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Comments by irate_atheist


1801. Ken Ham in Leicester April 2008

Comment #114999 by irate_atheist on January 23, 2008 at 12:08 pm

61. Comment #114894 by Roger Stanyard -

Whatever anyone comes up with, it has to be totally legal. No throwing rotten fruit, no abuse, no blocking of people or cars...
Damn. So that means no use of the Hitchens Enema Kit(TM) with the optional Matchbox?

1802. Florida in the process of approving new science standards

Comment #114458 by irate_atheist on January 22, 2008 at 8:35 am

58. Comment #114450 by GoneGolfing -

Indeed. Yet isn't it strange how they rely upon the results of rational science to extend their lives in order that they defer going to their particular heaven whilst poo-pooing some of its most fundamental observations about the universe?

(I am, of course making a small exception for suicide bombers who may, nonetheless, be disappointed when they discover that the '72 virgins' promise is a mistranslation and they're greeted by six dozen Richard Branson lookalikes, all promising faster broadband and more reliable train services.)

1803. Florida in the process of approving new science standards

Comment #114447 by irate_atheist on January 22, 2008 at 8:10 am

52. Comment #114442 by epeeist -

You're just trying to avoid Lord's, aren't you?

1804. Florida in the process of approving new science standards

Comment #114446 by irate_atheist on January 22, 2008 at 8:07 am

49. Comment #114434 by al-rawandi -

Did you see the study where they found cricket can induce comas?
Well, if you're going to head the ball instead of catching it, that would be a possible outcome.

I hope you understand the LBW rules as well. Personally I think them particularly unfair for left-handed orthodox spinners as regards the strictly 'not-out' subsection of the rule when pitching outside leg stump. What is your opinion?

1805. Florida in the process of approving new science standards

Comment #114431 by irate_atheist on January 22, 2008 at 7:52 am

43. Comment #114426 by Steve Zara -

A good way to think of ID is as "continous Creationism".
A misprint methinks. Surely, "continuous Cretinism", is more appropriate?

1806. Florida in the process of approving new science standards

Comment #114427 by irate_atheist on January 22, 2008 at 7:47 am

39. Comment #114422 by al-rawandi -

I must forcibly object. Any game where there are tea breaks, and the game last 3 or 5 days, there is a problem.
Yeah, right. I bet you don't appreciate the Duckworth-Lewis method either.

1807. Vatican slams California firm's cloning experiments

Comment #114341 by irate_atheist on January 22, 2008 at 2:38 am

Ignorant half-wits. Not even worth ignoring.

1808. This Week's Flea

Comment #114036 by irate_atheist on January 21, 2008 at 9:03 am

127. Comment #114008 by Artful_Dodger -

He may well be willing to reveal Himself to those who are willing to have him reveal himself to them - on his terms. I don't know. I'm on that journey.
Sounds like a slippery bastard to me. If you do meet him, I wouldn't trust him if I were you.

By your premise, he sits back in his armchair, does fuck all about anything bad going on and wants to take the credit for everything good. Sounds just like my boss, really. Perhaps that what he is - just a crap boss who wants to hide away in the corner and appears only when there's a pat on the back to be had. Not much of a God, really, wouldn't you agree?

1809. The New Theology

Comment #114025 by irate_atheist on January 21, 2008 at 8:21 am

121. Comment #113975 by brother john

Steve Zara.n 70 "It just isn't true" [that there is or may be a God]. What you mean is:"I don't BELIEVE it's true" because, contrary to what you BELIEVE, there is enormous evidence to back up belief.
Please, tell us what this enormous evidence is so they we can judge for ourselves.

P.S It's good to se you again on the forums.

1810. What Religion's Blind Stranglehold on America Is Doing to Our Democracy

Comment #113965 by irate_atheist on January 21, 2008 at 5:17 am

13. Comment #113605 by VanYoungman -

Why do you slander the munchkins?
Because they can't sue me for defamation.

1811. Ethical storm as scientist becomes first man to clone HIMSELF

Comment #113573 by irate_atheist on January 20, 2008 at 4:27 am

2. Comment #113526 by Janus -

Better yet would be to keep its brain from forming at all, thus ensuring it doesn't even begin to become a person.
Please, no! We don't want clones of Alastair McGrath wandering around.

