1. Cathedral seminar to equip clerics to deal with Dawkins

Comment #252742 by happinessiseasy on September 23, 2008 at 2:51 pm

Thus guaranteeing that anyone who hasn't heard of him or his book by now does.

A whole seminar just for you? Go Dr. Dawkins!

2. Dark matter 'bridge to nowhere' found in cosmic void

Comment #247832 by happinessiseasy on September 15, 2008 at 7:02 am

Psh. Thanks but no thanks on that dark matter bridge to nowhere! The money? Oh, uh, I, uh, gave it back.

3. MythBuster Adam Savage: 3 Ways to Fix U.S. Science Education

Comment #239845 by happinessiseasy on August 30, 2008 at 12:30 pm

BigJohn and Spinoza, I was actually giving RichardOfYork the benefit of the doubt. I figured he was trying to "proove" that point.

4. Richard Dawkins, the naive professor

Comment #225804 by happinessiseasy on August 7, 2008 at 11:45 am

"crazily literal minority"

IF ONLY

5. New Zealand man sells his soul to 'Hell'

Comment #207135 by happinessiseasy on July 9, 2008 at 8:22 am

I always wondered why deeds say "Deed of Real Property" on them... now I know.. it's because there exists, apparently, a "Deed of Imaginary Property"

6. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #207127 by happinessiseasy on July 9, 2008 at 8:11 am

I can just see the meeting after this happened:

Priest 1: "What could he want with a consecrated wafer... unless..."
Priest 2: "...he's planning on stockpiling lots of them and making a..."
Both Priests: "CLONE OF JESUS!!!"

7. Atheist soldier sues Army for 'unconstitutional' discrimination

Comment #207122 by happinessiseasy on July 9, 2008 at 8:06 am

I'm so glad CNN is running this story. We need more stories like this out there. In fact, I'm gonna click on the "Email This to a Friend" link a few times and make sure it stays on the "Most Emailed" list.

8. McDonald's Makes Jesus Cry

Comment #206433 by happinessiseasy on July 8, 2008 at 11:13 am

NOOOOO!!!!! This is gonna be like that time they boycotted Disney, and now there's no Disney anymore!!! We can't let this happen!!!

9. New Zealand man sells his soul to 'Hell'

Comment #203607 by happinessiseasy on July 3, 2008 at 8:28 am

LOL. Where did the "deed" come from? Did he make it in Microsoft Word?

10. Band T-shirt draws charge

Comment #199246 by happinessiseasy on June 25, 2008 at 11:32 am

There are laws even in the U.S. about language. You can't scream FUCK YOU to a 5-year-old in the checkout lane of the grocery store.

I'd be all over this if it just said "Jesus Is Not Real" but the profanity kinda takes it to a different "standards and practices" law field.

11. Loyal to Its Roots

Comment #191102 by happinessiseasy on June 10, 2008 at 8:09 am

That's it. I was a vegetarian. Now I'm off plants. It's just hydrogen and oxygen for me from here on out (Those don't have sentience, do they?).

12. Male circumcision is a weapon in the sperm wars

Comment #190077 by happinessiseasy on June 8, 2008 at 10:40 am

It's one testical only, 8teist. Most males start with a pair.

You have TWO?!?

13. Male circumcision is a weapon in the sperm wars

Comment #189606 by happinessiseasy on June 6, 2008 at 4:29 pm

m-man: There is definitely more of a reason for foreskin than an evolutionary holdover. In addition to the things virtual_void pointed out, it allows for less lubrication because it provides a natural sleeve.

14. A New Step In Evolution

Comment #188796 by happinessiseasy on June 4, 2008 at 2:52 pm

black wolf,

And that's why I'm not in charge of anything important.

/contractor for the government
//knows more about military simulations than biology

15. A New Step In Evolution

Comment #188653 by happinessiseasy on June 4, 2008 at 10:41 am

This may show my ignorance, but what if we could engineer bacteria that evolved not to be harmful to humans? I'm going to use a simple example because I'm a computer-scientist, not a biologist.

If there was a flesh-eating bacteria that existed, and we put it into a flask that had mostly plants, and some flesh, and kept cutting down the amount of flesh such that evolving to eat plants would make it easier to survive, then as they evolved, eventually they'd lose the ability to eat flesh, and we could introduce them into the wild, there they would have plenty of plants to eat and probably would end up dominating the original strain in number.

If this a viable idea in the future? Or should I just write a movie about it?

16. Please Call Earth. We Still Haven't Found You.

Comment #137685 by happinessiseasy on March 3, 2008 at 10:45 am

We obviously need more of those screensavers.

17. Life-Forming Chemicals Found in Distant Galaxy

Comment #114625 by happinessiseasy on January 22, 2008 at 1:34 pm

Ah. It can digest chunks or data 800MHz wide. That makes more sense. I'm a computer scientist, rather than a "Spectroscopist" or something similar.

18. Life-Forming Chemicals Found in Distant Galaxy

Comment #114615 by happinessiseasy on January 22, 2008 at 1:26 pm

The new wide-band spectrometer at Arecibo can digest 800 megahertz chunks of data at a time.

19. 'Boycott Worked': Compass Flops - Opening Weekend $26 Million; Narnia $63 Million

Comment #97066 by happinessiseasy on December 11, 2007 at 11:01 am

I loved the movie, personally, but then again, I generally hate the movies that do really well at the box office.

To say it was a failure is an overstatement. To say that it was a failure because of the boycott is even more far-fetched. To say that it sends a message to atheists about keeping our "beliefs" (lack of, perhaps?) to ourselves that the movie failed, because of the boycott, is just ludicrous.

