251. Ben Stein Vs. Sputtering Atheists

Comment #165131 by DamnDirtyApe on April 21, 2008 at 5:31 am

I'm atheism friendly!

Ape: Now with logic(tm)!

Washing instructions: Expose to highest levels of scrutiny possible. Do not mix with impossible theoretical clothing as it may result in their disintergration.

252. Ben Stein Vs. Sputtering Atheists

Comment #165106 by DamnDirtyApe on April 21, 2008 at 4:18 am

I think i'm starting to believe something: We can win against these IDiots.

253. Sex for diploma offer caught on tape

Comment #164502 by DamnDirtyApe on April 20, 2008 at 10:41 am

Oh Simpsons, what wisdom you've given us: As long as everyone is videotaping everyone else - Justice will be done!

254. Religious education as a part of literary culture

Comment #162541 by DamnDirtyApe on April 17, 2008 at 3:53 am

NormanDoering raises an excellent point. It is one thing to have enthusiasm and love, but it too can be all consuming and even distructive.

I think i'll put off buying that xbox 360 till -after- I've finished my PhD...

255. Yoko Ono, Filmmakers Caught in 'Expelled' Flap

Comment #162426 by DamnDirtyApe on April 17, 2008 at 12:15 am

As we so fondly say on the interweb - Ownage!

256. For sale: 13-year-old virgin

Comment #160764 by DamnDirtyApe on April 14, 2008 at 11:25 am

That's pretty fucking sick Max...

257. For sale: 13-year-old virgin

Comment #160728 by DamnDirtyApe on April 14, 2008 at 10:23 am

I found myself thinking of Memoirs of a Geisha. Only this is even creepier. And in the present day.

258. Richard Dawkins' secular army must be stopped. God is behind some of our greatest art

Comment #160372 by DamnDirtyApe on April 14, 2008 at 2:12 am

One word reply: Bioshock.

http://www.wikicheats.com/images/thumb/d/d5/Bioshock_no_kings_or_gods.jpg/800px-Bioshock_no_kings_or_gods.jpg

259. Ancient serpent shows its leg

Comment #159617 by DamnDirtyApe on April 12, 2008 at 4:21 pm

The folk who found this are Science heros.

Super Synchrotron force: Assemble!

260. Scientists take drugs to boost brain power: study

Comment #158994 by DamnDirtyApe on April 11, 2008 at 10:01 am

To be completely honest, I've actually never taken drugs in my life (with the exception of alcohol, and I don't get drunk terribly frequently).

Well, the technicality of that depends on your stance on Asthma medication. As I occaisionally need that to live.

261. Scientists take drugs to boost brain power: study

Comment #158978 by DamnDirtyApe on April 11, 2008 at 9:17 am

That, and I suspect Bill Hicks would sleep very, very soundly to such news.

262. Scientists take drugs to boost brain power: study

Comment #158974 by DamnDirtyApe on April 11, 2008 at 9:13 am

Nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol....

Damn - Science is Rock & Roll!

And let's not forget the inventor of LSD. Who was actually rather fond of his own discovery.

263. The simple falsehood at the heart of Expelled

Comment #158239 by DamnDirtyApe on April 10, 2008 at 8:47 am

This also is relevant to the Catholic church's 'new sins' - particularly the sin of 'genetic manipulation'. They appear to have forgotten that we've selectively bred crops, cattle and dogs since the DAWN OF FREAKING CIVILISATION.

264. German Church admits aiding Nazis

Comment #158082 by DamnDirtyApe on April 10, 2008 at 4:00 am

Is there anyone the church may wronged who they have NOT thrown money at?

Who are they represented by, Michael Jackson's legal team?

265. Expelled producers accused of copyright infringement

Comment #158048 by DamnDirtyApe on April 10, 2008 at 3:01 am

Ah, I knew this movie would strike a chord with the right audience...

266. 'Darwin chip' brings evolution into the classroom

Comment #157597 by DamnDirtyApe on April 9, 2008 at 10:13 am

Ah, this stuff is cool. I work in an Embedded Systems lab doing some image processing stuff. One guy here's working on fault-tolerant computation inspired by RNA messaging.

267. Anti-evolution bill clears another hurdle

Comment #157448 by DamnDirtyApe on April 9, 2008 at 5:37 am

Falc, I know you're not crazy :D But those darn Homeland security guys scare the McJesus out of me.

