1. Functional Neuroimaging of Belief, Disbelief, and Uncertainty

Comment #97231 by John45 on December 11, 2007 at 7:32 pm

They should run Bush and his cronies through this machine, ask them if they really believed Iraq had WMDs, and observe whether their "basal ganglia's" started squirming.

2. An Open Letter to Richard Dawkins

Comment #97221 by John45 on December 11, 2007 at 6:59 pm

We should stop wasting our time trying to counter the Stalin argument with reason. Instead, we should use the same argument against them with exactly the same veracity and enthusiasm as they use it against us.

If a gunman massacres a dozen people in a mall –- and the gunman happens to be Christian -- we should blame the massacre on Christianity.

If a man molests a boy -- and the molester happens to be Catholic -- we should blame Catholicism.

If a man accidentally spills milk on the floor -- and the man happens to be Muslim -- we should blame Islam.

We should retroactively apply this line of reasoning to each and every religious thief, fraud, con-man, pedophile, rapist, murderer, suicide bomber, torturer, and tyrant who has ever existed since the dawn of time. Then, we should sit back, cross our arms, and smile with great smugness.