1. I didn't know the FLEA CIRCUS was back in town!

Comment #85325 by Estragon on November 5, 2007 at 1:41 pm

People I love you an all, but I know when the train's leaving the station. In fact I'm writing my own flea book:

Recasting the Spell: Why Dennett is Phenomenally Unnatural.


watch this space . . .

2. The truth in religion

Comment #84468 by Estragon on November 2, 2007 at 5:40 am

"attempting to par away the meat bit by bit to attempt to get honestly to the rod"

what were you doing? trying to blow a fat guy?

i'll get my coat

3. Letters: Theology has no place in a university

Comment #75001 by Estragon on October 1, 2007 at 10:18 am

40. Comment #74998 by Machinus on October 1, 2007 at 10:10 am
It's not going to go away until a majority believes it's bullshit.

4. World's most prominent atheist takes on the Biblical God (and other topics)

Comment #40045 by Estragon on May 12, 2007 at 8:01 pm

It's true, the gate to heaven is in the north. That's why it's called Gateshead. There's this big Angel there and everything!

5. The Fifth Flea!

Comment #28466 by Estragon on March 29, 2007 at 9:37 am

Just think, you get to the end and there's Richard Dawkins doing a book signing for Unweaving the Rainbow . . .

"The wonders of Science offer far greater treasures to the enquiring mind than any infantile pot of gold myth" lol

6. Sex in the 1700s

Comment #27335 by Estragon on March 24, 2007 at 5:27 am

It's not porn mum! it's a source of genuine insight into cultural attitudes, sexual norms and social customs!

7. Debate between Alister McGrath and Peter Atkins

Comment #27092 by Estragon on March 23, 2007 at 5:57 am

If I have to hear McGrath's little life story once more I will shoot myself. Frankly this got me depressed right from when that guy told us he was president of the Christian Union and the Philosophy society (one is about free intellectual enquiry, the other about pushing some ridiculous dogmas on as many people as possible).

Well done to Peter Atkins anyway.

8. Religion

Comment #27008 by Estragon on March 22, 2007 at 8:13 pm

If there is a God may he knock this website off the web!

well if you're reading this god doesn't exist, as you may have already concluded.

9. Religion and Politics

Comment #24284 by Estragon on March 5, 2007 at 4:54 pm

Concerning the bit about the spanish armada there are still people who believe the defeat of the Turkish fleet at Lepanto (ably commemorated in G.K.Chesterton's poem) was the result of a rosary crusade. I can't figure out however if the first crusade captured Jerusalem because God helped them or if Saladin recaptured it because God helped him. Perhaps God's just a real nice guy who'll lend a hand to anyone. . .

10. Faith

Comment #23290 by Estragon on February 27, 2007 at 3:42 pm

Roberston has made a recent post on the Troll thread and I think he can still post there, so we can talk to him in the outhouse so to speak

11. Is God a Delusion? Atheism and the Meaning of Life

Comment #22417 by Estragon on February 17, 2007 at 2:02 am

I'm not trying to be picky but in the above-mentioned passage Jesus is telling a parable, and the king (or whatever) in the parable says bring my enemies before me and slay them.

Either way Jesus' disciples obeyed the command, although not until a few centuries later.

R.E melisande The latin "Apologia" meant more "to defend" than "to apologise" and it's that meaning that apologetics comes from.