Comments by Nails

301. Creationism debate continues to evolve

Comment #29790 by Nails on April 4, 2007 at 5:21 pm

18. Comment #29720 by NoLongerHaveBelief on April 4, 2007 at 12:32 pm

I'd like some believer - any Theist - to explain to myself, WHY does God not lift a finger at the DISGRACE of starving children? Today, as you and I willerror, went about our lives, 30,000 children, under the age of 5, will have perished from starvation.

I'm not a theist, so I guess my answer will not be the one you are looking for but hey, here goes. The reason we have so many starving children in the world is because we tend to over-populate (especially in developing countries) and when disaster strikes, it hits these people hard because they are already living on the edge of what their land can produce.
Of course, being told that using condoms will send you straight to hell isn't helping, is it Pope....

302. Religion useless to Dawkins

Comment #29347 by Nails on April 2, 2007 at 3:47 pm

I she not missing a very important point here?

Religion is given respect, too much respect without any foundation.
You should only give a person's religeous convictions the same degree of respect as you give to comments like "my wife is beautiful" and "my children are intelligent".

I didn't copy it word for word 'cos I'm too lazy to reach up to my bookshelf but it's in plain black and white....

303. Mormons miffed over coffee-swilling angel image

Comment #27592 by Nails on March 25, 2007 at 1:59 pm

Does anyone live near this place?
Can you get them to flog these t-shirts on e-bay or something?
i just love upsetting religous types, esp. the mother-in-law.

304. Polish woman wins abortion case

Comment #26969 by Nails on March 22, 2007 at 4:57 pm

23. Comment #26826 by DavidJMH on March 21, 2007 at 9:08 pm

This woman and this woman alone is responsible for her blindness by being so irresponsible as to have sex. But oh no, it is the EU or Polands conservative views or religious dogma that is to blame and now the already overburdened tax payers have to cough up even further to support this stupid womans licentiousness.

Woah there cowboy, this woman still has rights whether she is stupid or not. She may have wanted another child and then, when she was confronted with evidence that it would effect her health, she changed her mind.
Evidence her health would be permanantly impaired.
The reason she has been compensated is because the law was broken when she was refused a termination on medical grounds.
Good job too, as the decision also smacks of religeous hypocrisy, which is why we are having our 2-pence worth.

305. Why creationism is wrong and evolution is right

Comment #26877 by Nails on March 22, 2007 at 5:30 am

2. Comment #26777 by eggplantbren on March 21, 2007 at 3:38 pm

>>untestable and unsupported by evidence<<

Also, these can't both be true. It's either untestable, in which case there is no relevant evidence, or it is testable and unsupported. I'd say the latter.

Actually, creationism is untestable as we don't know what to test for - this is because it is based on faith, not evidence. Ask any faith-head about the garden of edam (sic) and you will be told that science can't answer the question because god doesn't want us to.
The evidence points very strongly to evolution, therefore the comment is correct.

306. Biology teacher fired for referring to Bible

Comment #26608 by Nails on March 20, 2007 at 5:13 pm

When teaching my children I have refered to the bible.
They need to learn both sides of the argument and make their mind up for themselves. Besides, I cannot think of a better way for them to learn.
"Dad, why do we have 2 legs"
"Well son, the bible says God made us this way, but evolution tells us we have evolved from ape-like animals and are lucky enough to be able to ask these questions".
(Long conversation about evolution)
"The bible is a bit rubbish really, isn't it Dad".
"Yes son". (proud father of clever teenage son smiles smugly to himself).
And I recommend it to everyone.
Especially when you ask them to really think of the ark, the miracles and the violence.

307. The Fourth Flea!

Comment #26606 by Nails on March 20, 2007 at 5:06 pm

"....exposing lapses of logic and errors of fact..."Compared to the bible, this should be a laugh. I'm not buying it though.

308. Your Mom Was Wrong: Horseplay Is An Important Part Of Development

Comment #26602 by Nails on March 20, 2007 at 5:02 pm

i'd agree with that. I'm in my thirties and still messa round with people at work.
It's a male bonding thing, you understand....

309. Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior

Comment #26600 by Nails on March 20, 2007 at 5:00 pm

So primates have morals but no god.
We (as in most of us who regularly visit sites such as this)have morals and no god.
Shame we also have people who have a god and no morals.

310. Polish woman wins abortion case

Comment #26599 by Nails on March 20, 2007 at 4:56 pm

so let me get this right.
If she has another kid, she could very well go blind.
So why not use contraception?
If her religion has objections, why did she go against her religion and have an abortion?
Not just a backward country.....

311. Chimpanzees 'hunt using spears'

Comment #26208 by Nails on March 17, 2007 at 4:55 pm

Let's hope they don't evolve the abilty to build a church.....

