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101. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #171201 by alovrin on April 28, 2008 at 11:11 am

The job is to promote or even outright provide the ideas that will advance the plan, given the state of affairs of humans at the time.

The bible is clearly an important book, if for no other reason that it has affected so many people's lives and ideas for so many centuries. It does not need to be perfect, self-consistent, and the answer to all questions. It just needs to be good enough to promote societal growth in a certain direction.

The old testament provided a model for an insular and cohesive society, based on some very harsh laws, that would produce a society that could weather the storms likely to occur naturally or perhaps be induced by an adversary to this plan.

The new testament provides a model for a society that cooperates while retaining some measure of individualism and a personal relationship between the believer and the godhead. This model may have been corrupted by vicars (root word same as vicarious) and by ignorant twits like Dicky here... but the basic message shines through the tarnish: Love God, love your neighbor, love yourself.

The fundamental meme was powerful enough to capture the western world against the odds of savage persecution, and by the time that it was corrupted and harnessed by existing power structures, the root concept was spread too widely and deeply to simply bury (even with centuries of avoiding the vernacular). You may see the renaissance and enlightenment as being movements that sprung up in spite of the bible; I would disagree. But even if they are merely reactions to the bible, then the job has been accomplished.

The universities that were set up to study the word of God were turned to the purpose of studying God's creation, and modern science was born. The Greeks (and to a lesser extent) the Romans that made a foundation for science prior to the advent of Christianity were an aberration, not robust against the hunger of the teeming masses and the constant churning of political power. Christianity became the first truly transnational institution, providing a robust platform for the birth of science that could not be squelched by political maneuvers.


This is called standing on one leg and whistlin' dixie,one eye closed and squinting out the other one.

And science is absolutely vital to God's plan (as I understand it), for reasons that should be obvious to you.


Oh shit here we go into the Tardis again.

102. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #171120 by alovrin on April 28, 2008 at 10:20 am

Kardasquirt

Some example of your gentle hypocrisy, the compartmentalising that takes place in the human mind when god is placed in a mental box all of his own.

I wish that more theists would consider the matter of the third alternative... But people get stuck in well worn ruts


Nor will I be moved by more gentle suggestions that what I experienced was all generated by my own mind.


Have you not done enough checking with your peers yet?

103. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169607 by alovrin on April 26, 2008 at 11:55 am

OH MY Fucking Dog
Remnant you are fucking hilarious. I thought I was reading comedy, but the comedic value is in the fact that you and presumably others actually believe this stuff. Hope you dont mind if I just extract a few choice phrases just to highlight the hilarity.

In the pivotal event of societal evolution, beer was invented.


Neither the glass bottle or aluminum can had yet been invented, so it was necessary to stick pretty close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.
Some men spent their days killing animals to barbecue at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of the conservative movement.


Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting, learned how to live off conservatives by showing up for the BBQs every night and doing women's work like sewing, fetching and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the liberal movement. Later, some of the liberals actually became women.


This part kills me, "some of them became women" rahahahahaha.

Modern Liberals like imported beer.Conservatives drink domestic beer.


The Beer the beer,,, hahahahahahahah

Conservatives have principles, believe in a Creator, and the rule of law. They practice charity and give to the poor, normally through their churches. When in doubt on an issue, they check both the Bible and the Constitution, which they use as a constant reference in a changing world. They believe in the concept of truth.

Liberals do not have principles, except for their dedication to stealing productivity of conservatives and undermining principled references such as the Bible and Constitution


rahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

Conservatives believe in self defense, both at home and abroad. They own guns and use them to discourage liberals and other common criminals. They provide guns to the armed forces to discourage foreign liberals and other foreign criminals.

