1. George W Bush meets Pope amid claims he might convert to Catholicism

Comment #194626 by dancingthemantaray on June 17, 2008 at 5:18 am

How is illegally invading Iraq not an 'ethical matter'....?

2. BBC 'too scared to allow jokes about Islam'

Comment #154329 by dancingthemantaray on April 3, 2008 at 5:37 am

Actually the now show very recently (last week) had a bit form a lapsed-muslim stand up, including the brillient line:

"my mother in law asked if I was going to get my son circumcised and I was like, 'only if he's really, REALLY naughty..'"

3. BBC 'too scared to allow jokes about Islam'

Comment #154323 by dancingthemantaray on April 3, 2008 at 5:23 am

Did you hear the one about the Muslim builders?

"go on love, show us your....face..."

4. Beware the Believers

Comment #151555 by dancingthemantaray on March 29, 2008 at 1:18 am

Does it matter either way? It's funny and well done....

5. Beware the Believers

Comment #151551 by dancingthemantaray on March 29, 2008 at 1:01 am

Well...it tickled my funny bone..

6. 'Expelled' Movie: The Extended Trailer

Comment #88265 by dancingthemantaray on November 15, 2007 at 4:20 pm

" they think ID is nonsense in the scientific journals...they think it's nonsense in the courts...they think it's nonsense in the schools..."

Did it not occur to you that it IS nonsense you cretin...

7. On Being Not Muslim Enough

Comment #86938 by dancingthemantaray on November 10, 2007 at 1:22 pm

Myself and my sister are as godless, white and middle class as they come, some of her best friends are Muslims...think this article may be nonsense..

8. Religion as a Force for Good

Comment #74714 by dancingthemantaray on September 30, 2007 at 5:42 am

I think religion is a force for good in Burma at the moment, I think it would be much more difficult for others to stand up to the regime if the monks didn't.
However, I doubt that the good outweighs the bad, and most importantly of all, it's just plain wrong!

9. Talking Action Figure Jesus

Comment #73460 by dancingthemantaray on September 25, 2007 at 3:05 am

It's a very Caucasian Jesus (and other models too)....

10. 1996 Richard Dimbleby Lecture

Comment #73078 by dancingthemantaray on September 24, 2007 at 3:45 am

"The theists have "songs of praise" and "heaven and earth" so why can't we have our own programme?"


Because atheism is a lack of belief, not a positive belief in anything

11. Why Christians should take Richard Dawkins seriously

Comment #72478 by dancingthemantaray on September 21, 2007 at 8:22 am

Not a bad article, but how does the straw man God vs real God debate hold up when one considers a human being (also God) who was a actual living breathing personal saviour (and now everyones invisible friend).

12. The Dawkins debate

Comment #70574 by dancingthemantaray on September 16, 2007 at 6:05 am

interestingly we seem only to be discussing the weaker points..I actually quite like the point about space and time being created by the big bang therefore whatever caused the big bang is outside of space and time...if only more theists argued like that- think of the interesting debates to be had!!

13. Review of Richard Dawkins' new book 'The Fascism Delusion'

Comment #69042 by dancingthemantaray on September 9, 2007 at 3:28 pm

Because, of course, for most people fascism isn't just men with odd mustaches barking policies at rallies, no one really believes in over medaled leaders dictating bizarre laws, fascism is love...

14. Creationism raised as Ont. election issue

Comment #68572 by dancingthemantaray on September 7, 2007 at 4:08 pm

Is anyone else loving the fact that the conservative mp is called mr Tory?

15. India to charge writer Nasreen with 'hurting Muslim feelings'

Comment #67504 by dancingthemantaray on September 3, 2007 at 3:55 pm

Yeah, but Islam is a much greater threat to the world than any other religion, is much more violent and openly repressive to women.

