1. What have you changed your mind about? Why?

Comment #105631 by Shaker on January 1, 2008 at 10:19 am

"Huh! Most of the men I've been involved with have been a handicap in their own right :-) "

Don't curse the apple because of one or two maggots, Paula ... you haven't found the right one yet ;-)

2. The God Delusion and Alister E McGrath

Comment #87457 by Shaker on November 12, 2007 at 7:18 am

How many times did he say "that's a very good/important point" or some variation thereof?

Oh, ADH, you're probably new here so doubtless you're not aware that we're only too familiar with McGrath and his so-called 'arguments,' and know that they're so vacuous that it's a waste of powder and shot trying to address the non-points he tries to make. Some things are so facile and so childishly easy that they are just a waste of time: rebutting McGrath is one of them.

3. Can we at least demand 'Secular Communion'?

Comment #86867 by Shaker on November 10, 2007 at 10:49 am

Regarding the illustration that accompanies the article referred to, it's offensive but only from an artistic point of view, i.e. it's simply dreadful and a shockingly bad attempt at a caricature of Prof. Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, neither of whom I'd have recognised had the article not been about the so-called 'new atheists'. I thought you were supposed to know who a caricature is of?

4. I didn't know the FLEA CIRCUS was back in town!

Comment #84944 by Shaker on November 4, 2007 at 10:11 am

Won't somebody think of the poor trees?

The best thing about this sorry excuse for a book so far appears to be the rather nice cartoon on the cover.

5. Evolution to be taught in SA schools

Comment #82872 by Shaker on October 28, 2007 at 5:01 am

""I am totally against evolution," another teacher said."

"I am also strongly against gravity and the germ theory of disease," replied another.

OK, I made up the second quote - but it amounts to exactly the same thing.

6. Debate between Christopher Hitchens and Alister McGrath

Comment #79280 by Shaker on October 16, 2007 at 5:16 pm

Hell's teeth ... when that man (I refer, of course, to Hitchens) is on form, he's unsurpassable. Amazing.

Of McGrath I shall forbear to say more, since whatever can be said, has been said, and extra comment would be akin to kicking a cripple.

7. In honour of Dan Dennett

Comment #76760 by Shaker on October 7, 2007 at 6:36 am

Magnificent!