Liberals do not believe in conservative self defense. They disarm conservatives, and then attack them with impunity by liberal armies with guns. King George, Hitler and Stalin were all liberals


stop it hahahahahahahahahstop itrahahahahahahahahahahahaha

hahahahahahahahahahahhaahhhahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha
oh deaar oh dear
remnant( a curiously appropriate non de plume) I dont know how to tell you this but my guess is the author of your TWO theories is in all probability the same person.
By posting this here maybe you thought you were being clever in a slightly contemptuous way. I doubt if you actually believe it, its very funny though, but no one except the most credulous would find it anything but a pisstake.

So is the author himself a conservative beer drinker?
lets take a poll?
By the way Remnant do you fart at the dinner table?
Thats a conservative beer drinking trait as well you know.
Better get to it.
slurp.... fart, sluurp ...fart.... belch...slurp ...fart.
hahahahahahahaahahahaha

104. Open Letter to a victim of Ben Stein's lying propaganda

Comment #167384 by alovrin on April 24, 2008 at 1:24 am

Comment #167134 by Steve Zara

Perhaps we could set up a private blog? Should not be too difficult to arrange. Invitations put out on fleabytes


Or a private section on this site maybe, a fleabytes members only area.
In the everchanging WWW this site is a unique.
Thanks to Richard and Josh.

Playing Whack-a-mole/theist while fun is a dead end.
I for one would like to take advantage of this gathering, I'll try to formulate something that has been in my thoughts for a while.

105. Open Letter to a victim of Ben Stein's lying propaganda

Comment #167369 by alovrin on April 24, 2008 at 1:07 am

Looks like ID wins again, which it usually does in debates.


No, what happened was you began stroking your knob in public, people on this site pointed out that the mental masturbation you were engaging in has been shown to be not feasible, but if you had any new evidence to present it. Because frankly such public displays do become unbearable to watch after a while.

But you just kept on parading your small member in public and everyone left. So now there's just you with your fly undone and your member, not getting the attention it craved, is now shrivelling.

This is called an analogy, you should ask your penis what that means.

And now I shall join the others somewhere else, where you arent.

106. Lynchings in Congo as penis theft panic hits capital

Comment #166672 by alovrin on April 23, 2008 at 11:24 am

"It's real. Just yesterday here, there was a man who was a victim. We saw. What was left was tiny,"


A man went into a police station and dropped his pants!
"A witchdoctor did this to me" he said.
The officers gathered around looking, but managed to refrain from pointing and sniggering. Then one finally summoned up the courage to ask the question that would relieve the tension and curiosity the officers felt.
"Which doctor?"

OK BAD JOKE!

107. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #166174 by alovrin on April 23, 2008 at 12:48 am

Comment #166115
Kardasquirt

Comments from the Peanut Gallery

I believe this is called the victor rewriting history.
I still dont know how one wins a discussion
And I cant see Steve poo pooing getting to the moon tho'
Even ?200 yrs ago.

You equating yourself to some kind of progressive and Steve Z as a frothing at the mouth luddite is really weird.

108. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #165807 by alovrin on April 22, 2008 at 11:48 am

He cannot claim that current physical theory rules out my concept of God. That was my objective for this part of the discussion, and it has been achieved.


Yeah but my god is made of one molecule of special creamcheese, and you cant prove me wrong.
Oh discussion there was a discussion going on? And what, you won? A self declared victory?
Ohhh thats right your a theist. And you can just say you have won then leave. Theist rule no. 2934750 section 17459 subsection 7(b).

109. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #165618 by alovrin on April 21, 2008 at 10:46 pm

Squirt

can't really expect God to fit in a single molecule


Why not?

...... evolution has served a purpose.


For such a clever person to see purpose where there is none or is imposed after the fact, well ..
*sigh*

110. Open Letter to a victim of Ben Stein's lying propaganda

Comment #165008 by alovrin on April 20, 2008 at 11:27 pm

TOT2F

my thoughts are from my brain and my brain only


It Shows

111. Ben Stein Vs. Sputtering Atheists

Comment #164972 by alovrin on April 20, 2008 at 10:40 pm

and a spotlight on the ignorance of so many who say so much, yet know so very little


Wonder who he's referring to?

evolutionist prophets


Are they a product of "PC liberalism"?

