1. Americans pray at the pump for cheaper petrol

Comment #179246 by Roy_H on May 13, 2008 at 1:04 am

Only in America.........

2. British Airways takes beef off the menu to avoid offending Hindus

Comment #178209 by Roy_H on May 10, 2008 at 10:09 pm

Why not take all meats off the menu so it won't offend vegetarians?.....Really, this is the thin end of the wedge!

3. Churchgoing on its knees as Christianity falls out of favour

Comment #177302 by Roy_H on May 8, 2008 at 10:20 pm

Well at least the indigenous population seems to be 'growing up' at long last.

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

Comment #175704 by Roy_H on May 5, 2008 at 10:52 pm

Baby bouncers?

5. Lynchings in Congo as penis theft panic hits capital

Comment #167329 by Roy_H on April 23, 2008 at 10:50 pm

Strangly enough,if I see Davina McCall on TV it has that effect on me.

6. Ancient serpent shows its leg

Comment #159428 by Roy_H on April 12, 2008 at 7:13 am

There was the recently discovered Tiktaalik and now another nail in the creationist's coffin lid
YES!

7. Cult leader Pyotr Kuznetsov tries suicide after realising he was wrong about doomsday

Comment #154887 by Roy_H on April 3, 2008 at 10:36 pm

"It was an attempted suicide. Pyotr put his head on a tree stump and started hitting his head with a log. He is in hospital with a head wound,"
This is almost as funny as the recent case of the guy in Africa who drowned while he was "proving" to his followers that he could walk on water!

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51760

8. Vatican: Islam surpasses Roman Catholicism as world's largest religion

Comment #153033 by Roy_H on March 31, 2008 at 11:05 pm

Crucifiction,
Hilarious stuff! actually you find some really good serious stuff on Youtube too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzHdPZ4pq4M&NR=1
Great Atheist Quotes (Just don't forget to turn the sound down! )

9. Anti-Quran Film Fitna Pulled From Web Due to 'Threats'

Comment #152284 by Roy_H on March 30, 2008 at 3:46 pm

Now what was Richard's two part TV documentary called again....Ah yes, "The Root of All Evil"

10. Police: Girl Dies After Parents Pray for Healing Instead of Seeking Medical Help

Comment #150451 by Roy_H on March 26, 2008 at 11:40 pm

This is another example of "she lived = ah it was miracle , she died = ah but it was Gods will!" The parents should be prosecuted, child abuse through religion yet again! I can remember a case many years ago where the child of a Jehovah's Witness family died because the parents would not sign the consent form for a life saving blood tranfusion to be performed. My mother was particularly upset by this. By coincidence , that Saturday morning there was knock on the door. Guess who? yes, a couple of Jehovah's Witless guys! My mum, (who was not usually given to losing her temper with anyone )gave them the most almighty bollocking I have ever heard , telling them bugger off and NEVER to knock on our door again !

11. Happy Birthday, Richard Dawkins!

Comment #150063 by Roy_H on March 26, 2008 at 12:27 pm

Happy Birthday Richard. I love your books!

12. Sue Blackmore debates Alister McGrath

Comment #149240 by Roy_H on March 25, 2008 at 9:56 am

Alister McGrath can certainly talk a lot. Unfortunately he does not seem to say very much.

13. The Emptiness of Theology

Comment #149013 by Roy_H on March 25, 2008 at 12:03 am

Science can tell you the age of a particular fossil and that the Turin Shroud is a medieval fake.

But scientists are still baffled how to it was actually done (Turin shroud).

14. No Admission for Evolutionary Biologist at Creationist Film

Comment #148062 by Roy_H on March 21, 2008 at 11:38 pm

Maybe the the guy at the door looked at Richard's Passport, read the name and said "Well you go right in there Mr. Clinton!"

15. EXPELLED!

Comment #147584 by Roy_H on March 20, 2008 at 11:37 pm

I can imagine what Richard thought of the movie. It begins with B, ends in T and he recently said it to a Creationist on a Radio phone in programme!

16. In Britain, creationist theory is evolving

Comment #144628 by Roy_H on March 16, 2008 at 1:08 pm

Comment #144526 by leodavinci on March 16, 2008 at 9:39 am
For example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS5vid4GkEY

These are excellent!

17. The atheist delusion

Comment #144193 by Roy_H on March 15, 2008 at 9:42 am

I think Dave Allen said it all.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxo81Ok9Urk

What utter nonsense!

18. Beauty ad banned after Christian outcry

Comment #142645 by Roy_H on March 12, 2008 at 11:43 pm

During "erotic things" is the only time I like to hear the Mrs. talk about god.

That reminds me about Kenny Everett when he first went out on the "Radio Caroline" pirate radio ship he was terribly seasick. He said how the others on board used to remark "Oh I can hear Ken calling god on the great white telephone again" i.e. in the toilet, bringing up his breakfast while shouting "Oh god!!"

