Comments by Diacanu

2501. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124635 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 11:09 pm

Sharon, how'm I doin?

I'm sleep deprived, hungry for eggs, cranky, and having acid reflux, but I think I'm holding up quite well all things considered.

2502. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124634 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 11:08 pm

Shrommer, say, what else do you buy into?

Loc-ness monster? Bigfoot? Ghosts? UFOs? John Edwards?

Or just the invisible sky king and his zombie son?

Hey, what about medical zombies made by voodoo witch doctors?
People really have witnessed that shit.
Why aren't you into voodoo?

2503. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124632 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 11:03 pm

Shrommer-

You won't have a million people believing that Spiderman is real during the hundred years since the comic was created.

It hasn't even been 100 years.

Give it a bit.

So how do you think that a million people came to believe in the resurrected Jesus during the first century without anything special happening and without any eyewitnesses telling the news to others?

Lies, gullibility, credulity,stupidity, wish thinking, all the same crap that makes people fall for televangelists today.
Same type of people.

2504. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124629 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 11:01 pm

SharonMcT-

wow, i would not want to be charged in the court of law that allows evidence from one eyewitness as sufficient proof

Spiderman would bust you out, fair damsel!!

2505. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124626 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 10:58 pm

Shrommer-

Hmm, when it was written it was not written as Holy Scripture and was not written as part of a Bible. It was simply written as historical accounts.

You were there, were you?

2506. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124624 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 10:57 pm

Radesq-

Dammit, King Arthur is real!!

He has to be, or I'll die!!

*Tears squirt*

He's ree-ee-al!! He's reee-ee-al!! He's ree-ee-aal!!!

*Flings self into pillow and shrieks*

2507. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124619 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 10:51 pm

Shrommer-

John was most certainly an eyewitness.

Proof?

Or just feelings?

2508. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124616 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 10:48 pm

Shrommer-

The similarities show that there is a core truth.

Just like The Amazing Spiderman, The Spectacular Spiderman, Web Of Spiderman, Spiderman 2099, and Ultimate Spiderman.

Or, the 60's Spiderman cartoon, the 80's Spiderman cartoon, and the Spiderman movies.

All different, core similarities.

And still fiction.

2509. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124613 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 10:40 pm

Shrommer-

why they think that historical evidence is really no evidence at all.

...*massages temples*

There is no historical evidence outside of scripture.

And archaeological evidence and real history decimates scripture.

The Bible is not a history book any more than fucking Narnia or Lord Of The Rings are.

Hey, it would be nifty if there were a Spiderman, then I could retroactively get college credit for my wasted teen years, and call myself a fucking history professor.

But guess what?
Spiderman, Aslan, Gandalf, Jesus, fuckin' imaginary!

2510. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124606 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 10:31 pm

Shrommer-

See comment 110 again, too.

No.

You're keeping me from fluffy omelettes now, so now you're a bastard, and I want to put pins in you.

2511. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124603 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 10:27 pm

Arrgh!! That omelette was as good as mine and then...argh!!

Shrommer-

I gave supply in comment 133 and you already said it doesn't convince you.

Then bye.

2512. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124601 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 10:25 pm

Unh, son of a bitch, these people...

I need a snack or something....

2513. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124600 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 10:24 pm

*Tumbleweed*

2514. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124599 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 10:23 pm

*Crickets*

2515. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124598 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 10:19 pm

Shrommer-

What the new atheists are saying, however, is that Christians do not have any evidence or that we believe

Supply it.

2516. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124595 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 10:12 pm

Shrommer-

The religion that Hitchens says is poisonous and we shouldn't believe in is already the religion that we are standing against.

Okay, that's all sweet and perfumy an huggy-smoochy and all if religious moderates want to stand against fundamentalism, spiffy.

But see, I'm an atheist, I don't believe that stuff.
Quoting scripture cuts no dice.

See, to me, religion is harmful enough BY NOT BEING TRUE.

Make the lies as fuzzy and snuggly as you want, THEY'RE STILL LIES.

That's harm enough.

The stuff Hitchens complains about is just icing on the cake after that.

2517. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124592 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 10:07 pm

....sorry everyone, Shrommer has been doing this routine for some months now, and it finally...it put me in a Dennis Leary fucking mood....

2518. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124589 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 10:02 pm

Don't care!!

Christianity being fluffy or not doesn't make it true!

And you got no proof!!

I don't care if Jesus is made of marshmallows and hugs!!
I don't!!
Any more than I give a fuck about when Mickey Mouse's birthday is!!

2519. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124586 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 9:55 pm

Stop preaching, Shrommer, it's tedious, and no one's going to read it.

Post another novel-load of your drivel, I'm going to hit the troll button on your ass.

2520. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124585 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 9:51 pm

shrommer-

The Holy Spirit of God is not violent or destructive, yet He is all powerful and just. He is merciful and gentle, patient and kind. He is rational, and leads men to all truth.

Yeah, see this?
Shit like this, it ain't evidence.