The most likely reason for the opening weekend being, let's face it, not stellar, is probably just because the series hasn't caught on in America yet. In Britain, the books have been wildly successful since they were released in the early 90's, and they will be here, too, it's just a matter of getting the word out. The movie will likely jump-start interest and the books will take off. The second movie will be bigger I imagine.

20. Egypt mufti says female circumcision forbidden

Comment #52207 by happinessiseasy on June 26, 2007 at 1:17 pm

Ugh, As a circumcised male, I must object. Circumcision has never caused me any problems of any kind. Yes, it is pointless, but the same as female circumcision? absolutely not.

The Abrahamic faiths and the societies created or controlled by them have always been patriarchal in nature; if circumcision was truly damaging to male sexuality, these male-dominated societies would have gotten rid of the practice long ago.

You probably got circumcised when you were too young to remember it. I can't imagine being circumcised as an adult. But if I had my hand cut off when I was less than a year old, it wouldn't cause me any "discomfort" now. I'd be used to it. Just like you are.

21. We aim to misbehave

Comment #35495 by happinessiseasy on April 27, 2007 at 11:25 am

I read every single comment on this page. I'm a militant Atheist. I live in a ass-backwards state in the U.S. I belong to the member of the North Alabama Freethought Association and am an official member of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.

However, I do see both sides to this argument. I am in no position to pay respects to any religious crap, but I feel like, unless provoked, personally, I don't have the right to start fights. I almost wish that someone would take away a right of mine so that I could have a much more valid reason for fighting it.

Certain things that I fight against are things that people find silly and petty. We have God Bless America license plates, paid for my the state. When I go to vote, my polling place is a church. I have no choice but to go there, and I hate it. Things like this bother me, but I feel like I have no right to really take up arms unless something really big is affecting me.

In other words, give me fuel, ammunition, a reason to fight and I will fight to the death.

Also, I love Susan B. Anthony's quote. I think changing the words, this should be our rallying call: "Theists their rights and nothing more; Atheists their rights and nothing less."

22. A Familiar and Prescient Voice, Brought to Life

Comment #22665 by happinessiseasy on February 20, 2007 at 12:10 pm

Rest in peace, Carl Sagan. You will be forever missed.

23. Foreword for the UK edition of 'Letter to a Christian Nation'

Comment #22371 by happinessiseasy on February 15, 2007 at 12:09 pm

Now I gotta get a copy of the British version. I also need a British version of The God Delusion, too. I actually liked that cover better. That and I need a copy to have when I loan out my original.

24. The Current: Part 3: The Religious Right

Comment #21500 by happinessiseasy on February 9, 2007 at 2:15 pm

While I understand what you're saying, Thrall, getting someone to admit that fundamentalism is wrong is one small step. He's still saying it's ok to believe in things for no reason whatsoever, and I don't think we should give people any wiggle room on that. It's complete nonsense, and I won't stand for even moderate Christians (who actually make less sense to me than conservative ones). I might seem intolerant, but I'm fighting intolerance, so I'm gonna hold my ground. My avatar is even plastered on the back window of my car, along with the ad for Richard's book.

25. Ancient boy's skeleton sparks evolution debate

Comment #21488 by happinessiseasy on February 9, 2007 at 12:28 pm

Followers of creationism believe in the literal truth of the Genesis account in the Bible that God created the world in six days.

It bothers me that the AP would say "that God created the world" instead of "that a god created" or "that their god created." It shows a slight religious bias.

26. Panel discussion on atheism where no atheists are included

Comment #21025 by happinessiseasy on February 7, 2007 at 10:35 am

I sent them an email. That is so horrible. This is what I wrote:

"Your show that aired on January 31st (Paula Zahn Now: Karen Hunter, Debbie Schlussel, Stephen A. Smith on Atheism, transcript at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0701/31/pzn.01.html) had a panel on atheism where there was not a single atheist involved! This is horribly irresponsible journalism and reflects poorly on both the network and atheists. It would be nice in the future if your panelists were more fairly balanced in regard to the material they are discussing."

27. No stoning, Canada migrants told

Comment #20286 by happinessiseasy on February 1, 2007 at 2:03 pm

Why do these Muslims insist on denying what their religion actually teaches?

For the same reasons that "moderate Christians" deny their holy book teaches that slavery is ok and that homosexuality and adultery are punishable by stoning.

28. 2006 Koufax award nominations are open

Comment #16756 by happinessiseasy on January 8, 2007 at 1:26 pm

nin9s, this isn't a feminist. I believe what he/she is trying to say is that women and minorities are usually not taken as seriously on their blogs (if their race or gender is known at all).

I think this will help show who our society really pays attention to, not just what mainstream media tells us we read.

29. Secular fundamentalists are the new totalitarians

Comment #16743 by happinessiseasy on January 8, 2007 at 12:07 pm

"...what they really want is the eradication of religion, and all believers, from the face of the earth."

WOW. People REALLY wanna see us as the enemies.

30. Let's Hope It's A Lasting Vogue

Comment #15897 by happinessiseasy on January 3, 2007 at 3:01 pm

It's articles like this that get me through the day. I work with stupid fundies who will argue with me any chance they get about the age of the earth, and will say asinine things like "Evolution has been disproven."

But every time I get my hopes up just a little, I bring myself back down to earth and realize that it will still take lots and lots of time for things to change.

31. Faith's Last Gasp

Comment #12559 by happinessiseasy on December 12, 2006 at 3:20 pm

This is the kind of thing that keeps me sane. Hoping that this is just the final struggle against suffocation before going limp.