1. Religion is 'the new social evil'

Comment #164538 by petermun on April 20, 2008 at 11:50 am

"Britain has had it with religion"

If only!

2. New Atheists Are Not Great

Comment #145159 by petermun on March 17, 2008 at 10:21 am

"A rigorous atheist cannot console in a time of grief" - what absolute tripe. When first wife died 6 years ago I found many of those with faith who tried to console me made things so very much worse - it was those without faith who were the greatest consolation - and the most "real".

3. Richard Dawkins on The Alan Colmes Show

Comment #144123 by petermun on March 15, 2008 at 6:28 am

Loved the interview. Just one thing, didn't the US give us the term "bullshit" - methinks a truly authentic anglo-saxon expletive would have been better and would have given them so much more to get their "offended" teeth into.

4. The argument from oranges

Comment #128421 by petermun on February 17, 2008 at 1:24 am

He totally failed to establish the origin of the faeces.

5. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #117653 by petermun on January 29, 2008 at 9:56 am

He can expect to go like a lamb to the slaughter on Feb 1st if his written work is as bad as his spoken contribution - if, as I suspect, he is the son of Agnes Day, the irony is delicious.

6. US 'doomed' if creationist president elected: scientists

Comment #108938 by petermun on January 8, 2008 at 1:59 am

Whilst on creationism - a guest on "Start the Week" (BBC Radio 4) yesterday, asserted that 95% of muslims reject evolution in favour of creationism. We really are doomed if this is so.

7. Carl Sagan's COSMOS begins airing on Jan 8th

Comment #104347 by petermun on December 28, 2007 at 11:02 am

Loved this when it was first aired. I also recall Carl Sagan as the guest on "Desert Island Discs" - it was wonderful and reinforced my faihlessness.

8. Blair converts to Catholicism

Comment #102499 by petermun on December 23, 2007 at 3:10 am

But how will his faith be tested - isn't he too old to be an altar boy?

Perhaps he should be made to spend Christmas with Anne Widdecombe as an alternative!

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

Comment #100248 by petermun on December 18, 2007 at 12:24 pm

Christianity, which is such a joke, has always been unable to take a joke.

10. Creationists plan British theme park

Comment #99349 by petermun on December 16, 2007 at 12:11 pm

A theme park in the north-west - will Mr Blobby be involved? A creation if ever there was one!

11. Papal encyclical attacks atheism, lauds hope

Comment #92351 by petermun on November 30, 2007 at 10:30 am

Hungarianelephant richly deserves the number one slot in this thread.

12. Papal encyclical attacks atheism, lauds hope

Comment #92333 by petermun on November 30, 2007 at 10:03 am

So Mr Ratzinger, birth control has no part to play in helping to save humanity?

13. 'Muhammad' teddy teacher arrested

Comment #90850 by petermun on November 26, 2007 at 1:56 pm

I don't want to live in the bronze age - why is it that so many drongos do? OK so I've become an Islamophobe - but where's the counter evidence?

14. Dr Bari: Government stoking Muslim tension

Comment #87339 by petermun on November 11, 2007 at 11:04 pm

Don't worry Dr Bari, once Charlie becomes king and establishes his "Defender of Faiths" position, you'll get your knighthood too - perhaps even a place in the House of Lords where you can promote your teetotal, misogynist views, pulping and stoning to your heart's content.

I abhor the intolerant when they expect absolute tolerance from others and whinge on interminably when, understandably, they don't get it

15. 'Flying Spaghetti Monster' Religious Group Turning Heads at MSU

Comment #76456 by petermun on October 5, 2007 at 11:57 pm

Aha - the anticipation of watching the Espresso Monks worshipping in the Basilica of the beautiful Abbey of Capelli di Angelo - bliss.

16. Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god

Comment #70799 by petermun on September 17, 2007 at 12:13 am

As someone who is going to fly with this airline from Kathmandu in 3 weeks time I have suddenly developed an awful feeling in the pit of my stomach!

