1. Christian group halts book launch

Comment #283583 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on November 13, 2008 at 3:23 pm

"Just the knowledge that we were on our way has put the fear of God into the opposition."

To paraphrase from after the cowardly cartoon fiasco..
Just the knowledge that you were on your way put the fear of having their windows broken into them.

Religious, fundamentalist, extremist, bigoted, small minded thugs. Fuck 'em.

2. ELECTION DAY IN THE USA. GO VOTE.

Comment #278425 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on November 4, 2008 at 6:45 pm

Mark Jones;
saw that bit with John Bolton too. I found it so funny that he couldn't grasp that Mccain needed the independant vote and that Palin alienated them, therefor Palin was a stupid choice. He couldn't grasp this simple idea. V.Funny.

3. ELECTION DAY IN THE USA. GO VOTE.

Comment #278368 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on November 4, 2008 at 5:17 pm

Dole just got trashed, and a half dozen or so of her points were due to her anti-atheist advert. Brilliant!

4. Turek vs. Hitchens Debate: Does God Exist?

Comment #274107 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on October 29, 2008 at 3:59 pm

I loved the way that Turek started so nice and wonderfuly engaging, then as his arguments were torn apart one by one he became more and more frustrated and started yelling the same tired arguments over and over. The Hitch is a class act.

5. YouTube Reinstates Pat Condell

Comment #259984 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on October 4, 2008 at 10:50 am

Pat Condell uses "Liberal elite" as a slander whilst Sam Harris declares we should celebrate elitism.

Quick, call the dogma police, one of these two is being a fundamentalist whilst the other is being a "no true atheist" - but which one is which?. How will I be able to have faith in my atheism ever again if I'm not told what to believe!!

/endsarcasm

6. Islam's war on freedom

Comment #240636 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on August 31, 2008 at 6:23 pm

Normaly Pat stands out from other ranters on the subject as his comments are always littered with humour. Giving it to us as sharp as a knife but with that knowing nod and a wink that reminds us that we are not like this, we have freedom and the ability to laugh.

I don't feel that with this one. His comments are damn accurate, but he's lacking that humour that made him stand out from others. Now he's just ranting. Laser guided, spot on target ranting, but ranting non the less.

7. Beetle drive

Comment #239265 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on August 29, 2008 at 10:32 am

"Or maybe there really isn't any gradual path of tiny steps that could move the penis to the head area, each providing an incrementally more advantageous configuration than the last?"

I think that about nails it. It's like asking why tortoises haven't evolved to fly after years of being dashed upon the rocks - the optimal survival solution for tortoises would be to fly, and we're still waiting to see the worlds first flying tortoise.

8. Beetle drive

Comment #239197 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on August 29, 2008 at 8:29 am

"Wouldn't the optimal solution be to have great big horns that also function as penises? Or is there some limitation on the insectoid body pattern that would prevent this from ever happening?"

You mean aside from the very foundations of the principles of evolution? If evolution were guided then you might have a case, but it isn't so that's just the way it works out.

9. Supernatural science: Why we want to believe

Comment #234581 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on August 21, 2008 at 4:14 pm

With all this talk of seeing things when you're not looking for them ... does that explain why I could only ever find Wally when I wasn't looking for him but just enjoying the picture?

10. Supernatural science: Why we want to believe

Comment #234534 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on August 21, 2008 at 2:08 pm

I remember as a 16 year old I didn't believe in ghosts or paranormal stuff or anything of that sort, but for some reason I would never touch a weejee board. I'm not sure why, but I had a feeling that there was something to it. Thinking back now I remember a lot of stories at the time of horrible things happening to people who used a board. I just can't understand why, if I cast off all that other stuff as rubbish, I fell for the wejee bollocks.

11. The rise of Miliband brings at last the prospect of an atheist prime minister

Comment #234414 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on August 21, 2008 at 10:20 am

So let's asume Miliband becomes head of the "we support the working class folks, just so long as we don't have to do any of that work type stuff ourselves" Labour party, and we've got Nick Clegg leading the Libs. That's two out of three atheists.

Give Cameron a kick up the arse and we could be getting somewhere.

