1. MnIndy interview: Unrepentant science-heathen PZ Myers still intends to prove 'this cracker is nothing'

Comment #211192 by dysolution on July 15, 2008 at 2:52 pm

In case no one has mentioned it yet... Dane Cook's Christ Chex bit begins at about 3:05 in this video.

2. Ethical storm as scientist becomes first man to clone HIMSELF

Comment #113646 by dysolution on January 20, 2008 at 9:26 am

But critics fear the technology could be exploited by mavericks to clone babies and accused the scientists of reducing the miracle of human life to a factory of spare parts.

Okay, so what if it became possible to clone, let's say, Hitler ?
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He (or she !) might become a nurse in a old people's home, an archbishop or a contestant on Idols, who is to say ?!

3. The Moral Instinct

Comment #110777 by dysolution on January 12, 2008 at 1:27 pm

I impatiently await Bill Gates' beatification.

4. It is possible to be moral without God

Comment #105378 by dysolution on December 31, 2007 at 11:22 am

Brian, _J_, Dr. Benway, and anyone else who contributed to that Catholic blog comment thread:

Thanks for stopping by and giving me more food for thought.

From what I can tell, not once did Fr Renzo di Lorenzo ever own up to either his own innate human morality or vile barbarism in the absence of belief in the supernatural. I see why Michael Shermer calls that question a debate stopper.

Fortunately the thought processes of both sides were well illuminated before the priests took their ball and went home.

I'm left with a yearning for more condescending head-patting and a strong craving for crackers and wine. Anyone know where I can get a fix?

5. It is possible to be moral without God

Comment #105056 by dysolution on December 30, 2007 at 1:22 pm

This post caught my attention because I've recently engaged in a debate with a Catholic friar where this issue has been addressed.

He's continually accused me of promoting death due to my moral relativism. I feel like I've been holding my own thus far, but this is the first time I've attempted to argue with a believer from an atheist world view, and I suspect that I might be going in circles.

If any of you would care to take a look and tell me where my argument could use some improvement, I'd be very grateful. My comments are signed "Jordan."

http://wdtprs.com/blog/2007/12/bp-morlino-still-stepping-up-to-the-plate/