You don't know the mind of God.
It's arrogant to say you do until you can prove it.

And it's tedious for us to have to hear this shit droned again, and again, and again, by some glassy eyed git.

We've heard it.
It doesn't impress.
We think it's bullshit.
We don't want to hear it anymore.
it's just talk.
Talk isn't proof.
Proof is proof.
Get some.
Otherwise, stop fucking preaching.

2521. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124583 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 9:47 pm

Got any proof of God, Shrommer?

Any bona-fide fucking miracles?

Eh? Eh?

Come on, stop with the whining nitpicking, and give us the real shit.

2522. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124580 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 9:37 pm

Shrommer-

he was seen by over 500 people,

Prove it.

The Bible doesn't count.

These accounts were told to thousands of people who could all verify them with the witnesses,

Prove it.

The Bible doesn't count.

There are also miracles taking place today,

Prove it.

And I mean a real fucking miracle.

Let's see an amputee get a fucking leg back.

Not some lady got over the sniffles, or some guy had a really realistic dream about fucking angels.

Flying pigs!! Britney Spears fucking spontaneously combusting live on jumbo-tron!! Dr. Phil's nose turning into a foot long toe in 8 seconds flat!!

Let's see the real fucking shit!!

Shit out of the Bible!!

2523. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #124577 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 9:29 pm

*GrroooAAAN!!*

Shrommer is back at it again.

He gets his ass whipped, vanishes abruptly, then like Green Lantern charging his ring, comes back 2 to 3 weeks later, refreshed by new bullshit from his minister, or somebody, and does it all over again.

Shrommer, stop it, these non sequiturs, tautologies, precious little fortune cookie affirmations, and fruity ass anecdotes aren't evidence for the existence of God, never will be, ever, no matter how hard and often you shovel them.

2524. Battle of the Chambersburg billboards

Comment #124550 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 7:28 pm

pkruger-

Geez, the American public sure hates it when someone makes them think.

"Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so".
-Bertrand Russell.

2525. Battle of the Chambersburg billboards

Comment #124529 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 5:47 pm

home8896-

My full blown hate is restricted for people who are truly destroying human beings, not ideas...

Good point.

But there is that old line "wherever they burn books, they will eventually start to burn people".

I'd rather that were nipped in the bud wherever possible.

2526. Battle of the Chambersburg billboards

Comment #124523 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 5:19 pm

home8896-

Hate takes too much energy for me. I'll stick with contempt and indifference. That leaves a closet full of people I do like.

D'oh, I should've used contempt instead of hate.

Hmm..I dunno, I gotta reserve full blown hate for guys like Dinesh D'Souza, and Michael Behe...they're actively destructive to reason...

2527. Battle of the Chambersburg billboards

Comment #124519 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 4:55 pm

home8896-

Although I would really hesitate to say I hate America, there is a certain portion of Americans I am getting really close to hating, and they tend to post assinine billboards like this.

I could fit the people I don't hate or have indifference toward on a small fishing schooner.

2528. Christopher Hitchens Debates Timothy Jackson

Comment #124502 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 4:26 pm

I disagree.

I think it's flammable.

:P

2529. Why Darwin matters

Comment #124492 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 4:06 pm

Springer revives a point I made some weeks ago.

The trash on that show?
That's average America.

That's what's breeding in droves.

Stupid might have a Darwinian survival advantage.

Smart worries about career, worries about the world it's bringing its offspring into, worries about college, etc, etc.

Stupid plows right on ahead, has 8 kids, and lives off macaroni and Kool-Aid.

2530. Why Darwin matters

Comment #124475 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 3:22 pm

krisking-

Maybe so, but it will shape and colour your views on everything.

Oh, let me guess. The color is gloomy, and murky, and in such a world, there would be no hugs from mommy, or vanilla ice cream on your apple pie, or rainbows.

*Masturbation gesture, rolls eyes*

2531. Why Darwin matters

Comment #124470 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 3:13 pm

krisking-

I think faith is an inevitable part of life.

Then have faith in yourself, instead of subordinating your self esteem to an invisible boogeyman.

2532. Why Darwin matters

Comment #124469 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 3:11 pm

krisking-

I am still not convinced that the atheist position will be helpful in the long run.

And delusion is?

2533. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #124464 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 3:02 pm

Here's a thought.

If you reference a post all the way on the second page, have decency to quote it.

And no, I'm not going to do it for you, you've irritated me now.

2534. Christopher Hitchens Debates Timothy Jackson

Comment #124457 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 2:34 pm

Sturmundrang-

He may appeal to certain people more than other atheist authors do.

Meh, I get a real kick out of him, but of the two and a half 4 horseman books I've read, "The God Delusion", is still my favorite.

Knocked down a lot of religious arguementations that used to stump me back in the day, plus, gave me evolutionary morality to hang onto, and showed me the natural result of no God wasn't social darwinism.
Uplifted me to the stratosphere right when I needed it most.

