Comments by padster1976

1. Atheists Sue to Get Prayer, God Out of Obama's Swearing-In

Comment #311878 by padster1976 on January 4, 2009 at 9:48 am

is this the same supreme court full of bush cronies?

Fat chance that'll work then.

Comment #311875 by padster1976 on January 4, 2009 at 9:46 am

listen to the 'reverend'! (Entry 4)

'And there was me thinking Jimmy Carr was just a C list figure of fun in the world of light entertainment. I now see that I was wrong as he is now being feted as one who's opinions we should value and who's thought processes we should endevour to emulate.'

And I suppose the one who's 'thought processes' we should listen to are that idiot Rowan Williams? Sharia Law in the UK? Or only complaining about stock market dealers when, er, the CoE LOST 23 million pounds! What? No such condemnation when the goings good eh?

Feeling the pinch of not the credit crunch, but the Credulity Crunch?

3. Britain is 'unfriendly' for religious people

Comment #298368 by padster1976 on December 7, 2008 at 12:03 pm

Hang on, one minute he says

'the rise of secularism has led to a liberal society'

then the next it's...

'a culture that is increasingly repressive and intolerant'.

Make up your mind dickwad.

'he claims that Catholicism has borne the brunt of "liberal hostility" in its battles to fight for values it considers to be "fundamental pillars of a rightly ordered society". '

So he's moaning that he and his ilk can't discriminate against gays and those that want the right to choose whether or not to have kids. Fuck off! Like priests have a great track record when it comes to morality and the treatment of children. Double fuck off!

4. Christian review of the Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing

Comment #253395 by padster1976 on September 24, 2008 at 11:52 am

Beanson -

''Religion scholars are the caretakers of our most precious knowledge''

WTF - is exactly what I thought!

Fancy that!

5. Saudi OKs Killing 'Immoral' TV Execs

Comment #246587 by padster1976 on September 12, 2008 at 2:09 pm

'and I warn them of the consequences,'

Er, go fuck yourself.

6. Anthropologists Develop New Approach To Explain Religious Behavior

Comment #245847 by padster1976 on September 11, 2008 at 1:10 pm

'demonstrates a willingness to accept, without skepticism, the influence of the speaker in a way similar to a child...'

'Nuff said.

7. Comedian Sabina Guzzanti 'insulted Pope' in poofter devils gag

Comment #245846 by padster1976 on September 11, 2008 at 1:09 pm

21st Century democracy in action!

8. Origin of the specious

Comment #244838 by padster1976 on September 9, 2008 at 2:31 pm

I love the way AC Grayling writes.

To be honest though, if one makes sense of the bible, will one make sense of the article?

'I suppose putatively sincere extrusions of the post-modern sensibility might henceforth deserve to be known as "the Steve Fuller syndrome".'

What a line!

9. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #244832 by padster1976 on September 9, 2008 at 2:17 pm

Quantum -

You need to read more websites -

As for 'atlas shrugged', why oh why would someone have 'the jew may be the canary in the mine' - What does that even mean?

Also, 'communism' isn't the same as 'maintaining welfare'. Just think how prosperous america would be if it invested in health care instead of guns. But that wouldn't be 'the dream' would it?

Teach the controversy - but not in science. Because then you'd have to show ALL versions of 'creation'. Sorry, but these kids need an education.

Obama is probably the best thing that could happen to the states. Better than Palin. Speaking of which, what a coincidence that the 'will of god' is that same as hers and the energy companies. Fancy that!

EDIT - And you're a cheat! You've quoted your own website to support your own assertions!

Feeling dizzy from you circular 'quotes' perchance?

10. Science Has No Place in Politics

Comment #238330 by padster1976 on August 28, 2008 at 2:17 am

One deals with facts and the other deals with opinions - need there be anything more said as to why candidates won't debate it!

11. It's no wonder evangelical atheists need to shout so loud

Comment #238320 by padster1976 on August 28, 2008 at 1:45 am

"the people will not be free until the last king is strangled in the guts of the last priest."

