1. God, power and money

Comment #138101 by Paradigm on March 3, 2008 at 11:57 pm

When I was in High school, I received some unarmed combat instruction from one of my teachers who was a guard at a military prison. One of the moves he demonstrated on me (although, sadly, he refused to show me how to do it) was how a simple pinch to the neck can put someone on the ground.

Essentially, he had me stand with one arm extended, grabbed my wrist, and with the other hand, pinched a spot on the back of my neck.

I don't know why it works, but as soon as he did this, my legs crumpled under me and in less than a second I was on the floor wondering what the hell just happened. I imagine, though, that the whole thing looked a lot like the the Hinn vids we've all seen.

I wonder if Hinn does it a similar way-by hitting the sweet spot that stops nerve signals to the legs.

2. Missing link found in Sydney Harbour

Comment #131043 by Paradigm on February 21, 2008 at 7:21 pm

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?

3. 'Frog from hell' fossil unearthed

Comment #129240 by Paradigm on February 18, 2008 at 10:29 pm

4. A match made on RichardDawkins.net?

Comment #128208 by Paradigm on February 16, 2008 at 2:07 pm

I generally don't log in much here any more, but I just want to say congratulations to both of you.

All the best, and I hope you have many, many happy years together.

5. The New Atheist Movement

Comment #123263 by Paradigm on February 6, 2008 at 6:34 pm

The dramatic music at the start made the whole thing for me.

6. My response to the GOP evolution question

Comment #37827 by Paradigm on May 5, 2007 at 11:01 pm

Nails-
"If God made everything, and God is omnipotent/omniscient etc, then he created Penicillium notatum and knows that it makes a powerful antibiotic.
So why didn't he tell anyone?
How many people; loyal, good religious people have died because he decided to keep this to himself?
And this is your loving, caring God?"

You mean the same guy who created yersinia pestis?

7. Kansas State School Board Bans Pokemon Due to Evolution Content

Comment #29906 by Paradigm on April 5, 2007 at 12:36 pm

And, here we see another verification of Poe's Law-

"Any parody of fundamentalism is indistinguishable from the real thing"

8. Peanut Butter, The Atheist's Nightmare!

Comment #28301 by Paradigm on March 28, 2007 at 4:47 pm

Chico-
Google "Creationist Deception Exposed" and you should find everything you need to know about that video.

I also figured I'd expand on that um, "logic" a bit-

1)As explained in the video, we see that Peanut butter is matter, and therefore, all matter is peanut butter.
2)All life is made of matter, therefore, all life is made of Peanut Butter.
3)Chuk Missler is alive, therefore, Chuck Missler is made of peanut butter.

9. Peanut Butter, The Atheist's Nightmare!

Comment #28032 by Paradigm on March 27, 2007 at 4:20 pm

The "Argument from the Soda Can" in BathTub's video is almost as funny as the banana.

Next question: Do Creationists have a food fetish?

10. Benny Hinn examined

Comment #20527 by Paradigm on February 3, 2007 at 7:23 pm

I don't know what's scarier-the fact he's effectively telling people to forgo medical treatment for life threatening diseases-or how packed that stadium was.