Comments by kkelly

Comment #232199 by kkelly on August 17, 2008 at 8:23 pm

35, I don't understand, could you elaborate?

Comment #232187 by kkelly on August 17, 2008 at 8:01 pm

Regardless of how improbable evolution on earth becomes as an explanation, an ultimate intelligent designer will always be so improbable as to not be possible.

203. Unintelligent Design

Comment #232182 by kkelly on August 17, 2008 at 7:43 pm

30, I meant that if there was an intelligent designer, who designed it? Intelligent design explains nothing so it is a stupid concept. It would have to be even more complex than life and the universe and would therefore be even MORE improbable to have come into existence.

204. Unintelligent Design

Comment #232178 by kkelly on August 17, 2008 at 7:36 pm

28, Have you learned NOTHING from the 'first cause' argument?

205. A flea we missed?

Comment #232140 by kkelly on August 17, 2008 at 4:45 pm

I HATE the History Channel for their deferential indulgence in christian mythology. When I tried telling people about the historical accuracy of the bible, they have used the argument that the HISTORY channel covers it so it MUST be historical.

206. A flea we missed?

Comment #232099 by kkelly on August 17, 2008 at 3:38 pm

384, I don't think they were confusing it as a serious rhetorical device, they knew very well it was an annoying joke. I think they were being overly sensitive in their approach out of respect for feelings, so it only seemed that they viewed it with more than simple disdain.

207. A flea we missed?

Comment #232096 by kkelly on August 17, 2008 at 3:27 pm

382, touche. but you can't possibly think the several posts in this one thread even rival the myriad of cricket bat whacks in EVERY thread in the past month. There's no irony.

edit:381, that point was in response to Sharon's opinion that there were many people fawning over it. I was pointing out that it only seemed like many because the three who do fawn over it, do it all the time. The mind has a hard time discerning whether one person said the same thing many times, or if many said it once.

208. A flea we missed?

Comment #232089 by kkelly on August 17, 2008 at 3:16 pm

The only people who encouraged the cricket bat are Laurie, who I think has may-december-of-next-year romance in mind, Quetz, and AP.

209. Unintelligent Design

Comment #232053 by kkelly on August 17, 2008 at 2:33 pm

20, I probably would also find it unsurprising if it was the opposite; that when lax moral standards are the norm you're more understanding and accepting of violations.

In this case, I think it was visceral disgust evoked by the dirty food refuse that was misappropriated to fuel harsher moral judgements.

210. A flea we missed?

Comment #232050 by kkelly on August 17, 2008 at 2:23 pm

pfft, I hated the cricket bat back when it was still a golf club.

211. Poll: Should the motto 'In God We Trust' be removed from U.S. currency?

Comment #232046 by kkelly on August 17, 2008 at 2:14 pm

hmm, this angeleyes fellow might be on to something. I look forward to learning from what he has to say. Does he have a blog I can add to my favorites?

212. A flea we missed?

Comment #231563 by kkelly on August 16, 2008 at 2:42 pm

David, I had no intention of debating you so sorry for challenging and insulting you. I learned long ago that arguing with obsessed believers is useless. The only believers who can be turned around in a convenient period of time are the ones who have never given their religion much thought, i.e., the ones that feel no need for prayer, church, spirituality, but have just been going with the flow.

213. A flea we missed?

Comment #231417 by kkelly on August 16, 2008 at 10:16 am

27, Have you even read Paula Kirby's in-depth rebuttal to your letters? She spells it out very clearly where you are intellectually dishonest, or just plain lacking.

214. Enemies of Reason: Available now on DVD!

Comment #231165 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 10:41 pm

277, Hey I said it might be my stupidity, not yours. Relax.

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Comment #231158 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 10:26 pm

271, It looks like Sarm is more educated than his natural abilities can accommodate. His posts seem pretty nonsensical to me but maybe I'm just not that great at picking the logic out of high-falutent yet cliched phrases rigged together with verbal duct tape.

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Comment #231150 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 10:06 pm

268, wow you are young. asl asks age/sex/location. In chat rooms in the mid 90s that was the standard greeting for any new member, then it was usurped for sexual purposes as is customary.

217. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #231147 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 10:03 pm

9334, yeah but his mad logic skillz take time to articulate. Patience.

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Comment #231145 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 9:58 pm

266, I never pegged you as kinky. asl?

219. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #231141 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 9:50 pm

And my breath is also bated. Please hurry so I can sleep at night.

220. Enemies of Reason: Available now on DVD!

Comment #231138 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 9:38 pm

264, say WHAAAAAAT?

edit: oh good, you're sane afterall.

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Comment #231136 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 9:35 pm

262, It's actually not that bad, unless they ask you to participate.

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Comment #231131 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 9:18 pm

258, I guess my dick just lives a more exciting lifestyle than yours. Good night.

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Comment #231129 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 9:04 pm

It was actually just run-of-the-mill candida.

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Comment #231125 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 8:52 pm

251, I once had a guy blow me while my dick was covered in petroleum based fungicide, and neither of us mentioned anything about it even though it took him forever to wash his mouth out. How's that for too much information?

Maybe there is something wrong with me.

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Comment #231078 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 5:44 pm

215, maybe they're just using a clever label for studying which ideas spread successfully, why and how? If they're pursuing this outside of cognitive psychology then they're on a wild goose chase.

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Comment #231073 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 5:37 pm

208, ..."use memes as a useful concept for description, but nothing more."

Yeah, that's exactly what Dawkins meant by memes, that ideas are shaped by selective pressures. Was it supposed to be more than metaphorical?