'...Christopher Hitchens or Richard Dawkins are just as strident in their hatred of religion in general and revealed religion in particular...

Hmm, I don't remember anything like that in the God Delusion.

What utter crap!

Why is the notion of using reason, or in other words, reflective thought treated with such hostility. Oh no wait! I see.

12. B.C. health official says mumps outbreak began with unimmunized religious group

Comment #238311 by padster1976 on August 28, 2008 at 1:14 am

Natural selection in action!!

13. Michael Coren: Stéphane Dion finds God

Comment #237700 by padster1976 on August 27, 2008 at 3:57 am

'they were Catholic by birth'

*wince*

14. A Teacher on the Front Line as Faith and Science Clash

Comment #237164 by padster1976 on August 26, 2008 at 5:49 am

Woah - just checked out joe's entries on the alternate thread - jeez - what a twat.

15. Priest Antonio Rungi wants beauty contest - for nuns

Comment #237150 by padster1976 on August 26, 2008 at 3:57 am

Sounds like a 'carry on' sketch!

16. Pastor Michael Guglielmucci spun gospel of lies

Comment #235642 by padster1976 on August 23, 2008 at 10:36 am

Wanker.

But then, all preachers of the 'truth' are wankers.

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

Comment #234882 by padster1976 on August 22, 2008 at 6:26 am

Miliband used to write Blair's speeches so all we'd get is the usual dodging double speak. I agree with Grayling on the benefits of an atheist PM, I just don't think it'll be this one.

18. US school district sued over homophobic 'witch hunt'

Comment #234802 by padster1976 on August 22, 2008 at 3:50 am

I LOL on the irony in the name - anti gay and the school starts with the word 'ponce' - classic!

19. Scientists Create Blood From Stem Cells

Comment #234305 by padster1976 on August 21, 2008 at 6:31 am

Yes well clearly as this is beneficial, it will be condemned by the church for promoting promiscuity.

20. 'The Genius of Charles Darwin' DVD (PAL Region 2) Available Now

Comment #234211 by padster1976 on August 21, 2008 at 2:06 am

I fell out with my dad whilst watching the 2nd programme.

He was adament that all the early humans were all banished from the modern human settlements because they were the result of humans mating with more 'primative' apes. Also, he asserted that we weren't apes, we were seperate. And yes, he asserted that we humans as we appear now were around 7 million years ago. In cities.

I tried to get him on the internet, look at books and yet he gave me the usual ad hominem arguments - i'm close minded, gullible, oh all sorts! Quite upsetting when your old man starts to speak crazy stuff - he was the one that introduced me to astronomy when I was young. It was such a powerful experience that I'm looking forward to doing the same thing to my kids when I get round to having them!

Very sad.

But the series is brilliant!!!

Does anyone want to read some more crazy stuff?

Here's a link to the BBC's 'christian topic' forum

One word to describe it - woah!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbreligion/F2213235?thread=5789296

21. Losing my religion

Comment #233581 by padster1976 on August 20, 2008 at 4:11 am

Sufflok -

'Belief in something without evidence or in face of adverse evidence I would suggest is how the author interprets it'

How do you know that? Where does he state what he thinks 'faith' is?

22. New Ribosomal Research Offers Fresh Evidence, Understanding of Evolution

Comment #233577 by padster1976 on August 20, 2008 at 4:06 am

'Skepticism aside, evolution is steadily being verified and analyzed thanks to cutting edge computing '

'Skepticism aside'? Er,...

23. Losing my religion

Comment #233545 by padster1976 on August 20, 2008 at 3:08 am

'Although the subject of the guilt of God is universal'

Forgetting for the moment that that line doesn't seem to make sense, how can it be 'universal' if not everyone thinks there is a god?

'That is not faith - that's a hunch, plus vanity.'

So what is 'faith' then? Oh, he hasn't said - what a surprise!

'Reading the Bible in the light of the Holocaust was a bit of a storm for me. It came close to putting out my fire, but in the end it blew stronger. '

That's one strong strain of the meme!

