451. Russell T Davies: Return of the (tea) Time Lord

Comment #155910 by the great teapot on April 6, 2008 at 9:40 am

Sad to hear it.
Dr who is a crock of horseshite.

452. Beware the Believers

Comment #155488 by the great teapot on April 4, 2008 at 2:50 pm

No. I am aware , corylus it is a very difficult question.
I have never been sure of the answer and I have considered it off and on for twenty years, but I just thought I would like to chip in because I have more sympathy with anti abortion than pro choice and I haven't got a religious cell in my body.No I won't be campaining, but I reserve my right to change my mind.

453. Beware the Believers

Comment #155485 by the great teapot on April 4, 2008 at 2:41 pm

Corylus,
I'd say female, 26, gemini.

454. Beware the Believers

Comment #155469 by the great teapot on April 4, 2008 at 2:19 pm

Quetz
Highly irregular here I know, but any form of contraception that prevents the development of the embryo I don't like and have never been party to. To my Knowledge.More badluck than judgement.

455. Beware the Believers

Comment #155462 by the great teapot on April 4, 2008 at 2:12 pm

By morality i would assume that everyone means desirable in some cicumstances.
Given that almost non of us believe in absolute morality here. Unlike our religous wingnuts.

456. Beware the Believers

Comment #155455 by the great teapot on April 4, 2008 at 2:06 pm

If the pill is taken when someone knows for certain conception has not taken place then that is ok.
If the person is hiding behind the probability that it may not yet have occured then I wouldn't be comfotable with that myself.

457. Beware the Believers

Comment #155452 by the great teapot on April 4, 2008 at 2:01 pm

Steve
If what you say is true, and fertilization takes 5 to 6 days then the morning after pill is ok.(the morning after),
So you set a trick question .You are a very naughty boy.

458. Beware the Believers

Comment #155442 by the great teapot on April 4, 2008 at 1:49 pm

Not in my mind. But I am a sentimental vegetarian who loves life. To me the morning after pill is in bad taste, the person taking the pill ia assuming conception has taken place.

459. Beware the Believers

Comment #155439 by the great teapot on April 4, 2008 at 1:42 pm

the "immorality" starts when we are aware of the conception.~IMHO

460. Pastor attacks scientist's talk

Comment #154691 by the great teapot on April 3, 2008 at 3:13 pm

Don't let the nasty richard bother you David.
You are going to live forever, I am sure you are, just like mummy and daddy said.

461. Pastor attacks scientist's talk

Comment #154672 by the great teapot on April 3, 2008 at 2:57 pm

I believe that it is inappropriate for a pastor/priest/rabbi/imam to be able to preach in front of an audience every week unopposed by opposition. An atheist/ imam / rabbi/ priest should be free to debate every sermon in the land.
Lets see how long the free church would then last.

462. Faith healing church parents charged over toddler's death

Comment #153585 by the great teapot on April 1, 2008 at 3:49 pm

Straw man- the most over used cliche on this site.
Brave? Don't know what you mean. I just like to think the golden rule also applies to those not in positions of power.

463. Faith healing church parents charged over toddler's death

Comment #153581 by the great teapot on April 1, 2008 at 3:44 pm

I have to admit feeding babies is a bit of a drag.
If it intefers with the mothers night life (and thus mental health) who am I, a mere man, to intervene.

464. Faith healing church parents charged over toddler's death

Comment #153576 by the great teapot on April 1, 2008 at 3:26 pm

MelM
So the mother can legally abort upto the point of birth?

465. Faith healing church parents charged over toddler's death

Comment #153573 by the great teapot on April 1, 2008 at 3:13 pm

It is politically correct mantra on this website.
You can kill any child you like, who can not see, in the name of both science and female emancipation.
Quite often lack of consciousness is cited as a reason for legalizing infanticide. I have asked if one can kill someone in their sleep, but got no reply.

466. Beware the Believers

Comment #152185 by the great teapot on March 30, 2008 at 11:23 am

Josh
For gods sake post a new article.
Even if it is only the belgian football results.

467. Beware the Believers

Comment #151909 by the great teapot on March 29, 2008 at 4:43 pm

What is incongruous about football and philosophy.
Satre was a good goalkeeper by all accounts.
May be these guys have got a point.

