Comments by irate_atheist

2051. 'Atheistic fundamentalism' fears

Comment #102941 by irate_atheist on December 24, 2007 at 2:38 am

Of course the Archbishop's right. In recent years, atheists have been going around starting wars in the middle east, opposing medical advances, virulently opposing the use of condoms to spread AIDS, and trying to deny minorities their human rights. All this whilst being, in many instances, state-sponsored and tax-exempt.

2052. Bible bashing dying out in Kansas

Comment #102939 by irate_atheist on December 24, 2007 at 2:35 am

Damn. I hoped to read about Bible bashers dying out in Kanvas. I'd raise my glass to that.

2053. Interview with Richard Dawkins: On Christmas

Comment #101928 by irate_atheist on December 21, 2007 at 7:33 am

237. Comment #101921 by epeeist -

The former will, of course, only be allowed to be eaten with a nice piece of Wensleydale.

Oh what bliss! Why does thou tempt me so!

As it is, I'm having Christmas dinner with 1 vicar and 3 preachers - i.e the inlaws. Carol singing is not included in the agenda.

2054. Interview with Richard Dawkins: On Christmas

Comment #101881 by irate_atheist on December 21, 2007 at 4:11 am

232. Comment #101875 by Frankus1122 -

Should I not listen to Led Zeppelin because there is mention in one song of a 'Stairway to Heaven'

Well, I suppose that very much depends on whether you work for Stannah Stairlifts or not.

2055. Interview with Richard Dawkins: On Christmas

Comment #101878 by irate_atheist on December 21, 2007 at 4:07 am

231. Comment #101873 by epeeist -

Never, ever, refuse cake. How could you even pose the hypothetical question!!?

As for singing Carols, well, I suppose you could sing out of tune and get the occasional word wrong. Sadly, this would more than likely make you blend in with the flock...

2056. This Week's Flea

Comment #101874 by irate_atheist on December 21, 2007 at 4:01 am

Can God really be dismissed as a mere delusion? Is faith really the enemy of reason? And does religion really poison everything?

To address these question in order:

Yes
Yes
Yes

2057. For the Love of Christ

Comment #101854 by irate_atheist on December 21, 2007 at 3:10 am

Further to my comment #101789, may I observe that there isn't a matchbox small enough for this retard, if you get my drift.

2058. Al Qaeda: We're open to questions

Comment #101851 by irate_atheist on December 21, 2007 at 3:05 am

51. Comment #101435 by al-rawandi -

I agree. I would like to die mid coitus with 72 virgins. Wouldn't that mess up the plan.

Not to mention messing up the bedsheets, lol!

2059. 2007, a bad year for God squadders

Comment #101849 by irate_atheist on December 21, 2007 at 3:02 am

56. Comment #101847 by faouloki -

Worse than that, it may be the "I know it's bollocks but I want loads of (other) people to believe it." approach.

2060. Do the laws of God trump those of man?

Comment #101806 by irate_atheist on December 21, 2007 at 2:06 am

wooter 119 flagged as troll. Just because, OK?

2061. Do the laws of God trump those of man?

Comment #101805 by irate_atheist on December 21, 2007 at 2:05 am

wooter 118 flagged as troll. This idiot's as stupid as, but not amusing as, revcort.

2062. 2007, a bad year for God squadders

Comment #101794 by irate_atheist on December 21, 2007 at 1:46 am

49. Comment #101780 by Steve Zara -

I would almost feel sorry if he had not be paid to write the stupid article.

I never feel sorry for these idiots. They are not worthy of our pity.

2063. For the Love of Christ

Comment #101789 by irate_atheist on December 21, 2007 at 1:36 am

Is this prick the first valid counter-argument to Poe's Law?

2064. Three wise men just legend: archbishop

Comment #101375 by irate_atheist on December 20, 2007 at 9:31 am

41. Comment #101365 by dbunker -

Whatever it is, from the evidence we've seen, I very much doubt it's consistent or rational.

2065. Al Qaeda: We're open to questions

Comment #101367 by irate_atheist on December 20, 2007 at 9:25 am

25. Comment #101363 by al-rawandi -

Spermination. I am working 24/7 to realize that solution. Unfortunately they don't drink.

I don't think Diacanu's suggesting they drink it. Oh, I see what you mean.

2066. Al Qaeda: We're open to questions

Comment #101284 by irate_atheist on December 20, 2007 at 7:15 am

3. Comment #101271 by Rtambree -

Missing option - Jim Davidson.