... in the movie (for pay).


What? PZ and RD were paid?
Templeton here we come, hands out.

112. Open Letter to a victim of Ben Stein's lying propaganda

Comment #164963 by alovrin on April 20, 2008 at 10:25 pm

TOT2F

For some, family is highly valued, sacred, and relevant to their own origin.


Your mum tell you to say that?

113. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #164940 by alovrin on April 20, 2008 at 9:44 pm

I pity the God that has to hang out for five billion years while the first generation of stars produced the heavy elements.


Now lets see which god could that possibly be?
Or is it all of them cause gods only seem to have made recorded appearances somewhat recently.
Did ?they have a clock with an alarm set to go off at 4.999999999billion years?
And what happened after that did the god/s pop back to bed, cause it would be a few more bilion yrs before there would be creatures ?they could fuck with.

Couple of questions there for you, squirt.

114. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #164935 by alovrin on April 20, 2008 at 9:23 pm

So why don't you just polish your knob or find someone else to pester, squirt.


Sorry pester?
there are 6 pages since I last called you on your bullshit.
And it is just bull shit.
To use such a word betrays your paranoid delusion world.

And if I wish to pester you I will continue to do so, as this is an open forum. Something which it seems you are not used to.

Anyway continue with your knob polishing its fucking hilarious

115. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #164897 by alovrin on April 20, 2008 at 8:28 pm

I am using shorthand. Every time that God goes back He ceases to exist, at least in His prior form. But He is reinvented, hopefully sooner and better than before. He takes one for the team, again, and again, until the process is as refined as He dares to make it. He can't go from protoplasm to God in two years


Oh for fucks sake, whats this new age mumbo jumbo mixed with new age scientism.

And you know this how?

116. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #163576 by alovrin on April 18, 2008 at 2:40 pm

Okay, now to my son... He's REALLY hungry


Christian apologist excuse no. 53

I have spawned and my progeny needs looking after...bye

Penguini and kiwis be buggered.

They are breeding I tell you breeding ALIENS.
Theres too many of them aaggghhh run.

Sorry I am watching aliens no 3

117. Sexpelled: No Intercourse Allowed

Comment #162970 by alovrin on April 17, 2008 at 6:21 pm

Classic
Maybe we'll see one or two more well chosen spoofs from RDnet.
As da man in da shades has a between jobs interlude.

118. Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss

Comment #162889 by alovrin on April 17, 2008 at 4:10 pm

We had a terrible feed from the house sound, which meant that our only source for those Q&A mics was ruined. So I had to use our shotgun mic, which was on the camera as a last resort, for the questions.


You need an experienced sound recordist to sort out this kind of thing for you.

119. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #162325 by alovrin on April 16, 2008 at 3:24 pm

Shovel

Alovrin, if ignorance is bliss then your life must be like a non-stop orgasm.

Why are you so fascinated with me?

If you are really interested in what motivates me to post here, you could simply read what I have written on that subject instead of flogging your errant speculation.

Your bitterness betrays a deep inner pain. Perhaps you just need a good cry, my friend. Let it all out and I'm sure you'll feel better.


That is not an answer to my question.

I seem to be dealing with this sort of nonsense a lot lately and not just on RDnet.

And your "speculation" is so far from reality.
"Deep inner pain" pardon?
My "speculation" was based on motivations that have been unintentionally exposed as other theists have come to this site full of all manner of high sounding thingys and yet their motives are ALWAYS less than noble.

My mental acuity or depth of knowledge on any subject is always, as in yours, in need of updating, improving.
One of the reasons i visit this site, to learn and from those more learned on subjects than me.
The god subject doesnt fit that category.
So stooping to say I am ignorant is totally irrelevant

Now either answer the damn question, provide a link or tell me which post of yours explains why you as a theist visit RD.net.

Fascinated with you, fuckin' hell.

