1. Sci-fi guru Clarke to have secular funeral

Comment #146805 by HarryHUK on March 19, 2008 at 12:28 pm

"The 1968 story"2001:A Space Odyssey" written simultaneously as a novel and screenplay with director Stanley Kubrick was a frightening prophecy of artificial intelligence run amok"
I don't think so!

2. Are they running for President or Pastor-in-Chief?

Comment #136276 by HarryHUK on February 29, 2008 at 4:37 pm

clodhopper,that was quite magnificent,well done.

3. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #132996 by HarryHUK on February 25, 2008 at 1:54 pm

"Can American liberties survive in the absence of widespread belief in god on the part of the nations people"'Scuse me,was not the constitution born of non belief or affiliation to religion,John Locke would turn in his grave at such a comment!!

4. The Lava Lizard's Tale

Comment #132975 by HarryHUK on February 25, 2008 at 1:36 pm

Viewed it a bit late,but that was intriguing,powerful stuff.

5. My Argument With God

Comment #131839 by HarryHUK on February 23, 2008 at 12:21 pm

Good article,however I have a problem with free will,I certainly had no say in being here.

6. Feb 12th: Happy Darwin Day!

Comment #126158 by HarryHUK on February 12, 2008 at 2:09 pm

Happy Darwin Day to all

7. Admitting that you have no religion is not politically correct

Comment #121961 by HarryHUK on February 4, 2008 at 12:19 pm

I think it would be worthwhile investigating the student administrators.

8. The Science behind the Large Hadron Collider

Comment #116438 by HarryHUK on January 26, 2008 at 1:37 pm

It seems strange to realise from our human perspective that we can look out to the vastness of the universe and at the same time to the minuteness of the matter that forms it,we seem to be located at some sort of half way point between the two,quite an exciting and privilidged position.

9. US scientists close to creating artificial life: study

Comment #116108 by HarryHUK on January 25, 2008 at 1:52 pm

What could be more natural than humans creating "artificial" life?

10. Shermer's 'Mind of the Market' Reviewed in L.A. Times

Comment #116095 by HarryHUK on January 25, 2008 at 1:29 pm

How does this all fit with something like man made global warming?

11. A Letter From Hell

Comment #116077 by HarryHUK on January 25, 2008 at 1:01 pm

"we played soccer together",it's not called soccer it's called FOOTBALL

12. The real danger in Darwin is not evolution, but racism

Comment #115646 by HarryHUK on January 24, 2008 at 1:25 pm

Creationists and the God fearing keep coming up with this bollicks,you read it and you know it's crap,they are unable look Darwin in the face,they are a bunch of cowards,but I feel sorry for them,and I am a atheist

13. King Me!

Comment #113392 by HarryHUK on January 19, 2008 at 1:38 pm

I have a born again christian friend who,whenever we debate issues of faith,simply smiles at me and says "you really don't understand,do you",to which I reply "no"

14. How Evolution REALLY Works

Comment #113137 by HarryHUK on January 18, 2008 at 4:27 pm

rustylix,your avitar,what is the point you are trying to make!!

15. How Evolution REALLY Works

Comment #113132 by HarryHUK on January 18, 2008 at 4:16 pm

Great progress for a bunch of apes

16. Youtube hater, I respect your right to free speech.

Comment #71004 by HarryHUK on September 17, 2007 at 12:53 pm

I am with you all the way Yorker

17. Review of Darwin's Angel: An Angelic Response to the God Delusion

Comment #67727 by HarryHUK on September 4, 2007 at 2:25 pm

So,bottom line,does god exist or not

18. God Answers Prayers Of Paralyzed Little Boy: 'No' Says God

Comment #61014 by HarryHUK on August 3, 2007 at 10:25 am

Is this not truly,unequivocally,beyond doubt and further still,an example of "gods" amazing grace.
Whether it be for answering Timmys prayers or providing us with a sense of humour.

19. Ducking the God Question

Comment #60586 by HarryHUK on August 2, 2007 at 10:58 am

Duckbilled Platypi


"swan-faced-evvolution-proving-web-footed-fellas"

And quite deadly I believe.

20. Philip Kitcher - Living with Darwin

Comment #59665 by HarryHUK on July 30, 2007 at 4:44 am

Sorry,my CRISISES should have been CRISES,I am recovering from an indulgent weekend!

21. Philip Kitcher - Living with Darwin

Comment #59658 by HarryHUK on July 30, 2007 at 4:06 am

In consideration of Philip Kitcher's notion that secular humanism needs to be providing an alternative "meaning of life" to people,particularly those who rely in some sort of religious belief to "make sense of it all",I would make the following observations.

