1. Sexpelled: No Intercourse Allowed

Comment #162957 by TeapotTheist on April 17, 2008 at 5:57 pm

Here's the entire body of Stork Theory, for those of you who would like to read all about it:
http://www.stork.co.uk/

2. Beware the Believers

Comment #162461 by TeapotTheist on April 17, 2008 at 2:22 am

Erm... to recognize SATIRE requires a smidgeon of humour, not so much an understanding of "the psychology of our recent cultural salience".

3. Religious education as a part of literary culture

Comment #160988 by TeapotTheist on April 14, 2008 at 4:21 pm

How much bible study actually goes on in schools today?

4. Beware the Believers

Comment #158473 by TeapotTheist on April 10, 2008 at 3:12 pm

I think that the majority of posters (including RD) attempting to analyse the video for intent are unaware of how most of the more complex i.e. multi-facetted works of art such as this one are created.

Often highly evolved (sic) from one or two simple ideas, they are reworked again and again by trial and selection - WITH NO TARGET IN MIND other than personal artistic whim, but therefore enhancing the viral qualities. Biomorphs, anyone?

Me: I like it a lot, although I'm pushing 60 and certainly not a fan of rap music or backwards baseball caps etc.!

5. Charles Simonyi Professorship in the Public Understanding of Science

Comment #126045 by TeapotTheist on February 12, 2008 at 12:11 pm

gcdavis wrote:

"and for the Public Misunderstanding of Science, anyone have a candidate?"

Great idea, GC! This should of course be an annual award. My vote would go to "truth in science" (www.truthinscience.org.uk/)

6. Feb 12th: Happy Darwin Day!

Comment #126036 by TeapotTheist on February 12, 2008 at 11:59 am

Post #38 by catalinmerfu:

Indeed it is very probable humans are a transitional species:
http://media.richarddawkins.net/images/2008/darwinday/017_Twopints.jpg

7. Could there be a Darwinian Account of Human Creativity?

Comment #104930 by TeapotTheist on December 30, 2007 at 4:05 am

Steve wrote:

I think Dennett was may have been saying was that "ways of thinking" evolve gradually, but I can't see any reason to accept that. A slight change in brain structure or "programming" can produce quite new modes of thought and experience.

8. Interview with Richard Dawkins: On Christmas

Comment #100601 by TeapotTheist on December 19, 2007 at 1:20 am

In #100466, Richard Morgan noted
Dawkins: "...Christianity is not that offensive. It is fiction, it's harmless.."
Morgan: You heard Richard Dawkins say it. The same Richard Dawkins has said:"The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: etc..

Fiction is not offensive, though certain characters in that fiction may be highly unpleasant. RD stressed this point in the interview. Didn't you understand either?

9. 'Growing Up in the Universe' now available free online

Comment #88252 by TeapotTheist on November 15, 2007 at 3:27 pm

I'm enjoying watching the series (I have just finished watching part 3), but at times I feel that the analogies were not very well explained, they did did not "connect". For instance, I'm fairly sure that the lock and key analogy remained, for most of the children... just a lock and a key. Similarly, the tray full of insects was actually about being EATEN (or spared) by birds, but this point didn't come across. Etcetera.

Professor Dawkins has learned a lot in the meantime!

10. The Year of Living Biblically

Comment #86106 by TeapotTheist on November 8, 2007 at 6:50 am

dazzjazz - it works for me in Internet Explorer, but not in my standard browser (Firefox)

11. Same Flea, Different Name?

Comment #85856 by TeapotTheist on November 7, 2007 at 10:39 am

Still no fleas on Hitch?

I suppose "God IS Great - how religion sweetens everything" wouldn't sell so well :)

12. Interview with Richard Dawkins on 'The Selfish Gene'

Comment #70807 by TeapotTheist on September 17, 2007 at 1:17 am

Is there any chance jesus_christ_himself could magic up a new link to the Edinburgh festival as its expired, I'd be mighty disapointed if this miracle cannot be performed.

13. Interview with Richard Dawkins

Comment #63528 by TeapotTheist on August 14, 2007 at 5:18 pm

Darwin2 wrote:
"Objectively speaking everything I believe in may be totally wrong. If consciousness continues after death we will get the correct objective answer."