12. A flea we missed?

Comment #233315 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on August 19, 2008 at 4:38 pm

35bluejacket - that's a wierd link, the guy threatens someone else with eternal hell if they don't use proper spelling and grammer, because after all that's what Jesus would do. That would be incredibly funny if it weren't so scary.

13. A flea we missed?

Comment #233225 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on August 19, 2008 at 12:03 pm

Hellene - I remember reading something about virgin births. From what I remember reading though there has never been one seen in mammals (I may be wrong on that one), but sharks in particular have been reported as producing the phenomena. One thing I know for sure though is that as female mammals carry the XX genes, with no Y genes in sight, then the only offspring that could possibly be produced by a virgin mammal would be a girl.

Therefor - Jesus had a vagina.

14. On TV: The Genius of Charles Darwin: Presented by Richard Dawkins

Comment #224310 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on August 4, 2008 at 1:04 pm

Very nice, a bit slow but the passion for it all comes across superbly.

I had to laugh aloud at one point. One of the lads in the classromm says he goes with whatever is the strongest evidence is. And guess what his strongest evidence is ... yep, his silly little fairy tale book. But I guess that just sums up why it's so hard to get across. What I can't work out is why so many people can cherry pick many of the things written in their religious books, but when it comes to evolution they suddenly become fundamentalists. Fortunatly the young bloke looked as though he'd had a massive wake up call by the end of the episode. One can only hope that for him this is just the start.

15. The Trolls Among Us

Comment #223174 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on August 1, 2008 at 4:47 pm

Wow, cool Ansu. The image at 1:30 is brilliant. Now for a bottle of red and some OK computer...

16. The Trolls Among Us

Comment #223125 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on August 1, 2008 at 2:15 pm

Generaly trolls are arseholes, and this lot sound like the biggest bunch of nobs going. But don't be so quick to disregard what can be learned not only from their behaviour, but also from other peoples.

The advertisement for a male dom which led to someone getting fired - why was someone fired from a job for wanting to take part in a consenting act between adults? Does the guy regret being honest and being "found out". What gives someone the right to fire someone else because you disagree with their style of life. Stuff like that.

Pointing out to the reporter that through his own nievity the troll could get hold of his card number. The epilepsy surfers who don't consider that it is THEIR responsibility to surf safely.

Yes this bunch sound like a load of antisocial rejects, yet while I don't agree with either their methods or their reasoning, I will say that there is a lot that can be learned by having irks like these around to push the buttons.

17. Antony Flew reviews the Index of The God Delusion

Comment #214472 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on July 20, 2008 at 1:55 pm

It's one of those ones where you just have to shake your head and wonder why?

And the only reason I can come up with is because it makes him feel good. Bugger the facts and sod the evidence, so long as he feels safe in that comfortable blanket of religion that's what he's gonna stick to.

18. McDonald's Makes Jesus Cry

Comment #206594 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on July 8, 2008 at 2:01 pm

I love the way some people get all jumped up and high and mighty, thinking the big cheese is going to listen to them just because they get all snotty. Fuck off!
I haven't eaten anything from this company in years (more because the food is shite than any ethical hangup), but for once there is a little bit of me that smiles and says "good Ronald".

cowalker - haha, v.funny.

19. Aliens need Christ's redemption, too

Comment #202226 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on July 1, 2008 at 4:30 am

The Sparrow is an excellent book, I just can't quite work out what the author is trying to say at the end with the "He's closer to god now than anyone has ever been." Was that meant seriously (in which case, as a conclusion, it flies completely against the rest of the wonderful story) or was it meant as a commentary on how stupid it is to believe that kind of thing? I guess I'm not smart enough to figure that one out.

20. Aliens need Christ's redemption, too

Comment #201307 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on June 29, 2008 at 3:06 pm

People like to read and write books that are fantasticaly impossible and love to send themselves on fictional journeys in their heads for the fun of it ... and therefor god exists?

Umm, WTF?

21. Evangelical grunts

Comment #201181 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on June 29, 2008 at 11:29 am

mrjonno...
You should be aware that it is only the fighting infantry and personnel of the, how shall I say, less technical trades who traditionaly come from less educated backgrounds. You'll also note that that article only talks about the army.

So from that article there is evidence that the average army grunt is less educated than the general public, but by no means does that mean the whole military is on average less educated than the general public.

