1. The Return of Religion

Comment #212791 by Lithium_joe on July 17, 2008 at 4:32 pm

"The evangelical atheists are subliminally aware that their abdication in the face of science does not make the universe more intelligible, nor does it provide an alternative answer to our metaphysical enquiries. It simply brings enquiry to a stop. And the religious person will feel that this stop is premature"

THis sounds like a re-casting of the 'god of the gaps' - only backwards!

Science brings enquiry to a stop but 'Maybe a god did it' doesn't?

Come on!

2. Weak US dollar hits papal profits

Comment #208845 by Lithium_joe on July 11, 2008 at 9:50 am

Funny thing speed reading.

I read that headline as 'Weak Us dollar hits Paypal pockets'

:-/

3. Carlin on Religion

Comment #198245 by Lithium_joe on June 23, 2008 at 12:37 pm

A sad day indeed.

George Carlin: Legend.

4. Karma comedians

Comment #187024 by Lithium_joe on June 1, 2008 at 5:39 am

I believe in karma.*

I do wicked things to people all day long and assume they deserve it.






*Not really.

5. Happy Birthday, Richard Dawkins!

Comment #151593 by Lithium_joe on March 29, 2008 at 3:18 am

Happy Birthday Richard.

This might amuse you - it's had me giggling for hours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGgpGLxLQw

6. Banned From Church

Comment #115019 by Lithium_joe on January 23, 2008 at 12:34 pm

Hilarious.

The perverseness of the religious mindset never ceases to confound my expectations.

7. 2 fleas for the Christmas week

Comment #103445 by Lithium_joe on December 25, 2007 at 4:42 pm

Reading the preview of Mclean's book I chuckled to myself when he said Atheism was a sign of weak paternal bonding.

Was sat in the car yesterday with my dad at 1am, much to our chagrin I might add, as we had to collect my frail, 94 year old gran from a midnight mass service for Christmas that she had insisted on attending. So naturally a theoloigcal debate ensued between us while we waited for kicking out time and for the first time in my life I listened to my dad describe himself as an atheist. I welcomed him to the club.

I can say I felt closer to my father at that point and snug as we were in my little car I can definitely say he wasn't absent.