1. US school district sued over homophobic 'witch hunt'

Comment #234482 by LB on August 21, 2008 at 12:25 pm

Re; Posts 12 & 13,
Thanks for pointing that out, and LB, please accept my apology for jumping to the wrong conclusion on your Irony-loaded post!

2. US school district sued over homophobic 'witch hunt'

Comment #234400 by LB on August 21, 2008 at 10:05 am

I hope David Davis gets hit by a Church van today and dies

3. Richard Dawkins at AAI 07

Comment #85531 by LB on November 6, 2007 at 4:53 am

Where has that video come from that Dawkins plays during his speech? The one where he tells McGrath to EFFF OFF!

I've never seen it before and can't find it on YouTube.

I knew that quote from Beyond Belief would eventually crop up in this sort of video!

4. AAI Convention webcam

Comment #74469 by LB on September 29, 2007 at 2:25 am

It's their lack of professional discourse that makes them come off as angry amateurs. The slobbery is just icing on the cake. Look, guys, I am not some 60 year old Ivy League elitist here. I am 28, listen to indie rock, dance to hip hop at the local clubs, and can on occasion swear "like a trucker." Sure, I'd go grab a beer with Brian. I'd dance in a cage with Kelly. But discuss religion in a serious way and organize with them? Hell no. If these guys are the "face" of the young atheist movement, then may god help us.

5. AAI Convention webcam

Comment #74344 by LB on September 28, 2007 at 7:46 am

At the risk of being called a bastard and a wanker, I'm with steve99 on this one.

The fact that the RRS are doing something is good, but I think it would be better if someone else was the public face of the organisation.

6. AAI Convention webcam

Comment #74163 by LB on September 27, 2007 at 1:49 pm

"I made one suggest for their regarding their appearance on NBC, was it, and was met with a 30-minute long castigating diatribe audio response full of slander, abuse, and ridicule to an extent I haven't even had suffered from the religious."

Come again?

7. AAI Convention webcam

Comment #74022 by LB on September 27, 2007 at 4:54 am

By the way, I think you posted the wrong image Josh. This one appears to be a double UFO sighting.

8. AAI Convention webcam

Comment #74019 by LB on September 27, 2007 at 4:52 am

I didn't think much of the RRS representatives in the nightline debate with Kermit Cameron and Ray Comfort Dummy.

I can appreciate why more notable atheist proponents might not want to bother debating those clowns, but the RRS representatives made a hash of it.

9. God Bless Me, It's a Best-Seller!

Comment #64154 by LB on August 18, 2007 at 5:57 am

What encounter with the Archbishop of Canterbury?

And Fouad Boussetta - why have you got a photo of Eamonn Holmes in the jungle as your avatar?

10. The Flea Circus Invites a Newcomer!

Comment #60611 by LB on August 2, 2007 at 12:28 pm

If it's any consolation David, I do like your book's new cover.

I'm not a big fan of the way these authors are referred to as fleas. Illogical? Yes. Wrong? Most probably. But fleas? I don't think so.

11. Richard Dawkins on Hardtalk

Comment #58596 by LB on July 25, 2007 at 10:20 am

I can't believe that nobody has mentioned the terrible quality of this video clip! Or is it just me and my settings? :-S

12. Interview with Dan Dennett on Danish TV

Comment #54385 by LB on July 6, 2007 at 5:38 pm

"Religion is the root of all evil" says Richard Dawkins

13. Christopher Hitchens and Al Sharpton

Comment #53377 by LB on July 1, 2007 at 5:38 am

Spinoza,

Why do you think 'God is not Great' is better than 'The God Delusion'?

14. Sally on Sunday with Alister McGrath

Comment #52851 by LB on June 28, 2007 at 8:24 am

It is not going away, is it?

15. The Stupidity of Fox News is Truly Beyond Belief

Comment #52243 by LB on June 26, 2007 at 2:55 pm

This sort of thing never ceases to amaze me

Quite astonishing ignorance

16. God Hates the World

Comment #52097 by LB on June 26, 2007 at 6:31 am

Just my two pennies worth...

I feel that the 'Child Abuse' argument is Richard Dawkins' weakest by some stretch. Not only do I cringe when I hear the words 'Christian Child' or 'Muslim Child', but also when I hear Dawkins even mention this quarrel, especially during an interview of no longer than five minutes (When they are so many more devastating arguments to be voiced).

I think it is a simplistic reduction of a more complex issue and about as worthwhile as debating whether the most deaths throughout human history were caused by religion or science.

Therefore, I sympathise with David Robertson's position slightly (although stop short of full support) as partly he seemed just to be pointing out that this is a weak argument against religion as a whole (compared to the rest anyway). This is not to say I usually agree with Robertson, in fact this is a first. I nearly lost my head through vigorous shaking as I turned every page of his book.

The way debates between Robertson and others on this site often descend into slagging matches is a little disappointing and not good for the public image of this site. OK so I admit I chuckled at some of the comments, but I would like to see more (intelligent) religious people on these boards who are prepared to at least attempt rational debate. Who knows, some may even recognize the irrationality of their position and convert!

