201. Manliness is next to godliness

Comment #49165 by konquererz on June 10, 2007 at 6:28 pm

Well, I have been married ten years and have three kids. My wife and I have an equal relationship in which her view and say mean equal to mine. Our kids get to see us argue as well as rationally talk through our disagreements. The thing is, I don't feel in any way less of a man for not "laying down the law" with my wife. These guys are insecure because they aren't the boss of themselves. When god is your master, jesus is your master, then you are a slave your entire life. Beating down the wife and kids into righteous subjugation is just a band-aid to make them feel better for not being responsible for their own life.

But in the end, this just creates a bunch of aggressive Christian men going around macho in proclaiming their faith, to macho to realize how ignorant they are and sound. And when we just walk away shaking our head, they will smile smugly and go back to the way things are.

202. Evolution: God as Genetic Engineer

Comment #49158 by konquererz on June 10, 2007 at 5:53 pm

He isn't a naughty boy, he is an idiot! And whats worse, he is still dragging christians into the delusional void of creationism. See, all Christians read is one side of the arguement. So while we see through this silly crap as ridiculous, Christians use it to double strengthen their faith and belief that evolution is false. They then pass this false information onto their kids, its ludicrous.

203. Teaching assistant quit in protest at Harry Potter

Comment #48682 by konquererz on June 8, 2007 at 5:32 pm

I hope that she does not win this case. This is simply ludicrous, to be in a public school and refuse to listen to a child read (it is about children learning after all) because the book is full of "witchcraft" unacceptable. She needs to be shown that her beliefs have NO place in schools, in any form!

204. Dobson and John MacArthur fantasize about the downfall of America

Comment #48676 by konquererz on June 8, 2007 at 5:23 pm

Well well well, James Dobson and John MacAurther talkin up the end of the earth and the death of america. You can almost hear the giddiness in their voices talking about america going down under gods wrath and the saved gloating over them being right. I hate to even listen to men like them talk, with their "god abandoned america" crap.

205. In Saudi Arabia, a view from behind the veil

Comment #48339 by konquererz on June 7, 2007 at 1:43 pm

Wow, this article is simply stunning. I was moved by this and empassioned against a Saudi government that is perpetrated as modern and democratic here in the united states. This opens up a new world of understanding for me.

206. A Quote Against Theocracy

Comment #48333 by konquererz on June 7, 2007 at 1:25 pm

Wow, I didn't realize that C.S. Lewis was a democrat, but there it is in black and white. Pretty cool, my crazy christian family looks up to him allot. Wonder what they will think of this!

207. Republican candidates range from ignorant to dishonest, part 2

Comment #48332 by konquererz on June 7, 2007 at 1:22 pm

The problem is that rational atheists in america are so freakin tame and "polite" about everything when we need to be out voting our asses off! Instead of complaining about it, we need to get out and vote. In order to make a difference and force people like Bush out of the public realm, we have to CONSISTENTLY get out and vote in numbers equal to the evangelicals. That means a higher percentage of us have to vote than them because there are more of them!

but i do love jon stewart, dead on and hilarious as usual!

208. God is not responsible for war and suffering

Comment #48266 by konquererz on June 7, 2007 at 8:26 am

sorry, this is going to be long!

It is also impossible to think of anti-theist print journalists without the Gutenberg printing press invented by Christians to make mass copies of the Bible

One Christian, one man, and he would have done it with or without religion.

Similarly, various atheists' positions as academics would be inconceivable if the Christian monastic tradition hadn't preserved ancient knowledge during the Dark Ages, then shared it again in newly created universities from the Middle Ages onwards.

What? In the middle ages, Christianity prevent the advancement of all sciences, like Galen. Sure, they shared what they had horded and kept from the world. Good show?

Indeed, the only reason religion rejecter's can tally the apparently long list of religious errors is because religious believers invented the intellectual disciplines and furnished the academic tools that are used today to attack religion.

The church built on beating the average joe into blind faith. What part of my intellect should I credit Christianity with?

And it was a Christian, Pope Gregory XIII, who divided time into units - days, months and years - to tell monks and priests when to pray and atheists when to launch their books.

NO! He created a new date and time system based on when christ lived! The days and time units still circulate around astrology to this day!