Let's be careful when we say "the vast majority of people who join up are from the poorer less educated parts of society" as this is simply not true.

A more accurate statement would be "the vast majority of people who join the army as fighting infantry are from the poorer less educated parts of society - but this has no bearing on the RAF, Navy or technical trades". It would be a mistake to think the average military person is less educated.

22. Evangelical grunts

Comment #200852 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on June 28, 2008 at 10:38 am

Blackjack...
Fortunatly most modern military parades (or at least all the ones I've been in) no longer have prayers specfificaly aimed at the troops.
During freedom of the city marches and battle of Britain parades it is common for the cerremonies to be carried out in a church or cathedral, with accompanying bells and whistles in the form of mumbling prayers and singing depressing songs about subjecting yourself to the will of the almighty (bleugh!!). But at no point are you required to say or do anything with a religious bent - all you have to do is sit there. You don't have to take part in the songs or prayers if you don't wish.
In fact it's quite amusing that as the padre goes up and declares "Let us bow our heads in prayer.." everyone around us bows their heads but the majority of the RAF lads keep their heads up looking around at each other, bored, communicating through facial features the "When is this over, I want a beer" look.

There is only one time during your entire RAF career when you are FORCED (and I say that with capitals because it disgusts me so much) to acknowledge some sort of god, and unfortunatly it is when the lads are at their most innocent and dutiful. When you pass out of basic training you have your passing out parade in which a padre makes some horrible whining noises in the form of a prayer (it truely is pathetic). When the old fart stops talking you MUST shout back at him "With the grace of God I will!"

I did it many years ago and despised it, and this last year my little brother was made to do it as well. Straight after the parade he came up to me and said "What a load of bollocks", and I couldn't agree more.

23. Thinking ahead: Bacteria anticipate coming changes in their environment

Comment #196499 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on June 20, 2008 at 3:51 am

Thanks Greyman, I would have jumped to the conclusion that this was meerly natural selection in action but your last two posts explain the significance of this very well. Thanks.

24. As the world becomes smaller, the need to understand each other's faith grows

Comment #192812 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on June 14, 2008 at 2:14 am

You know, for the first half dozen paragraphs I was actualy thinking that this might be a well thought out, well written statement. Not necessarily one I'd agree with, but certainly not one I'd jump all over.

But then he writes this pathetic pile of drivel:
"Thirdly, religious faith potentially has a crucial part to play in shaping the values that can help to guide the modern world. But there is a risk that it either falls prey to extremist and exclusionist tendencies which are latent within each religion, or that faith is seen mainly as an interesting relic, part of the past but with little or nothing to say to the present and the future. But, in fact, faiths can transform and humanise the impersonal forces of globalisation, help to shape the values of the changing set of economic and power relationships of the 21st century, and underpin the responses of individuals and communities to the challenges and opportunities that globalisation creates."

No you dim witted dullard, religion has absolutely nothing beneficial to say about how the values we should hold and has zero to say about the now and the future. The values we hold today as a society were formed in SPITE of traditional religious values, and we still fight every day to overcome those bigotted values of a bunch of desert goatherders who dies thousands of years ago.

From here the whole thing rapidly shot down hill.

25. Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind

Comment #191353 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on June 10, 2008 at 4:35 pm

I have a personal saying I stick to:
Human's are stupid.

Once you accept that, everything else makes sense.
Plus there's something warm and fluffy about the term Kluge.

26. Male circumcision is a weapon in the sperm wars

Comment #189917 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on June 7, 2008 at 4:18 pm

RedPen are you being deliberatly stupid?

Trimming one's fingernails or plucking one's eyebrows are things that your own biology can replace. Your foreskin however has as much chance of regrowing as I have of growing large metal wings, getting covered in hair and declaring I am Batfink.

27. The Faith of Flanders

Comment #184266 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on May 24, 2008 at 8:47 am

A memorable scene from the Simpsons was when Marge confronts Lovejoy about what the bible says. Lovejoy tries to argue his way out of it, then gives up and rings the church bells as loud as he can to drown Marge out. If this writer thinks the Simpsons isn't hard on religion then they've not seen a whole bunch of episodes.