An christian obscurantist who follows the real teachings of JC not those Pauline heresies. Thats a real new agey leftovers club. Reincarnation? Another crock of shit used for social control, that goes hand in hand with the caste system.

120. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #161071 by alovrin on April 14, 2008 at 6:18 pm

demonstrates the ability to speak in complete sentences and not act like a total asshole.


So why are you here shovit? You say you were an atheist for 30 yrs and now you perambulate with jesus. So you are old, could you impending demise have affected you decision?

Now this I used to be an atheist but line, is very suspicious. Sure you are can change your mind, its just that it has been used before eg Alastair McGrath, to much better effect.

I am being to suspect that you are looking for reassurance to prop up your about face. And when you ludicrous comments about hearing an inner voice(the voice of a deity so you say) and get ridiculed, the sense of persecution you feel, is for you positive reinforcement.
As you seem incapable of honest introspection and rely on reactions to your idiocy to be your guide, so be it.

Again why are you here?

Or have you cut and run, I know its hard to hear your inner voice in a noisy room.

121. Richard Dawkins' secular army must be stopped. God is behind some of our greatest art

Comment #160848 by alovrin on April 14, 2008 at 1:25 pm

This article sucks.
How much does it suck you ask.

To borrow a line from that great Patrick Swayze movie Roadhouse.
A movie I suggest Mr Ravenbump track down.

It sucked so much it could suckstart a Harley..

122. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #160386 by alovrin on April 14, 2008 at 2:37 am

Hey shovel

Dr. Benway, What do you think about the context of your comments with folks like alovrin telling me that my worldview "sucks"?


Try addressing your questions to me.

You say god Talks? to you. Well people under extreme duress like a climber lost in a crevasse with his arm trapped hears? a voice that tells him that in order to survive he will have to cut off his arm. He does and survives. The mountaineer upon reflection considers the voice? was his survival instinct nothing supernatural.
There is always an internal dialogue going on its like our own white noise. Its what those who meditate are attempting to, Im not sure exactly what silence/ mitigate.
But it is not an external entity trying to get our attention, or guiding us, our actions, our beliefs.

Thats just one reason why your socalled belief system sucks.
You dont like hearing that, well too bad.

I just wonder why theists come to this website trot out rubbish like yours, and seem to expect some sort of relativist acceptance of their drivel.

123. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #160288 by alovrin on April 13, 2008 at 10:30 pm

Profound questions, tho.


Boy you cant do sarcasm can you. Boring

Ha ha I wrote loins. Lambloins geddit

Im with Gore Vidal as far as religions go, christianity sucks.
Well they all suck, but xtianity really sucks. it sucks so much it blows chunks OIA.

You should read his book Creation

124. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #160278 by alovrin on April 13, 2008 at 9:45 pm

I am saying that I believe the day will come when there is no denying that God is real, and that there will be plenty of scientific evidence to back it up, in the form of His presence before you.


Holy shit Batman
So will he be sitting on a throne?
Will there be nice chick/boychick angels?
(for those of a visual persuasion)
Will I be able to bring my pet bird?
Will there be loins and lambs lolling around in the grass?
Will there be heavenly weed?
So many questions, so little time.
Speaking of time has HE hinted when this visit might take place?

Are you going to release a book "Conversations with God"
I think its been done

125. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #160099 by alovrin on April 13, 2008 at 4:09 pm

Off topic
Mr Zara your review of Vox Days book.
Where can I find it?

126. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #160033 by alovrin on April 13, 2008 at 2:34 pm

Vox is presumably aware that the dreaded inquisition is not a war either


Yeah but it started as one -the Cathars, heard of them?- and just lingered on cause the Dominican order had found their niche.
Although the pope grandly called it a Crusade.

127. Hitchens vs. Hitchens

Comment #159587 by alovrin on April 12, 2008 at 3:12 pm

Comment #158886 Alrawandi

The Saudis alone have enough oil, in currently discovered fields without new discovery, to supply the world at current levels for many many years.


