601. Stop House Resolution 888

Comment #107859 by robotaholic on January 5, 2008 at 2:06 pm

I've found that paying attention to politics simply disappoints. So I'll just turn up madonna...and sing :) - noone can make me believe in invisible stuff and I really think most people don't actually believe in it anyway...(they're just good liars)

602. Sam Harris debate with Rabbi David Wolpe

Comment #107855 by robotaholic on January 5, 2008 at 1:56 pm

krisking, do you believe the flood happened?

603. Sam Harris debate with Rabbi David Wolpe

Comment #107617 by robotaholic on January 4, 2008 at 8:36 pm

look at what I found:

http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=1549

"Dismay fills the ranks of atheists at news that Richard Dawkins has been seen lighting votive candles and fingering a rosary at a small church near Cambridge." - predictions about Richard Dawkins- THAT day in MAY will never happen I just know it.

and yes, I also loved Harris's raised eyebrow! - it's so glaring...I really think Sam Harris destroyed that rabbi person's arguments- This I think is his absolute best debate to date- He just calmly sliced and diced the fluffy rhetoric... but I found several times in the debate where a few phrases by Richard Dawkins came to mind- especially regarding the cherry picking that the religious do and then claim they get their morals from the bible... And of course as annoying as ever...the whole Hitler, Polpot, Stalin thing came up and I really think Harris did a pretty good job of showing that those regimes were not markets of good scientific ideas...I would have to give Harris an A+ on this debate

604. Sam Harris debate with Rabbi David Wolpe

Comment #107570 by robotaholic on January 4, 2008 at 6:58 pm

wow, so far Sam Harris is kicking ass!

605. Huckabee: Guns, God and rock'n'roll

Comment #106870 by robotaholic on January 3, 2008 at 3:57 pm

in 2012 it's gonna be a snake handler

606. Huckabee: Guns, God and rock'n'roll

Comment #106867 by robotaholic on January 3, 2008 at 3:49 pm

I'm telling you people, we could have a preacher for a president- it's truely frightening to me :((

607. The OUT Campaign has its own Flea!

Comment #106783 by robotaholic on January 3, 2008 at 12:58 pm

I happen to live in the (buckle of) bible belt and christians need an out campaign like walmart does

608. Changing my Mind

Comment #106767 by robotaholic on January 3, 2008 at 12:35 pm

Paula Kirby You are so right on about not even (wasting your time)trying to reason with jehovah's witnesses and also about not being forced to abandon the word atheist because a stigma will just be attached to any word you might choose- I was raised by jehovah's witness parents and i saw through the brainwashing and got out-and it was extremely difficult- (I still find it terrible that all my parents friends would ditch them in a second if they ever stopped being a fellow cult member-meaning they're not true friends in the first place- finding ones parents have no friends is a terrible thing)

I wish people who think the probability of there being gods to be 0 or almost 0 wouldn't be ashamed of calling themselves atheists- we need to make the negative connotation go away, not just change names.

& happy New Year to you :)

609. Moderates Storm The Religious Battlefield

Comment #106201 by robotaholic on January 2, 2008 at 1:23 pm

I am irritated -Professor Richard Dawkins is not wacky.

610. Mother Nature is Not Our Friend

Comment #105821 by robotaholic on January 1, 2008 at 9:54 pm

I agree with you Janus- WAY too many posts for one threat - especially without saying much of anything

611. Mother Nature is Not Our Friend

Comment #105764 by robotaholic on January 1, 2008 at 7:28 pm

mabye lifes replication bomb will supernova before the next astroid like Richard Dawkins said in River out of Eden

612. Submission, 'Part 1'

Comment #105431 by robotaholic on December 31, 2007 at 2:28 pm

theyre up to like 21,000 signatures- what a bunch of stupid idiots-

613. Submission, 'Part 1'

Comment #105172 by robotaholic on December 30, 2007 at 7:59 pm

how could anyone respect a society that treats their women like that?- this movie is great so far-