16. Orthodox Call on Sinners To Give Chickens a Fairer Shake

Comment #66805 by dancingthemantaray on August 31, 2007 at 2:02 pm

"Men are instructed to use roosters, which are grasped by their shoulder blades and rotated above the person's head three times. Women use hens for the ritual (two if the practitioner is pregnant)"

Odd the lengths an omnipotent deity will make you go to so he can forgive your sins....wonder if you can see the little sins floating on up into the chicken...

17. Teresa, Bright and Dark

Comment #66334 by dancingthemantaray on August 29, 2007 at 5:56 pm

"Any logical, thinking person must be against abortion"

who, then, is the victim of abortion? Who gets hurt?

Leaving aside the more controversial ends of abortion (late term partial births etc) how is removing an unfeeling cluster of cells better than forcing a woman to undergo massive physical hardship and pain for 9 months and then (potentially) having to serve a life sentence for a child she didn't want. How is having unwanted life better?

Abortion benefits society and is neccessary for equality

18. Teresa, Bright and Dark

Comment #66330 by dancingthemantaray on August 29, 2007 at 5:44 pm

"as horrible as abortion is"

abortion is not horrible, it is a fundamental tennent of equality. If a woman doesn't have control over what happens to her own body (and, of course, what she does for the entire rest of her life) what rights does she have?

19. Christopher Hitchens and Bill Donohue on Mother Teresa

Comment #66318 by dancingthemantaray on August 29, 2007 at 5:19 pm

Gosh, didn't the catholic sound so shrill and desperate..don't much like Hitchens, and don't think he actually had anything to say here, but he really is a master at overpowering a debate and coming off the victor

20. There is no God and Dawkins is his Prophet

Comment #66312 by dancingthemantaray on August 29, 2007 at 5:05 pm

"He brings out ancient proofs of the existence of God but leaves fresher and sharper arguments aside"

Like what?

21. Arrogance, dogma and why science - not faith - is the new enemy of reason

Comment #61795 by dancingthemantaray on August 6, 2007 at 10:56 pm

not knowing which category of paper the daily mail is in,i went through some online articels.
it`s mainly about david hasselhoff being too fat,intelligent women not beeing able to find mr right and britney spears wearing a see-through dress in public.need one say more ?

The most conspicuous example of this is provided by Dawkins himself, who breaks the rules of scientific evidence by seeking to claim that Darwin's theory of evolution - which sought to explain how complex organisms evolved through random natural selection - also accounts for the origin of life itself.

22. A Designer Universe?

Comment #61544 by dancingthemantaray on August 5, 2007 at 5:14 pm

"So if the universe is infinite now, it was infinite to begin with? So did it "big bang" in every part of it, or just "our" part? If only in our part surely the rest of the surrounding universe would have resisted it. If it exploded in every part simultaneously (assuming simultaneity makes sense in an infinite universe) well that must have been some bang! Sorry I just don't see how the universe can be infinite."

Imagine you comprehended only 2 dimensions (well, 3 including time) and were actually running on the surface of a giant sphere, you could never ever reach the end of it, and wouldn't know why. This is kind of how the universe is infinite for us...does that make any sense (not sure I've explained it well)

23. A force for good?

Comment #55133 by dancingthemantaray on July 10, 2007 at 4:45 am

I hate the argument that religion isn't like beleiving in fairies or invisible friends because people become religious as adults:

People start beleiving in all sorts of crap as adults, horoscopes, palm reading, psychics and homeopathy are just a few that leap to mind.

24. Protesting the Creation Museum

Comment #54153 by dancingthemantaray on July 5, 2007 at 4:56 pm

I can't feel any ill will towards the creation museum really, it's so bizarre it goes into humorous-can't help but think it'd be a really fun day out (it's meant to be really well done inside, with help from nut job SFX guys!)

25. 'Purity' ring case in High Court

Comment #51311 by dancingthemantaray on June 22, 2007 at 9:49 am

I don't know, it's just a ring, seems the school are being perhaps a little inflexible. Don't see how it has anything to do with religion really, more of a uniform issue. Bit of a shame her dad seems to be pushing her into this conflict, odds on her being 'pure' until her wedding night anyone?

