Love this...and is that the same holy bunny that appears in thunderfoot's avatar? He's getting a lot of gigs...;o)

Border Collie:

Engaging and or debating these idiots presents the illusion that there's something to debate about and gives them artificial credibility they don't deserve. We're doing exactly what they want us to do ...

Precisely...

Why, why, why must this toad (comfort) be given a forum. And by the likes of USNews, no less, a (formerly) reputable magazine. I know they don't "take sides", but wtf.

Turns out (PZ's blog has links) that our good 'ole xtian friend mr. comfort likes to plagiarize. One would think USNews would investigate and if true, lay it on thick.

http://aigbusted.blogspot.com/2009/11/ray-comfort-plagiarist.html

EDIT: Didn't see that cafeeine beat me to this discovery.

TooManyTribbles:

Nice Sagan tribute...and if I may say so, in photogspeak - Nice Bokeh!

Mixmastergaz:

Agreed - I thoroughly enjoyed Susan Jacoby's article. But Paula's article - Wow!

Paula's prose offers a greater return on the reader's investment, if you will.

j.mills said:

Don't miss what she's reading!

ROFL!! That's awesome - fabulous product placement!

Wonder if anyone elsed noticed:

Check out the classic expression of the girl top right corner at the :26 second mark...

She no doubt is thinking to herself: "WTF did this guy just say£"

I really don`t think Professor D should waste his time on this cretin ,not even for 100k.

Amen.

Jesus H. F****** Christ almighty - just HOW many goddamn times are we going to entertain the idea of "debating" these idiots? Bottom line: They win NO MATTER WHAT. They get to have a prominent biologist "debate" them. That validates their efforts.

Period. End of discussion.

DON'T DO THIS, PROFESSOR. I implore you. You need money for the RDS? Pass a cup. Even better, set up a donation section on this site and we'll donate.

*facepalm...shakes head*

Hmmm. Most discouraging.

Oh well, hopefully Paula can find time over the holidays to rip this up, eh???

;o)

Scooternyc:

Bill did not offer any of the dangerous Liberation Theology that plagued the Obama campaign, any of the Wright videos or commentary on such.

Yes, I agree. The Reverend Wright snippets would have been well placed in this movie - and he very well could have used them, too, but chose not to.

It is interesting, though, that Obama has renounced Reverend Wright and has essentially divorced himself from him, while Palin's preacher and the above "witchdoctor" have spewed similar garbage but we haven't heard any explanation/renouncement from her (or have we?)

I saw Religulous last night here in San Diego, CA.

Very, very good - and very funny. It is truly amazing to see people that Maher interviews who claim to be religious and claim to understand the tenants of their religion, but when asked to explain any them they stumble and bumble and fall flat on their arses.

What was most encouraging, however, was that the theater was packed. There were people sitting in the aisle rows, against the walls along the sides, and in the back of the theater. And the audience appeared to vary in age range, as well. Also, there were many, many outbursts of laughter. And why not? This movie is a comedy and the subject matter basically writes itself.

I only wish Maher could edit the movie to include clips of Palin (such as the one above).

I really hate it when major publications take their interviewee's word regarding claims like "There are over 100 million fossils that prove creationism", and "Darwinism has no proof of evolution theory", etc. without grilling them further and providing support against these claims, which just gives this idiocy apparent justification.

I want interviewers to "grow a pair" and start calling out these idiot's bullshit.

Oh, and regarding his lawsuit, I love his line: "There is no evidence against me that I consider acceptable".

I have to remember that one next time I find myself in court...

Yes, Mark Mathis' should produce a movie that puts a stop to this conspiracy:

"Farfalle'd - no rigate allowed"

I agree with Steve wholeheartedly...I really think it's best to let Richard be Richard, to allow him ample time to explain things, which is what you have to do when dealing with something as complex as biology. And there's no back and
forth "ping-ponging" between Richard and some theist, with each getting only 5 minutes.

Damn!...they cut it off right when this tool started ridiculing Hitchens - called him an "abusive person". I would have liked to have heard what this idiot had to say about him.

If it's anything like what he said for the first 4 minutes, than it isn't worth listening to...what drivel.

This absolutely blows. I loved this guy. His stand-up was legendary and inspirational to countless comedians. I bust a gut everytime I see his bit on religion, especially the part where God will make you burn in hell, etc, etc,..."but he loves you!"

He was a very talented character actor, as well. My favorite bit was his "Rufus" character in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.

In his memory, may we all strive to "be excellent to each other"...

It's sad, but I don't trust Jindal. He'll sign it and then somewhere down the line we'll have Dover, part deux.

Paging Dr. Miller, Dr. Padian, Dr. Pennock, Dr. Forrest, Dr. Scott, and Nick Matzke...

Fire up the engines. Here we go again.