28. Science leads to killing people

Comment #170844 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on April 28, 2008 at 5:07 am

Damn, I was on earlies this morning and so was supposed to get to bed early last night. Instead I stayed up and watched a load of Thunderfoot's stuff. Most impressive. I have now gone 36 hours without sleep - goodnight!

29. Humans nearly wiped out 70,000 years ago, study says

Comment #168489 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on April 25, 2008 at 7:08 am

"I wonder why the difference in emphasis?"

Not wishing to stereotype, but CNN being American would market its headlines towards the American extremes of emotion (everything being super awesome or super tragic). So the headline of "humans nearly made extinct" is used.

BBC being British knows that its market is more interested in curiosities and things that are considered QI (quite interesting). Different brandings for different markets.

30. Tyrannosaurus rex protein proves dinosaurs evolved into birds

Comment #168462 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on April 25, 2008 at 6:53 am

Figures I guess, after all crocodile tastes a bit like chicken.

Or does the chicken taste like crocodile?

31. Interviews with Richard Dawkins and Michael Shermer

Comment #164155 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on April 19, 2008 at 4:33 pm

Hi Layla, I think I've got an idea of where you're coming from. I ended up having a bit of a heated discusion with my little brother not six months ago about something similar.

Whilst he proffesed himself to being an atheist, he couldn't help but feel that there was someone looking over him, guiding his life. He reckoned it was the spirit of our grandad. I suppose it's human nature to hope that there is something out there watching us. I'd love to know the reasoning of that.

As to your name - I reckon you should go with what you're comfortable with. If you feel safe with your "fake Islamic name" as you call it, then stick with that. If you feel the need to say hello with another name then do that. I don't reckon anyon's gonna judge you. Heck, my user name comes from one of the funniest films ever, and when I use a real name it's only the nickname my friends call me. What's in a name etc..

Just one thing I should probably warn you on..
"but it helps when somebody takes your feelings seriously!"
There's an awful lot of smart people around here, and they are going to take what you say very seriously. I know, I've been bruised a few times.

32. Interviews with Richard Dawkins and Michael Shermer

Comment #164148 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on April 19, 2008 at 4:07 pm

Hey MonkeyMagoo (I'm on something red and from Chile at the moment, so hooray!)

I reckon I should make it clear that I only used "fucktard" as a description of what I am NOT interested in. That kind of language I guess is justified in those, whom after reasoned dicussion, are immune to any reasoning. But I'm looking for a bit more than that.

Basicaly I would realy love to know what makes a religious person tick. "Fucktard" gets thrown around quite alot on this forum (and ocasionaly with good reason), but I can't quite buy into the whole idea that everyone who believes in a religion is stupid to that degree. I can't remember who expressed the idea, but someone said that if you base your whole world view off of a false premise (belief in a god) then everything after that can be argued in a sensible and logical maner. This would not be a "fucktard".

I'd realy love to know what prevents an intelligent and rational person from questioning that intial false premise. Or in other words - what realy is the hardest step?
I'd realy love to know what was the most difficult move that Layla made to earn her own freedom.


(quick edit to make sure I'm clear - fucktard is used a derogative statement, which is fine if you feel like being derogatory to someone. Personaly I'd would like to learn something much deeper than that - and so would not choose to use that term. My appologies, if by my use of that word in desciribng what I hope NOT to be, I have presented myself worse than I wisehd)

33. Interviews with Richard Dawkins and Michael Shermer

Comment #164120 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on April 19, 2008 at 3:01 pm

Layla, hearing a story like yours gives me great joy. Persevere, keep asking those questions and don't let the bastards drag you down.

Can I ask though, what do you reckon has been the hardest thing about your recent experiences? I'd love to understand the mind of someone who believes in a god (or at least used to believe) in a bit more detail than simply calling them a "fucktard". I'd like to know what was the biggest stumbling block for you, the greatest thing that got in your way of feeling free.

34. Richard Dawkins' secular army must be stopped. God is behind some of our greatest art

Comment #160321 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on April 14, 2008 at 12:14 am

The first three paragraphs are pure drivel written from a position of ignorance.

"But this perpetual state of agnosticism, this lack of commitment, must surely be corrosive."
WTF? You mean we're not allowed to change our minds? We aren't allowed to weigh the evidence as it comes to us to develop a sound conclusion? We must pick an option and stick to it through thick and thin like some half baked fundamentalist? Bullshit!