614. Richard Dawkins on 'Have Your Say'

Comment #105168 by robotaholic on December 30, 2007 at 7:51 pm

I'm going to be:
1) not saying what I'm going to say
2) probably not saying it clearly
3) definitely not summarizing

Atheistjohn you could write talking points for Bill O'Reilly. (and how can you think Hitchens is a better speaker than Dawkins?- that's ludicrous) Steve Z why do you want posters to follow your outline, that's rediculous. Why would anyone think the priest was a homosexual-he just didn't set off my gay-dar but he did set off my stupid-dar. I totally agree with you matt_shute-07.

615. Monkey, Business

Comment #105087 by robotaholic on December 30, 2007 at 2:27 pm

I like Michael Shermer- he runs http://www.skeptic.com/ and he's into debunking stupid supernatural things like psychics and witchcraft

616. Could there be a Darwinian Account of Human Creativity?

Comment #104823 by robotaholic on December 29, 2007 at 2:28 pm

That was simply awesome Seamus Reason! I had to book mark it.

617. Pope's exorcist squads will wage war on Satan

Comment #104817 by robotaholic on December 29, 2007 at 2:15 pm

I would consider them in need of general mental care Steve.

618. Richard Dawkins on 'Have Your Say'

Comment #104802 by robotaholic on December 29, 2007 at 1:21 pm

Professor Dawkins made a good point at the end of the program - he said "you called me an outspoken atheist but you didn't call the Pope an outspoken christian"- it made the moderator grin because it is true.

619. Richard Dawkins on 'Have Your Say'

Comment #104756 by robotaholic on December 29, 2007 at 11:11 am

Professor Dawkins, can I have your autograph?

620. Wisdom From The Founding Rationalists

Comment #104462 by robotaholic on December 28, 2007 at 2:30 pm

the best place to live by far is not usa, it's Milford Sound New Zealand:

http://www.pbase.com/mscottnscp/milford&page=all

621. Carl Sagan's COSMOS begins airing on Jan 8th

Comment #104459 by robotaholic on December 28, 2007 at 2:17 pm

yes!- I just downloaded Pale Blue Dot and so far it's very nice-

my favorite episode of Cosmos is the episode about Mars- #5 Blues for The Red Planet- and that's where I heard the song "Mars the Bringer of War" by Gustav Holst- a fabulous composition

622. What We Believe: Atheism

Comment #104458 by robotaholic on December 28, 2007 at 2:16 pm

He sounds very nice and real. I get tired of the inflated bs of religion.

623. Archbishop of Canterbury Praises Richard Dawkins

Comment #104456 by robotaholic on December 28, 2007 at 2:08 pm

I bet Richard Dawkins wishes he never opened his mouth about singing christmas carols- You know that the religious w/e in Britian just froth at the mouth waiting for Richard Dawkins to "slip up" - and even though he didn't and was honest, it's being spun in a religious way- which isn't fair. I seriously doubt they would be as kind about Richard Dawkins if he participated in a pagan winter ritual of some sort- then he would get a VERY different reaction from the Canterberry guy

624. 'Atheistic fundamentalism' fears

Comment #104050 by robotaholic on December 27, 2007 at 5:29 pm

I'm tired of excessively elevated British people. (except for Richard Dawkins of course) According to several polls there are more atheists in the USA than in Britain. A USA Today/Gallup Poll in 2002-JAN showed that about 10% regard themselves as neither spiritual nor religious in the United States- that's 30 million people. According to Zuckerman, 2005 there are between 18,684,010 - 26,519,240 atheists in Britain.
(sources: http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html & http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_prac2.htm)

Paula Kirby:

I grieve for you, agg, I really do ;-) Sleep well

Assuming you're sorry for him because he's in America which has so many Christians and so few Atheists, mabye he should feel sorry for you :)-
Of course I'm not trying to be rude to you. I appreciate your concise locutions, but the snideness is irking.