19. Seven new deadly sins: are you guilty?

Comment #141413 by Roy_H on March 10, 2008 at 11:14 am

Steve:
Tinfoil hats? where did you get that idea from?


http://eclectech.co.uk/mindcontrol.php

20. Oklahoma: One Step from Doom

Comment #141106 by Roy_H on March 10, 2008 at 3:22 am

Crazy, deluded, backward thinking.
Old Joke. A farmer was showing his farm to a catholic priest. As the priest gazed across the fields at the beautiful looking crops he remarked "You know my son, God and you have made a wonderful job of this farm!" to which the farmer replied "Yes, but you should have seen the land when I first took it over, when God had it to himself!"

21. Highway to hysteria

Comment #140974 by Roy_H on March 9, 2008 at 10:10 am

I wish all those quote: "high-density super-concentrated stupid and dancing howling raving demented fuckwits" would watch Mr. Derren Brown ( Who is an atheist ) at work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sq-YUdq1OI


Red faces all round I think?

22. Crossing the Divide

Comment #139988 by Roy_H on March 6, 2008 at 10:54 pm

"By day, quarrying through thin layers of rock, "we started to come across footprints of terrestrial animals," says Godfrey. "You can't imagine a global flood and animals finding ground to make footprints on. … That, more than anything, any other experience in my life, really shook me to the core." Godfrey agonized about where these footprints might have come from. Some creationists argue for floating mats of vegetation during the flood, but Godfrey found that unconvincing."
I nearly fell of my chair laughing at that one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS5vid4GkEY
17 short videos entitled "Why do people laugh at creationists?" there are more gems like that on there.

23. Church exhumes Padre Pio

Comment #138863 by Roy_H on March 4, 2008 at 10:46 pm

"He added, however, that it was not possible to see Padre Pio's stigmata, which were said to have disappeared just before he died without leaving any scars"
It is amazing what you can do with a tube of decorators filler and a small tin of pink paint.

24. Bulldozers tear down giant religious teapot

Comment #138860 by Roy_H on March 4, 2008 at 10:37 pm

At first I thought this was from "The Onion", then I thought "Have I been asleep for 1 month and it is really April 1st?"

25. Rock-Bottom Loser Entertaining Offers From Several Religions

Comment #137069 by Roy_H on March 2, 2008 at 9:29 am

That is so typical "Onion" The videos too are precious!
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/in_the_know_how_can_we_make_the

Making war more eco-friendly!

26. The Giant Tortoise's Tale

Comment #133943 by Roy_H on February 27, 2008 at 3:39 am

My Audiobook version arrived this morning 9 hours
7 cds for 13 quid...what a bargain!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ancestors-Tale-Pilgrimage-Dawn-Life/dp/0752873210/ref=sr_1_3/026-1294753-2284445?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204112215&sr=8-3

27. The Giant Tortoise's Tale

Comment #133824 by Roy_H on February 26, 2008 at 10:43 pm

"The Ancestors Tale is simply crying out to be the next major 13 part series for BBC2."

Yes Please!

I have the book, it is wonderful.

28. Ken Ham in Leicester April 2008

Comment #130624 by Roy_H on February 21, 2008 at 3:03 am

I can thoroughly recommend the 17 ( yes 17! ) short videos on Youtube "Why do people laugh at Creationists? "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS5vid4GkEY

29. 'Frog from hell' fossil unearthed

Comment #129251 by Roy_H on February 18, 2008 at 10:59 pm

Big enough to feed a French family of four no doubt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelzebufo

It lived 70 million years ago then it finally croaked......

30. Feb 12th: Happy Darwin Day!

Comment #125920 by Roy_H on February 12, 2008 at 9:03 am

Ha ha I was trying to be "tongue in cheek" but you took me serious. I thought it must be feeling like a "dog with two tails" after that bit of manipulation

31. Feb 12th: Happy Darwin Day!

Comment #125718 by Roy_H on February 11, 2008 at 10:53 pm

http://media.richarddawkins.net/images/2008/darwinday/005_BicycleRepairMan.jpg

Richard,
Can you explain to me why the Tiktaalik fossil has that "two tailed" look about it?

32. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #121708 by Roy_H on February 4, 2008 at 2:46 am

"Like people who send Christmas cards to the Archers"

On a similar note, I was watching a programme last night about the making of the popular BBC TV series "All Creatures Great and Small" based on the James Herriot books . The actor Christopher Timothy was saying that on many occasions he heard his agent shouting down the phone to some poor deluded fan ( probably with a sick pet that needed attention ) "He is NOT a vet he is a bloody actor!"

I think religious people definitely belong to that catergory, i.e. they cannot see where fiction ends and reality begins.

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

Comment #120588 by Roy_H on February 2, 2008 at 4:47 am

Oh no, another one who has never heard of Tiktaalik .
Read this and weep Dr. Simmons
http://www.edwardtbabinski.us/whales/evolution_of_whales/
Note the the present day embryo dolphin develops typical tetrapod limb buds. The nostrils too are in the "normal" place for a typical mammal , i.e. at the anterior end of the head , but they migrate towards the top of the head as the foetus develops.

34. Interview with Richard Dawkins

Comment #116461 by Roy_H on January 26, 2008 at 2:47 pm

Comment #116451 by toomanytribbles on January 26, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Dawkins: go to a museum and ask to see, for example, tiktaalik.