2067. Three wise men just legend: archbishop

Comment #101258 by irate_atheist on December 20, 2007 at 6:46 am

The archbishop said his approach was to stick strictly to what the Bible says.

Really? Is that why he believes some bits and not others? And as for:

He said the virgin birth was "part of what I have inherited".

Good grief man. How do you 'inherit' a belief in human parthogenesis?

2068. Interview with Richard Dawkins: On Christmas

Comment #101244 by irate_atheist on December 20, 2007 at 6:23 am

104. Comment #101084 by Sara -

Atheists are reasonable, right?

Well, some of us like to believe we're reasonable, a bit like other people believe in God. Oh bugger, I've just turned being reasonable into a belief system. You can't win in this game, can you?

2069. God rest you merry atheist

Comment #101232 by irate_atheist on December 20, 2007 at 6:09 am

163. Comment #101182 by Tintern -

"If I found myself at a Nazi rally I would not sing the Horst-Wessel-Lied;"

Richard M and I are just pointing out a simple little thing - why go to the rally in the first place and swell the numbers in the crowd?

2070. Do the laws of God trump those of man?

Comment #101229 by irate_atheist on December 20, 2007 at 6:00 am

101. Comment #101225 by Roger Stanyard -

Why is it fundies are so unutterably stupid?

A bit like asking why bears shit in the woods, Roger :)

2071. God rest you merry atheist

Comment #100759 by irate_atheist on December 19, 2007 at 9:36 am

149. Comment #100758 by steve99 -

Precisely.

Edit: Steve - no apols needed.

2072. God rest you merry atheist

Comment #100757 by irate_atheist on December 19, 2007 at 9:35 am

144. Comment #100751 by Diacanu -

Oooh!!!

Now who's throwing their toys out of the pram?

My Christmas tree is a wonder to behold and my son's presents are all wrapped up. Father Christmas knows he's been a good boy so his stocking will be full.

But, funnily enough, I'm not popping to the local faith-fest to sing heartily along while a wilfully ignorant dissembler preaches to the masses.

By the way, sunshine, I suspect I've seen more shit done to peoples lives by so-called 'moderate religion' than you can imagine. I suspect RM has encountered the same. It's why we won't play in their cess-pit lest they they mistakenly count us as one of their cult sympathisers.

2073. Borders Tags Atheist Book with 'O Come All Ye Faithless' Cards

Comment #100750 by irate_atheist on December 19, 2007 at 9:19 am

97. Comment #100705 by Haymoon -

Splitter!

2074. God rest you merry atheist

Comment #100749 by irate_atheist on December 19, 2007 at 9:17 am

142. Comment #100747 by Diacanu -

What's wrong with the fundamental aversion to religous bullshit that RM and I share?

2075. This Is Not a Test

Comment #100743 by irate_atheist on December 19, 2007 at 9:03 am

36. Comment #99945 by epeeist -

"Faith, Family, Freedom", follows other three word slogans, "Kinder, Kuche, Kirche" for instance.

Not to mention 'Gott Mitt Uns'.

2076. God rest you merry atheist

Comment #100742 by irate_atheist on December 19, 2007 at 9:02 am

137. Comment #100664 by Richard Morgan -

RM - I stand shoulder to shoulder with you on this.

2077. Interview with Richard Dawkins: On Christmas

Comment #100728 by irate_atheist on December 19, 2007 at 8:21 am

70. Comment #100726 by Diacanu -

By participating in what is basically a public affirmation of faith. He is singing songs celebrating the birth of a non-existent deity with those who believe the deity exists.

2078. This Week's Flea

Comment #100725 by irate_atheist on December 19, 2007 at 8:04 am

62. Comment #100712 by fides_et_ratio -

'I would have some respect for someone who wrote a book titled "Why I believe in Religion".'

There have been a few, which ones do you respect?

As a bystander, may I say I've perused a few, and quite frankly don't respect a single one of them. Ignorant, irrational and illogical, every last one of them.

Would you respect a book on 'crystal healing'?

2079. Interview with Richard Dawkins: On Christmas

Comment #100723 by irate_atheist on December 19, 2007 at 8:00 am

67. Comment #100715 by Richard Morgan -

I agree with Richard M on this one. Richard Dawkins endangers the 'belief in belief' tolerance of religion with this public display. He is, of course, perfectly entitled to do so, but he cannot remain self-consistent with his views whilst doing so.