24. Sincerity no substitute for evidence

Comment #233537 by padster1976 on August 20, 2008 at 2:55 am

People seem to need something that adds to a seemingly dull life.

The duller the life, the greater the need for 'mystery'.

I thought there was a world 'beyond our senses' - infra-red, radio galaxies and atoms for starters.

25. Catholic leaders block contraceptive advice for 30,000 Scots girls

Comment #232668 by padster1976 on August 18, 2008 at 1:09 pm

I'M PUTTING THIS ON FACEBOOK - LETS GET A PARTY STARTED AND RAISE SOME CONSCIENCES!!!!!!

SPREAD THE WORD...

Edit- Oh bollock! Can't get facebook to work - will try later for those that give a shit.

26. Catholic leaders block contraceptive advice for 30,000 Scots girls

Comment #232658 by padster1976 on August 18, 2008 at 12:52 pm

'result of a controversial deal struck between the Catholic Church and health officials'

I'm sorry, but WHY THE FUCK SHOULD THERE HAVE BEEN 'A DEAL'?

27. Petrol pump pilgrims keep faith

Comment #231913 by padster1976 on August 17, 2008 at 10:05 am

Now 'pray' for blind people to see or grow their arms back.

Oh wait, you can't!

28. Rushdie condemns cancellation of Muhammad novel

Comment #230750 by padster1976 on August 15, 2008 at 5:10 am

'that enraged some Muslims. The book was banned in India, and burned by demonstrators in England. The novel's Japanese translator was murdered, the Italian translator stabbed. '

Ah, that peaceful religion at work!

29. Darwin's bulldogs

Comment #230715 by padster1976 on August 15, 2008 at 4:20 am

Ukvillafan -
1. The quote about educated people was simply confirming the generally held view within the scientific community that evolution is a fact.

2. The suggestion that "the children of muslim families" are being fed creationism is included as a reminder to readers not to simply assume that creationism is a christian phenomenon.

Oh dear.

There was an implicit link, through omission, that only 'muslim families' are doing this. This is a standard tactic in modern media to slant an article through the deliberate leaving out of certain information. YOU sir, are able to associate the implications to more than just the one party that is being highlighted. However, how many others are able to see that? I do think that you are slightly blinkered in your views of the 'average joe' on the street. People will read this articale and not see the wider scenario.

3. There is absolutely no reason to link the comment about muslim children to the Channel 4 programme.

My point was to state that the children, whom appeared to represent more than just the one faith. For the sake of this dicussion, there seemed to be a christian child and a muslim child (how grating does that labelling seem?) and yet it was the christian child (assumption based on the fact that she was caucasian thereby on balance more likely a christian than say buddhist or islamic) who appeared more dogmatic and resistant to even the idea of evolution.

To take this small sample could be misleading. However, in light that the implication through the article that this is muslim thing and to reiterate, through the absence of any other faith, my example is sufficient to say, well, that this is bollocks.

4. There is no sense in the article that it is only muslims who believe in a creationist myth who are uneducated.
I didn't say that it had to make sense. Why would you assume that the article had to make sense?

5. It is correct that there is a trend in all religions for the promotion of a creationist explanation of the origin of life, the article merely reminds those less clear on the point than many here that it is not an exclusively christian phenomenon. Therefore it is not propaganda though it may well be anti muslim (is this bad?)

Is anti muslim 'bad'? Is anti gay bad? Is anti black bad? What do you think?

6. The "educated people" quote implies that people who do not believe that evolution is fact are either generally uneducated, uneducated about science or unwilling or unable to allow their education to inform their life view.

You're proving my point! Without the explicit inclusion in the article, i.e mentioned by name, the inferred link is 'muslim' and 'uneducated' and all the negative connotations that go with it. People are going to assume that the uneducated label will be attached to muslims and not non-muslims. This is as obvious as the nose on your face. You clearly cannot see what is essentially a racsist article by its specific targeting of a minority group. You can't even see that an 'anti-muslim' stance is 'bad'.

