101. Norway flourishes as secular nation

Comment #76105 by tieInterceptor on October 4, 2007 at 6:11 pm

I can't believe some of the comments,

A small beer for $9???
I'm sure Norway is a beautiful country and I'd love to visit, but I think I'll pass giving up my US citizenship and moving there.

102. Logical Path from Religious Beliefs to Evil Deeds

Comment #75361 by tieInterceptor on October 2, 2007 at 11:56 am

Matt7895 on October 2, 2007 at 8:36 am
"Polls suggest that 13% of British Muslims regard the 7/7 London bombers as blessed martyrs."

103. The Saudi connection that belittles Britain

Comment #73467 by tieInterceptor on September 25, 2007 at 3:39 am

I was very upset about the police move on 'dispatches' undercover mosque.

that docu had long uninterrupted speeches , In no way it was edited to sound worst that it was.


by the way,

Have you guys seen the president of Iran, Ahmadinejad pulling an Al-taquiyya move? He is asked about gay executions, and he starts rambling about drug trafficking, then he is asked again, he is cornered "why we execute homosexuals in Iran?"

the he answers.....

wait ... I wont spoil it, watch it yourselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xou92apNN4o

... lost for words.

104. Why are we Muslims so self-destructive?

Comment #73321 by tieInterceptor on September 24, 2007 at 5:44 pm

if anyone feels in danger then naturally they should protect themselves. It's a personal thing, is what I'm saying.

105. A problem for Israel's farmers: The seven-year hitch

Comment #73252 by tieInterceptor on September 24, 2007 at 3:01 pm

growing vegetables 120 cm floating above the ground on imported earth? are they kidding me,

it's like the vampire filling their coffins full of Transylvanian earth to rest at night,

reality is way funnier than fiction.

106. Why are we Muslims so self-destructive?

Comment #73177 by tieInterceptor on September 24, 2007 at 11:09 am

nice article,

I think she overplays the golden years of Islam, more like the golden years of Kalifates with educated rulers who where powerful enough to not take Islam that seriously and promoted science in their courts. Then in time science became out of favour with the rulers, mostly due to the revered scholar Al-Ghazali, and religious literalism took over.

As we all know, if you read the Quran literally, then you get the answer to the article.

criticism is out of the question... and violent response demanded. That's enough to bring down any society.


related to this.

Science and the Koran: The Decline of Islamic Science.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcSXwPsgLhE

then again I'm not an expert

107. Critical Analysis of Case for a Creator

Comment #72505 by tieInterceptor on September 21, 2007 at 10:23 am

Have fun learning!

108. Critical Analysis of Case for a Creator

Comment #72277 by tieInterceptor on September 20, 2007 at 4:06 pm

amazing videos, I loved it

favourites material oooh yes.

109. Larry King Interviews Kathy Griffin

Comment #71541 by tieInterceptor on September 19, 2007 at 2:06 am

I think she was great,

she is a comedian so she has a bigger leeway to say things and people are expected to take them with a pinch of salt and some sense of fun.

And the fact that they are bringing attention to all the censoring and the newspaper rable rable makes the theist look like a bunch of fascist prima donnas.

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110. In Depth: Christopher Hitchens

Comment #71537 by tieInterceptor on September 19, 2007 at 1:53 am

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If anyone prefers the youtube version for any reason at all, I have made a playlist with all of them.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=820E0F76DC8D628B

111. Religious education

Comment #71303 by tieInterceptor on September 18, 2007 at 10:38 am

from those links of the Standards site, makes me really worried,

Objectives
Children should learn:

* about the argument from design
* to think of their own illustration for the argument from design
* to reflect on their own experience of creation


Outcomes
Children:

* write about the main arguments to prove God's existence from the design of the world
* exemplify the argument for themselves
* read biblical text with understanding

112. Good News: Both our Foundations are now Officially Recognized as Charities

Comment #70429 by tieInterceptor on September 15, 2007 at 12:37 pm

Great news! this is one of the few charities that I think matter and can make a difference.

I will be donating for sure.

