1. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #315177 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 4:36 am
David A Robertson-
Yep - can't handle the arguments so run to daddy asking him to protect you from the bad boys who upset you so much....
2. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #315169 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 4:10 am
Peacebeuponme-
Do you disappear when you close your eyes?
3. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #315166 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 4:08 am
Mark Jones-
Indeed. It's not exactly on a par with "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day", is it.
Decius-
Yeah, I know. I've come across the idea before, and wasn't overly impressed by it, as you might have gathered.
4. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #315156 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 3:58 am
MPhil-
But I'm not looking at my arse...I only know it's there because I can feel it pressed against the chair...it's a vicious circle, I tell you!
5. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #315151 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 3:52 am
Decius-
Yes, everybody knows that quantum theory states that if nobody is looking at the moon, then the moon is not there. QED
6. Black Holes Preceded Galaxies, Discovery Suggests
Comment #315148 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 3:50 am
Chinnus-
Any black holes that formed around the time of the Big Bang would have been micro, not macro. To get galactic-core sized holes, you need stars, or at the very least mass. Probably many of the larger holes were formed by combinations of smaller ones.
7. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #315138 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 3:39 am
Santi Tafarella-
The greatest pearl of the night sky's tribe: THE MOON.
8. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #315134 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 3:31 am
Santi Tafarella-
You are giving away the greatest pearl of the sky's tribe
9. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #315126 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 3:13 am
Santi Tafarella-
Why are you so sure that we will need "other languages" to make sense of our lives?
Atheist-speak does not have a monopoly on the truth, and has not vanquished the ontological mystery.
Atheist-speak does everything in its power to conceal this fact from itself, and poetry and literature rattles its hegemonic cage.
10. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #315110 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 2:54 am
mmurray-
I don't think Truth-Saves.com is religious. Unless this is a really cunning web site
11. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #315101 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 2:35 am
Truth-Saves.com-
Ariane Sherine makes hating religion cute.
12. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #315095 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 2:25 am
Santi Tafarella-
Your map is not the territory.
All languages reveal and conceal.
13. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #315086 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 2:10 am
Santi Tafarella-
We spend the majority of our time inside our heads, listening to our own thoughts. Quite often informative, this process can also give us incredibly misleading ideas about reality, and our place within it.
The only way to penetrate the "mystery" that is the universe is through rational investigation and discussion with others, in order that together we might gain a more accurate picture of what is really going on, regardless of whether it is what we want to believe, or not.
Dressing it up with pseudo-religious terminology only hampers our efforts to gain greater understanding.
14. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #315037 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 1:15 am
Paula Kirby-
Neither is Pascal's Wager of any use in helping you discover which religion is the correct one to follow. A point that dvophoto seemed strangely unwilling to discuss.
15. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #315032 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 1:03 am
Santi Tafarella-
Are you trying to make the point that your use of the word "soul" is just as metaphorical as Dr Doctor's use of the phrase "floats my boat"?
The difference is that the latter phrase is not taking on water since it is so overloaded with religious connotations.
Answer Epeeist's question, please.
16. Does Religion Make You Nice?
Comment #315029 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 12:53 am
Dianelos-
Still, I don't think atheists joke when they ask theists about what *mechanism* does God use. For example in these pages Steve has repeatedly insisted that the claim that God is very intelligent implies that God has a very complex brain.
17. Atheist bus ad campaign provokes bitterness in Barcelona
Comment #315025 by Quetzalcoatl on January 8, 2009 at 12:48 am
"It is an attack on all religions," said Javier Maria Perez-Roldan of the church's Tomas Moro centre
18. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314867 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Apathy-
Car-centric, although we have reasonable bus services. Alas, my humble town is too small anyway to warrant it. I might be in London later this month, I'll have to keep my eyes peeled.
19. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314858 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Evilcor-
I want nothing to do with this meme.
Apathy Personified-
Sadly, Bedford was not on the list of places to have one. :(
20. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314853 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Gentlemen-
This meme needs to be choked to death before it can get off the ground. It reads like the finest prose of Wooter.
scottishgeologist-
Indeed. No answer yet, as far as I know. Shocking.
21. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314841 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Santi Tafarella-
The problem I have with the word "soul" is the religious connotations that have now become inexorably attached to it. Do I use the word? Yes, but I'm careful about it, particularly when discussing things with religious people.
22. Black Holes Preceded Galaxies, Discovery Suggests
Comment #314815 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 2:53 pm
j mills-
Stars came before black holes, if you go back far enough.
23. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314812 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Brian English-
Quetz, true visionaries (and true lunatics, but I repeat myself) do not give up when things don't work first go. They persevere, and their story gets made into a schmaltzy, Hollywood movie.
Post 567, woo woo lla lalala
24. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314805 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Brian-
Stop it? It hasn't taken off yet. Right now it's just you babbling inanely. And we're used to that. :-)
25. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314792 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Santi Tafarella-
Doesn't the universe, and your own body, and the bodies of your wife and children, and the responses of your soul to the things that you love, sometimes leave you utterly awestruck?
