601. Hitchens V. Boteach

Comment #124003 by annabanana on February 8, 2008 at 6:34 am

Steve, You are my envy! You know something about everything, I think. I can never contribute to these threads because I don't know anything about this stuff! I feel so ignorant. :(

602. Inventor Doesn't Dare Say 'Perpetual Motion Machine'

Comment #123999 by annabanana on February 8, 2008 at 6:19 am

Oh! This is so super cool! I love reading about stuff like this!

603. Ad 'likely to offend gay people'

Comment #123134 by annabanana on February 6, 2008 at 1:46 pm

Yes, home8896 said it well.

I've always been particularly sensitive to gay rights issues even though I'm hetero. I think some people have actually assumed I'm a lesbian because of it.

604. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #123018 by annabanana on February 6, 2008 at 11:17 am

Oops! Thanks Richards! I wasn't trying to be pedantic, but I couldn't resist! ;)

605. Letters: Theology has no place in a university

Comment #122872 by annabanana on February 6, 2008 at 8:38 am

hes2@usa,

Please read the following article about Anthony Flew:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/magazine/04Flew-t.html

It's from the New York Times.

606. Letters: Theology has no place in a university

Comment #122864 by annabanana on February 6, 2008 at 8:30 am

I was genuinely trying to be patient with hes2@usa, but I don't know how much longer I can.

hes2@usa,

Providing us with a plethora of quotations from Einstein that DO NOT prove that he was a theist will convince no one here of anything (except maybe that you are incorrigible). Most of us are well-versed on arguments both for and against an intelligent being. This is why we choose the latter. I will encourage you (one more time) to please please please learn to look at arguments from BOTH sides with a critical eye. I don't see how anyone could do this and still come to the conclusion that there is a god.

607. Letters: Theology has no place in a university

Comment #122860 by annabanana on February 6, 2008 at 8:24 am

Unfortunately, it seems, Anthony Flew was deceived into endorsing that book. It is most unfortunate that someone took advantage of Mr. Flew's age and declining memory. It would do you some good to research this.

608. Letters: Theology has no place in a university

Comment #122845 by annabanana on February 6, 2008 at 8:08 am

The second was my own insight that the integrated complexity of life itself â€" which is far more complex than the physical Universe

the less it seemed likely that a chemical soup could magically generate the genetic code.

609. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #122835 by annabanana on February 6, 2008 at 7:38 am

Richard,

I will just remind me of how you scolded me so around Christmas-time when I said that I still sometimes attended church and sang the music. I would argue that sending that bottle of water was just as hypocritical as you accused me of being...

But I do think it was a wonderful gesture.

Diacanu,

I understand that you're a bit of a pessimist, but please do write something and try not to be so down on yourself, if that is indeed what you would like to do. We all enjoy your quips and witty comments here. I imagine that anything you wrote (in length, of course) would have me in stitches were I to get a hold of it. I think it's harder to accomplish something you never really think you'll accomplish.

Steve,

I'm eagerly awaiting your book and the inauguration of Steve Zara day!

610. Science Debate 2008

Comment #122808 by annabanana on February 6, 2008 at 6:02 am

Ok, McCarthy.

611. Letters: Theology has no place in a university

Comment #122579 by annabanana on February 5, 2008 at 1:55 pm

Also,

And, while they say that mutations are the ultimate source of variability, they contradict themselves with their own studies that show that the higher genomes are deteriorating.

And, while they say that mutations are the ultimate source of variability

studies that show that the higher genomes are deteriorating.

612. Letters: Theology has no place in a university

Comment #122576 by annabanana on February 5, 2008 at 1:51 pm

Damnit, Cartomancer, you just ruined my childhood dreams of becoming She-ra!

Sorry to all for all of the vomiting I caused today.

al-rawandi, don't you think his wife looks scared? I certainly would be!