17. Hitchens and Prager Debate

Comment #46052 by LB on May 30, 2007 at 4:46 am

I think its the kind of ridiculous question people like Prager spend hours dreaming up in order to fool an audience in to thinking they are not being well and truly thrashed in a debate.

18. Hitchens and Prager Debate

Comment #46048 by LB on May 30, 2007 at 4:28 am

"Yeah, but I believe in God not Santa Claus"

Yes, why is that exactly?

19. Debate between Richard Dawkins and Robert Winston

Comment #45753 by LB on May 29, 2007 at 5:58 am

So basically Lord Winston advocates intellectual dishonesty.

20. Christopher Hitchens to God: Drop Dead

Comment #43256 by LB on May 21, 2007 at 2:55 am

By Jove! The moderate religious have been busy. They've clearly come up with a devastating new argument, which will surely silence Dawkins, Harris, and even Hitchens.

What argument is that you say? How could you miss it?! Everything else was trite and commonplace, but this one argument is undoubtedly a crushing blow to the atheists:

"Religion offers… distinctive recipes… among many other positive things"

21. New Noah's Ark ready to sail

Comment #35835 by LB on April 29, 2007 at 3:02 am

In reply to comment: #35787 :

Was Galileo (1564-1642) a fool? Or Newton (1643-1727) ? What about Pascal (1623-1662) ?

What about me(19XX-) ? Am I a fool?

22. The Video: Bill O'Reilly Interviews Richard Dawkins

Comment #35062 by LB on April 26, 2007 at 5:44 am

Is Bill really over 2000 years old? He must be the last man alive to have actually seen Jesus.

I'm off to buy a house in Sweden...

23. Vote for the Time 100 - Are They Worthy?

Comment #34753 by LB on April 25, 2007 at 5:44 am

Unfortunately, Paris Hilton does have influence on the behaviour and outlook of the brain dead majority. Jordan and Peter Andre should probably be on there too.

24. Vote for the Time 100 - Are They Worthy?

Comment #34587 by LB on April 24, 2007 at 3:19 pm

Scrap Blue Steel, the prof should've worn a Magnum for an occasion such as this

25. Richard Dawkins at The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival

Comment #28527 by LB on March 29, 2007 at 3:20 pm

I am astonished that anybody with more than half a brain cell considers Alister McGrath worth listening to.

The fact that this man, with his tired and irrelevant arguments, is given a chance to 'debate' with some of the greatest minds in science, is an absolute insult to human intelligence.

Richard Dawkins, you should have laughed in his face.

The sad fact is that, although you are thoroughly entitled to do so, Alister McGoebbels would have turned it against you in order to 'win' the argument.

He does nothing but appeal to the emotions of the audience. The very same emotions that cause similarly weak minded people to suck their massive comfort dummies and teach their children to do the same.

The Emperor's clothes analogy was a briliant rebuttal of the 'You don't know enough about religion to comment on it' argument.

26. Lewis Wolpert and William Lane Craig on Religion

Comment #24509 by LB on March 7, 2007 at 1:58 am

Is this mp3 still hosted on this site?

when trying to play it I get a quicktime logo with a question mark over it (i have 7.1.5 installed).

When I right click and 'save target as' on the link below, I get an error saying that it can't be downloaded because the site can't be found?

27. Long live satire

Comment #24421 by LB on March 6, 2007 at 2:26 pm

That woman looks like Chris Packham

28. Discussion of The God Delusion

Comment #17955 by LB on January 17, 2007 at 5:15 pm

I'm as bald as a coot after watching that. Greer pokes fun at the noah story as if everyone in the world knows it's ridiculous and is laughing with her.

I half expected her to say she is a different type of atheist about the flying spaghetti monster - "I can't be absolutely sure it doesn't exist".

What this show needed was a host with even a hint of an unbiased stance, half a brain cell, and the ability to read.

29. Richard Dawkins on The Late Late Show with Pat Kenny

Comment #13324 by LB on December 17, 2006 at 3:43 am

When the pointless pedant raised his objection to Dawkins' speculation about intelligent alien life forms, he asked "Where's your EVIDENCE for THAT?"

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there quite strong evidence to support this speculation?

1. Evidence that other planets exist - Check

2. Evidence that, given the right conditions, it is possible for life to exist on a planet – Check

3. Evidence that there are sufficient quantities of potential planets to provide a statistical probability that our existence on planet earth is not unique in the universe – Check


I admit I'm a bit sketchy on the statistical probability based on number of stars Vs probability that life friendly conditions will exist on any given planet. Perhaps someone can help?


As for the chap with a mullet – how can you argue with someone who thinks that the comfort providing delusion that God will help a person through hard times is confirmed as evidence when the hard times end. (When the young brunette is speaking about how religion helped her through difficult times, you can hear him shout "You're ignoring her evidence!")

30. Intelligent Design packets

Comment #13245 by LB on December 16, 2006 at 11:03 am

If God really did exist he would have cast realplayer into the fiery pits of hell long ago