Firstly that the awakening debate regarding religious belief and the subsequent consciousness raising is not,as I see it,a planned exercise.It is more a reaction by enlightened individuals in response to growing world crisises.
Crisises that religion is ill equipped to deal with at best,or at worst,could be positively harmful to any rational attempts to adress them.

I see these crisises as being,globalisation and the consequent clash of cultures and ideologies,material capitalism and the inevitable competition for ever limited resources,but most important of all global warming and pollution which is likely to have a devastating effect to life on this planet.

I can't see anymore important purpose or meaning for mankind at this moment other than to unite and adress these issues.

How that global unification of purpose and will is achieved is difficult to imagine,but the challenging of religious dogma and superstition by encouraging rational thought is a good place to start.

22. Why I Believe Anti-Evangelism Is Wrong

Comment #57389 by HarryHUK on July 19, 2007 at 5:37 am

I wonder what experiences Tyrone has been through as recent non-believer that have led him to his current thoughts,and stance on "anti-evangelism"

It sounds rather defeatist to me.

And why encourage other non-believers to follow the same path,doesn't he have the same concerns as many of us have regarding religious belief and it's insidious nature?

23. Islamic Creationist and a Book Sent Round the World

Comment #57216 by HarryHUK on July 18, 2007 at 3:10 pm

scottishgeologist.

Nice observation,the religious fundies(of whatever faith) all seem to rounding themselves up into the same pen,and with the same "woolly" arguments.

Harryh

24. Convict sues God for broken contract

Comment #57192 by HarryHUK on July 18, 2007 at 2:06 pm

Logicel

"I suppose sacrficial offerings could be food,flowers,and books(preferably The God Delusion)?

Get real,it's got to be Harry Potter first,lets deal with the biggest threat to christianity before we get onto the bit players!

I was joking Mr Dawkins.

HarryH

25. Convict sues God for broken contract

Comment #57018 by HarryHUK on July 18, 2007 at 7:00 am

Perhaps other believers,worried that they may also be let down by god and consequently stray into the dark side,should take note,along with appropriate action
Perhaps an insurance policy of some sort might do the trick,I feel sure I have read about such an arrangement recently.

Somewhere in L A, I believe.

26. The US map of faith

Comment #55988 by HarryHUK on July 13, 2007 at 5:25 am

Look on the bright side of the map from a fundies point of view.
It will make "rapture" targetting so much easier for Jesus on his return.

27. Charles Darwin - Legacy

Comment #55399 by HarryHUK on July 11, 2007 at 2:51 am

It's amazing that we are now becoming aware of "punctuated equilibrium"and it's possible future consequences,while at the same time realising that we as a species may be the cause of the next puntuation in evolution.

The mind boggles.

28. Small, Yes, but Mighty: The Molecule Called Water

Comment #55326 by HarryHUK on July 10, 2007 at 3:52 pm

A very interesting thought,ridelo,it all seems highhly improbable,but there is something more improbable than that.

29. Small, Yes, but Mighty: The Molecule Called Water

Comment #55238 by HarryHUK on July 10, 2007 at 10:14 am

Rtambree

Evaporation as already identified will also be affected by atmospheric pressure.
The higher the atmospheric pressure the lower the rate of evaporation and vice versa.
Barometers predict weather patterns based on this fact.

HarryHUK

30. Beggars belief: Robin McKie on The God Delusion

Comment #47460 by HarryHUK on June 4, 2007 at 3:02 pm

And of course Mr Dawkins

31. Beggars belief: Robin McKie on The God Delusion

Comment #47459 by HarryHUK on June 4, 2007 at 2:57 pm

Thankyou,Corylus.I felt a little intimidated by the site and a bit reluctant to post a comment,and thankyou IJM for "it held no answers"that's exactly where I was at,and as you say,all praise to David Attenborough,and may I add Carl Sagan.

32. Beggars belief: Robin McKie on The God Delusion

Comment #47448 by HarryHUK on June 4, 2007 at 2:26 pm

I am not sure of the route I took to becoming an atheist,it feels as if I have always been atheistic,almost a natural state of mind,and yet in someway,I feel proud and privileged,particularly in view of current world events

33. Beggars belief: Robin McKie on The God Delusion

Comment #47438 by HarryHUK on June 4, 2007 at 1:56 pm

I am not sure of the route I took to becoming an atheist,it feels as if I have always been atheistic,almost a natural state of mind,and yet in someway,I feel proud and privileged,particularly in view of current world events