625. Wisdom From The Founding Rationalists

Comment #104041 by robotaholic on December 27, 2007 at 5:01 pm

I think zeitgeist has something to do with the racism of the times- and since I'm an American, I like to remember that my country was founded on religion and politics being seperate-freedom of religion and freedom FROM religion. Thomas Payne was staunchly anti-slavery, and he was one of the first to advocate a world peace organization and social security for the poor and elderly. But his views on religion (deism) destroyed his success. Benjamin Franklin was a leading author, political theorist, politician, printer, scientist, inventor, civic activist, and diplomat- I think his credentials speak for themselves.

626. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #103988 by robotaholic on December 27, 2007 at 12:58 pm

billycocoanut:

You have neither proven evolution occurs nor, if it does, that God is not involved in the process.

The only was to make rational sense of this odd sentence is to claim there is nothing out there, just blank space and emptiness.

627. The Four Horsemen: on Christmas

Comment #103982 by robotaholic on December 27, 2007 at 12:40 pm

al-rawandi

Gay people are fabulous, while straight people are not. Do you have a bit of a superiority issue working here?

That's not fair.

628. Survey finds most Americans believe Jesus born of virgin

Comment #103922 by robotaholic on December 27, 2007 at 10:23 am

epeeist:

would have thought this really needed a multi-variate analysis, surely it should take in things like demographics, education type and availability, parental educational achievement and income etc.

629. 2 fleas for the Christmas week

Comment #103919 by robotaholic on December 27, 2007 at 10:18 am

Mr DArcy:

It always amuses me how the "transcendent", by definition, is always higher and better than mere knowledge.

630. How to refute Creationist with only a bucket of feces

Comment #103912 by robotaholic on December 27, 2007 at 10:02 am

honestly out of all the writers of "the new atheists" I like Richard Dawkins the best :)

631. New journal to target education in evolution

Comment #103911 by robotaholic on December 27, 2007 at 9:59 am

notsobad, slavery is fine - you just have to be a willing slave and work for a few dollars per hour at Mcdonalds to know that!

632. Survey finds most Americans believe Jesus born of virgin

Comment #103903 by robotaholic on December 27, 2007 at 9:43 am

well I know it's old news sure- but educate americans-correct the problem

633. New journal to target education in evolution

Comment #103900 by robotaholic on December 27, 2007 at 9:37 am

My mum said yesterday when we were talking about the tiger attack in San Francisco on christmas day: "Wont you be glad when the paradise is here and you can play with tigers and hug them and take care of them?"- she really thinks some day in the future tigers somehow wont be an apex preditor nor eat meat(despite their teeth)-


this whole mental dissonance issue with religious people is a serious problem- it lets them somehow justify dinosaurs and humans living together or virgin births and other rediculous things that directly stand in opposition to science and the general discovery of truth about the world-

rnewson

The Founding Fathers envisioned a robustly Christian yet religiously tolerant America, with churches serving as vital institutions that would eclipse the state in importance."

634. Survey finds most Americans believe Jesus born of virgin

Comment #103898 by robotaholic on December 27, 2007 at 9:19 am

the real story here is the american public's lack of education because the better educated are generally less religious- here is a great wiki article about it-

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

"the studies...examined, taken together, provided strong evidence for an inverse correlation between intelligence and religious faith in the United States"

635. New journal to target education in evolution

Comment #103771 by robotaholic on December 26, 2007 at 6:31 pm

(yay it's carl sagan!) The understanding of evolution is absolutely fundamental in so many medical fields. I wish so many uneducated people knew this.

636. Man and God

Comment #103717 by robotaholic on December 26, 2007 at 2:54 pm

I sincerely agree that there is peace in atheism. In the past I was raised in an extremely religious family and it was constant turmoil for me- from hypocritical religious zealots to self-righteous elders to this ideology that is all gibberish- sprituality is nonsense to me- I never could clarify the idea of having faith or having a relationship with invisible persons...