TheWhitePearl & All:

I just heard from PZ Myer's blog that it passed 94-3.

stephenray #21:

Agreed. Just because someone has an opinion, viewpoint, or worse - a belief - doesn't warrant it's worthiness for consideration.

Unfortunately in todays' internet and 24/7 cable news world these beliefs and opinions are being considered worthy of discussion - and placed on an even level alongside researched and well-thought out theories - because, you know, we "have to be fair".

PS I like how this Mills tool kept referring to Dr. Forrest as "Ms. Barbara".

THIS guy is the son of atheist Murray-O'hare? Boy, where did she go wrong???!!!??

RE: shaunfletcher #23

I agree. What pisses me off the most, is if you asked this tard to name the 10 commandments (ala Stephen Colbert asking that pious councilman some time ago - priceless) I bet you dollars-to-doughnuts he couldn't do it...

Re: 11. EvidenceOnly

Nice...this is one my fav's:

In Jerusalem, a journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who
had been going to the Wailing Wall to pray, twice a day, everyday, for a long, long time.

So she went to the Wailing Wall to check it out, and there he was.

She watched him pray and after about 45 minutes, when he turned to leave,
she approached him for an interview.

"I'm Rebecca Smith from CNN. Sir, how long have you been coming to the Wall and praying?"

"For about 60 years".

"60 years! That's amazing! What do you pray for?"

"I pray for peace between the Christians, Jews and the Muslims. I pray for all the hatred around the world to stop and I pray for all our children to grow up in safety
and friendship."

"Sir, how do you feel after doing this for 60 years?"

"Like I'm talking to a f#### wall."

Beck credits himself as being open-minded - not necessarily pandering to either the conservatives or democrats. But he's not fooling anyone. He is a FOX news O'Reilly-esque right wing nut-job who happens to be on CNN.

Interesting how he never seems to have in-depth interviews with science-literate people who can refute Stein's BS in 5 minutes.

BTW - CNN.com had an essay from Beck today where he lambasts Obama for waiting so long to come out and denounce his former pastor, Reverend Wright, regarding Wright's ludicrous comments the past couple of weeks. Interesting how Beck doesn't mention at all McCain's connections with Hagee or every other president's connection with Falwell, Robertson and Graham, all of whom have exclaimed equally fowl things - if not worse - than Wright.

So, science leads to killing people. And Ben Stein wants ID taught AS SCIENCE. He even made a movie about it.

Errrrr....sooooo, then ID will also lead to killing people??

My head hurts.

mordacious1:

Can he really be this ridiculously pathetic or is he just making an easy buck off the ignorant religious turds?

I wonder this myself. After listening to Mark Mathis' evisceration at the hands of the Sci. Amer. editors I wondered how someone so ignorant and duplicitous could believe what he was actually saying. Then I realized: he most likely doesn't. He's just trying to sell his product, is all.

I could picture Mathis at the end of that interview removing his headset, looking at John Rennie and the other editors and saying: "Look guys, I don't really believe Stein's crap. I'm just trying to make a buck, you know???"

OverUsedChewToy:

Good thing Thunderf00t finally got a feature-his vids are top-notch

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree! I encourage everyone to check out Thunderf00t's collection of videos on youtube. They are without a doubt some of the best amateur and scientifically literate videos that debunk creation science and all of its' lunatic drivel and assertions.

Jebus f'n kryst - do people just make up any ole s*** they want to and publish it nowadays?!?!?!?

Thank you rev. Bozell, or whoever the hell you are. Thanks for ignoring all of this movie's dishonesty and outright lies that have been splattered all over news and web.

Now go pick up your check from the Discovery Institute and run along...

theonlything2fear:

On behalf of all "sheep" on this site:

Blow me.

theonlything2fear:

...um, still waiting for your ID "arguments" as posed by Robotaholic and geodesic17.

BTW, you've been trolled, dickhead.

If we were to chip in to send this woman anywhere, I think we need to send her to TAM6...

I like this idea - the lineup for this event is pretty spectacular as it is - so who better than Paula to give the keynote address?

...AND we could fly in Pat Condell for the entertainment portion...

Sossijj:

Thanks for the link. Mathis is eviscerated. I'm wondering why he would ever consent to doing an interview with a room full of people a lot smarter than he is.

And don't you love Mathis's response whenever he gets cornered (which is quite often) about why his movie portrayed this or that: "I wasn't involved in the decision making process of the film.", or "I'm not a scientist."

Don't you love it when they do that? "I'm not a scientist, but..". But WHAT - You're too lazy to get your ass to a library or do any research?! If ya ain't no scientist and don't kno' nuthin, then why are you making movies and commenting on science?

What a fk'n weasel...

NOTE: I hope this podcast is made into a link on Richard's front page - It is truly deserving of it. Mathis really gets it (and he doesn't even know it).

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-conversation-with-mark-mathis