227. Saudi Arabia Bans Dog Walking in Capital

Comment #231053 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 4:31 pm

153, Jesus Christ, Steve. I'm not a plant, and I don't have repulsive views. I have moderated my behavior considerably since I first started posting, and the other day after several posters agreed that I was disruptive, I altered it even more. You're being extremely uptight, irrational, and paranoid. There's no need for you to retire, all you have to do is ignore my comments. I never engage you, anyway.

edit: And are you just ignoring the context of that comment altogether? Everybody was being facetious.

228. Enemies of Reason: Available now on DVD!

Comment #231028 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 2:46 pm

The only people who are offended by his tone are theists and those who take it upon themselves to feel offended on their behalf.

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Comment #230920 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 12:34 pm

113, It's good that it's just BASIC reading comprehension, because that's all I'll grant you're capable of, but I am being very generous so...you're welcome.

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Comment #230902 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 12:18 pm

104, Well at least you're now aware that you don't know that much. Glad we could help.

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Comment #230895 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 12:08 pm

100, That won't convince him. What he's doing is not only conflating empirical evidence with unsubstantiated induction, but confusing 'evidence' of a higher intelligence with 'evidence' of another evolved intelligence.

It is obvious that he's a non-thinking phony. He confronts challenges simply by saying that there IS logic and evidence for his side, without going any further.

232. Saudi Arabia Bans Dog Walking in Capital

Comment #230888 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 11:48 am

And what if they had their gay sex on his body? All that post-coital...leakage. Quite a formidable plague indeed.

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Comment #230884 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 11:41 am

92, and the other point of my post? what evidence do you have of an intelligence that didn't evolve? You don't have any. Let's assume that all that so-called evidence for an intelligent designer, that you're not smart or knowledgeable enough to dismiss, actually is sound. You still don't know that that intelligence DIDN'T evolve. So your idiotic response to Brian English just wastes time.

234. Saudi Arabia Bans Dog Walking in Capital

Comment #230879 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 11:36 am

135, They could feel social pressure to pair with females and just have their gay sex on the side.

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Comment #230869 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 11:19 am

83, Your expertise with phonemes is something else.

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Comment #230865 by kkelly on August 15, 2008 at 11:14 am

Durant, just tell us what evidence you think there is for intelligence that didn't evolve.

Also, what are your theistic beliefs? christian? deist?

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Comment #230487 by kkelly on August 14, 2008 at 6:00 pm

40, more like ARATIONALITY. Everything he said in that post has already been said before many times by his camp. He's just regurgitating, not thinking.

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Comment #230463 by kkelly on August 14, 2008 at 5:31 pm

38, One ploy, that at least catholics use for disputing any logical conflict between science and religion is that in past centuries it was other scientists, rather than the church, who were the main persecutors of dissenters like Galileo or Copernicus. I have no idea how true that is, but it's what the idiot religion teacher said, as if it isn't pointless to this topic regardless.

239. Saudi Arabia Bans Dog Walking in Capital

Comment #230406 by kkelly on August 14, 2008 at 4:05 pm

teapot, if we ever create the headless chicken, would you eat that?

240. God's Warriors

Comment #230375 by kkelly on August 14, 2008 at 3:31 pm

35, Well you could have just compromised and slapped him around some.

241. Poll: Should the motto 'In God We Trust' be removed from U.S. currency?

Comment #230364 by kkelly on August 14, 2008 at 3:18 pm

49, I wasn't suggesting anything be done about it. But now that you mention it there should be a ban on tank tops and jean shorts at those places. And maybe solid partitions between the lines so that I don't have to look at them while I wait in line for an hour. Or, a more clever route would be to make brown paper bags with eye holes an amusement park staple that you win at games like those lizards on a leash or stuffed animals.

242. Poll: Should the motto 'In God We Trust' be removed from U.S. currency?

Comment #230191 by kkelly on August 14, 2008 at 12:08 pm

8, I agree with your characterization of redneck americans, which possibly make up a majority. I'd further like to add that they also LOOK physically different (uglier) than the americans I normally encounter, and I'm not being facetious. It's not just that they're fatter or dress grossly, something about their facial structure is odd, barring the obvious explanation that they're missing their back molars and their cheeks are hollow. There's a noticeable lack of symmetry and proportion in their faces and bodies. The difference is most striking at midwestern amusement parks.

243. The God Delusion

Comment #229466 by kkelly on August 13, 2008 at 4:25 pm

It's not moxie so much as level-headedness. Unless I'm missing something. Are hate groups in the habit of drumming up support for their cause with anonymous postings on the internet by maladjusted homos, or does Steve have delusions of grandeur by proxy or something?

244. The God Delusion

Comment #229458 by kkelly on August 13, 2008 at 4:05 pm

51, exploit my posts for what purpose with any consequence?

245. The God Delusion

Comment #229439 by kkelly on August 13, 2008 at 3:17 pm

40, I meant your description of Tourette's is so simplistic it's wrong.

246. The God Delusion

Comment #229431 by kkelly on August 13, 2008 at 3:06 pm

35, that's not true at all.

247. The God Delusion

Comment #229423 by kkelly on August 13, 2008 at 2:58 pm

29, Is it naively idiotic for one to ponder whether the anal elasticity of a fellow homosexual is sub-par?

Does a tic disorder explain the content of language that is expressed through manual dexterity?

I guess I COULD be a theist plant, though. Very perceptive.

248. Defend the Individual and So the West

Comment #229410 by kkelly on August 13, 2008 at 2:40 pm

32, The second part is more reflective.

249. The God Delusion

Comment #229405 by kkelly on August 13, 2008 at 2:36 pm

I'm guessing Steve had a bad goatse experience himself.

250. The God Delusion

Comment #229384 by kkelly on August 13, 2008 at 1:35 pm

It reminds me of goatse.