As a further analogy, one may enjoy Wagner's Ring Cycle at the Covent Garden Opera House, but one would not sing the 'Horst Wessel' with a group of Nazi sympathisers down the pub.

2080. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99663 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 9:14 am

77. Comment #99661 by krisking -

Yes, amazing isn't it.....and the Bible predicted it!!

Yes, I distinctly reading in Samuel (or was it Kings?) 'And they shall create a worldwide connectivity conduit for these computers I describe, and it shall be called the internet'. Fantastic at predicting the future, this book of yours.

2081. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99658 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 9:06 am

71. Comment #99640 by BJohn -

How about Aristotle? (another "A-author" :-) He believed that an infinite chain of causality is irrational--and therefore a universe without a First Cause which transcends the universe could not be the truth.

The universe and its laws cannot explain themselves, no matter how complicated and far reaching we discover them to be. There must have been an "in the beginning" for there to be a now...

Congratulations. If you can prove a single one of the assertions you make in these sentences may I suggest you collect your Nobel Prize in Physics. Otherwise just admit you really don't have a clue and are making it all up.

2082. Do the laws of God trump those of man?

Comment #99650 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 8:47 am

55. Comment #99644 by Peacebeuponme -

The land-rights issue was political, not religious. And anyway, the situation is different in the north.

2083. Do the laws of God trump those of man?

Comment #99645 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 8:42 am

The next person that presses a light switch will be stoned.

2084. The Pagan Christ

Comment #99643 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 8:40 am

197. Comment #99634 by albondigas -

Well, religion's important to us in the sense that Mohammedans justify the mass-murder of people based on their doctrine, the Catholic Church opposes birth control and condom use in poverty stricken and AIDS ravaged third world countries, and a neo-theocratic US presidency blocks serious medical research to 'protect human life' whilst invading a far-off country on the grounds that 'God told me - George, sort out Iraq'.

2085. Do the laws of God trump those of man?

Comment #99636 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 8:25 am

51. Comment #99633 by Peacebeuponme-

...at the New Church of Light and God,

Wel, that certainly explains the source of your misconceptions. We at the Church of God's Light are not fooled by such incorrect interpretations.

2086. Do the laws of God trump those of man?

Comment #99629 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 8:12 am

47. Comment #99626 by steveroot -

How dare you mock us with your a-lightist philosophy. Unless you comprehend the fundamental difference between a Maglite Solitaire and a Mini-Maglite, you are in no position to understand, let alone criticise, this important theological matter.

2087. Do the laws of God trump those of man?

Comment #99622 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 7:59 am

45. Comment #99618 by Peacebeuponme -

When in 1 John 1:7 we read "that if we walk in the light as God is in the light" this demonstrates that faith is more powerful than even the best maglite held by the heretical. It also highlghts the divinity of light itself.

I am sure you are aware of Dr. James Bulford's seminal work "The Light That Guides Us" and his explanation of how we must not rely on artificial means to illuminate our path, but trust only in Jesus. Indeed, by using car headlamps to light our way at night we are both demonstrating our lack of faith as well as blaspheming against the Almighty. All true Christians should drive with their lights off at all times lest they become offensive in the eyes of the Lord.

The passage 'The torch illuminates thy sinfullness' has been misinterpreted for centuries. Modern scholars hold that it is the use of the torch itself that is sinful and marks out the bearer as an unbeliever, rather than the other way round. The torch being, as it were, a sign of one's unwillingness to trust in the Lord.

May I suggest you reappraise your position as regards unnatural lighting lest it be too late?

2088. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99613 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 7:28 am

69. Comment #99607 by chrise -

There is another similarity as well. By changing behaviour and/or belief, one is tacitly admitting one's previous idiocy in both habits. Humans are not generally known for their humility and admitting their most serious mistakes...especially to themselves.

2089. Creationists plan British theme park

Comment #99603 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 6:58 am

150. Comment #99592 by thirdchimpanzee -

why are there no animals with backbones that have 6 limbs?

Well, perhaps it would have been too difficult for them to climb the gangway into the ark.

2090. Do the laws of God trump those of man?

Comment #99598 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 6:51 am

42. Comment #99584 by Peacebeuponme -

I'm sorry, I have to disagree with you on this. You must understand this commandment in it's Biblical context.