The rest of the piece reads as though he's not even read Dawkins, but is instead arguing against what he thinks the prof should be rather than what he does say.

What a load of rot.

35. The atheist delusion

Comment #144058 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on March 15, 2008 at 1:51 am

"But the idea of free will that informs liberal notions of personal autonomy is biblical in origin (think of the Genesis story). The belief that exercising free will is part of being human is a legacy of faith, and like most varieties of atheism today, Pullman's is a derivative of Christianity."

Is there a name for this argument? The argument from "It says we thought of it first in our magic book, because our magic book says so and it's impossible that it might be a human concept, because humans can't think like that because our magic book says so"?

No?

36. Missing link found in Sydney Harbour

Comment #130849 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on February 21, 2008 at 11:48 am

Is it odd that recently I've been finding the world of the realy realy small far more interesting than our mundane middle world?

37. Fleabytes

Comment #129680 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on February 19, 2008 at 1:02 pm

Bloody hell ....

You can't see it but currently my metaphorical hat (had I been previously wearing it) has been taken off in saulte. Bravo.

38. 'Frog from hell' fossil unearthed

Comment #129491 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on February 19, 2008 at 7:51 am

Cool, and I just watched the Life in Cold Blood episode with all the frogs in last night (iplayer).

39. US military accused of harboring fundamentalism

Comment #127525 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on February 15, 2008 at 11:23 am

"I mean, who gives a shit about those sheep infested islands."


Maybe the people who live in those sheep infested islands? Oh, and the penguins as well.

40. Debate between Richard Dawkins and Madeline Bunting

Comment #127002 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on February 14, 2008 at 4:15 pm

Off topic ... Tried Milton once - loved his initial introduction of Satan. The image of an individual deciding that they would rather spend eternity in hell rather than submit to a tyranical bastard was brilliant. Then Milton goes off on one making Satan evil for no aparent reason, no plot build up, no character development just "Haha, I've now decided I am Evil!". It's only the second book I've ever thrown across the room in disgust (The first being an english version of the koran).

On topic ... this interview was a prime example of belief in belief. At one point Richard says the main difference between himself and Bunting was that he believed in facts (can't recall the exact statement) and that she believed in people. I first question why the two must be exclusive, and secondly I ask what the hell has her belief in humans have to do with whether a god exists or not. She claimed this as a truth without explaining exactly what she ment by that.

It is becoming more clear to me that among moderates there is this tendancy to imagine that every great feeling they get that isn't physicaly induced must have come from some higher plane or being. I wonder if this is related to peoples unwillingness to accept that the brain is capable of explaining conciousness by itself. That it requires some form of soul.

41. Hitchens V. Boteach

Comment #120246 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on February 1, 2008 at 11:01 am

"An article by Rabbi Boteach: G-d Is Greater Than Christopher Hitchens"



A quick summary - Humans can't be moral without guidance, ergo god exists. Is it just me or is that one getting a bit of a work out at the moment?

Do theists get together and decide they're all going to write bobbins about the same topic for a short while and hope that in the masses of crap they spew out there's at least something credible?

42. Are Darwin's Theories Fact or Faith Issues?

Comment #120224 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on February 1, 2008 at 10:46 am

How PZ manages to keep his cool I'll never know. I've only got an amaturistic enthusiasm for biology and evolution, but I reckon even I could have had a crack at refuting some of the bull that was thrown in his direction - it was that simplistic. However I'd have been too hacked off to be coherent.

Never heard his voice before (though I've read pharyngula from time to time), but the chap is an excellent speaker, very clear and very direct. I hope his students consider themselves lucky.

edit - ah, hello Dr Myers, great job.

43. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120180 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on February 1, 2008 at 10:13 am

Al - the polite version of eats, shoots and leaves involves a panda, a bowl of soup, a handgun, an unpaid bill and a poorly written dictionary.

The less respectable version is pretty much the same, but instead of a handgun there's a hooker.

44. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #119028 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on January 31, 2008 at 9:22 am

I think that would be a real shame. I enjoy seeing people's avatars and being able to associate them with their posts. I'd put one up of myself, but I don't have any sort of camera.
After all, I couldn't possibly imagine that the great god Quetzalcoatl (may his beverage forever have two sugars) would change his life like image to that of a human just to placate some fools.

45. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #119019 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on January 31, 2008 at 9:12 am

"Are we seriously still talking to these people after the all of the logical atrocities they've committed?"

Why not, it's been one of the most entertaining threads I've read in ages. Not necesarily one of the most educational (although, as always, certain posters stand far above the mediocre postings of us mere mortals), but certainly worth a giggle :-D

46. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118996 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on January 31, 2008 at 8:57 am

That's all very interesting, but what sense does a load of made up bollocks mean? Someone waves their hands and goes woo-woo a bit doesn't suddenly change the evidence for or against a god or gods existence.

I think maybe I should have been a bit clearer on something:
"That would be awesome. Now if only you could hear the voice... I wonder why you cannot?"

We went from an awful lot of what ifs - what if a god appeared, what if it was the xtian one, what if it was the one you invented, what if it told me something...what if - and you took that what if and tried to claim it as a hard fact. I'll take conjecture and I'd love to talk about what if's the whole day, but I'm never going to automaticaly jump from a what if to accepting it as a truth.

Otherwise, as you said earlier, I'd never get out of bed in the morning. After all, what if by the action of getting out of bed tomorrow morning I cause the world to explode? Should I stay in bed for the rest of my life purely based on this what if? Similarly your little spiel about living in the kingdom of god is little more than a what if. Conjecture and nothing more - a fart on the breeze.

47. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118980 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on January 31, 2008 at 8:35 am

"What if that God spoke to you and reassured you that the religions of Abraham had been entirely hijacked, and that actually He loves you very much and needs you for His plan?
Then you would have evidence, and the joyous knowledge that God is not a cunt!"


Ah, such wonderful wordplay, but I think that you might be trying to distract from what I had originaly said.
For I never said that the god of islam and xtians was a cunt (it would be concerning to hate something that in all likelyhood does not exist). I said that the idea of this god was a cunt - it would only be if this god did actualy exist that I started throwing every curse word I knew at it.

So what if this other god of yours turns up and says the Abrahamic god didn't exist? Great, but that in no way proves that this new god of yours (should it exist) was not a cunt. It would have to be taken upon it's own merits. After all the xtians claim that their god is all about loving you - and then it throws you to hell. I'd have to evaluate everything about your new god before I valued it on my personal patented cunto'meter.


"That would be awesome. Now if only you could hear the voice... I wonder why you cannot?"

Maybe because I'm not schizophrenic?

48. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118967 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on January 31, 2008 at 8:15 am

You can suspect what you like. If the xtian god were to come down tomorrow and tell me I was going to hell then my position as an atheist would be completely changed to that of a theist - that's called evidence. My emotions however would remain exactly the same - that god would still be a cunt.

How I personaly feel about whether I like the idea of a god existing or not makes no difference.
Take Fernando Alonso for instance. The guys a whinning annoying little sod who can bugger off for all I care and F1 would be better off without his little cry baby antics. My personal emotions on the matter doesn't change the evidence, he's still a damn good driver.

49. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118954 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on January 31, 2008 at 8:02 am

"Many atheists that I have met are recoiling from a very ugly picture of God that reflects the fear and loathing that his unrighteous "followers" loan to the unscrupulous "leaders" that hypocritically seek only power."


You are right in that many atheists see this image of a totalitarian bigot and cunt of a god that xtians and muslims follow and recoil in horror that anyone might enjoy the idea of it existing. But if you were to sugest that this is the reason for those people being atheists in the first place then you would be sadly mistaken.

50. Richard Dawkins on The Big Debate

Comment #117893 by He'sAVeryNaughtyBoy on January 29, 2008 at 11:38 pm

Gaah! Sometimes I get a headache from hearing these rediculous arguments. They generaly run along the lines of;
"We believe this is wrong and that this is right."
"But why do you believe that?"
"Because it is what we believe."
"But why?"
"Because it is what we believe."
"But why?"
"How dare you question what I believe!"

My mum doesn't like debating with me anymore for exactly this reason. She sits there on her high horse declaring that we must agree to disagree, and then gets upset when I disagree with that.