613. Letters: Theology has no place in a university

Comment #122523 by annabanana on February 5, 2008 at 11:52 am

Geoff, I just vomited. Thanks.

http://truthmatters.info/afdaves-creator-god-hypothesis/

614. Letters: Theology has no place in a university

Comment #122521 by annabanana on February 5, 2008 at 11:46 am

al-rawandi, thanks for that, but as long as we're in friendly company, I don't mind. I only get irritated when the theists make comments about my appearance and don't take me seriously because of it. All of you guys are fine!

I'll be she-ra! I was she-ra once for Halloween. I have the picture. I was about 4 years old.

615. Letters: Theology has no place in a university

Comment #122442 by annabanana on February 5, 2008 at 9:13 am

that makes us Supreme Beings? Not really

616. Letters: Theology has no place in a university

Comment #122396 by annabanana on February 5, 2008 at 8:27 am

hes2@usa,

I fear that you have started with the what the Bible says and only choose to listen to the evidence that supports what the Bible says. I would encourage you to stay away from this line of thinking. The scientific method, if performed correctly, shouldn't have any prejudices and should start only with a hypothesis. If the hypothesis is proved to be incorrect, the scientist performing the experiment would accept this and move on to the next question. There is no "starting with a conclusion" in the scientific method. If you begin to think this way, I think that you'll have a much easier time in life (and on this website).

617. Letters: Theology has no place in a university

Comment #122385 by annabanana on February 5, 2008 at 8:16 am

hes2@usa,

http://www.populationinstitute.org/population-issues/

This is a website about the human population. I'm sure none of it will convince you as you have already made up your mind about everything and seem very cheerful about it as well, but I'm trying.

And here's another:

http://www.prb.org/Educators/TeachersGuides/HumanPopulation/PopulationGrowth.aspx

At any rate, the earth didn't reach 2 billion people much more recently than when the flood is proposed to have happened. The sites can also help you realize the need for women to be educated and for people to practice birth control.

618. Admitting that you have no religion is not politically correct

Comment #122381 by annabanana on February 5, 2008 at 8:13 am

Thanks :)

619. Letters: Theology has no place in a university

Comment #122374 by annabanana on February 5, 2008 at 8:09 am

hes2@usa,

Please direct me to the peer-reviewed article on this subject. I would like to read it for myself.

620. Admitting that you have no religion is not politically correct

Comment #122369 by annabanana on February 5, 2008 at 8:07 am

Fedler,

H.R. 888 has not been passed, only introduced. Please don't confuse the two as this is extremely important. It hasn't been voted on yet.

621. Letters: Theology has no place in a university

Comment #122364 by annabanana on February 5, 2008 at 8:02 am

hes2@USA,

If you don't accept macroevolution and you think that the Earth is only 6,000 years old, I have just one question for you. Of all of the fossils we have found of species that have gone extinct, and the amount of species that are estimated to be going extinct at the present,(some of these creatures being extremely large and requiring some great deal of land/habitat to support a population)how do you propose that the Earth was big enough and had enough resources to support SO MUCH life all at one time?

622. God the psycho

Comment #122292 by annabanana on February 5, 2008 at 6:27 am

How did I get brought into this? I wasn't even here! But, I think most of us would be curious as to what pretty much anyone here looks like who doesn't have their own picture for their avatar, Diacanu included. I always picture Tyler Durden as Brad Pitt, which is pretty ok with me since Brad Pitt is pretty hot and I like to imagine him being smart and hot. And irate_atheists posts always correspond wonderfully with his avatar...

Anyway, you all have seen what I look like.

623. Atheists to celebrate at Darwin Day in Coconut Creek

Comment #121957 by annabanana on February 4, 2008 at 12:06 pm

These atheists believe in evolution, stem-cell research, civil rights and the separation of church and state.

624. Sprinting down the evolutionary highway

Comment #121898 by annabanana on February 4, 2008 at 10:02 am

This is good news. Since we are fairly different from the humans of 5,000 years ago, that means that the Old Testament, at least, doesn't really refer to us. Ok, so we've gotten rid of the old testament, how to conquer the NT?

625. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120846 by annabanana on February 2, 2008 at 5:07 pm

Blacknad, 1361

626. Documents detail church coverup

Comment #120844 by annabanana on February 2, 2008 at 5:04 pm

Another thing that makes me upset is that that guy Becker was obviously mentally ill and because of the church he simply apparently thinks he can pray away his illnesses. How screwed up is this? He was probably abused as a child himself as most pedophiles come from abusive backgrounds. The entire situation is so screwed up no matter what angle you look at it from.

627. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120833 by annabanana on February 2, 2008 at 4:40 pm

Blacknad, BAEOZ has already perused a good bit of it and made a few posts about it. Why don't you go check those out.

628. God vs. Gridiron

Comment #120826 by annabanana on February 2, 2008 at 4:24 pm

Also the same NFL who employed the dog murderer, Michael Vick and who might consider re-employing him after he gets out of prison...so they might not be pandering to the religious, but they're also enabling dog fighting/fighters.

629. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120823 by annabanana on February 2, 2008 at 4:22 pm

Thanks, guys, I just couldn't deal with it anymore.

Also, Goldy, saying y'all doesn't necessarily mean he's a backwoods redneck. I say it, too (in speaking usually, not writing). So I'd say you might be making some assumptions there. Most southerners (U.S.) say it, smart or not. ;)

630. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120782 by annabanana on February 2, 2008 at 1:58 pm

Kardashovel,

I never called you a schizophrenic. I think that you probably just tried to convince yourself that some part of your consciousness speaking to you was God, when it was not....

However, all of this sniveling is bullshit. How the fuck do you think I felt when you called me a "Betty"? How the fuck do you think Steve felt when you said homosexuality was a sin? Don't fucking come here and insult all of us and then whine when people suggest that you may be schizophrenic. That's about the shittiest thing I've ever heard of. You're whining about name-calling when you were the one who came here and started name-calling in the first place. Take your sexist, homophobic, playing-the-victim charades somewhere else.

631. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120308 by annabanana on February 1, 2008 at 12:12 pm

I totally agree that they have the rights to the language in England and that their way is probably the correct way. However, here in the U.S., we would be penalized as far as grading and certain things went if we used their rules and not ours. The only reason I said "European" English and not "British" English is just to include those on the site who live in Europe, but not necessarily in Britain. I believe Richard Morgan is one of these. Also, I would imagine that wherever English is used even as a second language in Europe would certainly take on the British characteristics rather than American.

I didn't take offense to anything you said, though.

632. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120289 by annabanana on February 1, 2008 at 11:42 am

Oh, the ironing...

633. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120275 by annabanana on February 1, 2008 at 11:32 am

Oh look, it's another one of Vox's idiots who's graced us with his presence. I'm sure google works just fine, geronimo.

634. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120255 by annabanana on February 1, 2008 at 11:11 am

Richard Morgan, you are correct. I should have said "between" rather than "in". I said that grammar was one of my hobbies. I have definitely made an error or two, or three... At any rate, however, the guy was being a jerk, so I couldn't let his "your" when it should have been "you're" slide. I suppose I need to be brushing up a bit on it. Before I posted here all day, I used to post on the "I judge you when you use poor grammar" page on facebook. If you post on a site like that and don't have flawless grammar, you'll get eaten alive. BAEOZ, there are certain things that are commonly accepted as correct in America that are not correct in Europe and vice versa. The example I gave earlier was that of the period being placed after the quotation mark to end a sentence in Europe, whereas in the U.S., it is normally placed within the quotation marks. It never really made sense to me to put it inside the quotation mark, so I always take the European approach. I think it's probably similar to the differences between how Americans spell certain words and how Europeans spell them. Here, the suffix is -ize and in Europe it's -ise.

635. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120170 by annabanana on February 1, 2008 at 10:01 am

Lol! Speaking of food, it's time for lunch! I'll see you guys in an hour when this thread has advanced to 2,000 posts!

636. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120165 by annabanana on February 1, 2008 at 9:57 am

al-rawandi, it should make you happy to know that I don't mind a bit holding my own doors and paying for my own meals. ;) Although, I have been accused of pushing guys out of the way so I could open the door for myself.

637. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120160 by annabanana on February 1, 2008 at 9:51 am

It is quite strange that I have mostly been afforded the respect of any other by almost all of the atheists on this site, yet a significant percentage of the Christians who have shown up have largely treated me with prejudice. Steve, I am sure, though, that you have been discriminated against much more than I have. If nothing else, the discriminating ways of Christianity, as they have shown their ugly heads here, are enough to keep one from joining that religion.

638. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120143 by annabanana on February 1, 2008 at 9:42 am

Yes, al-rawandi, grammar is somewhat of a hobby for me. I'm part of the facebook group "I judge you when you use poor grammar." Isn't it great?

639. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120136 by annabanana on February 1, 2008 at 9:36 am

First he tells me to get over myself, then he makes another egregious grammatical error. It should be "Darwin's" not "Darwins". If you're going to come here and be a prick, you have no reason to expect that everyone be polite to you. Not to mention, poor grammar only makes you appear rather un-erudite. I was only trying to help you out. :)

640. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120127 by annabanana on February 1, 2008 at 9:30 am

Yes, Tyler, there tend to be discrepancies in European English and American English, but I figured I'd let him slide on that one since it is still considered correct, if only part of the time. Also, just to point out "Just for the record" is a strange phrase to start that particular sentence with. Normally, when someone says "just for the record" they then follow it up with some sort of a statement of their personal feelings or some sort of fact. I find it quite odd that he followed it up with a question. Although, I suppose that if you were a reporter, it would be an appropriate thing to say if you had been previously speaking "off the record". (Also, notice that I like to put my period outside the quotation marks as most do in Europe)

641. Pope says some science shatters human dignity

Comment #120122 by annabanana on February 1, 2008 at 9:25 am

This guy is the George W. Bush of Catholicism, truly I tell you.

642. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120108 by annabanana on February 1, 2008 at 9:08 am

micaht-

Verylee, it's good that your preparing yourself for Dawkins'reasoning to be destroyed. Just for the record what exactly is a "passionate anti-Darwinian" as he describes himself?

643. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #120102 by annabanana on February 1, 2008 at 9:04 am

I definitely won't be reading the book as I have yet to see one single shred of evidence why I SHOULD read it. Actually, I find that the opposite is true. There seem to be a plethora of reasons (and people) for me NOT to read it. Number one being that the people who have obviously been sent here by Vox or one of his affiliates have spoken to me in a sexist manner and that is beyond repulsive.

644. Morality and the 'new atheism'

Comment #120087 by annabanana on February 1, 2008 at 8:47 am

Quetzcoatl-

I would venture to say that the idea that without Absolutes everything is empty and meaningless is ITSELF far more nihilistic than the realities of the world in which we live.

645. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #119375 by annabanana on January 31, 2008 at 2:40 pm

Thanks, epeeist, he was being a bit ridiculous.

Peacebeuponme, kardashovel have some very strange, yet interesting views on physics and cosmology. There was quite the debate between him and Steve Zara. Of course, he didn't succeed in proving a single thing that would be indicative of God, especially the Christian God.

646. Dawkins is third most prolific internet Briton

Comment #119331 by annabanana on January 31, 2008 at 1:56 pm

hehe, Keith Richards...drummer for the Beatles...rotfl...

647. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #119330 by annabanana on January 31, 2008 at 1:54 pm

By the way, becomethearrow, Diacanu doesn't drive a car...he simply apparates everywhere he goes.

648. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #119303 by annabanana on January 31, 2008 at 1:13 pm

I'm not trying to be a smartass, but what were you doing talking to God if you didn't believe in him in the first place?

649. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #119300 by annabanana on January 31, 2008 at 1:08 pm

Admission of the persecution of others...say, isn't that a sin? Something about not judging others...

650. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #119296 by annabanana on January 31, 2008 at 1:05 pm

Well, you can at least tell us what the clencher was. What it was that unabashedly affirmed your conversion.