When the Lord God said 'let there be light' in Genesis he became the prime cause of all light creating articles. Cathode ray tubes are therefore implicitly banned along with the incandescant bulb. Yes, the plasma screen is banned, but so are all other artifical light sources.

Use of the incandesant light bulb is blasphemous. Thomas Edison is, in fact, burning in hell as we speak because of his heretical invention.

The arrogance to try and banish the darkness through artificial means is analogous to the Tower of Babel in displaying mans arrogance at trying to see what he should not. This all stems from Adams desire to eat from the tree of Knowledge.

For those who are foolish enough to try to put a more liberal interpretaion on scripture, may I point out that energy efficient bulbs do nothing to assuage His wrath and furious anger.

2091. Creationists plan British theme park

Comment #99581 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 5:38 am

To be fair, McGrath is not a fundy and would not subscribe to such creationist silliness.

I suppose that would depend upon one's definition of a 'fundamentalist' and precisely what the definition of 'Creationism' is.

2092. Do the laws of God trump those of man?

Comment #99580 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 5:36 am

40. Comment #99578 by Peacebeuponme -

2) Televangelism is a sin

Thou shall not preach on the Cathode Ray Tube for I know not what it is.

2093. Do the laws of God trump those of man?

Comment #99574 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 5:05 am

Do the laws of God trump those of man?

OK God, I'll see your Leviticus and raise you two Criminal Justice Bills and a US Patriot Act.

Now who's holding the best cards, eh? Wanna fold?

2094. Turkey probes atheist's 'God' book

Comment #99570 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 4:43 am

103. Comment #92792 by Aragon -

Personally I'm not buying any Turkish Delight this year, not even for my mum. That'll show the bastards who's boss.

2095. Creation college seeks state's OK to train teachers

Comment #99529 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 2:05 am

I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I gave some moments ago:

http://www.richarddawkins.net/articleComments,2029,Creationists-plan-British-theme-park,Observer-UK,page3#99528

2096. Creationists plan British theme park

Comment #99528 by irate_atheist on December 17, 2007 at 2:01 am

What a bunch of dickwads.

2097. Why Science Will Triumph Only When Theory Becomes Law

Comment #98013 by irate_atheist on December 13, 2007 at 1:49 am

611. Comment #98005 by Ruht -

I have never seen a human being make a bigger jackass out of himself than Richard Dawkins in my 6 decades of life.

May I ask what profession you have been following in your life? Are you married? Do you have children? I am just curious to know.

2098. Why Science Will Triumph Only When Theory Becomes Law

Comment #97502 by irate_atheist on December 12, 2007 at 7:58 am

568. Comment #97490 by steve99 -

Apparently there's official advice available about prickly pear picking:

Now when you pick a raw paw, or prickly pear.
And you pick a raw paw, next time beware.
Don't pick the prickly pear by paw
When you try to pick, try to use the claw.
But you don't need to use the claw
When you pick-a-pear from the big paw paw.

So there we go.

2099. An Open Letter to Richard Dawkins

Comment #97439 by irate_atheist on December 12, 2007 at 4:54 am

297. Comment #97432 by FatherMike -

Good grief man. Are you suggesting that because we don't believe in myths we are, instead, somehow tacit supporters of mass murder, imprisonment, torture and rape?

There is no atheist 'belief system'.

Pol Pot, Stalin et al did not 'represent' such a 'belief system'. Nor do we represent them or any of their organisations.

Of course we condemn their actions - have you seen anyone here not doing so?

You are, in effect, insulting us for not being credulous or uneducated enough to believe the palpably absurd and trying to tar us as apologists for genocidal maniacs.

There is not a shred of credible evidence for the existence of any gods, they are not needed as an explanation for anything, and their existence itself would pose more serious scientific questions than their non-existence.

Are you a Mithra denier? Do you doubt the existence of Thor? Are you unwilling to submit to the will of Jupiter?

When you have really understood why you do not believe in any of these mythical gods, you will understand why we just take the reasonable step of removing one more man-made god from the list than you do.

2100. Why Science Will Triumph Only When Theory Becomes Law

Comment #97392 by irate_atheist on December 12, 2007 at 2:27 am

551. Comment #97269 by Ruht -

if there is no God and no judgment like you claim, then why is rape bad

From this statement, may we infer that if you did not believe in god, you would rape any good looking girl you could get your hands on, if you knew you could get away with it?