113. Open letter to YouTube video

Comment #70369 by tieInterceptor on September 15, 2007 at 5:30 am

couldn't believe they banned RichardDawkins.net, and now this,

114. Review of Darwin's Angel

Comment #70246 by tieInterceptor on September 14, 2007 at 2:02 pm

I agree Northern Bright that he does a good job of shooting himself on the foot with that review, but I still would prefer 'the Independent' to put someone to the job that does not have such a history

If I read a movie review, I would like to know that the reviewer does not work at the cinema.

what annoys me is that unless people goggle for the name, they would not known that he is definitely not an objective reviewer.

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115. Review of Darwin's Angel

Comment #70229 by tieInterceptor on September 14, 2007 at 12:24 pm

I wondered why a reviewer from The Independent would say "and the sheer factual inaccuracy of Christopher Hitchens's rant" so I googled the name,

wikipedia comes up with this,

Peter Stanford~ is a British writer, editor, journalist, and presenter. He writes for The Guardian, The Sunday Times, and The Independent on Sunday. He was editor of The Catholic Herald , and a regular contributor to the New Statesman. He has written many books, mainly biographies and books about religion.

?

WHAT where they thinking???

what's next? monkeys reviewing bananas?

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116. Review of Richard Dawkins' new book 'The Fascism Delusion'

Comment #69219 by tieInterceptor on September 10, 2007 at 3:26 am

"

This piece does not rely on comparing religion and facism. What it does is taking the arguments against the attack on facism is the same as the arguments against the attack on religion. And since the arguments works and we still know fascism is bad, we have an absurd situation. And this shows that arguments themselves are flawed.

So this writing does NOT rely on comparing fascism with religion.

117. Bible Belter

Comment #68202 by tieInterceptor on September 6, 2007 at 10:35 am

lol, some of the comments under the article are waky,


There is a tie breaker: The Book of Mormon. Maligned in this essay, it actually is complex, profound, and, most importantly... literally true.

Dawkins (and Hitchens) incorrectly state that only Smith saw the plates. At least a dozen others gave sober accounts of the plates, and most of those statements are published in the book itself. They had no ulterior motive, and much incentive not to lie. Even after some of them fell out with Smith, they refused offers by critics to "expose" him. Why?

The concern with the plates is for a tangible artifact that demonstrates God's reality, but we do have that: The Book of Mormon text itself, and the mountain of evidence for its veracity.

For a full, intelligent survey of the facts, see www.MormonEvidence.com.

Jamie Huston, North Las Vegas, Nevada, USA



the founding book of a religion is the literal truth of god?

who figured!

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118. The Mix Tape of the Gods

Comment #67954 by tieInterceptor on September 5, 2007 at 11:12 am

wasn't the voyager satellite blow up by the Klingon in Star Trek V?

119. Christopher Hitchens on BookTV

Comment #67949 by tieInterceptor on September 5, 2007 at 10:31 am

very interesting talk by 'the one and only' mr Hitchens.

his thoughts on abortion did make me think he is against it 100%, but as okmichigan mentions, most likely he did not mean that a 3 day old embryo is a baby, but that there is a moment that a unborn child is developed enough to be considered alive. therefore there is a time deadline in the development of the foetus that should not be crossed.

I made a playlist with the entire youtube videos 1 to 19

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=820E0F76DC8D628B


so they are easy to find to anyone interested.

120. 'Root of All Evil? The Uncut Interviews' Released on DVD

Comment #67876 by tieInterceptor on September 5, 2007 at 3:57 am

yeah, can you elaborate as much as you are allowed as why the full interview with Mr Haggard is off limits?

I'm really curious,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBC5L6cyq2Y

I still laugh at this farce in utube

121. There is no God and Dawkins is his Prophet

Comment #66507 by tieInterceptor on August 30, 2007 at 6:47 am

Henri Bergson:
Sweden is destroying itself at the moment by 'accepting' all cultures & religions.

Sweden's 3rd city, Malmö, has been predicted to be the first European city with a muslim majority.

122. Scientists should unite against threat from religion

Comment #65214 by tieInterceptor on August 23, 2007 at 7:49 am

I thought coruscating was the planet that it's the centre of the republic.

:)

123. Scientists should unite against threat from religion

Comment #64998 by tieInterceptor on August 22, 2007 at 3:21 pm

one, thing is certain,

Bizarro sure knows how to steer away a conversation...