Similarly, atheists too often forget that, while they're tallying the lists of death....

Blah Blah Blah, same misinformed argument, lack of belief isn't a cause and Hitler wasn't an atheist or a Christian hater thats why the Vatican back him and he killed Jews.

Competing universalizing urges within various religions may throw up extremist Christians, militant Muslims and the kind of fanatical Jews who carried out the assassination of Yitzak Rabin, but none of these criminals, no fanatical movement in the eons of religious history, not even modern Islamofascism or the whole miserable chapter of the Crusades, has wreaked the sort of havoc the Jew and Christian-hating Nazi regime achieved in one brief decade.

Again, Jew hating, not Christian hating, and Islam can't even be fascist.

It is also true that no religious nation on earth, not even theocratic Shi'ite Iran, offends against basic human rights on the scale of officially atheist China.

Yeah, I'm sure the young girls forced to be circumcised, and that get killed for being raped buy into that. I'm sure those involved in the genocide of Bosnia agree with that. Such uninformed ignorance.

209. Don't Know Much Biology

Comment #48253 by konquererz on June 7, 2007 at 7:43 am

Over half of all Americans don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun once a year



I don't believe that for one second.

Christians believe in the ten commandments, yet over 75% of them don't know them. Most Americans can't even say the Pledge of Allegiance or sing America the Beautiful, yet they are very patriotic.

I have met, personally, people who know that we orbit the sun, but don't know that is the reason for our year. I also know people who don't believe the universe is as big as science says it is and believe just like Brownback and Huckabee. Please, don't fool yourself, there is a supreme amount of supreme ignorance floating around in American minds!

But secondly, this article is hard, straight, and dead on accurate. Fabulously put and spoken like a true scholar. Once again I am forced to mourn for our future generations. To bad I can only effect my own three kids education. They really eat science stuff up.

210. Scopes Two

Comment #48232 by konquererz on June 7, 2007 at 6:37 am

This is classic. Tom Delay is ridiculous, acting like people who don't believe like huckabee are the silly ones. And I love how Matthews cuts down his hilarious CNN conspiracy theory, what a douche. Thats why republicans are so whack, they openly admit to crazy, provenly false fundamentalist christian beliefs.

211. The 'Is God...Great?' Debate

Comment #48069 by konquererz on June 6, 2007 at 1:27 pm

To many pieces, Ill wait for the full video. But Im sure its the usual. Arguing with hitch is like being in a fist fight in the back ally, one in which you always lose.

212. Atheism is pretentious and cowardly

Comment #48067 by konquererz on June 6, 2007 at 1:25 pm

I haven't ever read this dude, but I just had to post a response. He is truly an ignorant sort. He presumes atheists don't know what belief is. I lived it for 25 years, stuff it Theo, I know first hand!
He says that most christians are not the "crazy" kind and don't take the bible literally. Shut it Theo, over half of all Americans believe in a literal creation story. HALF! Then there is el salvador and all the south american countries that suffer due to self imposed church restrictions, where due to the pope, women go to jail for 30 for getting an abortion.

Then he does some weird relation of parties, raves, and concerts to religion. All I have to say to that is WTF?

213. Pell plans fidelity oath for principals

Comment #47989 by konquererz on June 6, 2007 at 8:02 am

This is either a good sign or a bad sign for the world. After the last two years of people like Dawkins, Harris, Dennet, and Hitchens all banging the drum against religious dogmatism, the churches are circling the wagons. This is the time to not allow something like this to pass by quietly.

214. Sen. Clinton: Faith got me through marital strife

Comment #47988 by konquererz on June 6, 2007 at 7:56 am

I find it more than a bit disturbing that our supposed "liberal" party is now going the faith route too. Great, lets all just believe in an invisible sky daddy! And while we are at it, hey, lets go to war over falsified evidence, and let the government spy on our every phone call, credit card transaction, and track our car movements with gps! Christ on a stick!

What ever happened to the great "liberal conspiracy" in the US that republicans are always talking about? Liberals are dropping like flies in this country and even the term liberal is a bad word now! Hilary Clinton and John Edwards, YOU SUCK! Shame on you for your pathetic pandering to the right wing! You had the right path, being honest, and shouting your views from the hill tops, then you fell back on god. You had two have set back liberal politics by years with this shit!