26. Dawkins Delusion (3rd article, Same Stupid Title)
Comment #314782 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 2:28 pm
skb-
I wish I knew why some christians become gay. Oh, i know, it's because they want both to serve God and to act worldly. It's a concept that God really doesn't allow. He doesn't like people who are lukewarm in believes. Either you are hot or cold. Which do you pick?
27. Milky Way 'bigger than thought'
Comment #314519 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 9:24 am
Tezcatlipoca-
Take it up with Tlaloc; Andromeda was sub-contracted out to him.
28. Milky Way 'bigger than thought'
Comment #314502 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 9:08 am
Diacanu-
Unless you book three billion years in advance, I think you'll be okay.
If you have booked that far ahead, try and find a better travel agent.
29. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314469 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 8:05 am
deadzebra-
Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of wickedness.
- Leviticus 19:29.
30. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314463 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 7:51 am
deadzebra-
Except creationism is absurd, and has shown to be so.
Answer this: how could simply observing the world reveal the truth about Jesus to someone who has never heard of Christianity?
31. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314388 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 5:13 am
Steve Zara-
He probably would say it is only the spiritual aspects of physical suffering that are a result of sin........
32. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314375 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 4:52 am
Philip1978-
Sometimes there are three gods to deal with, but they're really just one.
33. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314373 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 4:44 am
Arwen-
Unfortunately, it is. That, and never responding to awkward questions about their assertions.
34. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314362 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 4:28 am
AllanW-
Not a pucktopus?
35. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314351 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 4:08 am
Vaal (401)-
Excellent post.
Dvophoto appears to have gone. It's a shame, I was looking forward to him answering my question about Pascal's Wager. Alas, it seems that it was not to be.
36. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314306 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 2:45 am
Brian English-
Just how much have you had to drink?
37. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314278 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 2:15 am
Evilcor-
Well, I am at work. They were going to waste anyway.
38. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314271 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 2:09 am
David A Robertson-
I was expecting a comment from you.
Wonderful, wonderful news! Am at a conference in Scotland of some 250 ministers and we are rejoicing at the £140,000 worth of free publicity that you are giving us. Much appreciated. A decade ago this would have been considered a pointless campaign because the default position of so many in British society was practical atheism. Now we have made such inroads that atheists have to resort to such pathetic methods. As a sign of desperation this takes some beating....
Its even better that is such an inane message. "There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life". What on earth is this saying? If there is no God you don't need to worry? If there is you do? Is it really worrying about God that stops people enjoying life? It is mind blowingly dumb. And crass. Imagine that message being given to an abused child, a Woolworths worker having just been made reduntant, a Palestinian being bombed by Israel, a junkie, someone having just received the news that they have terminal cancer. Yep - just what they need to hear - there is probably no God - now cheer up and enjoy yourself! Such an inane middle class hedonistic message. No logic. No content. No comfort.
And the hilarious thing is that you really believe this message will do your cause good. All it does is allow those of us who believe in Jesus Christ to point out the emptiness and sad desperation of the New Atheism. Thanks for the gift.....I couldn't have put it better myself.....
39. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314239 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 1:41 am
Dr Doctor-
I'm pretty sure Ariane is getting fed up with people commenting on her looks. ;-)
40. Pink iguanas unseen by Darwin offer evolution clue
Comment #314235 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 1:38 am
The Galapagos islands continue to offer up surprises. I wonder how things might have turned out if Darwin had never set foot there...
41. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314219 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 1:20 am
Is the stupid growing, or is it just that our awareness of the existence of the stupid is increasing? A little of both, I think.
42. Milky Way 'bigger than thought'
Comment #314214 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 1:08 am
Lucas-
The difference is that we're embedded within the galaxy as opposed to outside of it, and in addition much of what we can see is restricted by things like the galactic core.
Robotaholic-
I think the black hole at the centre of our galaxy is dormant by comparison to that of Andromeda.
43. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #314211 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 1:01 am
Decius-
If you're going to make a satirical comment, at least leave it up there long enough for me to read it!
*sniffs melodramatically*
44. Richard Dawkins on The Big Questions - 28th Dec 2008
Comment #314206 by Quetzalcoatl on January 7, 2009 at 12:56 am
Sarmatae1-
Egads man not sarcasm. I was serious. I watched that for the first time a few months ago. That movie is very pertinent to this conversation.
45. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #313919 by Quetzalcoatl on January 6, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Since my last few comments are reading like a broken record, I think now is the time for me to head off to bed. Good night and good luck, everyone.
46. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #313898 by Quetzalcoatl on January 6, 2009 at 3:14 pm
dvophoto-
Seriously, 101?
47. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #313883 by Quetzalcoatl on January 6, 2009 at 3:05 pm
1.0.1.
48. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #313875 by Quetzalcoatl on January 6, 2009 at 2:56 pm
dvophoto-
Any chance of a response to 101?
49. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #313842 by Quetzalcoatl on January 6, 2009 at 2:44 pm
dvophoto-
In comment 143 you repeated yourself.
Comment 101, please.
50. Atheists launch bus ad campaign
Comment #313838 by Quetzalcoatl on January 6, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Ariane's attractiveness is irrelevant. Bravo to her for getting the ball rolling on this.