7. Bollocks indeed - but not in the Times article.

Really? In the context of your blindness to rascism, I doubt you've noticed the raft of articles that specifically mention or contain muslim stories.

For example, there was a story in the Sun, owned by the same person who owns the times, about a muslim bus driver who got all his passengers off the bus so he could pray �" this was total bollocks. The times can't afford to be as blatent with readers of the times as most don't really want to see pictures of tits every day so it has to be more subtle.

30. The God Delusion

Comment #229725 by padster1976 on August 14, 2008 at 1:44 am

Words come to me... missed, boat.

'New Atheists' - *sigh*.

10 out 10 for a pointless 'review'.

31. Optimism in Evolution

Comment #229211 by padster1976 on August 13, 2008 at 8:20 am

'intelligent design, or even Biblical accounts of creation, '

I wonder if the author is paid per word or do they not realise that they are one and the same thing?

32. Judge says UC can deny class credit to Christian school students

Comment #229120 by padster1976 on August 13, 2008 at 5:40 am

Doesn't it make you laugh when you read such things as:

'religious discrimination and stifling of free expression'

because as we well know, religious people wouldn't dream of doing the same to non-believers!

Really, the rank hypocrasy is tough to stomach sometimes! (if at all!!)

Oh, and there's irony - those non-believers could also claim the same thing!

I like the bit where religious kids need a different set of standards to others.

Lower standards I take it.

33. Richard Dawkins replies to Libby Purves

Comment #227994 by padster1976 on August 11, 2008 at 8:02 am

Why are so many posts missing?

34. More reviews of 'The Genius of Charles Darwin'

Comment #227878 by padster1976 on August 11, 2008 at 1:51 am

AA Gill is an idiot.

35. Richard Dawkins replies to Libby Purves

Comment #227874 by padster1976 on August 11, 2008 at 1:39 am

'Please don't say "most people", when what you really mean is Islington and Hampstead Garden Suburb.'

OUCH!

Go on Richard!!!

36. Richard Dawkins, the naive professor

Comment #226514 by padster1976 on August 8, 2008 at 7:41 am

'Most educated Christians are. '

So the tiniest of minorities then!

'some of them indoctrinated by that crazily literal minority '

i would be confident that the prevalence of literalism in those children, represent the fact that the 'crazily literal minority' are crazy, literal but not the minority.

'Instead of explaining natural selection and letting them work out that maybe the Creator works in more mysterious ways than the Genesis myth' WHAT!? How more stupid could that single sentence be?

37. The best way to undermine the jihadists is to trigger a rebellion of Muslim women - and establish energy independence

Comment #226512 by padster1976 on August 8, 2008 at 7:39 am

'Islamism is a utopian ideology that says violence now is a necessary and heroic step towards creating utopia tomorrow. '

And christianity is a dandy old picnic!

38. Darwin's bulldogs

Comment #226508 by padster1976 on August 8, 2008 at 7:32 am

note...

'No educated person any longer questions '

and...

'a worrying trend for Muslim children to be taught the myths of creation'

MORE US AND THEM CRAP FROM THE TIMES - THIS IS JUST ANTI MUSLIM PROPAGANDA SO WE CAN BE MORE RECEPTIVE TO A MILITARY STRIKE AGAINST IRAN.

Do you not think so? Did all those kids in the programme mentioned look 'muslim' to you? yet the relationship is clear - they are uneducated and we are.

Bollocks.

39. Islam subway ads cause stir in New York

Comment #225615 by padster1976 on August 7, 2008 at 5:53 am

Oh look.

More anti-islamic propaganda from the states!

And next - iran!!!

40. Dawkin 'bout a revolution

Comment #225608 by padster1976 on August 7, 2008 at 5:38 am

I wonder who the other 876 were.

41. More than 100,000 rare gorillas found in Congo

Comment #225075 by padster1976 on August 6, 2008 at 7:02 am

Hmm, is this anything to do with the news yesterday that primates are becoming extinct?

