151. For the God Question, a Biological Perspective

Comment #43669 by maton100 on May 22, 2007 at 8:50 am

No more is there a need for the anthropomorphic bastard! Bravo.

152. Pick of the Week: The God Delusion

Comment #43172 by maton100 on May 20, 2007 at 3:40 pm

I concur. Kudos again.

153. Evolution Opponent Is in Line for Schools Post

Comment #43152 by maton100 on May 20, 2007 at 2:42 pm

Great. What the fuck?

154. The Paradoxical Hatred of Christopher Hitchens

Comment #43151 by maton100 on May 20, 2007 at 2:41 pm

Limbaugh seems like he would write: "Don't sweat the small stuff, a moron's guide to the galaxy."

155. Freethinking Ruins All Things

Comment #42554 by maton100 on May 18, 2007 at 11:46 am

Unfrozen caveman Larison part 2: Sun go up, sun go down. Good, very good.

156. Freethinking Ruins All Things

Comment #42553 by maton100 on May 18, 2007 at 11:44 am

Unfrozen caveman Larison: Free thinking bad, closed thinking good.

157. Christopher Hitchens to God: Drop Dead

Comment #42069 by maton100 on May 17, 2007 at 2:54 pm

Ah yes, reform. Just like the Puritans attempted to reform the Church of England? That worked really well. The problem lies with examining the structure that one is deployed into.

158. Hitchens on Falwell

Comment #41837 by maton100 on May 17, 2007 at 6:55 am

Hey, Hitchens was sober...so let 'em roll. The "Hitch" serves an important role against irrational revelation. Just keep him off the single malt, or he too might start seeing angels.

159. Pope Warns of Globalization, Marxism

Comment #41661 by maton100 on May 16, 2007 at 1:54 pm

It is funny, and ironic, how the "Puritans" saw through much of the pomp and rags of the Catholic Church during the 1600's yet turned around and responded with their own version of equally dogmatic and superstitious theocracy. The following schisms in the Puritan church gave rise to what is America today...a weird, attempted reform of the Catholic church. Instead, they should have gotten rid of religious influence altogether!

160. Pope Warns of Globalization, Marxism

Comment #41545 by maton100 on May 16, 2007 at 9:30 am

Why in the hell do we have these fat old men making decisions with their costumes and klan outfits? That anyone takes this parade of ritual arrogance seriously is the fucking problem.

161. Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73

Comment #41142 by maton100 on May 15, 2007 at 2:42 pm

Jerry "fell well." Oh well, hope he's in hell.

162. Christopher Hitchens Explains It All for You: Move over, Sam Harris; another atheist wants the pulpit

Comment #41053 by maton100 on May 15, 2007 at 12:30 pm

I'm going to immediately order my Preston James version of the Holy Bible.

163. Statement of Concern about Impact of AIG's Creation 'Museum'

Comment #41052 by maton100 on May 15, 2007 at 12:29 pm

Jaysus Christ! When everyone has universal health care and food, then America can focus on building multi-million dollar bullshit museums.

164. The Creation Museum: Prepare to believe

Comment #41050 by maton100 on May 15, 2007 at 12:24 pm

I understand that free boxes of animal crackers are supplied on the museum tour. Animal crackers were contemporary fossils discovered in the Burgess Shale along with kindergarten students.

165. Christopher Hitchens Explains It All for You: Move over, Sam Harris; another atheist wants the pulpit

Comment #40906 by maton100 on May 15, 2007 at 7:31 am

If Preston Jones agrees that "people are stupid", then why discount intellect? So "salvation" replaces using your brain? Huh?

166. Christopher Hitchens Explains It All for You: Move over, Sam Harris; another atheist wants the pulpit

Comment #40904 by maton100 on May 15, 2007 at 7:26 am

"Christopher Hitchens is wrong. Intellect by itself cannot save us. As this interesting but mostly irrational tome shows, it can't even save him."

As if Jaysus was a more reasonable option?

167. Hitchens vs. Hannity on Religion and God

Comment #40880 by maton100 on May 15, 2007 at 6:47 am

Hannity's ignorance is as astounding as the discovery of quarks.

168. Christopher Hitchens is Not Great

Comment #40877 by maton100 on May 15, 2007 at 6:39 am

But why bother with the strength exploration of religion when what is "decent" in it is already obvious? Any moral parable does not justify the fact that it is fiction treated as fact.

169. The Greatest Act of Human Hubris

Comment #40570 by maton100 on May 14, 2007 at 1:49 pm

If God wanted to clear up the matter once and for all, he should come down and settle the score. What's that? Not a sound...

170. World's most prominent atheist takes on the Biblical God (and other topics)

Comment #39327 by maton100 on May 10, 2007 at 10:19 am

INSANITY!!

171. Better God-fearing than sneering

Comment #38938 by maton100 on May 9, 2007 at 3:17 pm

In other words, let's keep Jesus alive because it is good for some people to have an anodyne.

