am

CJ - Sickening, unjustifiable and utterly evil behaviour.


I second that.


Murder a sister for loving. And a bloodthirsty community that's more than willing to assist. I would like to ask the moderates, where was your omnipotent, omnipresent god? Mysterious doesn't cut it.

27. Goodness without Godliness

Comment #42886 by Reg on May 20, 2007 at 4:15 am

It seems that the sense of humour goes the same way as thier rationality. I think even the humerous suggestion that I had been mistaken for the big J was blasphemous. But I must say the whole situation seems crazy to me. The guy I'm talking about seems to be willing to live a lie, church every sunday for the whole duration. The power of lust oops! love.

28. Goodness without Godliness

Comment #42875 by Reg on May 20, 2007 at 3:43 am

Bitbutter - (posting here because the artcle doesnt accept commets). That's maybe because the last big one killed the dinosaurs. lol


Agnostisism

A long time atheist friend and ally met a lovely Christian lass and he, being unable to cope with being single for any length of time, proposed and married. He has asked me to keep silent about his lack of belief and I agreed, on condition that he sold me his Fender guitar amplifier at a very reasonable price. On the first of numerous visits to the new home, her eldest son of about eight years (There are two young sons from her first marriage) looked at me with my long hair and goatee beard and asked "Mam, is that Jesus?" to which I, thinking myself very witty answered, "No, but your not the first to make that mistake". Well lovely Leslie didn't feel that such a blasphemous utterance should modulate her lad's tympanic membranes and to my surprise, with the gentleness of a club bouncer, dragged the inquisitive innocent into another room. On my last visit, which was by invitation, I found myself cornered by the family priest. Being aware of my atheism (no doubt through the confessional) he seemed to behave as though it was to his shame if he couldn't convince me of my blatant error, much to the annoyance of others there that were indicating, in a variety of imaginative ways, that his holy attention was required. The conversation ended with his holiness whose voice had by now risen to sermon level stating that it would not be such an issue if I was merely agnostic, but I was prepared with the retort, "Only a fool would try to sit on an imaginary fence". I am now banned from the marital home and me mate now visits me (and he gets to hear his old amp) at my home for the sane.

29. Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73

Comment #41274 by Reg on May 15, 2007 at 6:51 pm

I have ranked this article excellent. LOL

30. Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73

Comment #41271 by Reg on May 15, 2007 at 6:41 pm

Above ground is now a better place. A question for RD, Can maggots puke?

31. The Creation Museum: Prepare to believe

Comment #41214 by Reg on May 15, 2007 at 4:20 pm

A tour there would be a laugh a minute, America's greatest comedy show. I have to agree with Katherine as this could attract so much ridicule.

32. Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73

Comment #41198 by Reg on May 15, 2007 at 3:54 pm

The angels will come for him soon. I've seen them, they look just like worms.

33. Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73

Comment #41188 by Reg on May 15, 2007 at 3:34 pm

I cannot understand why he had such a problem with lesbians, I think every good man should have at least two of them.

34. World's most prominent atheist takes on the Biblical God (and other topics)

Comment #39310 by Reg on May 10, 2007 at 9:50 am

I always try to be kind, but I would punch that woman.Lol.

35. Welsh Hindus fight to save Shambo the sacred bull

Comment #39278 by Reg on May 10, 2007 at 8:50 am

The local veterinarian can easily remove their secondary source of bullshit. The primary source will only be eradicated by educating their children. Have you signed the petition to ban Faith schools?

36. Fortune-telling no longer in the cards in Philly

Comment #38999 by Reg on May 9, 2007 at 5:55 pm

Call me a cynic, but I think this action was more likely taken because it was unchristian rather than a third-degree misdemeanour. I hope I am wrong and they are intent on stamping out the fraudulent evangelists (excuse the tautology) too.

37. A Split Emerges as Conservatives Discuss Darwin

Comment #38047 by Reg on May 6, 2007 at 8:26 pm

Cherry picking from the missunderstanding of science. Come on Richard Branson, hurry up. I want to get off this crazy planet.

38. Atheists go on the political offensive in God-fearing US

Comment #38045 by Reg on May 6, 2007 at 8:02 pm

Regarding - 3. Comment #37982 by Bizarro Dawkins on May 6, 2007 at 2:56 pm


I think can explain your stomach churning. Perhaps deep within your damaged mind you are beginning to realise how much you disgrace the race, or even that your descendants will look back at you and your ilk with both a sense of shear guilt and crippling embarrassment. To be 10 miles from a church can be significant in other ways, one being that if you drive to the place of the deluded fascists you could pull the fucking paedophile priest off the choirboy. Even if you're too late for his first, you could impede his second coming. What I cannot fathom is why you feel the need to post your drivel on this site; after all there are thousands of godfreak sites crying out for your feeble submissive mind. Is it all that pent up sexual frustration bubbling to the surface? Look just go and tell your mother the truth, that you are a rampant homosexual (I have no gripe with this activity but to keep it a secret must for those with the inclination be a great problem) unable to contain the strain, that while you have been portraying yourself as the perfect christian, you have in fact, over the years swallowed more bone than a lamagier. And then of course pray to empty space for forgiveness. Now that's vitriol.