215. Religion and Child Abuse

Comment #47658 by konquererz on June 5, 2007 at 7:34 am

I agree that childhood indoctrination is abuse. However, its not your run of the mill abuse that you can possibly think of taking kids out of their homes and forcing parents to not teach them religion. In some cases you can, such as when your religious indoctrination blatantly teaches you to harm someone, like shooting them.

However, a UN meeting about religious abuse cannot extend past purposeful harm being done to the children of the world. Circumcision causes known pain, teaching them to shoot guns also teaches them to knowingly hurt someone else, but teaching religion does not cause purposeful harm unless you already know religion harms children psychologically. So that just cannot be enforced if you truly believe in a free world.

The answer to religious indoctrinational abuse is raising the conscieousness of the world. We have to continue to pound away at the foundation of religion or this type of abuse will never ever end. It won't be until the day there is a greater majority of skeptics and freethinkers that children will cease to be abuse in this fashion.

and Bizarro, teaching no belief isn't even close to teaching a belief. Teaching no belief requires simply doing nothing and letting children explore the world and make their own interpretations. Its a hands off, don't touch approach. I don't tell my kids there is no god, for my two youngest, the issue never comes up. My oldest son was talked to by my mother who told him angels and god exist. He asked me if I believe in them, I said no, he asked me if they exist, I told him I don't believe they do, but wanted to know what he thought. He said he believes in god but not angels because grandma said so. That right there is where he stands and I don't push the issue, in the end, his logic will rule out and I am giving him the room to grow on his own with out me telling him what to believe.

See Biz, non-belief isn't a belief or a teaching, its a lack of both. You religiousites just seem to think that you "have to believe in something or you fall for anything". Problem is, you already fell for "anything".

216. My Road to Atheism, What Took Me So Long and The Aftermath

Comment #47421 by konquererz on June 4, 2007 at 1:13 pm

This sounds like the Mormon version of what I went through. Except once I chipped a small hole in my wall of faith, I crammed it full of dynamite and blew it into dust!

217. The Myth of Secular Moral Chaos

Comment #47413 by konquererz on June 4, 2007 at 12:41 pm

I just finished reading "Letter to a Christian Nation" and this is almost word for word out of that book. I must say though, I love reading it again, it still gets me pumped up!

218. Cigarette Smoke Alters DNA In Sperm, Genetic Damage Could Pass To Offspring

Comment #47396 by konquererz on June 4, 2007 at 11:24 am

My wife quit smoking when pregnant but I didn't. Our two oldest have had behavioral problems and had problems when born. I smoke for a long time before and during they were born. I stopped smoking two years before my third. There is nothing wrong with her. I wonder now if it was my fault and my smoking caused the problems....

219. Fears for Democracy in India

Comment #44730 by konquererz on May 25, 2007 at 8:30 am

This article is fascinating. It speaks to me and emboldens me to keep shinning the light of reason in the world today. I don't have the knowledge of Dawkins, the quick wit of Harris and Hitchens, and I surely don't have the human insight of Dennet. But what I do have is a voice and a desire and love of freedom, democracy, and reason. I don't want our democracy to spiral down the drain, one more good idea smashed by a religion that doesn't know whats best for itself and the country. I will do my best to raise children that question everything and take nothing with out a critical look at it.

220. Christian sports workers degree ridiculed

Comment #44721 by konquererz on May 25, 2007 at 8:15 am

Who ever heard of a real University having a degree in something so.... well.... pointless? What exactly are you learning here for this degree? Sound more like teaching people to be evangelists on sports teams, and that doesn't belong in university, hell it doesn't even belong any where! This is utter nonsense! Again!

221. Another Christian Science Fair embarrasses itself

Comment #44719 by konquererz on May 25, 2007 at 8:11 am

Wow, and not a single adult stepped in to inform him of extremely provable answer to his project. There was no science teacher there, not even if one had the title. If there was a science teacher that had really been taught science, then he or she should be banned from being around school children as they out and out lied to that child about the truth of his experiment. I agree, child abuse, plain and simple!

