1. Religion a figment of human imagination

Comment #171918 by old-toy-boy on April 29, 2008 at 2:33 am

There is another possibility. Big brains allow for multipal personalities, Multipal Personalities means hearing voices in your head.

That's what 'we' think.

2. Judge orders La. school district to stop Bible giveaways

Comment #168291 by old-toy-boy on April 24, 2008 at 11:59 pm

In responce to Comment #168161 by Luthien, and my initial comment about handing out non-religious books. I agree, 'The God Delision' is a book about religion, and could even be described as religious, so should not be handed out, but 'The Blind Watchmaker' would be far better. It is simply about science. I would love to hear any ID-iots try to argue in court that it is religious.

3. Judge orders La. school district to stop Bible giveaways

Comment #167641 by old-toy-boy on April 24, 2008 at 8:28 am

Let me see if I (a Brit), have this right. In the U.S, you cannot preach/promote religion in state schools, even teaching 'about' world religions (plural) is discouraged because it may be mistaken for preaching religion, yes? onsequently hhanding out free religious books in schools is not allowed... So handing out non-religious books should be OK... (you can probably guess where this is leading...) you can not get much more non-religious than books like 'The God delision", Or 'The Blind Watchmaker'.

(Have I just evolved an argument to exploit a niche?)

4. BBC 'too scared to allow jokes about Islam'

Comment #154293 by old-toy-boy on April 3, 2008 at 4:24 am

For Sidelined,

Now that I have got that off my chest. Anybody heard some good Mohammed jokes lately?

5. Vote on freedom of expression marks the end of Universal Human Rights

Comment #153227 by old-toy-boy on April 1, 2008 at 8:38 am

This is one of the most scaryist things I have ever read. After thinking about it for a few hours, I hope it is an April-fools day joke. If it is, it is not funny.

Assuming it is true, it hit me that it is an issue I would be prepared to fight for and I tend to be a bit of a passivist. As Bugs-Bunny would say "This,,, means War!".

Perhaps a more diplomatic stratergy would be to register anything and everything as a religion, even Athieism. (a lot of relgious nutters think it already is) and so claim all the benefits. A sort of 'make tea, not war' stratagy.

6. My quest to get de-baptised

Comment #152454 by old-toy-boy on March 31, 2008 at 4:46 am

Comment #152409 by hmcook87
I can scarcely think of a more stupid idea than dunking a baby in water then simply declaring it a christian.

7. What is Evo-devo?

Comment #144991 by old-toy-boy on March 17, 2008 at 6:30 am

I also liked it. Sure it would have been nice if it were longer with moree detail, but for 60 seconds, it was OK. (Not being an expert, I assume it was correct) it does remind me of one of my favorite sayings, 'A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, No knowledge is absolutely lethal.'

8. Darwin Day (Feb 12th) E-Cards

Comment #122286 by old-toy-boy on February 5, 2008 at 5:20 am

How about:-

Darwinism, Evolotion, NOTHING,
beats the wisdom of the Bible.

Read it carefully and slowly, making special note of the puntuation.