Comments by clodhopper

Comment #209377 by clodhopper on July 12, 2008 at 4:35 am

Comment #209310 by Bonzai

Sometimes I really marvel that the human race somehow manages to survive its own stupidity.

I'm not sure we will.

There may be a tribe or two in the Amazon that might make it. Maybe that's what 'and the meek shall inherit the earth means'.....

only they're not all that meek really.

52. PLEASE WRITE IN SUPPORT OF PZ MYERS

Comment #209372 by clodhopper on July 12, 2008 at 4:26 am

There is too much speculation about his motives. Does anyone have his e mail? I want to hear it from the horses mouth. It would change things a lot.

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Comment #209369 by clodhopper on July 12, 2008 at 4:23 am

Comment #209292 by Roland_F

please switch off the italic at the end of #468. ...

I know...been trying...to restore the edit function but no luck yet. gawd is punishing me for my foul mouthed excesses of yesterday :-( We had a bad day.

I'll e mail admin to do it.....

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Comment #209283 by clodhopper on July 12, 2008 at 2:14 am

Comment #209258 by mordacious1

Personally, I feel as long as the religious people keep their practices in their churches, I have no problem with it.

But they can't and they won't do that will they? The whole point is sell their brand of horse-shit to as many people as possible and garner as much power to themselves as possible. I sometimes think the catholics envy the Islamists up frontness aboaut this.

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Comment #209241 by clodhopper on July 12, 2008 at 1:03 am

I would love to hear more from Webster Cook himself about this fiasco. He is clearly a catholic himself. He is quoted as saying
"I want to thank the individuals who explained the emotional and spiritual pain my possession of the Eucharist caused them to experience," he wrote. "They have demonstrated that the use [of] reason is more effective than the use of force."

Really, what is this guy all about?

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Comment #208698 by clodhopper on July 11, 2008 at 6:51 am

Consider me calm. I won't be picking up any more toys thrown out the pram.

best

clod

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Comment #208680 by clodhopper on July 11, 2008 at 6:24 am

What decius said....

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Comment #208658 by clodhopper on July 11, 2008 at 6:02 am

Styrer: Since you seem to have less brain than a donkeys dildo it's pointless talking to you.

Get back to wanking you fucking jerk off twat faced idiot....

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Comment #208639 by clodhopper on July 11, 2008 at 5:33 am

Comment #208583 by Styrer

......To which, sadly, you have simply retorted 'that's nice'.

...Which was in response to your kind invitation for me to 'clod off', the meaning of which is, ironically, not at all clear.

What do you mean by 'within reason'?

It means that the law circumscribes what actions we can or can't take in the limitations of freedom. Like it or not, it is that which both protects our freedom but also limits it.

I want the law/s linking church and state in this country removed.

I want the avenues by which religion influences public policy formation blocked off.

I want the freedom to insult/ridicule and generally cast scorn on irrationality from whatever source.

I want the quiff of elvis to cure my rampaging eczema but, guess what?

I want to defend peoples rights to believe whatever horseshit they want so long as they leave me the fuck alone.

Hope that helps

best

clod

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Comment #208548 by clodhopper on July 11, 2008 at 3:10 am

Comment #208495
Styrer continued to foam

Clod on, if you wish, at the same time that you simply clod off.

Thats nice, thanks.

All sorts of people in society are telling you what to feel, think & do all of the time; Politicians, Advertisers, Campaign Groups, Environmentalists, Religions.

It's up to you what you do about it, within reason. Within reason.

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Comment #208459 by clodhopper on July 11, 2008 at 12:48 am

Styrer Foamed

In my never so humble opinion - you, and all of your supporters on this, are utterly and flat-out wrong.

This probably isn't the thread for it, but perhaps on the other one you'd care to spell out the limits (if any) of the invasive direct actions you seem to be supporting. Like I said, I want to live in a society where I am free to worship the quiff of elvis if I want to. Do you want to deny me that right?

62. [UPDATED] Venomous Snakes, Slippery Eels and Harun Yahya

Comment #207829 by clodhopper on July 10, 2008 at 7:50 am

I am thinging a thong.....might also be wearing one. Bare feet *steady*

Looks like I missed a bunch of 500 Mega Hovinders again. What a waste!

EDIT: 888 is serious promotion!

63. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #207504 by clodhopper on July 10, 2008 at 12:53 am

secondsoprano:

......but it's not stealing.

No, it's not. I don't have a clue what his motives were or what his agenda is.

What I find surprising is the amount of posters espousing this sort of behaviour and seeming to advocate invasive direct action without thinking through the consequences. I'd be quite interested to know where they would draw the line in this regard and why on earth they think it is a sensible strategy.

64. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #207490 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 11:59 pm

I'll take that as a yes then.

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Comment #207484 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 11:49 pm

Brian: It's the curly wurly wavy bit at the front that hangs over the forhead in a mystical and bouncy manner and causes young females to throw nickers at you. It has healing properties, at least elvis's does.

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Comment #207481 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 11:43 pm

However batty, I want to live in a society that permits me to worship the quiff of elvis without some idiot coming in to nick it. Don't you?

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Comment #207125 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 8:08 am

Presenting their arses to mecca may be problematic for some.

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Comment #207106 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 7:42 am

Well, OK then. Let's all run into the nearest mosk next friday & turn all the prayer mats round saying no, no, mecca is over there.

any takers?

69. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #207041 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 5:44 am

"Burning the flag is slightly different in my book as it represents an entire country."

No, that's horse-shit. It's just a rag. Get over it.

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Comment #207021 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 5:18 am

OK then, I have a good friend, happens to be a catholic, wonderful person, has done more for humanity than I ever will; including raising vast sums of money for (sectarian) charitable organisations here and abroad. What do want me to do? Tell her it's a cracker and a pile of horse-shit and get over it?

71. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #207016 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 5:11 am

I love being a 'concern troll', it suits me...

mix: Comment #207005.....I'm now feeling bad at all the piss taking I've been doing here...but then I wouldn't probably do it unless it was here.

72. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #207001 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 4:50 am

I suppose it is served raw because some of the vitamins and enzymes (spirituality) contained in the body of christ would be destroyed in the cooking process.

I hear wafers are notoriously difficult to grate too.

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Comment #206991 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 4:28 am

Apparantly Mr Cook kept the wafer thin body of christ in a ziploc bag for a week but has now handed it back saying....

"I want to thank the individuals who explained the emotional and spiritual pain my possession of the Eucharist caused them to experience. They have demonstrated that the use [of] reason is more effective than the use of force."

74. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #206986 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 4:01 am

Well if it's transubstantiated into a meat product, should it not be served piping hot? Microwaves should therefore be part of the eucharistic caburet.

75. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #206967 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 3:14 am

Brian: *chuckle* That brought back so many memories of boring boring boring masses. Te deum ad nauseam....

I remember always blushing coz I thought everyone could 'see' my sins which were plentiful.

76. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #206959 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 3:01 am

Well, anthropological study is not necessarily condescending and it certainly wasn't meant that way. Part of what the interweb does is enable us to feel safe hurling our insults from a very great distance. It is not how we would behave if face to face, is it? Then, much more care is taken.

EDIT: The fact that we CAN hurl insults at religion from a great distance is a great boon. In the smaller communities (tribes) of yesteryear, it was (still is) a dangerous thing to do if you were identifiable.

77. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #206950 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 2:42 am

Mmmm. Can I bat for the opposition for a minute?

You are an anthropologist studying a native tribe and are present at one of their ceremonies to pay obesience to their god Hrfnabut without whose goodwill the tribe will hunger and die. they really believe this...it is part of who they are.

Who does it say more about if you deliberately and provocatively in their presence show extreme and insulting disrespect for their worldview?

For starters, you are unlikely to survive the experience.

78. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #206946 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 2:22 am

But you are implying that 'ownership' is a part of the physical nature of the wafer rather than an abstract concept, no?

79. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #206941 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 2:09 am

No No No.....The essens of Jebus is absorbed directly thru the tounge and travels to the brain....turning it into mush but avoiding the semi or the full colon. Sheesh!

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Comment #206931 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 1:50 am

Don't you afiests no nuffin? Soon asu take the wafer intent on evil...it transubstantiates back instantaneously into a wafer....

81. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #206930 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 1:46 am

Kentucky Fried Christ!

Transubstantiation: Buy into 1 get 2 free.

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Comment #206921 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 1:26 am

.....but they didn't seem to bother about poor 'ol Jebus churning around in tummy acid at all.

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Comment #206916 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 1:15 am

If I remember rightly....we were told not to bite the wafer. Presumably in case we hurt Jebus but I'm not sure.

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Comment #206901 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 12:41 am

SG: Hah! Creamed Crackers!

85. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #206888 by clodhopper on July 9, 2008 at 12:12 am

I mean....does it have to be a wafter or a cracker or a loaf of unlevened bread? Could they intone the magic words over say, my bike - and turn that into the body of christ. How would they know if that worked or not? Would the bike handle differently?

86. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #206869 by clodhopper on July 8, 2008 at 11:06 pm

But....but...it was a Jebus Cream Cracker

87. [UPDATED] Venomous Snakes, Slippery Eels and Harun Yahya

Comment #206411 by clodhopper on July 8, 2008 at 10:53 am

Bring on the fire and brimstone. Go on...you know it's time. It's all you have left.

88. [UPDATED] Venomous Snakes, Slippery Eels and Harun Yahya

Comment #206323 by clodhopper on July 8, 2008 at 9:23 am

ertu brutal? Let's move right along to the threats shall we? And then can you just troll along please? There's a nice fundy.

89. [UPDATED] Venomous Snakes, Slippery Eels and Harun Yahya

Comment #206296 by clodhopper on July 8, 2008 at 8:31 am

Phil: No No, it will not do. Three Hail Marys, four Hows Yer Fathers and one Glory Be and an Up Allah - at the very least.

90. [UPDATED] Venomous Snakes, Slippery Eels and Harun Yahya

Comment #206290 by clodhopper on July 8, 2008 at 8:22 am

Comment #206278 by ertu

...you cry, scerami curse and insult.
That is very poor quality.

Correction: You will find that our scerami are of the very best quality; as are our insults when deserved.

91. [UPDATED] Venomous Snakes, Slippery Eels and Harun Yahya

Comment #206272 by clodhopper on July 8, 2008 at 8:02 am

You (you know who you are), are wasting our time.

If evolution doesn't exist, so what?

92. Churches' secret talks to stop gay surge

Comment #206105 by clodhopper on July 8, 2008 at 5:31 am

mix: It's only a matter of time before the transitional fossils are found.

I can't help (despite the idiocy of it all), being a little pleased that the synod has rejected conservative compromises.

93. Churches' secret talks to stop gay surge

Comment #205977 by clodhopper on July 8, 2008 at 2:01 am

Comment #205492 by Cartomancer

...somebody from America called Rufus Wainwright......

Carto: Rufus is so srsly amazing you must go see him if you ever get a chance.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YdMbHfA-e74&feature=related

"And when they finally fall
These wailing walls and burning crosses
Gods twilight and all

How i'll feel like a beautiful child
Such a beautiful child again"
(Rufus W - Beautiful Child)

EDIT: I want to marry him and I'm not even gay!

94. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #204148 by clodhopper on July 4, 2008 at 8:35 am

Comment #202063 by txpiper

........nothing I believe is particularly unusual.

Gn!?!^?>UG<:-)03!!.....

500 milli Hovinds

95. Muslims outraged at police advert featuring cute puppy sitting in policeman's hat

Comment #204080 by clodhopper on July 4, 2008 at 5:20 am

bugaboo: Yes, so we have a long long road to travel. It is thoroughly depressing that there seems no packaged alternative to these destructive memes. I think I agree with Steve that we need to cultivate & use allies wherever we find them.

I'm getting more and more frustrated with muslims though for not pro-actively protesting in a big way against all the horrors commited in their name. I feel if they do not stand up and vocally shout 'not in my name' then there is a danger of them becoming increasingly marginalised.

96. Muslims outraged at police advert featuring cute puppy sitting in policeman's hat

Comment #204075 by clodhopper on July 4, 2008 at 5:06 am

Conspiracy theories seem to me to be a sort of secular version of religion. It's fascinating how many parralels there are. Their high priests and gurus; their love of victim status; the ability to invent and develop absurd notions on intangibles; twisting reality to suit the fancy; denial and so and so and so.

Mind you, I'm sure my phone is tapped.

97. Muslims outraged at police advert featuring cute puppy sitting in policeman's hat

Comment #204036 by clodhopper on July 4, 2008 at 4:06 am

Comment #204027 by Quetzalcoatl

What reading does the Hovindometer give for this:

Damn you Quetz....it just blew up! *sighs* back to the drawing board...

98. Muslims outraged at police advert featuring cute puppy sitting in policeman's hat

Comment #204022 by clodhopper on July 4, 2008 at 3:39 am

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99. Evangelical Christians sign up to a 'Church within a Church'

Comment #203518 by clodhopper on July 3, 2008 at 4:13 am

Wimps....Lackadaisicals!

The Anglers Fellowship of Confessing Confessors

100. Muslims outraged at police advert featuring cute puppy sitting in policeman's hat

Comment #203515 by clodhopper on July 3, 2008 at 4:04 am

I think what impressed me most was his lightheartedness and generosity of spirit along with his encyclopedic knowledge of QM.

450 milli-Hovinds Priceless...I'm all for scientific measurement!