222. Penn & Teller's Bullshit - Holier Than Thou With Christopher Hitchens

Comment #44694 by konquererz on May 25, 2007 at 7:30 am

This is one of my favorite episodes of Bullshit. To see people that everyone looks up to be just as human as me gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. Not to see them as not perfect, but to show that me and you, just being us as ourselves, can still, despite all of our faults, impact humanity for the better. Its doesn't take a saint to do something good for your fellow human beings, you just have to have the will to do so.

223. Transcending Jerry Falwell

Comment #44691 by konquererz on May 25, 2007 at 7:29 am

Please, spare me the stories told by people who weren't there in the first place when they wrote the bible. What she is trying to say, though she doesn't know it, is that people are actually embarrassed to be religious outside of church, unless they are really crazy right wing psycho's like Falwell.

People are embarrassed, even though they are majority, to admit that they believe in a giant all powerful invisible sky god that for some reason allows sickness, allows all manner of evil and then after he does nothing to prevent it, punishes people for eternity for one life time of wrong. They are truly embarrassed that they say they believe in a book that is full of obvious errors while saying its perfect. They are all just to afraid of hell to admit their feelings so they remain quiet "personal god" Christians.

224. God help us all - The No. 2 book on Amazon right now is a

Comment #44687 by konquererz on May 25, 2007 at 7:20 am

1. Fascism - a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.

I guess you can fit terrorism into that kind of term, Islamofascism, but its more like a theocracy that a fascist regime. But I digress.

Christians are now showing why Christianity and all religion is dangerous. There are actually people hoping for nuclear war with Iran to bring about a chaotic end to the world were billions will be slaughtered by their god in an epic holy war to end all wars at Armageddon. This madness has to stop!

225. Atheists: Get off of our country!

Comment #44643 by konquererz on May 25, 2007 at 6:11 am

Despite what most Christians will try and tell you, this type of belief is VERY common among evangelical Christians. My parents would agree with it. My former paster once said that it would do the country good to ship all the atheists out to see to their own heretic island. Growing up a fundamentalist Christian, I can't be convince that this belief is not common, its all I knew, and she is sadly not the most ignorant among us, but one of the average.

226. Species extinction

Comment #44635 by konquererz on May 25, 2007 at 6:01 am

Would love to see this beautiful animal come back from extinction, but at only 120 left in the world, that seems pretty grim. Yet another species relegated to the history books for our children. What a shame.

227. Creationist Periodic Table of the Elements

Comment #44608 by konquererz on May 25, 2007 at 5:30 am

Holy shit this site is hilarious! You have to check out the "literature is only a theory" section!

We just don't know how these were written. No modern writer has managed to reproduce a similar work, so it's obvious there was a supernatural designer present. Once proposed, we find all manner of works that were obviously inspired by an intelligent designer. Chaucer is an obvious candidate, as are some of the works of Milton. Obviously the core candidates are such bestsellers as the Bible, and the Qur'an, who's very authors admit to direct intervention in their composition.

This might be the funniest site I have seen in a long time!

228. Lightning damages Jesus statue

Comment #44385 by konquererz on May 24, 2007 at 1:14 pm

You will all burn in hell for this blasphemy! Thor, mighty god of thunder, shows his mighty power by blasting fake god jesus's arm off, and yet you refuse to give worship to him! He shows his great mercy by sparing the pathetic bystanders and still you don't believe! You will all be punished by storms and bad weather that can be interpreted as nature!!

229. I Don't Believe in Atheists

Comment #44376 by konquererz on May 24, 2007 at 12:55 pm

This dude is nonsense in a bowl. First off, the faith Abraham passed down did not teach independence and individualism from the tribe. They were a chosen people, anyone who didn't do what god said was killed out right. Read the god damn bible before you open yer yap about it!

Second, if god is not really a god, then what is all the argument about? He is arguing for a theism that doesn't exist. I still know tons of Christians, and every single one of them would stone him for blasphemy, saying god is a human concept. He is making an argument for a god that doesn't exist, even in most theists minds. Not sure what his purpose was behind the entire argument.

230. 'Einstein - His Life and Universe'

Comment #44157 by konquererz on May 23, 2007 at 1:39 pm

Nice post Healing One, I have always wanted to get a read on exactly where that quote came from. Sounds like he didn't want to not believe in god, but didn't see a way that religions god could exist in paradox with the world we live in.