And your source for this assertion is?
I am just curious last time I checked the Saudis were very keeping very quiet about their oil reserves, they were being very secretive.
Wouldnt allow anyone to actually check how much is left. But the Saudi's are pumping sea water into their oil fields (oil Floats) which means the oil is running low. And their inhibiting of letting anyone do an accurate estimate of reserves is a cause for concern. Mainly cause it means any planning is done in a vacuum.

I agree we wont actually run out of oil and the dispensing of the last drops at the bowser wont be televised. But it is more difficult to find and the costs of extraction are going up, which is one of the factors driving prices.

128. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #158656 by alovrin on April 10, 2008 at 9:37 pm

When the Onslaught of Truth begins to force Cognitive Dissonance, the enraged state of being soon follows.


Grrrrr
Hows that angry enough for you or too Austin Powers.

Right thats it Im off to the Festival for more drugging, orgying, thievery.
I'll leave the raping to the newbie's.
Ahhhh... memories... I remember my first time.....

129. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #158619 by alovrin on April 10, 2008 at 8:29 pm

Most often, these folks suffer from a defect -- a lisp, stuttering, homosexualism, being crippled, suffering from a crippling disease, having been abused by their dads, fat bodies and ugly faces, especially.



Uh hmm.

I hear (sources to remain confidential) the need to make swirly synthie type sounds using the inbuilt programs of mass manufactured keyboards and claiming authorship of said noises is something of a defect as well.

130. The simple falsehood at the heart of Expelled

Comment #158393 by alovrin on April 10, 2008 at 12:29 pm

Breeding ha.
I know its off topic but..

Whats so great about having kids, or having kids in the confines of matrimony anyhoo.
Isnt there enough human beenz in the world.

By the by three of the best parents I know are two gay women and and their sperm donor gay man friend.

Nice T shirt Steve I want that one and one that says
Stand Back I dont know how big this science thing gets.

131. Fleabytes

Comment #157022 by alovrin on April 8, 2008 at 1:45 pm

I just found this VERY interesting post on "The Dawkins Letters" thread of FCOS. I suggest everyone gives it a read:


I am curious now as to what set him off.
There he was happily composing music (some of which was OK)
And now he is courting DR, or appears to be.
His letter was kinda sad, he seems to miss companionship more than god.
Selecting who one would like to be stranded on a desert island with, on the basis of belief, is sort of attention seeking behaviour. Its like Miss Piggy flouncing off in a huff, saying over her shoulder "And dont ever speak to me again"

132. Fleabytes

Comment #156157 by alovrin on April 7, 2008 at 1:13 am

... but I will not be returning to this thread.


Phewww
I now declare this thread a David free zone.
I should make up a little decal.

So david when you do return is it ok to call you a liar?
In a jovial manner of course

By the way david your wee rave above was- well -enlightening. Never seen cognitive dissonance so proudly paraded like this, oh, for a while now.

133. Beware the Believers

Comment #153719 by alovrin on April 1, 2008 at 11:52 pm

silly filler.


You do a disservice to Frank
Dont eat the yellow snow

134. Beware the Believers

Comment #153670 by alovrin on April 1, 2008 at 7:45 pm

Why to people always fall over themselves for stupidity.

The spoken word set to music is an artform.
John Cooper Clarke anyone..anyone..
Further back there's Fats Waller, Louis Jordan
What about Frank Zappa
And of course the Acid Jazz poets
and Prince Far I, Cary Clail man the choices go on.

And these tossers
with their D to the fucking whatever.
Is that a lyric.
its like saying and
1and 2and 3and 4and5 and 123
1 tothe 2 tothe 3 tothe 4 tothe yadda yadda yadda
Its like Xtians invoking jeeses name its done all the time.
So they drop a few greek names sheez

Well 14 mins and counting
The only thing I like is they are not theists.

135. Beware the Believers

Comment #152371 by alovrin on March 30, 2008 at 8:44 pm

Of course religion is more than truth claims. But it's the bogus truth claims that have to stop. The other stuff can go on.


