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51. In Britain, creationist theory is evolving

Comment #144576 by Verylee on March 16, 2008 at 11:03 am

I am sure in this Celeb obsessed world that there are many atheist celebrities who would be willing/happy to put their names to a short piece telling children to think for themselves. Rowan Atkinson, Ricky Gervaise, Michael Stipe, Brian Eno, Brian May, Jodie Foster, Stephen Fry, Eddy Izzard and so on and on. There are so many of them, intelligent articulate and in the media entertainment front line. It is a resource that needs to be tapped. "Kids....Just say no"! Maybe the children will listen to their heroes.

52. The Great Tantra Challenge

Comment #144555 by Verylee on March 16, 2008 at 10:28 am

In this night, one of the most dangerous and wide spread superstitions in India suffered a severe blow.

Ha ha ha! There will probably be a resurgence in the belief of the dark arts and mysticism now! Watch this space!

53. Selling science to the masses

Comment #144152 by Verylee on March 15, 2008 at 8:06 am

....In the beginning was the nerd,...

54. Richard Dawkins on The Alan Colmes Show

Comment #144038 by Verylee on March 15, 2008 at 12:10 am

Ha ha Lovely! Excuse me lady, but the constitution defends my right to offend anyone!
Excuse me Mr Dawkins, but you're not allowed to say that word on this show! (Because you might offend someone?)

55. The Salamander's Tale

Comment #143789 by Verylee on March 14, 2008 at 12:20 pm

Comment #143783 by al-rawand

clearmind,

Will you ever answer even a single question asked of you?

Does ET ever answer a single question? ONLY LOGIC ANSWER QUESTION, NOT ET. When ET answer qestion WOOTER (banned)/Clearmind will answer with LOGIC.

56. Fleabytes

Comment #143410 by Verylee on March 14, 2008 at 5:15 am

Comment #143396 by clearthinker

I've read it

We're doomed!

57. Fleabytes

Comment #143367 by Verylee on March 14, 2008 at 3:42 am

What is it with religions and persecution? It seems that one of the default settings of any religion or their reps is to have a highly developed persecution complex and also to be totally blind to their persecution of others. These homophobic, genocidal, misogynistic organisations and their reps have the gall to turn round and say things like..."I have been repeatedly banned"..."Why don't the disciples of Dawkins call the Militant New Atheist books fleas as well?"...." We won't be allowed to speak, it will be rigged" etc etc.whilst they slag off other groups who do not conform to their twisted beliefs, whether they be other religions, lifestyles, whatever. Even a moron can see through their snide pseudo-intellectual posturing.
Wrong thread? I don't know! They're all persecution junkies!

58. Two More Fleas

Comment #142673 by Verylee on March 13, 2008 at 2:12 am

those on the 'right' side are obviously intelligent works of genius motivated only by the desire to spread the truth, with no thought of money or fame
Who said that!
Its good to see RD.net keeping up its usual standards!
You're welcome.

59. Two More Fleas

Comment #142656 by Verylee on March 13, 2008 at 1:06 am

How many atheist flea books are there?
Oooooh touchy!! Ha ha touche, but I think that they are called "flea books" because of the un-imaginative choice of their titles.

60. Two More Fleas

Comment #142440 by Verylee on March 12, 2008 at 1:45 pm

Why do they keep trotting out these books? It's so unfair, the way they keep attacking Atheism, Atheists and Science like this. They know we don't have the numbers to fight them, only reason and evidence based around sound practice. There's no hope. (At least that's what they told David before he went out to face Goliath!)

61. Fleabytes

Comment #141917 by Verylee on March 11, 2008 at 11:41 am

Comment #141909 by Philip1978

his blinkered religious self importance.

Yes..Talk about NPD..what about all those thousands of other religions? What does he think about them? The Jains, the Moslems, the Pastafarians?

62. Fleabytes

Comment #141889 by Verylee on March 11, 2008 at 10:25 am

they most likely entertain some scientific beliefs and logical beliefs as well which are not coherent with their beliefs in the truth of their dogma

And then the card they usually play is "Are you dissing my beliefs man?...You gotta show some respect."

63. Fleabytes

Comment #141475 by Verylee on March 10, 2008 at 1:33 pm

Hahaha!! Not to forget The Rev Shane's withering contempt duet with Dr B!

64. The Salamander's Tale

Comment #141468 by Verylee on March 10, 2008 at 1:20 pm

Don't worry, he'll be back...with a new "pseudonym"...Our name is Legion..for we are many.

65. The Salamander's Tale

Comment #141268 by Verylee on March 10, 2008 at 8:14 am

Mr Tambourine man!

66. Fleabytes

Comment #140957 by Verylee on March 9, 2008 at 7:52 am

Comment #140955 by Steve Zara

OK - a confession.
How to mess up a web page on a forum by accident.