312. Is Your Baby Gay? What If You Could Know? What If You Could Do Something About It?

Comment #26206 by Nails on March 17, 2007 at 4:52 pm

Maybe by the time we have the technology to change any such genetic traits then the discrimination will be a thing of the past.....
Only if we can close down the churches first I guess!!!!
But hey, maybe we're looking at this the wrong way. To him, anything that compels you to sin must be biological in nature, otherwise he could just baptise you and you would be cured.
At least he's not blaming science for making people sin....

313. Does God answer prayer? ASU research says 'yes'

Comment #25883 by Nails on March 15, 2007 at 2:18 pm

So if you take 17 studies that don't give the answer you want, you can average them out and chabge the result?
You might as well just forget the studies and make it up as you go along....

314. God's dupes

Comment #25874 by Nails on March 15, 2007 at 2:10 pm

pete Stark is a very brave man indeed, to put his lack of faith before his career.
He would definately get my vote.

315. Understanding Genetics - Daniel Dennett Interview

Comment #25278 by Nails on March 11, 2007 at 4:00 pm

11. Comment #25273 by crabsallover on March 11, 2007 at 2:50 pm

in Part 6 Prof. Dennett says "some religions are just benign, just wonderful ... some religions are just fine... These benign religions should be allowed to fluorish .. whilst the toxic religions should go extinct .. then we would be better of."

What aspects of religion or what religions are benign and don't hurt us at all?

Religion never effected my scientific education....

316. Conservapedia v Wikipedia

Comment #24810 by Nails on March 8, 2007 at 4:59 pm

Or Turin Shroud.
Damn, that would've been interesting.
maybe 'Imprint of jesus which scientific heathans thried to discredit with dishonest tests including radioactive dating techniques' would have been all I would have got though....

317. Conservapedia v Wikipedia

Comment #24806 by Nails on March 8, 2007 at 4:53 pm

Not much of an encyclopedia, there's no reference to Babel fish.
:-)

(Just had to try, you know)

318. Conservapedia v Wikipedia

Comment #24805 by Nails on March 8, 2007 at 4:48 pm

"A baramin is a lineage of earthly life which is believed by creationists to be created by God during the Creation Week, and corresponds in some functional aspects to the secular concept of species. ......
A Holobaramin is a grouping that contains all organisms related by descent, not excluding any. For example, Humans are a holobaramin, but a group containing only Caucasians and Negroes is not a holobaramin since it excludes Mongoloids and other races. Another example would be Dogs, which is a holobaramin since wolves, coyotes, domesticated dogs and other canids are all descended from two individuals taken aboard the Ark, and there are no other creatures that are genetically continuous with them. This term is synonymous with the use of "baramin" above and is the primary term in baraminology."

wow, wish I'd studied this. Sounds a lot easier than my BSc in Biochemistry and Genetics...
Would make 'Ancestors Tale' a rather boring book though if everything was descended from the ark's survivors!!!

319. British Book Awards shortlists 2007

Comment #24802 by Nails on March 8, 2007 at 4:36 pm

One point guys (and girls) - there is also one other book that deserves a vote - Peter Pan in Scarlet. I havn't read it but it sits beautifully on my bookshelf, safe in the knowledge that all the proceeds go to Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital (the auther of the original, J Barrie bequeethed the Peter Pan trademark to the hospital).
Although I applaud voting for TGD, it is a great book, I cannot think of anything that deserves a vote more. Publicity for these kind of things is crucial and would help to save lives, not just open peoples eyes.

320. Conservapedia v Wikipedia

Comment #24689 by Nails on March 8, 2007 at 4:13 am

Examples of Bias in Wikipedia

20. The Wikipedia entry for the Piltdown Man omits many key facts, such as how it was taught in schools for an entire generation and how the dating methodology used by evolutionists is fraudulent.

Err... fraudulant dating techniques?
compared to reading an account in one book written over 2000 years ago and attempting to exptrapolate from there?
Which gives us a figure of the earth being 6000 years old, and civilasation starting with just adam and eve?
These guys really are delusional!!

321. Conservapedia v Wikipedia

Comment #24626 by Nails on March 7, 2007 at 5:03 pm

Quote:
As even the staunch materialist Richard Dawkins has allowed, "Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose.
Oh please.
Do me a favour an read the bloody book, not just one line!!
If it was a line from scripture you'd read the whole chapter and beleive every bloody word, not just pick up on one little piece for your own ends.
Mindless idiots.

322. Houses of the Holy

Comment #24145 by Nails on March 5, 2007 at 2:48 am

Quote:
Congregants are largely unaware of the pastors' extravagant lifestyles.

"Wow," says Leslie Stewart, 63, who works in a paint factory six days a week and gives 10 per cent of his income to the church. "I never heard of anything like that. But if I release my tithe and they misuse it, they have to face God."

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Delusional is not the word. These people are being fleeced right left and centre and that's the best they can do?
I'd be trying to bring hellfire and brimstone to their arses myself....
And i thought that polititions were corrupt, but at least we have a chance to hold them to account every few years...
Power corrupts. religeous power corrupts without remorse perhaps?