Did humans living, say, 300 years ago, create parodies of an enemy's parody? Perhaps not, or not often. One hundred years ago, people sat at desks and wrote letters in long hand by candle light. By the time you might lampoon your enemy's misrepresentation of you, weeks likely would have passed. Other interesting things would have happened. Anyone who might hear your response to some troubling response, would probably have lost the plot of the original disagreement.

Rapid, electronic communication and mass media have made possible reflection upon the meaning and significance of a dialog while it's in progress rather than afterward. I don't know how humans are being affected by this development, but I imagine it must be changing us in a profound way.

The postmodernist is fascinated by such recursive aspects of communication. I think everyone has seen how excessive textual deconstruction can lead to a frustrating sense of unreality. No matter how pretty the maps we make, the territory is where it's at.


Dr Benway again


Sheez Doc you come out with 'em sometimes I love it.

Oh yeah the song NNNN its OK. I can see why Richard didnt particularly like it. He realizes he's in the pubic eye and will get all manner or things come his way( so to speak). And he's most certainly allowed an opinion on it.

Nothing particularly appealing about flabby white torsos thrusting, bass looops kinda catchy but gets repetitive, I like a bridge.
The visuals.. jeez.. the things people can do on the home computer nowdays.

Any way Dr I want to explore those quotes if I may
one day

OH Reggae classic "Walk a mile in my shoes"
Now thats a thought.

136. Happy Birthday, Richard Dawkins!

Comment #151283 by alovrin on March 28, 2008 at 11:36 am

Hmm No Wooters... no surprise

Belated birthday wishes to you

137. Two More Fleas

Comment #149561 by alovrin on March 25, 2008 at 11:36 pm

Then watch Bee movie


Was Tom Hanks voice talent in that too Wooter?

138. Discussion on PZ Myers being expelled from Expelled

Comment #148354 by alovrin on March 22, 2008 at 5:46 pm

This from the DI page:

...Dawkins, P.Z. Myers, et al. From what I already have seen, they really expose themselves as the anti-intellectual, bullying poseurs they are -- small men who above all are afraid of a fair contest.


Sounds to me exactly like "the pot calling the kettle black".
To use yet another old saying. Sayings which just readily leap to mind whenever one of these chumps commits anything to the record, or just open their mouths.

139. EXPELLED!

Comment #147530 by alovrin on March 20, 2008 at 9:14 pm

Guess they must have known PZ would be coming..
perhaps god told them.
But god forgot to tell them about the Britisher.
nahha *points finger*

140. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #134107 by alovrin on February 27, 2008 at 9:06 am

But part of the appeal of spectator sports is seeing freaks of nature who can do things we know we could never do.


Sounds Romanesque, and not something I would get any pleasure from.
Hmm, now which would come first reconstructing a human body down to the molecular level, or the disappearance of the human species from this planet. Thats a tuffy.

What was this thread about again?

141. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #133220 by alovrin on February 25, 2008 at 10:32 pm

Matthew and Luke, were lying -- intentionally trying to deceive people?


Or they could have been trying to conceal something from the Romans.
For a different take on the whole sorry saga of JTC- born of a virgin, risen from the grave etc etc...

This person an interesting take
http://www.pesherofchrist.infinitesoulutions.com/

142. Fleabytes

Comment #131361 by alovrin on February 22, 2008 at 10:35 am

Now I have to go as I have a job to do - a sermon to prepare for Sunday.


Weeflee reminds me of the backwoods preacher in the recent film "There will be Blood". Which has Daniel Day Lewis in a truly amazing performance. I would recommend this movie as a must see.
There is a brilliant scene where the preacher goes to tell Lewis's character how he wants to be introduced to the crowd at a gathering. Lewis listens patiently to his demands, then politely dismiss's him. Come the day his request is ignored/ or forgotten as he stands looking somewhat sheepish (haha)
with his tiny flock of followers in the crowd.
Brilliant acting and filmmaking.
David is as offensive and sanctimonious as the character in the film. Only happy when they are feeling "the power of the lord moving within them" and we lesser mortals are supposed to quiver with whatever awe/fear I dont know.
DR relies on personal revelation which is unverifiable to support
his claims about some type of divinity somewhere/everywhere.
This is no longer enough.