It even has it's own website, very interesting it is too.
http://tiktaalik.uchicago.edu/

35. Heath Ledger Death: Baptist Group To Protest At Memorial

Comment #115576 by Roy_H on January 24, 2008 at 11:03 am

"Heath Ledger is now in Hell, and has begun serving his eternal sentence there."
Really? you have been there to see how he is getting along have you? It reminds me of those wingnuts that believe an Elephant headed statue can drink milk.
Pathetic puerile and childish!

36. Two Ex-Jehovah Witnesses to Tell Why They Became Atheists

Comment #111180 by Roy_H on January 13, 2008 at 10:43 pm

Comment #111177 by comet halley
Oh lovely!
Overheard on a plane flying over Italy :-
Old gentleman "Look Ethel, see that out there, yon volcano? that's Vesuvius that is"
Old lady "Oh Jack, why.... they've let it go out!"

37. Fish out of water: Your Inner Fish

Comment #111070 by Roy_H on January 13, 2008 at 12:29 pm

In a nutshell, no way were we "Intelligently designed!"

38. Richard Dawkins on The Late Edition with Marcus Brigstocke

Comment #109847 by Roy_H on January 9, 2008 at 11:01 pm

"Comment #109844 by mdowe on January 9, 2008 at 10:40 pm I thought Professor Dawkins looked just a little uncomfortable -- like someone that felt out of place. Perhaps it was just the cold."

Yes I think he would have been better off sat in front of a fire with a mug of hot milk with a spoonful of honey and a tot of whisky in it. what a complete waste of Richard's valuable time!

39. Blair converts to Catholicism

Comment #102514 by Roy_H on December 23, 2007 at 4:20 am

Pope Tony......... now that's got a kind of a ring to it!

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

40. Good God! A politician who doesn't believe...

Comment #102228 by Roy_H on December 22, 2007 at 4:49 am

On the other hand, I see Teflon Tony has now become a fully fledged Roman Catholic.

That news reminded me of this beautiful spoof that was done just before the 2005 election.
"I have had a higher calling"

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

41. The Pagan Christ

Comment #101998 by Roy_H on December 21, 2007 at 11:16 am

I am a bit baffled about all this to say the least. Tom Harpur has blown Christianity out of the water, but he is still practicing as an Anglican Priest?
P.S. I want that book!

42. Borders Tags Atheist Book with 'O Come All Ye Faithless' Cards

Comment #100560 by Roy_H on December 18, 2007 at 10:50 pm

I am sure he would be offended by this too :-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-ZnPE3G_YY

I just love it!

43. THE FOUR HORSEMEN - Available Now on DVD!

Comment #99505 by Roy_H on December 16, 2007 at 11:08 pm

The God Delusion!!!
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20071217/tod-uk-israel-religion-syndrome-cb1d00a_1.html

44. Girl, 16, dies after hijab dispute with father

Comment #97523 by Roy_H on December 12, 2007 at 8:42 am

No death penalty in Canada is there? Shame really, they could have asked him as a devout Muslim if he wanted to be decapitated or hung from a crane.

45. Holy Nonsense

Comment #95652 by Roy_H on December 8, 2007 at 11:08 pm

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071207/tod-india-religion-courts-offbeat-451ab4f_1.html
nothing to do with Mormons, but more "Holy Nonsense". What will they do if they do not turn up in court I wonder?

46. Highway to hysteria

Comment #94310 by Roy_H on December 5, 2007 at 8:57 am

A Classic example of "The God Delusion" and "How religion poisons everything" !
In a way it is just as barking mad as the "Teddy Bear" incident in The Sudan.

47. Sudan demo over jailed UK teacher

Comment #93562 by Roy_H on December 3, 2007 at 1:49 pm

Comment #93491 by Vaal on December 3, 2007 at 9:15 am.
"Too late. Islam has made itself a laughing stock to the world. In fact, if anybody in our house passes wind, it is now called a Mohammad."
That 'sort of' reminds me of an old joke ( that only the Brits of a certain age will get )
Q. What do you call a woman that breaks wind in your beer?
A. Fartima Whitbread

Well thats Mohammed's sister insulted for one.

48. Pupil defends teacher in Muhammad teddy furore

Comment #93218 by Roy_H on December 2, 2007 at 12:44 pm

I have just been talking to a lady in our local supermarket. She was telling me about a relative of hers who is married to an Iranian gentleman. They wanted to go back to Iran but the authorities refused because they objected to the name they had given to their daughter. the name of their little girl? Persia!

49. 'Muhammad' teddy teacher arrested

Comment #91108 by Roy_H on November 27, 2007 at 8:46 am

How about saying to The Sudanese government "OK, you let that lady go, you let her go now or you can say goodbye to any more charitable aid from us" ?

50. Saudi gang-rape victim is jailed

Comment #90706 by Roy_H on November 26, 2007 at 7:26 am

You can call your little Muslim sprog Mohammed, but not your teddy bear!
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20071126/tpl-uk-sudan-prophet-43a8d4f_4.html