231. Despite what the scholars say, God isn't dead yet

Comment #44147 by konquererz on May 23, 2007 at 12:50 pm

If Germany in 1933 had been invaded by people in prayer singing "Praise Jesus" instead of Nazis in jackboots it would not have presided over the worst mass killing in history.

My ass! Think crusades, as they marched into Jerusalem with their crosses held hey singing praises to Jesus as they rapes, pillaged,and killed the Jews! Think of why Hitler hated the Jews. Why the Jews? Cause they were known, taught, and pushed as Christ killers, by who? The catholic church! So no wonders were he got his ideas!

And Mao's China and Lenins Russia effected their own country's, not attempted world domination.

232. Some US Muslims say suicide attacks OK

Comment #44145 by konquererz on May 23, 2007 at 12:42 pm

Suicide attacks, even in war, have no rational basis. By killing yourself, you will never ensure your end is accomplished any way, thus your purpose can never be realized. Besides, what would be classified as something worthy of killing yourself over? Freedom? Fighting Tyranny? The small explosion of a suicide bombing never accomplishes much but to cause fear and unrest due to its happening. It doesn't ever accomplish any larger goals. And the only people who will kill themselves are those who believe there is something greater when they die, or they would think twice about ending the one life they have. And tell me the last suicide bomber that ever killed him self for a truly noble cause? Fact is, if they are really dedicated to a truly noble cause, they aren't going to fight by blowing themselves up, thats just silly.

233. Liberty U student plotted to set off explosives, police say

Comment #44142 by konquererz on May 23, 2007 at 12:33 pm

Well, I believe the other college crazy said he was doing Jesus will too. Well, I chalk this up to simple crazy religion. Sorry, come talk when an atheist kills or plots to kill tons of people. Its beginning to be common place to hear someone try to whack someone else in the name of god.

234. Dental healer finds share of faithful believers

Comment #44115 by konquererz on May 23, 2007 at 10:41 am

"I came expecting it to happen," he said. "When he prayed for me, I felt the right side of my face go numb."

Wait, she had a stroke?

"Healing doesn't always happen there and then," he said. "It could happen when they're in McDonald's the next day."

Um, why did god have to wait? Was he busy or not feeling well? Or why not stop it from happening to begin with? If there was a provable god, there still would be no rational explanation for why an all powerful god would wait till the next day!

235. The Conversion of the Casual Evolutionist - You can't spell love without evolve

Comment #44111 by konquererz on May 23, 2007 at 10:32 am

I found myself chuckling at this article. I don't really care about his true level of understanding, but it was funny on a simple level that you have to just accept and laugh at or ignore it and move on. I didn't find it hilarious, or repulsive, just amusing. Funny little article.

236. Ice Age blast 'ravaged America'

Comment #43997 by konquererz on May 23, 2007 at 6:38 am

Well, I guess that would work if it weren't for the fact that all this happened much farther north. But hey, what ever floats your boat.

This would be an interesting debate to watch. I know there have been lost of people that think the evidence points to humans being on the north American continent much earlier than originally thought, but that for some reason they either dwindled down or disappeared for a period of time. This would explain and verify that theory. I would like to be able to listen in on this discussion.

237. Mysteries to Behold in the Dark Down Deep: Seadevils and Species Unknown

Comment #43736 by konquererz on May 22, 2007 at 11:52 am

I have that answer....

BECAUSE GOD SAID SO SLAPNUTZ!

LOL

No, there is nothing supernatural that can compare the the beauty and amazement of seeing a species for the first time. I can't wait to show these to my middle child, he is in love with the ocean right now! Simply beautiful!

238. Prayer can improve physical health

Comment #43730 by konquererz on May 22, 2007 at 11:17 am

They article fails to contemplate the fact that there are tons of studies with other religions and beliefs, especially eastern religions, in which their ceremonies have the same effect. You know, meditation has long been shown to have positive effects, even not "religious" meditation. Prayer has not been shown to be more beneficial than any other types of "prayer" or meditation that are out there. If anything, those studies show the sameness of religions, their beliefs, and their effect on people. If you only need to do something like prayer or meditation to be healthier, then you can't say that one is real and the others aren't. But you can say they are all fake and rely on a persons own desire to feel better, the placebo effect.