AHA!! So it was you haha!! I have been trying everything to reload that page. I resorted to going to "other comments by..." so's I could keep up! Good job I didn't have that "killer argument" to post!

67. Fleabytes

Comment #140891 by Verylee on March 9, 2008 at 3:59 am

Maybe some get off on the titillation of dialogue with and baiting the devil's playmates, and having the wicked pleasure of "knowing" that we are all going to roast in hell!

68. Fleabytes

Comment #140886 by Verylee on March 9, 2008 at 3:35 am

I think the fact that none of us subscribe to a common ideology that they can pin down gets to them. Science and reason may be OK to describe the natural world but we just do not "get it" and some of them are compelled to show us fools the error of our ways.

69. Fleabytes

Comment #140611 by Verylee on March 8, 2008 at 2:12 am

Still on the subject of what a wonderful site! When I looked at the number of members in the fora last time, it was 27,000....A few days later it is up to 28,000 members. It would be great if there was a counter at the bottom of the RD.net homepage...we could watch it clicking over like those world population clocks!

70. In Defence of Selfish Genes

Comment #140439 by Verylee on March 7, 2008 at 10:45 am

"The Selfish Gene" was one of the best books I have ever read and I certainly did not misunderstand the title of the book, or its contents. Even as a layman I got it (Eureka moment!). RD is one of the best science writers/popularisers around today. All I can think is this was an attack motivated by ______________ (insert phrase/word of choice)

71. The Salamander's Tale

Comment #140412 by Verylee on March 7, 2008 at 9:11 am

I hope you (Wooter) at least think about what I have said but I doubt if any of it broke through which both saddens and disgusts me

Water off a duck's back to people like him. The poorest beggars in Calcutta have more dignity than a sanctimonious priviledged pseud like him.

72. Fleabytes

Comment #140351 by Verylee on March 7, 2008 at 7:21 am

Comment #140321 by mlearnedfriend

So why do otherwise sane, rational people believe it to be true?

8. Indoctrination

73. The Salamander's Tale

Comment #140199 by Verylee on March 7, 2008 at 3:40 am

I did not know this! Just googled wooter and found this.....wooter - Slang term for penis or male genitalia. See penis for synonyms.
Is that why everyone calls him a prick?

74. Lords Approve Abolition Of Blasphemy

Comment #139714 by Verylee on March 6, 2008 at 12:25 pm

the Archbishops of Canterbury and York both agreed not to oppose the abolition, although both questioned its timing

I am confused. Why did they not explain why it was a bad time? Are they hiding something up their silky sleeves?

75. The Salamander's Tale

Comment #139553 by Verylee on March 6, 2008 at 4:36 am

...and don't forget the plague of flea books.

76. The Salamander's Tale

Comment #139535 by Verylee on March 6, 2008 at 3:31 am

Re Wooter - I don't think any of you are going to convince him about evolution, but you do seem to be improving his English

Corylus, I am sure you are not the only one to have noticed either! I had long suspected that may be the case and I find it disingenious and shallow...pretty much par for the course, an insult to their religion.

77. The Salamander's Tale

Comment #138208 by Verylee on March 4, 2008 at 4:13 am

@ Wooter: The way you have been carrying on like a stuck record I think is very uncharitable and insulting to the many people who have given you a lot of leeway having noted your obvious lack of communication skills and comprehension. I think you owe it to everyone who has asked you questions nicely to respond in kind.

78. Fleabytes

Comment #138157 by Verylee on March 4, 2008 at 2:21 am

I agree with LorienRyan. This site is a wonderful resource of many disciplines and if an article was accepted it would in a sense have been peer reviewed, and then it would peer reviewed again when read by all!
Many of us come from outside your field I am sure, so some dumbing down may be necessary, but I am keen to learn.

79. Fleabytes

Comment #138125 by Verylee on March 4, 2008 at 1:06 am

MPhil

what would you (directed at all) think of me combining, refining an expanding my posts on The impossibility of omnipotence and the impossibility of omnipresence for God, so as to apply for it to be published as an article on here?

Yes please! Only not too deep or out of reach as "I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me" (with apologies to Pooh)

80. God, power and money

Comment #137649 by Verylee on March 3, 2008 at 9:44 am

"Where there's muck there's brass"

81. Fleabytes

Comment #137602 by Verylee on March 3, 2008 at 8:40 am

I really enjoy reading your posts Paula, and I think it is great news that you will get the opportunity to sit in on a discussion with Professor Dawkins. Congrats, there are so many erudite and witty posters on this site, and you stand up there with the best of them. I am sure that between us we will be able to think of a few questions to send you other than "Hitler was an atheist too you know"!

82. Fleabytes

Comment #135113 by Verylee on February 28, 2008 at 2:43 pm

PMurdock "my co-worker who sent me to this site said it was a pro-atheism site.......I was told I would get intelligent chat"

Hahaha!! Little did he know!
(just joking!)