143. Fleabytes

Comment #131131 by alovrin on February 22, 2008 at 2:07 am

Wee flea

I apologise for any offence caused and hope that one day you will all find the One who is the way


This in itself, is an offensive statement.

144. Charles Simonyi Professorship in the Public Understanding of Science

Comment #127606 by alovrin on February 15, 2008 at 1:05 pm

To form an actual real-world society on the open source model is not yet practical, because only a small percentage of people have the ability to master the still rather arcane tools.


Its amazing how words can make this massive problem facing humanity, seem somehow inconsequential.
Computers are arcane to many ..hmmm..

145. Charles Simonyi Professorship in the Public Understanding of Science

Comment #126293 by alovrin on February 12, 2008 at 10:18 pm

a conspiracy theory


What? I dont care if it was written with RD in mind. He is a good model for future holders of the chair.
Strong Dawkinsthropic Principle.

Your a funny guy Teratornis
I'm wondering when and how we'll get through to the unwashed masses as effectively as the religious charlatan industry

When there are science schools on every block? Religion has percolated down to the bottom of societies. Remember it used to be the domain of kings and elites.
There are a lot, and I mean A LOT of people around the world who still live surrounded by stone age beliefs who know no better. It will take many decades, does humanity have the time?
You tell me.

146. Charles Simonyi Professorship in the Public Understanding of Science

Comment #125725 by alovrin on February 11, 2008 at 11:32 pm

Charles Simonyi's fine brief sounds as if it was written with Richard Dawkins in mind. How fortuitous it was indeed, given what has happened in recent years that such a suitable person occupied this chair.
I hope the person selected to replace Richard can further the cause of truth in their field as Richard has done in the field of evolutionary biology, and on into related fields.

147. There Are No Ghosts in Your Brain

Comment #121630 by alovrin on February 3, 2008 at 9:16 pm

Excellent videos, the content was enthralling.
And compliments to PZ Myers, he fielded the many questions answering them all with the utmost sincerity and to the limits of his expansive knowledge. And acknowledged the limits of what is known.

148. The New Theology

Comment #113513 by alovrin on January 19, 2008 at 9:05 pm

Similar thoughts, as those expressed in this long winded article, occurred to me once or maybe it was three - four times.
I was at the time, at the very least drunk, which gave me an out - 'it seemed profound at the time' or (not that I actually let these words pass my lips 'you had to be there'.

But to see these idle thoughts (its what they are) presented in a kind of ??? apologist rhetorical flourish - in a ever so 'umble way of course.
Maybe g---d is " a glimpse so subtle........."

I need a .....a beer....a fag.....anything

149. THE FOUR HORSEMEN - Available Now on DVD!

Comment #99473 by alovrin on December 16, 2007 at 6:10 pm

It is really hard to put one's self in such an artificial situation, as this obviously was and not end up sounding like a pratt.
These four did so 95% of the time (manage to not look like pratts).

95 - 97% of the time fantastic, not perfect, but who is?
Besides you know who.
Nice setting, could have edged the four away from camera a bit into the sunlight from the window so the contrast between Hitch/Harris in the FG and Dennett/ Dawkins BG wasnt so great. But nice use of the natural lighting, Hitch would have looked wicked with a bit of soft back light. And if the sun hurt Sam's eyes maybe a 1/2 or full stop net.

Anyway congrats to all involved and really good content
Merry solstice

150. Highway to hysteria

Comment #94525 by alovrin on December 5, 2007 at 11:25 pm

Mysturji very funny, took me a couple of secs to work out the tune.
Now I must go look up the chords and have singalongs.

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