2535. Christopher Hitchens Debates Timothy Jackson

Comment #124454 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 2:19 pm

Invaluable is valuable.

2536. Christopher Hitchens Debates Timothy Jackson

Comment #124439 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 12:49 pm

Sturmunddrang-

It doesn't poison everything.

Well, I happen to think it does.
*Shrug*

Dogmatism is a variable that I think encompasses much more of the problem. It is more specific and more fine tuned. It covers the problems with Stalin, Hitler and also various religious atrocities. I happen to enjoy certain practices that are straight out of religions.

Well, write a book like that.
You can be the good cop to Hitchens's bad cop.

2537. The Passion of 'Anonymous'

Comment #124433 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 12:25 pm

Wish I could go back and ridicule Abraham, Moses, and Mohammed into oblivion.

If an internet existed then, they would have been torn to smithereens.
They'd be the "time cube", guys of the week, and then everyone would've moved on to Chris Crocker and Taye Zonday.

2538. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #124432 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 12:23 pm

So, you limeys overthrowing your oppressors yet?

Eh, eh? Ehhh??

Don't make me poke ya with a stick.

2539. Christopher Hitchens Debates Timothy Jackson

Comment #124419 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 11:59 am

Sturmundrang-

I meant "extreme" in that Hitchens makes statements like "How Religion Poisons Everything."

Oh, boo hoo. It does.

Yeah, you can nitpick at the meaning to want it softened, but "okay, by religion, I mean in it's most dogmatic and pernicious forms, and in these forms, it touches on all aspects of our life and society, and this to me, has a poisonous effect", is a bit long and pedantic to cram onto a book cover.

Fuck it.
Religion poisons everything.

2540. Hitchens V. Boteach

Comment #124417 by Diacanu on February 9, 2008 at 11:53 am

Just watched this last night.

Damn, Boteach came across as a whinier victim-ier D'Souza.

2541. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123889 by Diacanu on February 7, 2008 at 9:51 pm

Feh, have a revolution anyway.

Or, at least pretend to have one, until this bishop asshole falls crying into the fetal position, and then go "psyche!!".

2542. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123828 by Diacanu on February 7, 2008 at 5:20 pm

Richard Morgan-

do any of you guys live in an American state which still applies the death penalty?

Nope, Maine ain't had one in ages, if it ever did.

....oh, wait, there was a chair in Green Mile, and King's settings are usually historically accurate.

Alright, yeah, we did, but not in a helluva while.

2543. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123802 by Diacanu on February 7, 2008 at 4:25 pm

Jiten-

No but it's OK to say I'm against tomatoes but other people eating tomatoes will not affect me.

Yeah, in tomato land.

You live in I'm-free-to-not-eat-tomatoes-if-I-don't-wanna-land.

If the tomato eaters want to just eat tomatoes, then there's no fucking need to make it a separate law just for them.

2544. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123795 by Diacanu on February 7, 2008 at 4:18 pm

Jiten-

Read my earlier posts (and which you highlighted) where I said plainly I'm against Sharia law.

Um...I'm sorry if this seems a bit black n' white, but some things are...if you're against something, you're against it.

You don't say "I hate tomatoes", and then go eat a bushel of 'em with a salt shaker.

If you're against Sharia, be against it, don't give it any quarter.

It's like letting a rapist "just put his dick in me a little bit".

2545. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123788 by Diacanu on February 7, 2008 at 4:05 pm

Jiten-

In contrast to your passive ambiguous mushiness?
I suppose so.

2546. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123782 by Diacanu on February 7, 2008 at 4:00 pm

Look, you can't have separate laws, you're going to balkanize your fuckin' country, and then it'll be a tribally divided shithole like Iraq.

This is where PC crosses over into masochism.
And all masochism does is encourage sadism.

Get a spine, and stand up for your way of life, people.
Or, don't you think it's worth standing up for?
Eh?
You think Sharia has some good ideas?
You wanna live that way?
No?
Oh, but it's okay for the other guy to live that way?
The whole cultural relativism thing?
Well, that applies when it's the other guy in his other country.
They're knocking on your door now.
Snap out of it, and stand up for yourselves.
This is bullshit.
If PC won't let you concede that, then it's outlived its usefulness.

2547. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123776 by Diacanu on February 7, 2008 at 3:54 pm

Jiten-

How about wife beating?

How about stoning?

How about beheading?

Take all the barbaric criminal shit out of Sharia, and what have you got left?

2548. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123769 by Diacanu on February 7, 2008 at 3:44 pm

Jiten-

How will it affect you if you're not muslim?

Assanine question.

It shouldn't draw breath in a free country.

May as well ask "how does polygamy and pederasty in Utah effect you if you're not a Mormon?", it's illegal in my fuckin' country, and the law applies to everyone.

Don't like it, change the law, or get out, and make your own crappy country.

It's civilization, not shopping for soda flavors.

2549. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123762 by Diacanu on February 7, 2008 at 3:32 pm

Jiten-