268. In search of the God particle

Comment #156805 by DamnDirtyApe on April 8, 2008 at 9:23 am

Urgh! Reading those comments for the Times, I haven't been as annoyed with people's ignorance since that program on BBC on sunday morning with the good professor, that horrible woman, and those idiotic debate topics!

269. Get out of here, atheists!

Comment #156405 by DamnDirtyApe on April 7, 2008 at 1:15 pm

Must... Jeffersonise it up... with one of my favourite Jeff quotes:

'The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.'

Good Lincolns too, folks. :D

270. Russell T Davies: Return of the (tea) Time Lord

Comment #156310 by DamnDirtyApe on April 7, 2008 at 9:53 am

Christmas - that special time when we come together to remember he who died, came back to life, and saved us all - The Doctor!

271. Vote on freedom of expression marks the end of Universal Human Rights

Comment #153056 by DamnDirtyApe on April 1, 2008 at 1:40 am

All I can think is, this will get a lot worse before it will start to get better.

272. Beware the Believers

Comment #152729 by DamnDirtyApe on March 31, 2008 at 12:16 pm

It's pro-Dawkins & co in my opinion, but It's just not that funny to me. It's just kinda lame.

I much prefer 'the feast of Alvis' off Sealab:2021. Now that's freaking funny.

'How can you worship that guy? He killed a man!' - 'Only for revenge!'

'The true meaning of Alvis time - is drinking. Drinking and revenge.'

'We're gonna get loaded and score some revenge on the krebs!' 'Did you not read the book of Alvis? Alvis was himself a kreb!' 'No way!' 'Yes, it was the Romans who killed him. If you're going to get angry with someone, why don't you get angry with the Italians?'

273. My quest to get de-baptised

Comment #152497 by DamnDirtyApe on March 31, 2008 at 6:44 am

I was held at the airport up by Homeland Security when I visited my brother in the states. One of the questions I was asked was 'were you baptised?'

Did they maybe cross a line there?

274. I always aim to misbehave

Comment #151554 by DamnDirtyApe on March 29, 2008 at 1:13 am

Right on. Keep exposing their lies and stupidity!

Wow, and I never knew about pogrom...

275. Iowa county board gives initial OK for ghost hunters to investigate asylum

Comment #151430 by DamnDirtyApe on March 28, 2008 at 5:15 pm

This sounds like an episode of Scooby Doo...

276. Iowa county board gives initial OK for ghost hunters to investigate asylum

Comment #151413 by DamnDirtyApe on March 28, 2008 at 4:47 pm

Maybe these guys should play the video game Silent Hill: It'll blow them away!

277. Expelled from Expelled: PZ story goes global

Comment #150621 by DamnDirtyApe on March 27, 2008 at 7:27 am

Maybe we should kerb our enthusiasm a bit, but let's not forget those expelled guys are a bunch of manipulative lying hypocritical jerks.

278. Happy Birthday, Richard Dawkins!

Comment #150257 by DamnDirtyApe on March 26, 2008 at 4:07 pm

Happy Birthday

279. Saudi Arabia Leader Calls for Interfaith Dialogue

Comment #150061 by DamnDirtyApe on March 26, 2008 at 12:26 pm

Speaking of that stuff al, I'd love to hear Ayaan's take on this...

280. Saudi Arabia Leader Calls for Interfaith Dialogue

Comment #149972 by DamnDirtyApe on March 26, 2008 at 11:20 am

This also reminds me of a quote a friend directed me to once:

Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. ...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. -- Hermann Goering

281. Saudi Arabia Leader Calls for Interfaith Dialogue

Comment #149942 by DamnDirtyApe on March 26, 2008 at 10:49 am

Lovely.

282. Saudi Arabia Leader Calls for Interfaith Dialogue

Comment #149922 by DamnDirtyApe on March 26, 2008 at 10:34 am

Also Reminds me of something in history. Queen Elizabeth the first tried to curry support from the Islamic world during the war with spain and france 'as a fellow monotheist'. Didn't work. Fortunately, military strategy works much better than faith.

283. Saudi Arabia Leader Calls for Interfaith Dialogue

Comment #149920 by DamnDirtyApe on March 26, 2008 at 10:32 am

'Among monotheistic religions' He said. So the Hindus can go f*ck themselves too basically.