Is not another way of confusing the public mind by releasing contradicting articles?

42. More reviews of 'The Genius of Charles Darwin'

Comment #224909 by padster1976 on August 6, 2008 at 2:11 am

1st off - did anyone else notice that 3 of the reviews implied a double review with the inclusion of the kylie body double programme?

One can only surmise by the total lack of any substantive discussion on said programme that the inclusion in the title was to only cast Dawkins programme in a certain type of light - a 'big brother show' quality of light.

Deborah orr is an idiot - life started 4 million years ago eh? Er, right-oh! So she knows what she's talking about then!

Her 'review' was a blatant ad hominem argument - even stating that dawkins 'had no faith in social darwinsim'. Yes, she is that intellectually redundant! Mainly her piece seemed to be an exercise in how many 'ironic' reference to religion can I get in describing Dawkins. Oh, and how angry Dawkins gets.

Verdict - shit. For all of them.

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

Comment #224452 by padster1976 on August 5, 2008 at 2:21 am

Like Phil 1978, I too found the kids evident brainwashing quite staggering!

This crazy shit is everywhere - i've been told this week by people I know that a) fairies are real and that you have to ask a tree for a branch to fall naturally in order to get a 'working wand'.

When's the next shuttle off this mad mud ball?

44. A cast-iron case for a secular society

Comment #223766 by padster1976 on August 3, 2008 at 11:45 am

The link didn't work but I picked up the observer today and this article was in the back - as a comment piece by the political chameleon that is Nick Cohen.

How come this says the guardian?
I know from Private Eye that they are colliding (or should that be combining?) but how come the different titles?

Confusing.

45. Surgeon General Nominee Dismisses Homosexuality Paper

Comment #215910 by padster1976 on July 22, 2008 at 1:36 pm

lucas - to your first post -

'In it, he argued that the sexes are anatomically complementary and that "when the complementarity of the sexes is breached, injuries and diseases may occur." '

So its 'bad' because there's injury and disease? So that rules out some straight sex as well!

(I've suffered a 'sex injury' - quite funny now, but not at the time!)

Anybody want a laugh? Look up http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2391224844&topic=13107 on facebook - look at some of the batshit crazy stuff people have said on that!!!

46. Jefferson Bible reveals Founding Father's view of God, faith

Comment #215214 by padster1976 on July 21, 2008 at 1:47 pm

"Can you imagine the reaction if word got out that a president of the United States cut out Bible passages with scissors, glued them onto paper and said, 'I only believe these parts?' "

I wouldn't have said that jefferson 'believed' it as such. More like he agreed with it.

What else criteria was there for the selection.

47. Texas State Board of Education approves Bible course for high schools

Comment #213528 by padster1976 on July 18, 2008 at 2:24 pm

The perception is that america is really going back in time - 16th Century here we come!

Shittsville!!

48. The Return of Religion

Comment #212432 by padster1976 on July 17, 2008 at 8:01 am

the Enlightenment even if, in a certain measure, they inspired it

How exactly? Perhaps as a rebellion against the knuckle dragging ignorance that was no vogue at the time?

'ordinary believers' as opposed to what?

You believe BS or you don't.

49. The Return of Religion

Comment #212403 by padster1976 on July 17, 2008 at 7:06 am

'The violence of the diatribes uttered by these evangelical atheists is indeed remarkable.'

Ah! So it's just a 'your as fundamentalist and the fundamentalist' argument.

Er, try harder!

'the arguments of Hume, Kant and Voltaire have been absorbed by every educated person.'

Really? I notice the 'educated' disclaimer. So that's really 'intelligent' people. Is that news?

'What more is to be said? And if you must say it, why say it so stridently?'

Well, he's kinda answered his own question really.

Wow. All that crap is in the first paragraph!

50. Lourdes fears priestly scandal will make profits dry up

Comment #210208 by padster1976 on July 14, 2008 at 4:54 am

"healing mints made with holy water from the Lourdes spring are still on the shelves."

How fantastic is that!? Healing Mints!!!

And how funny!!!