1. Get out of here, atheists!

Comment #158321 by Druid on April 10, 2008 at 10:38 am

"What you have to spew and spread is extremely dangerous . . . it's dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists!"

"This is the Land of Lincoln where people believe in God," Davis said. "Get out of that seat . . . You have no right to be here! We believe in something. You believe in destroying! You believe in destroying what this state was built upon."

Where do democracy and right to express opinions stand in these sentences? What she said indicates that her ideas have not maturated enough to be tolerant and a person who is not tolerant MUST NOT be a member of any government.

2. Huge rally for Turkish secularism

Comment #36224 by Druid on April 30, 2007 at 2:26 pm

Dear Denoir,
You said, The (arguably) islamist party in the last parliament elections won 363 seats of a total 550. That's 66%.
This is just because of minimum limit to enter the parliament -10%. ALL of the muslim-nationalists were gathered together and voted for AKP while the secularist block was disintegrating. AKP gained 363 seats from parliament with 30% of total votes which, as I previously explained, contain the ones who trusted their claims about changing. 70% is not with them and the pools show that number of the ones who are not with them is increasing. If I am not mistaken, CHP took 19% of total votes and others are not in parliament because their votes are below 10%. This is the situation that most of the Turks would tell you if you ask them and I and everybody here agree with this analysis.
Head covering does not mean we are radical islamists. My grandmother covers her head, too but we were all at the demonstration on sunday to defend secularism.
The third referance you attached is interesting, though. I have read results of lots of surveys conducted regarding this issues but the number was never that high. I would like to examine it in detail.
All I wrote does not mean that everything is perfect here and that's why we were at Çaglayan Square on Sunday. All I want to say is that we are still here and we will not surrender.

3. Huge rally for Turkish secularism

Comment #36130 by Druid on April 30, 2007 at 8:52 am

Dear Denoir,
I am living in Turkey. You are wrong about that secularists are minority here. AKP is elected because society was looking for a chance to adjust economical conditions after the 2001 crisis. Many votes to AKP were due to this reason. Meanwhile, AKP administration said before election that they, who had implied, about ten years ago, eliminatation of secularism was the target many times, had changed their mind about secularism and about western world, and there were people who voted for AKP even within secularist block due to this reason.
Whatever the reason was, we are here, we do not think to give up defending secularism and we are not minority.
I also would like to express my gladness to see the demonstration on BBC and CNN.
Sincerely.

4. Even non-believers must recognise the moral necessity of Christianity

Comment #30673 by Druid on April 9, 2007 at 9:42 am

Well, what if moral behaviour stemps from evolutionary process? There was an article published on NY Times and here. If scientists are right, what is the role of religion in morality? Nothing? A kind of phenomena we invented?

5. The God Debate

Comment #29068 by Druid on April 1, 2007 at 1:25 pm

"When we die, if he's right, I've lost nothing. If I'm right, he's lost everything. I'm not willing to make that gamble."

Assume that a personal god exists, would he really be satistfied with a faith nourished by such a terribly self-seeking and political reason? It is a completely useless and non-intellectual approach.

And about prayers, he is just deluding himself, his own mind.

6. Richard Dawkins: Author of the Year!

Comment #28269 by Druid on March 28, 2007 at 3:13 pm

Congratulations Richard!

7. Stephen Hawking Says Universe Created from Nothing

Comment #28258 by Druid on March 28, 2007 at 2:40 pm

He says "universe exists because general relativity and quantum forced it to exist."-something like that- "if I'm right universe is self contained and governed by science."
What is wrong with it? He does not refer to a divine creation throughout. I think it must be the situation in the universe; self contained and self sufficed.
And Yorker, what is that mistake that you mentioned in your first comment?

8. Stephen Hawking Says Universe Created from Nothing

Comment #28234 by Druid on March 28, 2007 at 1:11 pm

Does Hawking mean there is a God?
As far as I know, he was a non-believer in Einsteinian sense, Has he changed his ideas?

9. Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior

Comment #26741 by Druid on March 21, 2007 at 1:01 pm

So, do we really need a God to be moral? I am taking this article as a proof of my answer 'NO'.

10. British Book Awards shortlists 2007

Comment #24723 by Druid on March 8, 2007 at 8:16 am

Congratulations Dawkins. Personnally, I enjoyed the success of the god delusion.

11. God: The Failed Hypothesis

Comment #24561 by Druid on March 7, 2007 at 9:30 am

I found Sweden Mikkala.

According to the most recent Eurostat "Eurobarometer" poll, in 2005,[46] 23% of Swedish citizens responded that "they believe there is a god", whereas 53% answered that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 23% that "they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, god, or life force". Sweden ranks aside with France and Russia on having a large minority of its citizens who have no religion. Independent of these statistics, it is gererally known that Swedish society, collectively, is comparatively secular and non-religious.[47]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden

Last paragraph of Religion title.

12. God: The Failed Hypothesis

Comment #24215 by Druid on March 5, 2007 at 10:26 am

The voice is so hoarse and so it is beyond my listenning abilities, I cannot understand what he says. May anyone write down the things he says?