172. Sam Harris in conversation with Oliver McTernan

Comment #38934 by maton100 on May 9, 2007 at 2:40 pm

Granted Harris is no geo-political historian, but McTernan has no basis other than preserving theology for its own antiquated sake.

173. Atheist offers to send letters post-Rapture

Comment #38810 by maton100 on May 9, 2007 at 8:20 am

I'll be opening a Rapture delivery enforcement organization that acts as an insurance agency to protect these Christians from consumer fraud. After all, how will the ascended actually *know* the postman has delivered the message to their loved ones?

174. Massive explosion is brightest-ever supernova

Comment #38572 by maton100 on May 8, 2007 at 4:25 pm

And God said: "Stars fell on Alabama."

175. Christopher Hitchens and Al Sharpton: A Debate God Is Not Great

Comment #38571 by maton100 on May 8, 2007 at 4:22 pm

This will some crazy shit. Worth finding a scalper on ebay and a concession stand that sells carob peanuts.

176. An ecumenical contempt for religion

Comment #38334 by maton100 on May 7, 2007 at 4:33 pm

Either way, I don't understand Hitchens' love for Bush. Maybe he owes him an unknown debt?

177. A Bunch of Monkeys

Comment #38330 by maton100 on May 7, 2007 at 4:16 pm

Planet of the apes.

178. The New Atheists loathe religion far too much to plausibly challenge it

Comment #38232 by maton100 on May 7, 2007 at 9:29 am

Why change religion? It is perfect in its ridiculousness. We just want people to know that fantasy is optional. There is a way out and it is never too late to get help...

179. A Split Emerges as Conservatives Discuss Darwin

Comment #38040 by maton100 on May 6, 2007 at 7:33 pm

More Ann Ryand horseshit. Leave it to D'Souza and others to royally screw up any understanding of Darwinism. Next they'll be saying that Hitler had some good ideas, etc. Cognitive evolution does not confirm much of "conservative" values. I agree with Bonzai.

180. Atheists go on the political offensive in God-fearing US

Comment #37990 by maton100 on May 6, 2007 at 3:22 pm

If God has a problem with it he can just fly down and straighten things out. In the meantime I'll be polishing my teapot...

181. Atheists go on the political offensive in God-fearing US

Comment #37989 by maton100 on May 6, 2007 at 3:20 pm

It is about time we got some props. Word.

182. God Exists. A Formula Proves it.

Comment #37952 by maton100 on May 6, 2007 at 12:02 pm

The following is a response letter to Professor Tipler:

In direct opposition to the Big Bang theory of particle inflation, a hypothesis initiated by pupils of the cosmologist Fred Hoyle (around 1975) proposed a Solid State theory based on circumstantial evidence of a celestial guitar amplifier being responsible for simultaneously initiating and sustaining dark energy in the cosmos (not to be confused with Steady State theories of the 60's). At first this seemed a preposterous and erroneous error of "wishful thinking." Nonetheless, upon further analysis, a plausibility factor of irreducible complexity may be defended more readily by the Roland Corporation than Fender. For instance, we know that magnetic forces and the weaker gravitational cohesion concerning balance between electrons and the atomic nucleus virtually annihilates any plausibility inherent with such mind-shrinking falsehoods as astrology. After all, the electrical force is greater between a can of diet soda and your brother-in-law than the gravitational effect of a distant red dwarf and one's family tax-accountant. So how could the cosmological constant (at least in our pocket of the universe) be a solid-state amplifier? This is not so much a mystery for theoretical physicists as Richard Feynman or Andrei Linde as it is a challenge in understanding the mechanisms inherent in an amplifier itself that could orchestrate physical laws immune from the meanderings of human striving. At best we can say that the amplifier produces pleasurable results. At worst we can say that the amplifier (depending on the guitarist) produces arduously painful audiological results. However, it appears more likely to say that the amplifier itself is impersonal and indifferent most of the time. It is the principle of indifference that suggests Darwinian mechanisms involved in forming an amplifier capable of thrusting elemental particles into other areas of the universal horizon. And keep in mind, it was not "Tube" theory that was proposed. Transistor modeling evolved to prefer the natural selection of more reliable electronic configurations immune from the turbulent and catastrophic nature of vacuum-tube technology. Hey, I like the sound of tubes too but we have satisfactorily demonstrated the ability to adapt tube fundamentals into a more favorable mutation of our antiquated paradigm.