It seems to me that this "let's wait until we die" thing is your comfort blanket against looking at the evidence against your god. You shy away from the possibility that your entire belief sytem is wrong - understandable, I suppose...

14. Interview with Richard Dawkins about 'The Enemies of Reason'

Comment #63039 by TeapotTheist on August 13, 2007 at 2:11 am

I wouldn't normally dream of watching Richard and Judy but millions do

15. The Flea Circus Invites a Newcomer!

Comment #60353 by TeapotTheist on August 1, 2007 at 4:41 pm

#60339 Corylus wrote:
"What about dear old Dennett? When is he going to get some fleas?"

I don't think that's going to happen. "Fixing the Spell" and "Darwin's Benign Idea" wouldn't sell :-)

16. Town Hall Seattle: God Is Not Great

Comment #57421 by TeapotTheist on July 19, 2007 at 9:40 am

3legcat wrote: "how does huck finn know?...the answer from theists isn't because god says so and we wouldn't know otherwise, but that god created huck (and everyone) with a moral compass..."

How ever often you say this, it is simply not true. Theists claim time and again that religion is the basis of morality. They don't say that morality arrived along with everything else. They single it out.

17. Inferior Design: Richard Dawkins reviews Behe's lastest book

Comment #53725 by TeapotTheist on July 2, 2007 at 11:46 pm

From comment #59
"Just to lay it out, the class Synapsids evolved into the class Mammals. Bang."

Just to avoid any misconceptions here: New classes "explode" from single species.
"Bang" indeed! :)

18. The Atheism FAQ with Richard Dawkins

Comment #46993 by TeapotTheist on June 2, 2007 at 3:29 pm

Those "replies" don't appear to have been transcribed very well.

19. Jerry Falwell's Hit Parade

Comment #42267 by TeapotTheist on May 18, 2007 at 2:16 am

Bizarro wrote
"Hehe, that's funny. I actually just finished my cell biology final earlier today."

At Liberty "university"? If it wasn't so pathetic, we could all laugh at that!

20. One side can be wrong

Comment #40918 by TeapotTheist on May 15, 2007 at 7:46 am

Devolved quoted (source, please!):
"Indeed, the origin of the first self-reproducing system is recognized by many scientists as an unsolved problem for evolution, and thus evidence for a Creator."

Do you also believe that the "unsolved problem" of abiogenesis is evidence for a Creator? This is plainly bad logic - lack of knowledge about something is never evidence FOR anything!

21. Against All Gods, by A C Grayling

Comment #36669 by TeapotTheist on May 2, 2007 at 1:33 am

@Ghostbuster
"Without the eye, light doesn't exist."

Why not go the whole hog and say e.g. "Without the eye, galaxies don't exist"? Nonsense.

22. Pope says science too narrow to explain creation

Comment #31303 by TeapotTheist on April 12, 2007 at 1:31 am

I can't believe the Pope used the phrase "random selection" - it probably stemmed from Mr Henneghan's own ignorance of biology. However, if those are the Pope's original words, someone really should make a big issue out of it...

23. Memo: Stop teaching evolution

Comment #22624 by TeapotTheist on February 20, 2007 at 2:23 am

"Scientism", "Evolutionism"...what's next?
How about "Reasonism" or "Mental Sanitism".

24. The God Delusion

Comment #21800 by TeapotTheist on February 11, 2007 at 6:09 am

Fortuna wrote: "Theologans look at what people believe, considering why is the next logical step, their perspective varies just as atheistic perspectives vary and I would argue that the methods and conclusion would at least to some extent hold true otherwise religion would not have existed as a concept for so long."

1) I see no indication whatsoever that theologians are willing to look seriously at that next logical step.

2) Maybe the flat-earth concept existed longer than religion?

25. Panel discussion on atheism where no atheists are included

Comment #21148 by TeapotTheist on February 7, 2007 at 6:20 pm

Open the door, Richard!!
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#21078 by sankekorafi on February 7, 2007 at 2:10 pm
The homepage now reads that Richard Dawkins is actually going on Paula Zahn TOMORROW!

26. Benny Hinn Faith Healing Scam - Burton and Tinkler

Comment #20742 by TeapotTheist on February 6, 2007 at 8:02 am

Homo economicus - it is clearly fraudulent. You say charlatans don't need a particular system to flourish, but don't you think a just system would put a stop to that kind of behavior?