284. Police: Girl Dies After Parents Pray for Healing Instead of Seeking Medical Help

Comment #149751 by DamnDirtyApe on March 26, 2008 at 7:52 am

Agree with Spinoza and 6ai.

285. Expelled Overview

Comment #149472 by DamnDirtyApe on March 25, 2008 at 4:43 pm

These guys are the stupidest bunch of stupid jerks that ever were jerked out of jerktown.

286. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #148683 by DamnDirtyApe on March 23, 2008 at 3:38 pm

Nicely done you guys.

287. Discussion on PZ Myers being expelled from Expelled

Comment #148074 by DamnDirtyApe on March 22, 2008 at 1:02 am

I have to disagree with wundergeist the moment I heard the hilarious 'oh' in the video I knew there was a very specific group of people who need to know about this movie.

288. EXPELLED!

Comment #147913 by DamnDirtyApe on March 21, 2008 at 3:09 pm

The 'sabot' imagery just makes me think that Myers and Dawkins are Bruce Campbell and Sam Rami.

Groovy.

289. EXPELLED!

Comment #147875 by DamnDirtyApe on March 21, 2008 at 1:36 pm

Brilliants. This is the highlight of my day. And I just went to Chessington world of adventures!

290. Jesus saves

Comment #146727 by DamnDirtyApe on March 19, 2008 at 10:14 am

*Jesus saves.
*Paladin takes 5 damage.
*Halfling takes 5 damage. Halfling has fallen.

There's a time and place for Jesus. And it's D&D.

291. Religion 'linked to happy life'

Comment #146713 by DamnDirtyApe on March 19, 2008 at 9:51 am

Lisa Simpson:

As intelligence goes up, happiness often goes down. I made a graph. I make lots of graphs.

292. New Atheists Are Not Great

Comment #145156 by DamnDirtyApe on March 17, 2008 at 10:18 am

A few Jefferson quotes can undermine most of what the former press secretary of one of America's worst presidents is saying:

There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive.

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education & free discussion are the antidotes of both.

The Newtonian principle of gravitation is now more firmly established, on the basis of reason, than it would be were the government to step in, and to make it an article of necessary faith. Reason and experiment have been indulged, and error has fled before them.

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.

293. Immune system differences found

Comment #145007 by DamnDirtyApe on March 17, 2008 at 7:01 am

This sounds similar to genetic alcohol tolerance. Its certainly shows we're still evolving. Now, bring me my beer! I don't care if its only 2 in the afternoon! on a monday!

294. 'Anonymous' takes anti-Scientology to the streets

Comment #144619 by DamnDirtyApe on March 16, 2008 at 12:43 pm

Yay... its all good stuff...

Scientology's a good start. I think they should work backwards chronologically. They can go after Mormonism next...

295. Bulldozers tear down giant religious teapot

Comment #144196 by DamnDirtyApe on March 15, 2008 at 9:46 am

No! This will not stand! If the Scientologists can get credit, the teapot will not be denied!

296. Ban anti-Catholic books in schools, says bishop

Comment #143195 by DamnDirtyApe on March 13, 2008 at 3:49 pm

Because of the way this discussion has gone, and my friend sent me this link earlier, i felt COMPELLED to spread the good news:

The LOLcat bible! I can has rapture?

http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Judges_19

297. Beauty ad banned after Christian outcry

Comment #142374 by DamnDirtyApe on March 12, 2008 at 12:12 pm

Ahem, blasphemy laws abolished... how the heck does this stand?

298. Seven new deadly sins: are you guilty?

Comment #141629 by DamnDirtyApe on March 11, 2008 at 1:21 am

What about the cross-breeding of pets, plants we have been doing for thousands of years?

Their 'sin' of genetic manipulation is a little late.

299. Should Galileo's tomb be opened for DNA tests?

Comment #141444 by DamnDirtyApe on March 10, 2008 at 12:35 pm

I concur with the cloning idea.

1. Clone Galileo.
2. ???
3. Profit!

300. Oklahoma: One Step from Doom

Comment #141099 by DamnDirtyApe on March 10, 2008 at 3:05 am

I suspect this is going to be a cause of genuine amusement in the near future.