1. Louisiana's latest creationism bill moves to House floor

Comment #189894 by godless1 on June 7, 2008 at 1:29 pm

Forgive me sounding so obvious but I want to state that the ONLY reason evolution is a debate at all in the USA is because it contradicts what the bible says. If evolution is true then their bible is wrong and their faith is wrong. The evidence supporting evolution is astoundingly overwhelming. In fact, it's the knock-out of knock-outs. ID proponents like to say things like: "evolution is only a theory so come back to me when it's a fact." In science, a theory holds more weight than a fact and calling it a theory in no way, whatsoever, is to infer there is not tremendous evidence to support it - quite to the contrary.

I'm just wondering why the religious zealots are not debating the theory of gravity in public schools or the theory that water is comprised of two hydrogen molecules and one oxygen molecule. Upon reflection we all know why.

2. Richard Dawkins Interview on TVOntario

Comment #182003 by godless1 on May 19, 2008 at 5:17 am

^^^^^If Dawkins had been included in the panel he would have destroyed them!

3. Richard Dawkins Interview on TVOntario

Comment #181799 by godless1 on May 18, 2008 at 9:30 am

I found it very interesting when Paiken read aloud the final poll results which were 84% we'd be better off without religion, Peterson chalked it up to all the atheists who tuned in for Dawkins. Maybe more people are just sick of religious people living a delusional lie.

4. Richard Dawkins Interview on TVOntario

Comment #181540 by godless1 on May 17, 2008 at 11:43 am

First off: Dawkins should have been included on the panel.

I don't quite know what to make of Jordan Peterson's assumptions that if all belief was stripped of the masses there would be utter mayhem and murder at every turn. This also doesn't say much as to the proofs of what they believe. It's almost like a veiled admission that it's all nonsense but necessary for society to function. For sure, I can imagine some who would go to the "dark side" because of the tremendous anger and hurt of having their religious beliefs proved wrong but societies like those in Scandinavia which are largely atheist; Sweden is said to be up to 90% atheist and these countries have very low crime, excellent social programs, fine social order and amongst the highest standard of living in the world prove that you can have healthy flourishing societies without religious nonsense. We don't need religion.

5. Fleabytes

Comment #172138 by godless1 on April 29, 2008 at 9:02 am

To touch on Adam & Eve and original sin: I don't believe Adam and Eve could have been capable of sin as they were "perfect" and existing in a state of perpetual perfection.

I don't believe that even the temptations of another perfect being whether in the form of a snake, man, or garden hoe; who is biblically said to have been god's most perfect angel, could sway the fine young couple in Eden to do anything morally wrong. Only the omnipotence of god could be capable of that.

6. Fleabytes

Comment #171406 by godless1 on April 28, 2008 at 1:26 pm

I've always thought it ridiculous that a perfect god's best plan for communicating to mankind was to use a book.

How ridiculous!

We would be born with what we needed to know and we could skirt around doubt, skepticism, differences in interpretation, and whether or not when the bible says to "smash the little ones against the rocks"- that's what god really means or if there's some interpretive riddle in amongst the scriptural murkiness.

7. Soldier Sues Army, Saying His Atheism Led to Threats

Comment #169666 by godless1 on April 26, 2008 at 1:59 pm

You bet the military is going to be pumping religion. A person who believes that once he dies there is no afterlife - such a person won't be too inclined to get in harm's way by going "over the top" as it were.

8. Richard Dawkins on The Alan Colmes Show

Comment #147462 by godless1 on March 20, 2008 at 1:50 pm

It really is as Dawkins touched upon but put another way than how I describe it. Religious belief is all about geography; if you are born in Oklahoma USA you are going to believe christ died for your sins and is the son of god. If you are born and raised in Syria, you are going to believe Allah is the one and only god and Muhammed is his prophet.

It is so incredible people don't see through this nonsense! If an intelligent god were true and real, there would be one religion and only one religion on the whole planet! Humanity is screwed!

9. Are Darwin's Theories Fact or Faith Issues?

Comment #122516 by godless1 on February 5, 2008 at 11:26 am

Dr. Simmons gave us the classic and often overused explanation that "evolution is only a theory, not a fact."

In scientific language, a theory holds more weight than a fact. For example: gravity is a theory, not a fact scientifically speaking - yet we all can test it in many different ways right where we sit and see that concluding it a fact may seem most correct.

That water, H20, is comprised of two hydrogen and one oxygen is a theory, not a fact. Yet I don't see bible thumpers getting all bent out of shape over these "mere theories" and trying to hijack science education because of them.

10. Blasphemy

Comment #122467 by godless1 on February 5, 2008 at 9:51 am

What is most glaring to me is that it never crosses the mind of these muslim lunatics that an omnipotent and omniscient perfect god could quite easily deal with the offending party himself if he is truly bothered by the egregious offense of speaking ill of that pedophile and mass murderer we all recognize as prophet Muhammed.

God does not need these bargain basement fools running around with a rope looking for someone to hang. I'm very confident such a deity could keep his own backyard in order unassisted.

As for the Danish cartoons: they were universally denounced largely out of fear of violent muslim reprisals. Ignorant lunatics.

11. Are Darwin's Theories Fact or Faith Issues?

Comment #122462 by godless1 on February 5, 2008 at 9:42 am

It's just as Daniel Dennett expresses in his book 'Breaking The Spell' that there is not even ONE reputable scientist who supports Intelligent Design. Not a one! He goes on to say that the ID proponents would never be foolish enough to try to have their nonsense published in a reputable scientific peer reviewed journal because at least they know better than to do that!

12. An Open Letter to Richard Dawkins

Comment #104071 by godless1 on December 27, 2007 at 6:52 pm

I guess the good pope benedict has let it slip his mind all the atrocities committed by the roman catholic church. Stalin, Pol Pot, and Hitler committed ghastly crimes but I don't think they were any worse than what those "god fearing" catholics have done.

South America is not predominately catholic today because of "gods loving holy spirit spreading the love of jesus;" it was spread by torture, imprisonment, murder, forced conversion, threat and intimidation. This happened all throughout the world and thus we have the albatross we see today.

13. The Pagan Christ

Comment #104000 by godless1 on December 27, 2007 at 1:42 pm

The other often mentioned problem with Josephus is that a great many experts state that what he said about Jesus is an obvious interpolation because it doesn't fit into what Josephus is saying before or after the Jesus part.

Another big problem is that we are supposed to swallow the idea that god was walking the earth as a man teaching, curing the sick and crippled, performing miracles and yet virtually no one is writing about him. Compare the vast writings about Pontius Pilate or Caesar and you'll catch my drift.

14. Do our leaders believe in God?

Comment #102237 by godless1 on December 22, 2007 at 6:14 am

In the USA, it annoys me so much hearing the presidential candidates spewing all their religious conviction nonsense. It is so contrived and calculated. They all know to a man and woman that a non-religious person has no hope of being elected president in the Unites States. The Democrats know that not talking about religion in 2004 hurt their election chances so they're getting on that early in this race.

As a non-believer, if I had presidential aspirations and no ethics I too would spew lots of religious nonsense because you have to have that to have any hope of election which is a human and national disgrace. The USA ought to be ashamed of themselves.