1. Council pays psychic for exorcism

Comment #126432 by deviljelly on February 13, 2008 at 8:43 am

Re Comment #126426

DarwinsPitbull, thanks for making me laugh, I *was* having a tough day, not anymore.

2. Nurses Told to Turn Muslims' Beds to Mecca

Comment #94054 by deviljelly on December 4, 2007 at 4:40 pm

First of all, although it may ruin my credibility, Nothern Bright... you're Hot!

Secondly, you have to place this in context. The story is fairly true, patients are periodically spun on the God rotisserie at tax payers expense and there is a training course for nurses in orienteering.

But One has to remember that this part of the most staunchly English county is >60% Muslim, the 7/7 bombers could tell you that, if they were not scattered to the winds that is.

Personally if I was asked to do such a thing I would insist on my right to refuse to perform this clearly religious act as I was an atheist... as similarly the courts would not force a Muslim to be a bacon taster or a Hindu a burger flipper.

So these poor indoctrinated torn and troubled western Muslims would be forced to have separate spinning wings in hospitals, doors locked to "outsiders" increasingly Muslim doctors and staff....

.... all of this to hang on to a religion (read culture) that they are rapidly losing. You see the flip side of the story is the stark reality of Muslim youth in this part of the UK is drink drugs, sex, violence and dissolutionment ... the usual product of a subtly discriminated imigrant population.

This is why they ( the American religious right and the Muslim west ) are fighting so hard for the little things.... because they are losing the big things.


Let them spin I say.... and hurry to Act II

3. Interview with Christopher Hitchens

Comment #89034 by deviljelly on November 19, 2007 at 2:49 pm

Errrrmmmmmmm...

What does Hitch have on his head?

4. Eddie Tabash at AAI 07

Comment #80920 by deviljelly on October 23, 2007 at 1:57 pm

I really enjoy hearing Eddie speak, I find him engaging and intense, clear and knowlegable.

... and practical...

...if a bit "historical"...

5. Could these books be part of the problem?

Comment #60827 by deviljelly on August 3, 2007 at 12:37 am

First pass, maybe someone else can do better

6. Richard Dawkins on Hardtalk

Comment #58330 by deviljelly on July 24, 2007 at 1:46 pm

A nice tough interview as usual for hardtalk.... I wish the BBC would up the quality though. They are doing a high quality flash trail at the moment I wish this one was picked for that.


P.S. You *HAVE* to see this video ( http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/147) at 7:58

It blew my mind... are these things real?!?!?

7. Lecture on Neo-Darwinism

Comment #53012 by deviljelly on June 29, 2007 at 2:22 am

For all your godless aparell needs

http://www.cafepress.com/buy/atheist/-/cfpt2_/copt_/cfpt_/source_searchBox/x_0/y_0

8. Evolution IS a Blind Watchmaker

Comment #51672 by deviljelly on June 24, 2007 at 3:37 am

Chuck,
Stunning work. I liked your first simulation, I loved this one.

I wonder if RD will have time to see it and comment, if I remember correctly he was a very early user of computer simulations in is work.

I guess the next step would to port it to a Java applet and put it on the rd.net home page. Or grid it?... "Watchmaking@home" :-) This may yield a perfectly accurate clock, the schematic of which may be a candidate for the "Atheist Logo/Badge/Pin" people are looking for.

...need help with the Java?

9. Face-Off: Can You Prove God Exists?

Comment #40431 by deviljelly on May 14, 2007 at 9:39 am

More on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0woXuAk9pDY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf39FK89s5w

10. Apocalypse Of The Honeybees

Comment #39382 by deviljelly on May 10, 2007 at 12:58 pm

sindiosxfa, Happy Hominid,

You are absolutely correct, I should not have done that. I have submitted several things to contact@richarddawkins.net recently, with no effect... it was not this or an attempt to bypass the editor that I posted this video on the first available thread, I was just a little busy and didn't think.

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

Comment #39287 by deviljelly on May 10, 2007 at 9:04 am

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

"Oliver Cromwell (April 25, 1599–September 3, 1658) was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. He was a mid-gentry yeoman farmer for the first forty years of his life; a religious conversion experience made religion the central fact of his life and actions."

I guess if you're not a baptist you're an atheist

12. Apocalypse Of The Honeybees

Comment #39226 by deviljelly on May 10, 2007 at 7:46 am

BaronOchs,

I can understand, I seem to have an unusual tolerance for stuff like this. 6:06 has some wonderful astronomy, very technical stuff.

13. Apocalypse Of The Honeybees

Comment #39218 by deviljelly on May 10, 2007 at 7:27 am

***Video link edited by OBC***

14. Believe in God Spray

Comment #36182 by deviljelly on April 30, 2007 at 12:32 pm

I assume we all know that this is in fact a joke product.

15. Believe in God Spray

Comment #36172 by deviljelly on April 30, 2007 at 12:11 pm

http://www.pulpshop.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductID=3196

16. 1986 Oxford Union Debate

Comment #25341 by deviljelly on March 12, 2007 at 8:59 am

For fun:

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/search/search.aspx?cfpt=&q=atheist&x=25&y=13&cfpt2=&copt=&source=searchBox

I like this bumper sticker

"Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill People"

and the "COGITO, ERGO DEUS NON EST" t-shirts

If anyone wants to correct the Latin check this out first.

http://www.holysmoke.org/hs01/latin.ath

17. 1986 Oxford Union Debate

Comment #25324 by deviljelly on March 12, 2007 at 6:00 am

The last section is quite funny, mainly knob jokes, and a very early reference to the stupidity of Boris Johnson.