26. Hitchens vs. Hitchens

Comment #51135 by dancingthemantaray on June 21, 2007 at 4:03 pm

This sounds amusingly like Christopher Hitchens having some kind of schizophrenic argument with himself!

27. Comic in US 'hate speech' row

Comment #44804 by dancingthemantaray on May 25, 2007 at 10:08 am

I can't beleive you lot are fawning over this crap, he says nothing other than vague, ill researched stereotypes, no qualification or sophistication- he is a small minded bigot.
Of course he should have freedom of speech but that doesn't say anything about what he's saying, which is small minded and hateful.

28. Comic in US 'hate speech' row

Comment #44767 by dancingthemantaray on May 25, 2007 at 9:08 am

It is hate speech, his ramblings amount to:

"bloody foreigners coming over with their unbritishness"


There's too much of this kind of nonsense in the UK, He comes across as bigoted and small minded, atheists would be well advised to distance themselves from prats like this

29. Adam and Eve in the Land of the Dinosaurs

Comment #44755 by dancingthemantaray on May 25, 2007 at 8:58 am

It is just me or does this look like a hilarious day out? I'd go!

Edit. Probably after consuming a decent measure of THC

30. Comic in US 'hate speech' row

Comment #44702 by dancingthemantaray on May 25, 2007 at 7:39 am

I disagree, this is hate speech, he isn't making intelligent points at all

31. Adult breast-feeding sucks, authorities say

Comment #44700 by dancingthemantaray on May 25, 2007 at 7:38 am

I take it all back, where do I sign up for islam?

32. Hitchens on Falwell, Part 2

Comment #43558 by dancingthemantaray on May 22, 2007 at 2:09 am

"only wish I had Hitchen's quick-witted and biting come-backs . . . You can tell that Hannity was intimidated. I would love to see Hitchens go head to head with O'Reily. It's not only what he says but how he says it that makes him so formidable."

You mean his butting in and overtalking? I know it's common on US interviews, but I think it sounds ignorant and bullying- other than that I liked very much what he had to say, cannot stand hypocrites who praise people they dislike merely because they're dead

33. Catholic Church Reconsiders Limbo

Comment #43266 by dancingthemantaray on May 21, 2007 at 3:16 am

Not very good, that intelligent falling piece they had was hilarious though

34. The Fastest-Growing Religion

Comment #42333 by dancingthemantaray on May 18, 2007 at 4:50 am

'Wicca' is even more ridiculous than christianity/islam etc, at least you are often those by default- for wicca you have to really go out of your way to accept this nonsense

35. Jerry Falwell's Hit Parade

Comment #42119 by dancingthemantaray on May 17, 2007 at 4:38 pm

Mohammed wasn't a terrorist, war monger maybe, but not all violence is terrorism.

36. Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73

Comment #41535 by dancingthemantaray on May 16, 2007 at 8:46 am

He called his kids Jerry jr, John and jeannie....what a douche

37. Row over Scientology video

Comment #40687 by dancingthemantaray on May 14, 2007 at 5:14 pm

Honestly, I don't know how he stopped himself from breaking that wanker's nose, the little creep had the horrible trait of invading peoples personal space, getting in their faces to talk to them, people like that deserve shouting and much more.

38. BBC man says 'I was wrong to lose it. But these scientologists are truly scary'

Comment #40686 by dancingthemantaray on May 14, 2007 at 5:11 pm

"How do you know St. Paul was genuine in his belief? Mohammad certainly sounded like a textbook con artist(actually he was exactly like Joseph Smith)"

Well....st paul died (in a brutal way) a pauper for his ridiculous beliefs, which suggests to me that he sincerely believed them.Mohammed may well have used his for political expediency, but he could just have easily appropriated directly judaism or christianity. L ron made millions from his works of fiction, clearly not believing a word himself, that to me is more pernicious.