1812. King Me!

Comment #113570 by irate_atheist on January 20, 2008 at 4:22 am

15. Comment #113474 by Satanburiedfossils -

It's almost like an elaborate con game is going on.
Knock off the first three words and you have, of course, identified the issue. Self-delusion, mutual-delusion, call it what you will. A crock of shit held up for worship by liars and hypocrites.

1813. What Religion's Blind Stranglehold on America Is Doing to Our Democracy

Comment #113568 by irate_atheist on January 20, 2008 at 4:12 am

Let's face it. They're all a bunch of munchkins.

1814. Britain cannot put its faith in religiously divided schools

Comment #113567 by irate_atheist on January 20, 2008 at 4:11 am

Hey, Preacher.

Leave them kids alone.

1815. Ben Stein Bribing Schools to See His Anti-Evolution Movie 'Expelled'

Comment #112925 by irate_atheist on January 18, 2008 at 9:34 am

90. Comment #112923 by al-rawandi -

Aim for the gutter and you'll land on the pavement. That's my motto in life.

1816. Ben Stein Bribing Schools to See His Anti-Evolution Movie 'Expelled'

Comment #112917 by irate_atheist on January 18, 2008 at 9:23 am

84. Comment #112903 by al-rawandi -

You are now officially classy.
Upper, middle or lower?

1817. Ben Stein Bribing Schools to See His Anti-Evolution Movie 'Expelled'

Comment #112902 by irate_atheist on January 18, 2008 at 9:05 am

Fucktard.

1818. The Group Delusion

Comment #112460 by irate_atheist on January 17, 2008 at 7:10 am

236. Comment #112432 by _J_ -

wooter, please don't take all this personally.
No, please. Take this personally.

1819. Huckabee Wants A 'Faith-based' Constitution

Comment #112457 by irate_atheist on January 17, 2008 at 7:06 am

114. Comment #112286 by Kergillian -

Fortunately I don't.

:-)


!!!!!

1820. The Group Delusion

Comment #112428 by irate_atheist on January 17, 2008 at 4:40 am

223. Comment #112405 by epeeist -

I'm doing the same. Josh's Inbox must be full to bursting by now.

1821. Huckabee Wants A 'Faith-based' Constitution

Comment #112058 by irate_atheist on January 16, 2008 at 8:58 am

"When fascism comes to America it will come wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."
-Sinclair Lewis

1822. The Group Delusion

Comment #112048 by irate_atheist on January 16, 2008 at 8:47 am

190. Comment #112041 by mesomodel -

The theist brain is just stuck at the age of six. By the time they hear that god is a myth, it's too late.
Add to that the fact that most will have been told it's true by their prime care-givers who may well seem sane, rational, normal to them, no matter how bat-shit crazy their religious upbringing was.

1823. Science, Evolution, and Creationism

Comment #112022 by irate_atheist on January 16, 2008 at 8:11 am

10. Comment #112018 by ianmkz -

I think that might go down well with Huckabee and his kind; "I am better than a chimpanzee."
Are you seriously suggesting that Huckabee is better than a chimpanzee?

1824. Science, Evolution, and Creationism

Comment #112019 by irate_atheist on January 16, 2008 at 8:07 am

7. Comment #112006 by Pilot22A -

More like "the inability of scientists to be honest and challenge all religious belief."

Some like Dawkins and Pinker do, some others are fudgers, liars or deluded.

1825. Huckabee Wants A 'Faith-based' Constitution

Comment #112004 by irate_atheist on January 16, 2008 at 7:33 am

54. Comment #111998 by al-rawandi -

It's been tried already.
http://www.stickam.com/media/pictures/170377756.html

1826. Canadian fossil makes waves in Huckabee's presidential run

Comment #111987 by irate_atheist on January 16, 2008 at 6:36 am

19. Comment #111986 by Jaffas85 -

So it's cigars all round then! No Bill, don't do that with it please, not again...

1827. The Group Delusion

Comment #111985 by irate_atheist on January 16, 2008 at 6:29 am

177. Comment #111981 by The Reverend Dark -

I was hoping for more liberal usage of the word 'fucktard' in your posting. I guess I'll have to remain disappointed...