While I do agree the transition was difficult and it did create a few problems between myself and my religious family, now I do have clarity, reality is easier to deal with, and I recommend ditching belief in (or acceptance of) the supernatural - it really has made me very happy.

Now I definitely agree with Hitch in being an anti-theist. I wouldn't want it to be true that there is a celestial North Korean dictatorship.

637. Top Ten Stories of 2007

Comment #103711 by robotaholic on December 26, 2007 at 2:36 pm

#7 was a great thing heh- it should have been #1 lol

638. The Four Horsemen: on Christmas

Comment #103702 by robotaholic on December 26, 2007 at 2:24 pm

Steve said:

A nice thought, but I have to politely disagree. We are simply men who prefer to have sexual and emotional relationships with men, and that is it. Other than that, life is really just the same. And I am grateful I live in a society where that is possible.

639. The Four Horsemen: on Christmas

Comment #103623 by robotaholic on December 26, 2007 at 10:18 am

homosexuals are generally fabulous- if you don't think so it's your problem- I wonder if you atheistjohn find other harmless things repugnant - like two men hugging or holding hands or two women sitting next to each other on a bus or in a restaurant- and why would you not want your children to see men kissing, do you allow them to see heterosexuals kissing?- it seems irrational to me- if it is a phobia why would you try give that phobia to your child?- that seems disfunctional

640. The Evangelical Rebellion

Comment #103381 by robotaholic on December 25, 2007 at 10:43 am

it's true that most people here are christian - but I've never experienced persecution because I'm an atheist - and believe me, I'm flamboyant about it- and it is nauseating to be exposed to so much religion- just like being exposed to fat people

641. Man and God

Comment #103377 by robotaholic on December 25, 2007 at 10:18 am

there have been many monsters -big deal -that doesn't make it true that there are invisible people with superpowers like angels demons and faeries

642. Blair converts to Catholicism

Comment #102890 by robotaholic on December 23, 2007 at 8:17 pm

...and I should care because why

643. 'Christian God is not to blame'

Comment #102888 by robotaholic on December 23, 2007 at 8:13 pm

I think this message was intended for mothers, grandmothers and the like because it was all about pulling the heart strings of mothers - probably trying to get some DONATIONS ;) - goodness I hate religion- its' ICKY!

644. Borders Tags Atheist Book with 'O Come All Ye Faithless' Cards

Comment #102879 by robotaholic on December 23, 2007 at 7:56 pm

religious leaders are always looking for some reason to be "offended" or for something to "boycott" - well if you're offended enough and boycott enough things - it ends up getting tuned out- I don't see how this BASHES any christian anyway...

645. Taking children for a ride

Comment #102876 by robotaholic on December 23, 2007 at 7:53 pm

haha, you're country not mine for a change lol :P -after they open I hope it gets overran with homosexuals and lesbians :)sort of like disney land has a gay day

646. Huckabee Stands by Christmas Campaign Ad

Comment #102874 by robotaholic on December 23, 2007 at 7:49 pm

although jesus is dead and thus cannot hear my words, I hate jesus for causing my country to be like this

647. For the Love of Christ

Comment #101720 by robotaholic on December 20, 2007 at 8:16 pm

snake handlers are more coercive lol

648. This Week's Flea

Comment #100340 by robotaholic on December 18, 2007 at 2:03 pm

wow I hate "The Village Atheist"'s front cover- Sam Harris looks TERRIBLE LOL! - he looks all angry...

649. God rest you merry atheist

Comment #99940 by robotaholic on December 17, 2007 at 10:47 pm

I hate religion so much. It complicates.

650. What Your Brain Looks Like on Faith

Comment #99936 by robotaholic on December 17, 2007 at 10:41 pm

We can no longer ignore the fact that billions of our neighbors believe in the metaphysics of martyrdom, or in the literal truth of the book of Revelation, or any of the other fantastical notions that have lurked in the minds of the faithful for millenniaâ€" because our neighbors are now armed with chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.