39. Furor over author Ayaan Hirsi Ali's visit stirs debate on religious freedom

Comment #40684 by dancingthemantaray on May 14, 2007 at 5:03 pm

"The Prophet Mohammed was a peacemaker and a role model for humanity," she said. "My understanding is that he was a peaceful person who believed that religion was a choice. He tried to teach people and bring them into it, not punish them."

Is that the same mohammed who invented islam and then set about conquering all the land he could get his grubby little mitts on then?

40. BBC man says 'I was wrong to lose it. But these scientologists are truly scary'

Comment #40682 by dancingthemantaray on May 14, 2007 at 4:58 pm

The difference is that (as far as we call tell) founders of christianity/islam/judaism etc were acting genuinely on their (misplaced) beliefs in an age much more ignorant than our own.
Scientology and mormonism on the otrher hand were created in a very cynical manner to make money, I wouldn't even class them as religions per se, more a con trick- and that is much more despicable.

41. BBC man says 'I was wrong to lose it. But these scientologists are truly scary'

Comment #40670 by dancingthemantaray on May 14, 2007 at 4:46 pm

Scientology (and ,for that matter mor(m)onism) are much much more pernicious and insidious than other religions as they are demonstrably false in a way others aren't (due to their antiquity) and are unique in that they are specifically set up by conmen in an (successful) attempt to gain money (at least other religions are based on good honest ignorance!).
Also, the actions of scientologists in particular are very worrying and creepy in a way that other religions act (think poison as opposed to a cudgel!)
L Ron even said that the best way to make a million dollars would be to start a religion!!

42. Now Muslims Get Their Own Laws In Britian

Comment #36864 by dancingthemantaray on May 2, 2007 at 2:34 pm

Argh, for the love of god stop being so damnably stupid. This is British tabloid tripe at its very worst, I'd be surprised if the story had even a modicum of truth. If you don't know what British tabloids are like please find out, and can a moderator please take this crap off of this site, professor Dawkins should not have his name associated with this kind of yellow journalism

43. Now Muslims Get Their Own Laws In Britian

Comment #36723 by dancingthemantaray on May 2, 2007 at 5:12 am

ARRGGHHH I DON'T KNOW IF WHOEVER PUT THIS UP HERE IS BRITISH OR NOT BUT SERIOUSLY, THIS IS FROM THE DAILY EXPRESS- BRITISH TABLOID CRAP, DON'T BELIEVE IT!

44. In the beginning

Comment #34038 by dancingthemantaray on April 23, 2007 at 4:59 am

"Man is the only creature on earth that God willed for his own sake,"


and atheists are accused of being arrogant...

45. Pope abolishes limbo

Comment #34020 by dancingthemantaray on April 23, 2007 at 4:06 am

"after due consideration we have decided that the controversial 'baby killing' room in Hogwarts school of magic does not, in fact, really exist...all other rooms (including the 'torture you for eternity' room) are of course still very real indeed and it's vitally important that everyone believes this..."

46. Street Evangelist Saves 300 Souls From Enjoying Park

Comment #33823 by dancingthemantaray on April 22, 2007 at 3:10 am

I think our bland, corporate homogenised streets are made more colourful by these guys, hurray for crazy street preachers, it's not like they make any converts or invade countries..

47. Street Evangelist Saves 300 Souls From Enjoying Park

Comment #33770 by dancingthemantaray on April 21, 2007 at 5:23 pm

I never mind people like this, I find them colourful, crazy street preachers make me grin...
Isn't there something comical about the ...and mormons tagged on the end of his sandwich board

48. Kadra attacked in public

Comment #32152 by dancingthemantaray on April 16, 2007 at 2:14 am

"where one goes to physical attack on someone you disagree with violates Islamic teaching and the prophet Muhammad's sunnah (lifestyle)"

Is this the same Muhammad that invented Islam and then went on a lifelong conquering spree?

49. Peanut Butter, The Atheist's Nightmare!

Comment #27868 by dancingthemantaray on March 27, 2007 at 4:53 am

Is it me..or does the banana guy come off like he's in the closet...

seriously though, this is a spoof.