1828. The Group Delusion

Comment #111977 by irate_atheist on January 16, 2008 at 6:14 am

173. Comment #111971 by The Reverend Dark -

Please, don't hold back. Tell us what you really think.

1829. Huckabee Wants A 'Faith-based' Constitution

Comment #111975 by irate_atheist on January 16, 2008 at 6:07 am

39. Comment #111963 by derekwilliams28 -

He's talking out of both sides of his mouth...
Even more impressively, he occasionally talks audibly whilst seated. Anatomically, how he does it, I just don't know.

1830. The Group Delusion

Comment #111944 by irate_atheist on January 16, 2008 at 3:40 am

167. Comment #111940 by Peacebeuponme -

Please note - clicking on wooter's name now returns 'User does not exist'. I wonder how difficult it will be to spot his next incarnation?

1831. The Group Delusion

Comment #111939 by irate_atheist on January 16, 2008 at 3:34 am

162. Comment #111934 by wooter -

Who made your god?

1832. Huckabee Wants A 'Faith-based' Constitution

Comment #111908 by irate_atheist on January 16, 2008 at 1:32 am

Fucktard.

1833. 2 fleas for the Christmas week

Comment #111634 by irate_atheist on January 15, 2008 at 8:34 am

112. Comment #111633 by Philip1978 -

On this rare occasion, I'm going to disagree with you. I am of the opinion that they deserve to suffer and be miserable because of their adherence to, and promulgation of, ignorant superstitious beliefs. If they were happy, it is possible that more suckers could be conned into believing their brand of tripe. Regrettably, reason and decency cannot solve every problem in the world, sometimes you need an enema kit and a matchbox...

1834. The Group Delusion

Comment #111578 by irate_atheist on January 15, 2008 at 3:57 am

147. Comment #111577 by Philip1978 -

May I add a suggestion to drink more tea.

1835. The Group Delusion

Comment #111572 by irate_atheist on January 15, 2008 at 2:54 am

141. Comment #111560 by Incredulous -

To tell the truth I'm getting a little fed up of having my atheist mates patiently answer your questions with rational and sane responses...
It's why I don't bother myself by responding particularly politely to this self-confessed ignoramus.

1836. The Group Delusion

Comment #111554 by irate_atheist on January 15, 2008 at 2:06 am

134. Comment #111544 by wooter -

Ooh!!!!!! As if I care...

1837. The Group Delusion

Comment #111217 by irate_atheist on January 14, 2008 at 3:57 am

110. Comment #111214 by epeeist -

If you tell us what your native language is then we can provide you explanatory information or answers in that language.
Is anyone else here thinking 'Double Dutch'?

1838. The Group Delusion

Comment #111212 by irate_atheist on January 14, 2008 at 3:47 am

107. Comment #111210 by wooter-

Mr RD, your guys call you like that but in terms of being respectful, I will call you Mr Dawkins.
If you actually want to be respectful wooter, which for some reason or other I doubt, how about using his full title and qualifications:

Prof. Richard Dawkins MA, D.Sc. (Oxon), FRS, FRSL,
Hon. D.Litt. (Saint Andrews), Hon. D.Litt. (Australian
National University, Canberra), Hon. D.Sc. (Westminster),
Hon. D.Sc. (Hull), Hon D.Univ. (Open University),
Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science,
University of Oxford, and Professorial Fellow of New College

1839. Six Reasons to be an Atheist

Comment #110441 by irate_atheist on January 11, 2008 at 7:08 am

483. Comment #110436 by Roger Stanyard -

I'll get my stick out to you even though I've got my MA.

And for the record, are we to understand that you are actually referring to the subset of original thoughts that are actually valid when tested empirically and peer-reviewed?

1840. Six Reasons to be an Atheist

Comment #110432 by irate_atheist on January 11, 2008 at 6:40 am

476. Comment #110426 by Steve Zara -

It's the old adage, never assume anything. It makes an ass out of you and me.

1841. Six Reasons to be an Atheist

Comment #110423 by irate_atheist on January 11, 2008 at 6:13 am

463. Comment #110412 by ADH -

This is pure speculation. You have no idea what is going on inside the brain of the said chimp.
Nor have you - directly. However, studies have been done on this sort of behaviour and the results are very human-like.

