1. Happy 66th Birthday, Richard Dawkins!

Comment #27740 by bernarda on March 26, 2007 at 12:58 pm

All I can say is happy birthday and many more to come.

The Pope also, indirectly, sends his greetings to us European apostates. Goddamn, he even revives the word.


"The pope, who like his predecessor John Paul II has often called for a mention of God and Christianity in the European Constitution, said leaders could not exclude values that helped forge the "very soul" of the continent.

"If on the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome the governments of the Union want to get closer to their citizens, how can they exclude an element as essential to the identity of Europe as Christianity, in which the vast majority of its people continue to identify," he said.

"It is no surprise that today's Europe, while it purports to be a community of values, seems to increasingly contest the existence of absolute and universal values," he said.

"Does not this unique form of apostasy of itself, even before God, lead it (Europe) to doubt its very identity?""

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17769692/#storyContinued

The apostate club is one we can be happy to join.

2. Panel discussion on atheism where no atheists are included

Comment #21490 by bernarda on February 9, 2007 at 12:29 pm

ssmith@phillynews.com

That is the email address of Stephen A. Smith, the sports journalist who was the only one that had some sense. I think that people should write to him and praise him for his intelligent intervention.

Basically he is a good and intelligent guy.