468. Beware the Believers

Comment #151904 by the great teapot on March 29, 2008 at 4:30 pm

Absolutely Russell,
To me the point of the skit is the percieved arrogance, rightly or wrongly. Look at me I' ve got a science degree seems to be the crux of the gag. Richard et al are all spinozas.

469. Beware the Believers

Comment #151898 by the great teapot on March 29, 2008 at 4:24 pm

Clearthinker
The fish have legs.

470. Beware the Believers

Comment #151892 by the great teapot on March 29, 2008 at 4:14 pm

AtheistJon
I believe you are confusing joke 6.1.3 with Joke
4.2.2/a
Easily done I agree.

471. Beware the Believers

Comment #151883 by the great teapot on March 29, 2008 at 4:00 pm

Steve
rest assured everybody under 45 finds the goons naff.
Everybody under 35 thinks they are pants.
everyone under 25 .....
But cringing in embarrasement at fictional charachters, that view I have often heard but never understood. I find fawlty towers and the office funny and I can't understand why people cringe at fictional people who are no more than a vehicle for humor. Smaken verschillen. (Go look it up spinoza)

472. Beware the Believers

Comment #151853 by the great teapot on March 29, 2008 at 3:04 pm

Geoff
It's a typo.

473. Beware the Believers

Comment #151845 by the great teapot on March 29, 2008 at 2:49 pm

This must be a work of genius.
It is the first time in a year that Richard has seen fit to post more than one comment.
Not since the creepy Iain Banksesque(thanks wiki) post modernist called September has Richard posted so many comments.
Hats off to our enigmatic rappers.

474. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #148847 by the great teapot on March 24, 2008 at 3:35 am

Darwin influenced Adolf Hitler?
Oh I didn't know that.
OK that's settled it, evolution must be wrong then.
Forget it chaps. Game over. Evolution has been exposed as a fraud.

475. It looks like Man crucified

Comment #148843 by the great teapot on March 24, 2008 at 3:21 am

Why should I care about Spinozas god and what schopenhauer thinks of it anymore than Bills god and what Fred thinks of it.
Nietzche may have declared god dead 100 years ago, but 200 years ago a bloke in a pub knew it was bullshit but just didn't bother going on about it.

476. It looks like Man crucified

Comment #148833 by the great teapot on March 24, 2008 at 2:57 am

Gosh, Spinoza, you are very clever.
May I also have your forgivness?

477. Fleabytes

Comment #147900 by the great teapot on March 21, 2008 at 2:35 pm

get a grip david.
The bull shit you believe is pure bullshit.
Grow up and accept the fact.
No amount of nonsense can defend it.
Thor is the one true god. prove that he isn't.

478. Fleabytes

Comment #147895 by the great teapot on March 21, 2008 at 2:22 pm

pathfinder
you have shattered my illusion. I had always assumed our monkey brains were infallible. Obviously they are not.
I have no other choice left but to bow down to god.

479. Sci-fi guru Clarke to have secular funeral

Comment #147486 by the great teapot on March 20, 2008 at 3:49 pm

I am sure he is looking over us all now with a wry smile on his face.

480. Fleabytes

Comment #145391 by the great teapot on March 17, 2008 at 2:29 pm

didn't god create oppenheimer?

481. Fleabytes

Comment #145388 by the great teapot on March 17, 2008 at 2:26 pm

bloody hell.
My last 3 posts have evapourated.
I'll bet this sticks

482. Fleabytes

Comment #145386 by the great teapot on March 17, 2008 at 2:23 pm

Pathfinder,
I want to believe but the evidence is inconclusive.
Give me a reason, based on evidence, and i shall do so. after all who does't want to live forever.
But if you have no arguement for me how can you convince yourself?

483. Fleabytes

Comment #145380 by the great teapot on March 17, 2008 at 2:17 pm

pathfinder
I am willing to be converted.
Point me to the evidence and i will join the fold.
After all who doesn't want to believe they will live forever.
just give me some evidence and i will believe.

484. Fleabytes

Comment #145349 by the great teapot on March 17, 2008 at 1:53 pm

churchill called nazism perverted science because amongst other things that is what it was, not science but perverted science, it was also perverted religion.

485. Fleabytes

Comment #145327 by the great teapot on March 17, 2008 at 1:35 pm

Robertson, pathfinder.
Name one thing that has ever happend or exists on this planet that can be soley attributal to god.
ie that has no other explanation other than the god of the bible, and not the god of the gaps . Such as a sandwhich toaster buried in precambrian rocks or a video of jesus wanking over herod.