239. For the God Question, a Biological Perspective

Comment #43728 by konquererz on May 22, 2007 at 11:13 am

I found that this book raised my consciousness exceedingly! It accomplished what it was created to do. I have been an atheist a mere 4-5 years, and this book taught me much about evolution. I was raise in a fundamentalist home in Christian school and was thus ignorant of the vast amount of arguments against creationism until this book. I recommend it to anyone who wants to raise their consciousness.

240. The root of all evil?

Comment #43715 by konquererz on May 22, 2007 at 10:53 am

chadvader123

The story is a parable which represents Jesus/God as the father and king of us. The servants represent us on our relationship to him. Thus, the statement still stands in representation of how Jesus feels. But that doesn't matter, Jesus ceases telling the parable in verse 26 and is now talking about himself. Tying himself to the king in the story. Jesus parables were to explain our relationship to god/himself, so the people in the parable would be of some personal representation or the parable no longer makes sense.

As for Dawkins "Root of all Evil?" I think that people truly just over reacted since its on TV. His and others books say much more than the series. People are more likely to watch something on television than read a book, thus a greater chance for someone to hear the broadcast and have their conscientiousness raised.

chadvader123, you are obviously a christian who has the ability to interpret the scriptures into a "best case" scenario, instead of reading them for what they are. Hey, far be it from me to stop you from slamming yourself in the closet and turning out the light!

241. A Split Emerges as Conservatives Discuss Darwin

Comment #43454 by konquererz on May 21, 2007 at 1:51 pm

While the likes of the ridiculous Sam Brownback and Mike Huckleberry Hound were shocking, what was more shocking is that there were only three Republican candidates that raised their hands stating they didn't believe in evolution. I think its a tremendous upgrade from seven years ago when most of the republican candidates didn't believe in evolution, including our silly president Bushwa!

It is a start that some from the right are starting to understand that religion does not dictate fact, and that if religion contradicts science, there is only one reason, religion is wrong. I know it seems like a small step, but come one, one step is better then none, right?

242. Cult leader sparks Sikh riots with 'guru' stunt

Comment #43410 by konquererz on May 21, 2007 at 10:04 am

Amazing, they want their own "religious homeland" now as well. Lets just give it to them, like Israel and ocntinue the infighting instead of learning to live together. More religious ridiculousness in my opinion. Equal right? Fabulous! Special religious consideration? Popycock!

243. Jerry Falwell's Hit Parade

Comment #42558 by konquererz on May 18, 2007 at 12:05 pm

Wait, are we really going through the arguement whether god exists again? Utter nonsense, this is about Reverend Sausage Fingers death, and the celebration of the passing of a bad man. I don't see any christian apologetics that can back up this mans life. And its EXTREMELY fitting that we celebrate his death when he used the death of others as a platform for spouting his views on sin. We shouldn't be so vitriolic? Bullshit!!

244. Christopher Hitchens to God: Drop Dead

Comment #42555 by konquererz on May 18, 2007 at 11:46 am

Don't we as scientists pick and choose between the gravity and alchemy of Newton's writings? Certainly. On what grounds? Our intellect. Likewise, as a religious person, I can use my sense of the Moral law to understand the meaning of the stories of the Old Testament.

Nonsense. The bible is deemed as the perfect inerrant word of god Ryan. If its not, then why care whats in it at all? Gravity can be shown and proven, alchemy cannot, thus like all science, keep whats provable, throw out whats not. The bible is not science, there is no testability to whats okay to accept as gods word and whats not. "God said it, I believe it, nuff said" is how the bumper sticker reads.

If you don't believe that the bible is gods word, or believe that it has errors, and believe that some of it is literal and some allegory that you determine, then your faith becomes merely your opinion, and not truly religion. So your faith is nothing but a delusional opinion about your imaginary friend that you glean from a book in which YOU decide what is right and wrong. Your morales and faith are based on your personal belief and interpretation of a 1600 year old book. Wonderful.

As for the historacity of Jesus actually existing, its very obvious that your views are not based on a review of evidence but on what your interpretation is of the new testament. Its all your belief in spite of the facts that question whether Jesus really existed, and even more so, whether people really thought Jesus was even saying he was god. Further, you likely read books that argue a single side of an arguement like "More than a Carpenter" and believe its rubbish despite the fact that this book can be easily argued against.