Anyway, I just wanted to know if someone here could tell me when it was that Bush senior voiced this discriminating, vile opinion.
"I don't know that atheists should be considered citizens, nor should they be considered patriots."
Was it while it was still the president?

39. Pope abolishes limbo

Comment #34028 by Reg on April 23, 2007 at 4:40 am

Just a little more evolution is needed; maybe Ratty (GeneMachine, I like the "Ratty" tag) could convince his moronic flock that the many factors that they have considered ... give serious theological and liturgical grounds for hope that all wasted, sacred sperm (or the souls of sperm) are given direct access to heaven when found to be trapped in condoms and are hence, in effect, ejaculated directly through the gates keyhole. Although heaven would become a little stickier, Aids could become history.

40. Hell is real and eternal: Pope

Comment #28012 by Reg on March 27, 2007 at 3:26 pm

"God had given men and women free will to choose whether "spontaneously to accept salvation ... the Christian faith is not imposed on anyone, it is a gift, an offer to mankind"."

More than a little fib spotted there. Its history is in fact littered with the corpses of those men, women and children that resisted the imposition of their christian faith.

"In October, the Pope indicated that limbo, supposed since medieval times to be a "halfway house" between heaven and hell, was "only a theological hypothesis" and not a "definitive truth of the faith"."

Limbo is also a form of competing dance where participants must bend lower and lower to fit through the gap and avoid disqualification from the game. Thankfully science is now deciding the height of the bar and will soon have their god of the gap scraping its non-corporeal butt, squirming in the most mysterious ways, in its last dance.

The LHC becomes active later this year. All atheists should make a pilgrimage to Cern at least once, as it is a magnificent example of the things mankind can achieve despite religions ball, malice, malevolence and chain.

41. Are You Right Eyed Or Left Eyed?

Comment #27743 by Reg on March 26, 2007 at 1:02 pm

My right testicle is slightly larger and tends to be forward of the left. I suppose that makes me a Right Nutter. Well I think it's funny, I'll get my coat.

42. Nigeria teacher dies 'over Koran'

Comment #27731 by Reg on March 26, 2007 at 11:23 am

They will be assimilated, is I think more suitable. Just don't follow with "we are the Borg". But seriously, I agree with Cosmos1, educating the children in science and maybe explaining that well balanced adults don't feel the need to demand eternity(something I find it difficult to wrap my little mind around, leave alone wanting). Perhaps then the teachers survive to teach the next term. Does anyone suppose that any shame is felt by the Imams/Clerics that indoctrinated these kids? I cannot, as that would suggest them having learned a lesson.

43. New evidence of 'human' culture among primates

Comment #27332 by Reg on March 24, 2007 at 4:59 am

If they are ever observed throwing the stones, could we assume they have found religion? Lol.

44. The Ego and the ID

Comment #19935 by Reg on January 30, 2007 at 6:08 pm

Comment #19927 by Duff . "god doesn't like to be questioned by people who use intelligence and reason to think about him."


This is clearly an admission from one of their own, that neither intelligence nor reason were considered, when in panic, they came dragging their knuckles, straight out of the mist(Whereas the rest of us did evolve) and threw together their IDiocy.

May your Delusion be with you. (Notice I capitalized the Delusion and corrected the spelling folks)

45. He Calls Himself God

Comment #19754 by Reg on January 29, 2007 at 6:59 pm

Comment #19752 by Aussie. Yes and the English have a good cricket team. lol

46. He Calls Himself God

Comment #19748 by Reg on January 29, 2007 at 6:25 pm

If he was to be crucify him again, then beforehand, make sure he understands that we want him to leave us with our sins, Some of them can be fun. Just please, please, take our ignorance.

47. He Calls Himself God

Comment #19741 by Reg on January 29, 2007 at 5:34 pm

Well we're familiar with the test. Stage 1.Ask a close male friend (Not gay, for Christ's sake) to kiss him, (Accounting for inflation I think 300,000 dollars should do the trick). Stage 2. Nail gun him to a couple of planks, giving him time to finish his rendition of "Always look on the bright side of life"(Have you noticed you can never find a spear carrying roman soldier when you need one) Stage 3. Onto the slab he goes (While everybody on the planet looks the other way). And three days later we either got a walking, talking son of Yahweh, or a dead son of his mum.

48. Young, British Muslims 'getting more radical'

Comment #19611 by Reg on January 28, 2007 at 11:11 pm

Turning to issues of faith, 36 per cent of the young people questioned said they believed that a Muslim who converts to another religion should be "punished by death." Among the over 55s, the figure is only 19 per cent. The sad indication of the further acceptability of this insanity is the use by Graeme Wilson of the word "only".

49. Secular fundamentalists are the new totalitarians

Comment #16326 by Reg on January 6, 2007 at 4:44 am

My first posting, So Hi. The following makes for interesting reading. http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1983053,00.html. Here is a man who claims to believe in an eternal, utopian afterlife yet, has to resort to antidepressants to cope. I would expect that someone truly believing they have this guaranteed upon death, (Not a need for a well balanced atheist) would be a very happy bunny. Is it possible that he finds solace amidst the gullible members of his chosen commune, because they are the only people that are convinced he believes? Have we perhaps, spotted another closeted disbeliever?