83. Fleabytes

Comment #135074 by Verylee on February 28, 2008 at 1:59 pm

I think everyone is giving PMurdock the benefit of the doubt rather than to just assume. In the British legal system is "Innocent until proven guilty", cf Christinsanity "Guilty from the day you were born" not so?

84. Fleabytes

Comment #135020 by Verylee on February 28, 2008 at 12:56 pm

PMurdock from February 27, 2008
I've 'lurked' for a few days (didn't know this existed until a few days back when friend sent me a link).
After reading the thread, it seemed like a good idea to put this Wee Flea guy in his place once and for all.
...it seems to be an anti-Robertson site.
Besides bagging on and tearing down christians, what else is done on this site?
I was told I would get intelligent chat, but all I'm seeing is a lot of stuff like 'fucktard'

??? After you have been /- 100 minutes logged into RD net you have only followed one thread?...I'm confused?

85. Fleabytes

Comment #134153 by Verylee on February 27, 2008 at 10:33 am

or even "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence". (McGrath?)

86. Fleabytes

Comment #134146 by Verylee on February 27, 2008 at 10:21 am

How does one win a debate when the punch line (or KO) for the opposition is "belief without evidence"?

87. Fleabytes

Comment #133921 by Verylee on February 27, 2008 at 3:07 am

The comments on this site never cease to enthrall me, from the "breathtaking inanity" of Wooter to the "swordplay" of Diacanu. The best should be compiled and published in book form! Even some of the threads alone from start to finish would make an interesting read!

88. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #132985 by Verylee on February 25, 2008 at 1:43 pm

Comment #132973 by wyattroberts

Why do you think people who believe in God (as I do) have a "need for a supernatural crutch?"

To explain away the "as yet" unexplainable to those who challenge, rather than to admit that "the jury is out".

89. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #132971 by Verylee on February 25, 2008 at 1:25 pm

wyattroberts: what atheists are supposed to be about -- examining the evidence?

Atheists are about NOT having a belief in a god or gods...I am sure there are many atheists who do not look for evidence at each and every turn, but live their lives to the full each and every day without the need for a supernatural crutch.

90. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #132911 by Verylee on February 25, 2008 at 11:54 am

I think it is very generous of RD net to provide links to the online bookstores for the fleas...do the theist websites reciprocate in the "spirit" of mutual (mis)understanding I wonder?

91. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #132888 by Verylee on February 25, 2008 at 11:16 am

intelligent resource for anyone concerned about the increasingly strident and aggressive new attacks on religious belief

All I can deduce from this (and by the flea title) is $trike whil$t the iron i$ hot. Don't forget to buy more than one copy $o that you can read and give away.

92. Feb 12th: Happy Darwin Day!

Comment #132864 by Verylee on February 25, 2008 at 10:19 am

And what about the evidence that is so plain for all to see except those who are blind to the gory of god?

93. Feb 12th: Happy Darwin Day!

Comment #132848 by Verylee on February 25, 2008 at 9:37 am

irate_atheist

why not wooter?
Maybe it's Josh's wicked sense of humour?

94. Fleabytes

Comment #132743 by Verylee on February 25, 2008 at 7:12 am

An atheist is someone who doesn't believe in God/s - a fundamental atheist is someone who has fun wid da mental concepts.

95. Richard Dawkins on five of his favorite books

Comment #132676 by Verylee on February 25, 2008 at 5:39 am

Comment 46 by gcujimmy: For what it's worth, I know the feeling! This is the first and only forum I have ever joined and I spent many weeks/months perusing it before I joined and then again before I posted....and I am sure we are not alone! But I am sure you realised as I did that there isn't an overt intellectual elitism displayed here...everyone on this site just comes across as just being themselves....honestly. Maybe a fear of feeling intellectually inadequate may delay or put some people off from contributing initially (like it did me)...but to be honest I think the wit and wisdom found here on the forums more than compensates for any foolish statements I might make! We're all here to learn.

96. Fleabytes

Comment #132650 by Verylee on February 25, 2008 at 4:35 am

Ah, but he did try atheism a few times, but found its philosophy and tenets wanting.

97. The Salamander's Tale

Comment #132539 by Verylee on February 25, 2008 at 12:12 am

Well done RodHullIAmHim....Thanks RD Net, that's a great idea, there are so many talented people on this site it would be a fascinating project.

98. Fleabytes

Comment #132218 by Verylee on February 24, 2008 at 1:30 pm

Allen W

I can't believe the other posters waltzed over your completely skewed and erroneous list.

Apologies, I was being facetious.

99. Fleabytes

Comment #132204 by Verylee on February 24, 2008 at 1:04 pm

Comment #132202 by krisking

Got it in one!

100. Fleabytes

Comment #132123 by Verylee on February 24, 2008 at 9:04 am

Does anyone believe he does not sincerely believe what he says he does?

Sincerely? No.

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