So next time you decide to pretend that gravity vs alchemy is near the same, why don't you put ANY of your christian beliefs to a real test, a test you put it too, that reviews all sides of an arguement instead of the silly onesided christian arguements that sound logical to you because you haven't heard anything else.

I think Jesus was in the works from the start. I think you're skewing the evidence if you think religion is the 'Source of all Evil".... And I think faith is uplifting, not mindless.

You "think" jesus was in the works from the start? Any proof? Real proof? Or just another convuluted opinion gleaned from personal scriptural interpretation and desire for reality? And no, when people die regularly either BECAUSE of their faith or IN SERVICE TO their faith, that makes it evil, and that is proof, just to make an example of it for you. There is nothing uplifting about faith when it can be skewed into a weapon to kill people. Tell me, why is it that the Bible seems to be chock full of scriptures that can be "misquoted" into use for evil things?

245. Faith-Based Fraud

Comment #42540 by konquererz on May 18, 2007 at 11:03 am

From his wobbly base of opportunist fund raising and degree-mill money-spinning in Lynchburg, Va., he set out to puddle his sausage-sized fingers into the intimate arrangements of people who had done no harm.

OMG Thats the funniest thing I have read all week! The deceased will now be referred to as Reverend Sausage Finger!

246. Manufacturing belief

Comment #42531 by konquererz on May 18, 2007 at 10:47 am

I really liked the article, though I personally disagree with much of what he said. But at the end of the article, I got the impression that he doesn't really believe that religion is good for humanity or was something beneficial that got passed on in the genes. He sounded more like someone desperately trying to stay in the good graces of the religious community, going out of his way to, in some form or fashion, decry the ideas of Dawkins and Dennett. Does he really believe that religion has a benefit or does he just not want to be attacked like others the likes of Harris and Dawkins have?

247. The Fastest-Growing Religion

Comment #42489 by konquererz on May 18, 2007 at 9:35 am

This is exactly why religion is crap! Persecuting another religion because their belief is different is what religion does. History tells us that Wiccans will only be persecuted until there are allot of them, then they will do the persecuting. Christians used to be persecuted, but not now, they do the persecuting. Mormons were persecuted, not now, they have tons of money and use it to bully their way around the country. I don't feel sorry for wiccans. And easier way would be to realize that all this supernatural crap is a load of trash and dump it!

I don't mean to sound harsh, but thats the reality of it. Why suffer for an invisible power of any kind? If IT really cared, it would help you out, not throw you to the wolves!

248. The Cyclic Universe: A Talk With Neil Turok

Comment #42483 by konquererz on May 18, 2007 at 9:28 am

Ryan, I am very happy for you. You live in a world in which you have no wonder, no amazement, and no mystery. NO NO NO DON'T YOU DARE!!!!! Don't try and bring out that you ponder the mysteries of god because you don't you can't because the bible says you can't know the mind of god. God is above all, so he is more than our finite minds can comprehend. So we understand that your universe is completely solved. In other words, your universe is boring as hell. In fact, I'm not happy for you after all, I pity you! Who could be happy in a world in which the answer to everything is god? Wait, I was there for 25 years, I know the true answer to that, its no one!

However, my head hurts trying to wrap it around this article, but I liked it and will read it again to gain better understanding!

249. Antarctic 'treasure trove' found

Comment #41953 by konquererz on May 17, 2007 at 11:01 am

HEADLINE NEWS!!!

Today, a man was found in his shower, half eaten alive. Apparently his wife, tired of his crap, bought a carnivorous sponge and tossed it into the shower while he was in it. Its not clear whether she knew the sponge was still alive or whether it spontaneously came alive when hit with hot water.

Their little boy is currently under going therapy and won't stop saying "no more sponges mommy, no more sponges!" The mother had no comment.

250. The Colbert Report: The Intolerant

Comment #41946 by konquererz on May 17, 2007 at 10:56 am

Colbert is hilarious! I am personally intolerant of shows about the intolerance of intolerance! And I won't tolerate anything less than total tolerance on intolerance!