I thought the topic was the funny Muslims and their 7th century book, that if you pull half cooked translations and squint your eyes, you could find passages that say something vaguely related to any current scientific knowledge.

and it is always current science, funny how they did not know about the big bang before, the info was there for the last 1428 years for everyone to see... how did they miss it until now?

124. Scientists should unite against threat from religion

Comment #64949 by tieInterceptor on August 22, 2007 at 1:19 pm

"roach: Chastity is the second most overrated virtue right after faith."

and dangerous, sometimes does motivate a few sex starved people to blow themselves up to get a-lot-a-vagina in the after life.

Bizarro Dawkins wrote: I'm a 20 year old guy, and I've had more than a few opportunities to let my hormones do the thinking. Thankfully, humans are not animals. We can choose to repress our instincts. I'm still a virgin. Sure, it hasn't been easy, but I've chosen to wait until I am married. And trust me, if a 20 year old male can do it, anyone can do it ;-).

just in case he edits ;)

125. Scientists should unite against threat from religion

Comment #64942 by tieInterceptor on August 22, 2007 at 12:59 pm

BycicleRepiairMan, they use both check it out

http://www.quranm.multicom.ba/science/5e-mlivo.htm

http://www.quranm.multicom.ba/science/2e-quran.htm


and Bizarro, abstinence only? nice one... that doesn't even work for priests, get out.

it's like preaching water abstinence to fight dysentery... 100% effective too.

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126. Scientists should unite against threat from religion

Comment #64926 by tieInterceptor on August 22, 2007 at 12:06 pm

Go Harris go!

we need to stand our ground... I've seen many of the 'miracle in the Quran' youtube videos that I understand Sam's point perfectly,

They take the Quran and after selective interpretation + poetic reading and carefully selected 'translations' state that it has prior knowledge of the big bang, atomic theory and all the science that we know more or less...

It's infuriating, not only it is insulting to the men and women that really did this amazing scientific discovery ... Is that you run into so many bigots in the internet that repeat this claims as the undeniable proof of the Quran... again and again and again.

example, three translations of the same passage that apparently shows prior knowledge of the big bang.

Quran, (51:47)

And We have spread out the (spacious) earth: How excellently We do spread out!
translated by YUSUFALI

And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!
translated by PICKTHAL

And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.
translated by SHAKIR

if you look for Quran 51:47 the first link in google goes to a "Quran And Science" web page, and this is how they translated it.

And the firmament (sky) We constructed with power and skill and verily We are expanding it."
(Qur'an, 51:47)

less, spreading... (flat earth) and more expanding, like expanding universe ...

and this is the Miraculous 7th century revelation of the big bang.

Awesome stuff,

if you are 5 years old.

127. Rational Atheism

Comment #64842 by tieInterceptor on August 22, 2007 at 3:46 am

as Hitchens points out again and again, 'reverend' gives credence to anyone who puts in in front of its name,

much as doctor use to be, until science got devalued on the eyes of the masses mainly by the faithful efforts.

we Must use every chance we get to ask serious questions to those who claim to know what they obviously do not know.

most people will believe the reverends and 'experts' of theology if no one treats them with the disdain they rightfully deserve.

once those charlatans are ridiculed enough, people will think twice about following them, no one wants to follow an idiot, but lots do thanks to the aura of respectavility,

128. Poll: Which religion do you associate with?

Comment #64839 by tieInterceptor on August 22, 2007 at 3:35 am

I voted,

"every little helps"
..... 'Tesco' 2007

129. Ancient Protein Tells a Story of Changing Functions

Comment #64827 by tieInterceptor on August 22, 2007 at 2:14 am

so if I start a bold statement and do not close it it boldifies everyone after me,

cool :D

well, good to know

does anyone remember the name of that article I was talking about , with the fishes and the ponds and the plane anecdote ? any takers :(

130. Ancient Protein Tells a Story of Changing Functions

Comment #64756 by tieInterceptor on August 21, 2007 at 4:37 pm

yeah, I think it was here as one of the articles on the front page.

I remember having comments on it, and I can't find it on the forums... since I can filter for things I talked one.

so it must be one of the front page one... but there is so many.

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