Okay, I know what you're going to say. Amplifiers are made of parts and those very parts are reducible components denying the constructed entity "power" of that very speaker-pusher. Sure. But one single amplifier may have gotten stuck between the black hole horizon and our own universe and, subsequently, contributes to infinite or "eternal" inflation by constant vibrations privy toward the replication of Bob Seger's Beautiful Loser. A fundamental sonoluminescence articulated through the sphere of time and space led by Mr. Seger or a divine imposter who really likes mid-range boost. What then my friend? A Rube Goldberg machine may be the amplifier between the black hole horizon and our universe that is affecting our galaxy with blind properties of elemental physics partial to the work of Bob Seger. However, humans must have built the amplifier and it could not pre-date Homo sapiens. Or could it? Could a solid state amplifier be 13.5 billion years old and have the omniscience and benevolence to create a multi-verse or string vibrations? Well, maybe not. Surely an amplifier of alpha benevolence and omniscience would have offered something more agreeable than the entire box-set of Mr. Seger? C'mon! Particle matter and star materials such as helium, hydrogen and carbon would have formed more readily if Jacqueline du Pre was swerving through the magnetic speaker system. This seems the more probable explanation for why there is something rather than nothing in the cosmos—even if the amplifier is pre-programmed and, as we mentioned earlier, indifferent. But who (humans love personifying elements) or what pre-programmed it? A particle partial to Bob Seger? Particle partiality? Anthropic Segeresque material? These are remaining questions for guys like Alexander Vilenkin or the biochemist at Walgreens and have no place with theology, diesel engine repair or creation-myth propaganda.

183. God Exists. A Formula Proves it.

Comment #37806 by maton100 on May 5, 2007 at 7:11 pm

Tipler is gone and done it by golly!

184. God Exists. A Formula Proves it.

Comment #37804 by maton100 on May 5, 2007 at 7:06 pm

Cialis for his "omega erection." I hope Tipler enjoys heaven with his female undergrads lined up to serve him sexually. Go Tulane! I suppose the hurricane in NOLA equals God too?

Students should be worried, they may have another Heaven's Gate loon to contend with...and this guy has credentials and lots of chalk.

185. God Exists. A Formula Proves it.

Comment #37782 by maton100 on May 5, 2007 at 5:01 pm

God=tornado. Maybe *that* is the top quark? Bogus physics for cash money. The Omega point is gonna be "the total energy of the universe equals Channel 5 taking a pounding from a big ass tornado." Oops, guess God doesn't like ecumenical physics professors?!

186. 'No proof Jesus heals Aids'

Comment #37773 by maton100 on May 5, 2007 at 4:37 pm

Yeah, but my fungus got better when I prayed to Mary. She came down and planted her profile on my left hand.

187. Interview with Pierre Rehov

Comment #37772 by maton100 on May 5, 2007 at 4:35 pm

Nothing new. Fanatics think they are making the world "pure." Stuff a bar of Lever 2000 up their fundy ass.

188. Republican candidates range from ignorant to dishonest

Comment #37424 by maton100 on May 4, 2007 at 12:22 pm

Huckleberry Fin, Charlie Brown, and Greedo. What else is knew?

189. An atheist's call to arms

Comment #37202 by maton100 on May 3, 2007 at 4:30 pm

Nice to see some new material. Keep up the good work Prof Dawkins! The average I.Q. is about 94, so good luck.

190. Christians and Atheists to Debate Existence of God in First-Ever 'NIGHTLINE FACE OFF'

Comment #37200 by maton100 on May 3, 2007 at 4:28 pm

May the force of selection pressure be with you!

191. Your favorite book in the last 25 years?

Comment #37199 by maton100 on May 3, 2007 at 4:27 pm

How I Learned to Become Ignorant- William Dembski
I'm a Lackluster Blowhard- Bill O' Reilly
Irreducible Stupidity- Michael Behe
The Dumbass Diffusion- Alister McGrath

192. Richard Dawkins in the Time 100

Comment #37196 by maton100 on May 3, 2007 at 4:18 pm

The bible advises us not to be lukewarm? Huh? Talk about a tepid statement of irreducible complexity!

193. Boxmind E-Lectures

Comment #35753 by maton100 on April 28, 2007 at 7:23 pm

They need to include William Dembski in his white nightgown hosting webinars for the dinosaurs.

194. Atheism's Big Night In Little Rock

Comment #35728 by maton100 on April 28, 2007 at 3:22 pm

Come to Nashville Richard! Toby Keith needs to be edukamated.

195. A Brief History of Disbelief

Comment #35697 by maton100 on April 28, 2007 at 11:26 am

Coolio.

196. God Is in the Dendrites

Comment #35471 by maton100 on April 27, 2007 at 9:02 am

Electrical impulses and isometric neuroplasticity lead one back to materialism. It is still a phenomenon of physics occuring inside the cerebral mechanism that can be calibrated-- despite levels of sensitivity.

197. Kennedy lectures on challenges facing K-12 science education

Comment #35299 by maton100 on April 26, 2007 at 7:57 pm

Education go up, education go down...O'Reilly

198. Bill Maher - APATHEIST

Comment #35297 by maton100 on April 26, 2007 at 7:52 pm

Apatheist go up, apatheist go down...O'Reilly

199. Iran arrests 300 'insufficiently veiled' women

Comment #35293 by maton100 on April 26, 2007 at 7:38 pm

In Iran: Sun go up, sun go down...Bill O'Reilly.

200. New Planet Could Be Earthlike, Scientists Say

Comment #35213 by maton100 on April 26, 2007 at 3:21 pm

Remember, sun go up...sun go down.