1. Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens

Comment #179811 by Atheist_from_Hell on May 13, 2008 at 7:55 pm

Funes said science, especially astronomy, does not contradict religion, touching on a theme of Pope Benedict XVI, who has made exploring the relationship between faith and reason a key aspect of his papacy.

Let me see if I can help the pope by doing his work for him. What's the relationship between faith and reason?

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

2. Truly Bizarre : Indians Throw Babies 50ft From Roof To Thank God.

Comment #175645 by Atheist_from_Hell on May 5, 2008 at 7:17 pm

The original link to this video on AOL said, "Babies thrown from roof for good luck." Without even watching the video I knew that this had to be something to do with religion, considering that, as Ascaphus said (#50), there is no other context in which this kind of behavior would be tolerated.

JesusChrist, concerning your comment (#10), there is no evidence to show that there is a great enough likelihood that this even might have some health benefit to make it worth investigating. I for one am not going to condone forcing sometning on someone that has no demonstrated benefit and carries a large demonstrated risk. I'm surprised that these babies don't break their necks simply from bouncing off the sheet, considering how high they bounce, even without hitting the ground.

SharonMcT and Hawker #16, #18), there was a posting on the original website where I found this video that said that we shouldn't be surprised that these people can't think clearly enough to see what a bad practice this is, considering that they had their brains rattled by being thrown off a roof when they were babies.

3. No Admission for Evolutionary Biologist at Creationist Film

Comment #148018 by Atheist_from_Hell on March 21, 2008 at 7:50 pm

I find it rather surprising that Richard Dawkins got in to see the movie when P.Z. Myers did not, considering that Richard Dawkins is a lot more famous than P.Z. Myers (although P.Z. Myers is a local in that area).

Well, Professor Dawkins, if you managed to crash the screening, good going.

4. Banks are helping sharia make a back-door entrance

Comment #116513 by Atheist_from_Hell on January 26, 2008 at 5:19 pm

So let me get this straight. Some Moslems feel the need to delude themselves that interest on a loan is not interest if it is called something else, so that they can maintain their delusion that the archangel Gabriel spoke to Mohammed 1400 years ago. Lies being used to support other lies. Typical religious nonsense.

5. The Group Delusion

Comment #110286 by Atheist_from_Hell on January 10, 2008 at 9:58 pm

Diacanu,

"God Delusion 2: Scratching the fleas"

FAF LOL

6. Richard Dawkins on The Late Edition with Marcus Brigstocke

Comment #110272 by Atheist_from_Hell on January 10, 2008 at 8:12 pm

I had the impression that Richard Dawkins really didn't know what he was getting into when he agreed to appear on this show.

7. Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up

Comment #109879 by Atheist_from_Hell on January 10, 2008 at 1:48 am

First, I like the cover art on this book. God = big fat "0"


Second, the Anselm argument strikes me as essentially boiling down to this:

1. Gee, it sure would be great if God exists.
2. Therefore, God exists.

8. Hook, line and rapture

Comment #109365 by Atheist_from_Hell on January 8, 2008 at 10:59 pm

RE: Comment 22 (#109264) by tacitus

Of course the answer is, when push comes to shove, most Christians are as reluctant to die as the rest of us. Promises of Heaven only work when their fate is inevitable. Anything short of that and they hold on to life as tenaciously as the staunchest non-believer.

Damn right.

And that includes the previous Pope (who presumably thought that he would go straight to heaven when he died) as much as any of them.

9. Another critic who hasn't read the book

Comment #109354 by Atheist_from_Hell on January 8, 2008 at 10:40 pm

It seems that this reviewer has a "Richard Dawkins is a misanthrope" delusion and a "Hitchens book is appropriately respectful" delusion. WTF?

10. Did mozzies, not a meteor, do for the dinosaurs?

Comment #108904 by Atheist_from_Hell on January 7, 2008 at 11:28 pm

Vinelectric,

My eyes are concealed in a cool, friendly pair of sunglasses too.
So :+p

11. Six Reasons to be an Atheist

Comment #108442 by Atheist_from_Hell on January 6, 2008 at 10:43 pm

Amen. Preach it brother!

(This is a response to the original article.)

12. The battle of the butterflies and the ants

Comment #108441 by Atheist_from_Hell on January 6, 2008 at 10:34 pm

The fundamentalists say that evolution by natural selection is an unproven theory. Well, here's yet more clear-cut evidence to support it.
And screw this false distinction between "micro-evolution" and "macro-evolution." "Macro-evolution" is just the cumulative effect of "micro-evolution" over a very long period of time.

13. Researchers use neuroimaging to study ESP

Comment #108440 by Atheist_from_Hell on January 6, 2008 at 10:20 pm

Well, I am definitely an a-ESPist, no "buts" about it.


RE: Comment #9 (107955) by windweaver

I'm a twin, and I've never had any experiences like that.


RE: Comment #18 (108055) by jonjermey

I have often thought that if someone actually had psychic abilities he could make a lot more than James Randi's $1,000,000 by keeping his psychic abilities secret.

14. Stop House Resolution 888

Comment #108433 by Atheist_from_Hell on January 6, 2008 at 9:56 pm

HR 888 is an apalling, apalling attempt by Christian fundamentalists to get a government endorsement of their religion, thereby paving the way for a Christian theocracy. This is the email I sent to my congressman:

Congressman:

I urge you to vote against HR 888.

Our government was established on the secular principles of freedom of religion, including the freedom to practice no religion, and the separation of church and state in order to avoid the violence and persecution and oppression that occur when any religious group possesses governmental authority. With this resolution the Christian fundamentalists in this country are seeking a government endorsement of their religion. Do not give it to them. I urge you to stand for a government that shows partiality neither to any religion nor to religion in general. Again, I urge you to vote against HR 888.

Eric Geisler

Perhaps that's not as intellectual as some of the other letters I've seen, but folks, the Christmas resolution passed 372-9 because most of our representatives are afraid of alienating religious people. If we want to this resolution to be defeated, we must write to our representatives to let them know that the people who want our government to remain secular and impartial with respect to religion far, far outnumber those who want to have the government endorse their religion.

"Mr. Jefferson, build up that wall!"

15. The religiosity test: Doubters need not apply

Comment #106421 by Atheist_from_Hell on January 2, 2008 at 9:55 pm

RE: Comment 4 (#106213) by BigJohn

Perhaps Joe Smith misspelled the archangel's name by leaving a 'c' off the end of it.