486. Bulldozers tear down giant religious teapot

Comment #139097 by the great teapot on March 5, 2008 at 5:54 am

ygern.
That's the one thing that really hacks me off about the religious, the genuine ones at least.
They'll never know they are wrong.

487. Bulldozers tear down giant religious teapot

Comment #139077 by the great teapot on March 5, 2008 at 5:24 am

Please help me, anyone.
I am getting weaker, my life force is straining away.

488. My Argument With God

Comment #131693 by the great teapot on February 23, 2008 at 2:53 am

those 15 percent who are neither atheist or god fearing must be the real evil bastards of the world. Never trust a fence sitter.

489. Fleabytes

Comment #131555 by the great teapot on February 22, 2008 at 2:51 pm

helaas god leeft, blijkbaar in sud afrika.

490. Fleabytes

Comment #131547 by the great teapot on February 22, 2008 at 2:35 pm

If you doubt , Richard, that DR has anything to say at all then why ever visit this website again.If to you the religious matter is closed then why do you return?
Especially on the eve of the six nations. Like the rest of the usual suspects you are addicted.
On second thoughts you are right, this is no longer a healthy debate, this debate is feeding addictions.
Atheists are seeking theists to debate and without DR who else would step up to the plate?

491. Over half of Britons claim no religion

Comment #131541 by the great teapot on February 22, 2008 at 2:13 pm

Thanks diacanu, sorry for any offence.
Sounds like chimps were responsible for most british sit coms in the 1980s.

492. Over half of Britons claim no religion

Comment #131534 by the great teapot on February 22, 2008 at 2:03 pm

it was zoo monkeys and gas humour i didn't understand.
but I am always ready to be educated.

493. Over half of Britons claim no religion

Comment #131524 by the great teapot on February 22, 2008 at 1:56 pm

Diacanu,
Why not speak english, or stop hiding behind your fake "cool" persona.

494. Over half of Britons claim no religion

Comment #131511 by the great teapot on February 22, 2008 at 1:41 pm

Steve, next time you say something dumb can you drop it down a few more notches so that i can understand it.

495. Over half of Britons claim no religion

Comment #131497 by the great teapot on February 22, 2008 at 1:30 pm

Steve, why not say something dumb for a change.
It never inhibits anyone else.

496. Over half of Britons claim no religion

Comment #131491 by the great teapot on February 22, 2008 at 1:25 pm

At last people are starting to realise that just because their birth certificate says church of England this does not override the fact that they actually have no religion. I have tried to convince otherwise rational people of this for years, finally the collective penny is dropping.
(No thanks to me of course)

497. Bart Ehrman, Questioning Religion on Why We Suffer

Comment #131001 by the great teapot on February 21, 2008 at 5:03 pm

The book of job, to me, is the best example of everything that is wrong with religion. It is completely egocentric, the only thing that matters in the story is job and his faith.
Why is the fact that job, once his faith has been proven,is granted a happy life with a new family and servants considered a happy ending while countless lives have already been destroyed around him in order for him to be happy. Is his life more important than those who died and suffered. If there suffering is of no consequence then why should jobs happiness and suffering be of any importance and why should his new life on earth be considered a reward?
The whole thing is so contradictory only blind faith could not see the flaws in it.
It should definitely be required reading.
Presumably the xians empathy when reading this is with Job and not all the poor bastards whose misfortune it was to know him.
I once put this to a friend who believes and asked him was this one of those non literal stories, to my astonishment he believed that job actually existed.
I despair. how do these people dress themselves in the morning.

498. Bart Ehrman, Questioning Religion on Why We Suffer

Comment #130155 by the great teapot on February 20, 2008 at 6:34 am

I see the entendres and I like a joke like the next man, but I dunno, sometimes humour crosses a thin line.

499. Bart Ehrman, Questioning Religion on Why We Suffer

Comment #130115 by the great teapot on February 20, 2008 at 5:40 am

Chuckgoeke,

If that is your T-shirt, please burn it. Now.
And even if it isn't change the pic. Just not funny, at all.

500. Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?

Comment #128494 by the great teapot on February 17, 2008 at 7:30 am

why can we no longer edit or make 2nd posts