And yet you would claim that any 'moral' behaviour by the beast could only be as a result of magical programming by an eternal rule-maker? It's not like they've been studying the Sermon on the Mount, old chap. They don't even seem to have a wealth of ancient stone tablets to rely upon for guidance in such matters.

1842. Six Reasons to be an Atheist

Comment #110407 by irate_atheist on January 11, 2008 at 5:55 am

456. Comment #110402 by ADH on January 11, -

So, er, before your trinitarian man-god appeared, people simply would not have know how to behave properly? Anywhere? Anytime?

What proof do you have to support your wanton assertions vis a vis naturalism's inability to result in 'moral' behaviour?

1843. Six Reasons to be an Atheist

Comment #110388 by irate_atheist on January 11, 2008 at 5:03 am

446. Comment #110381 by ADH -

However, there is an exception if your brother dies without having had a son. In that case, a man is obligated to impregnate his widowed sister-in-law to give his dead brother a son, who becomes the brother's heir. Deuteronomy 25:5-10 describes a way for the brother to decline this responsibility, but presumably at the time of the story of Onan, that legal mechanism wasn't known. - ADH
...The question is: what exactly does this mean? Religious leaders have advanced different interpretations over the centuries, mostly to justify societal mores.

It's often difficult to establishing what sex practices various writers meant because they used euphemisms--there wasn't a technical sexual vocabulary until fairly recently. Also, the authors of commentaries didn't want to give readers ideas by being too explicit--the "above all, don't put beans in your ear!" syndrome.

The earliest interpretations were straightforward... -ADH

As ever, we come to the only logical and reasonable conlusion based on the evidence placed before us:
Thus the mildest criticism of religion is also the most radical and the most devastating one. Religion is man-made. Even the men who made it cannot agree on what their prophets or redeemers or gurus actually said or did. Still less can they hope to tell us the "meaning" of later discoveries and developments which were, when they began, either obstructed by their religions or denounced by them. And yet—the believers still claim to know! - Christopher Hitchens

1844. Could there be a Darwinian Account of Human Creativity?

Comment #110378 by irate_atheist on January 11, 2008 at 4:33 am

432. Comment #110361 by epeeist -

For those that want more of the same:

ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/r/rabelais/francois/r11g/part79.html

1845. Six Reasons to be an Atheist

Comment #110369 by irate_atheist on January 11, 2008 at 4:03 am

440. Comment #110366 by Philip1978 -

Or to directly amend the original with the minimum of hassle, simply remove the word 'not'.

1846. Could there be a Darwinian Account of Human Creativity?

Comment #110365 by irate_atheist on January 11, 2008 at 3:54 am

A pertinant question for this thread-

Could there be a Darwinian Account of Wooter's Inanity?


Answers on a postcard, please, to the usual address. Best theory submitted wins an no-expenses paid trip to the Creation Museum (http://www.creationmuseum.org). The judges decision is final, the winner will be notified by ESP. This competition is not open to trolls, fleas or revcort.

1847. Six Reasons to be an Atheist

Comment #110359 by irate_atheist on January 11, 2008 at 3:44 am

437. Comment #110356 by Tyler Durden -

If it's so obvious, you should have no problems supplying pertinent references, thanks.
Ah, but, you see, because it's so obvious, there aren't any...a bit like why it's so obvious there's a god and he's good.

1848. Six Reasons to be an Atheist

Comment #110355 by irate_atheist on January 11, 2008 at 3:28 am

422. Comment #110332 by ADH -

Roger, you will notice that I said "A HABIT OF MASTURBATION"
Are you referring to nuns?

1849. Could there be a Darwinian Account of Human Creativity?

Comment #109930 by irate_atheist on January 10, 2008 at 4:39 am

412. Comment #109929 by Quetzalcoatl -

Indeed, and I'm very pleased with how they turned out.
I'll raise my mug to that.

1850. Could there be a Darwinian Account of Human Creativity?

Comment #109923 by irate_atheist on January 10, 2008 at 4:14 am

404. Comment #109916 by Diacanu -

Heretic! It was the great Quetz himself (blessed be his teapot) who twirled those mitochondria.

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