17. In God we doubt

Comment #67242 by petermun on September 3, 2007 at 12:21 am

This reads like the final statement of someone about to announce he has been "born again" and ready to join the ranks of McGrath et al!

18. Shop targets U.S. hunters with camo Bibles

Comment #65578 by petermun on August 25, 2007 at 12:54 am

"Christian Bowhunters of America" - crossbows I assume.

19. Bill Maher Making New Documentary Movie, 'Religulous'

Comment #64287 by petermun on August 19, 2007 at 11:54 am

Hasn't Richard Dawkins done this already but in a more heavyweight fashion?

20. Arrogance, dogma and why science - not faith - is the new enemy of reason

Comment #62039 by petermun on August 8, 2007 at 2:05 am

Those with a god have a head start in their acceptance of all sorts of other off-the-wall superstitious beliefs - (or so my crystal pyramid suggests).

21. Response to the God Delusion

Comment #58001 by petermun on July 22, 2007 at 10:58 pm

So red herrings beat "alleged" straw men do they?

22. Can the rest of us have our planet back?

Comment #57758 by petermun on July 20, 2007 at 11:28 pm

Superb - needs to be up there with Carlin et al in the Dawkin's Comedy classics.

Certainly worthy of a regular airing on "Thought for the Day" I would have thought.

23. Insurance for Sex Abuse: A policy tailor-made for the Catholic church

Comment #56948 by petermun on July 18, 2007 at 12:08 am

Do the policies cover "acts of God" I wonder?

24. Don't Mince Words: The London Car-Bomb Plot Was Designed to Kill Women

Comment #53887 by petermun on July 4, 2007 at 1:25 am

Glad Hitchens is not mincing his words and that he is brave enough to express them.

It is now clear that all those suspected of placing the bombs are medical doctors, or the like. OK - so Hippocrates didn't have the benefit of Mo's wise words - but doesn't 'his' oath still apply to all medics - faithheads or not? Or as faithheads is theirs the hypocritic oath?

25. Sally on Sunday with Alister McGrath

Comment #53051 by petermun on June 29, 2007 at 5:50 am

What a windbag McGrath is - and he has the nerve to suggest that what he is pushing is "the Word" - if only!

26. Protesting the Creation Museum

Comment #48317 by petermun on June 7, 2007 at 11:59 am

Can't we hear what Fred Flintstone has to say about all this?

I just love this site, but what I read about the theopaths each day is making me either fall on the floor with mirth or become angry to burst!

27. Atheism is pretentious and cowardly

Comment #48181 by petermun on June 7, 2007 at 1:24 am

The Guardian used to be my newspaper of choice - but when they print stuff like this from Hobson it suggests choice no longer comes into it.

28. Sen. Clinton: Faith got me through marital strife

Comment #47885 by petermun on June 5, 2007 at 11:56 pm

So there were two women down on their knees for Billy boy.

29. Pedal power takes Islamic shape in Iran

Comment #42213 by petermun on May 17, 2007 at 11:26 pm

Everywhere you look - pedalphiles.

30. Let us pray for the soul of Richard Dawkins

Comment #40269 by petermun on May 14, 2007 at 4:11 am

Is "rabid" another word for "reasoned" in the RC Church then? Must be another of those anomalies arising from translation from the original latin.

31. World's most prominent atheist takes on the Biblical God (and other topics)

Comment #40244 by petermun on May 14, 2007 at 2:23 am

Don't these two also sell juicers on the late-night shopping channels? OK - so the juicer is a more credible product - it, too, is claimed to last for an eternity!

32. French Muslim women opt for hymen surgical cons

Comment #39794 by petermun on May 12, 2007 at 12:32 am

Whoops - has this transformed into the Cosmo site - real evidence of transubstantiation? Wow.

33. A conversation with journalist Christopher Hitchens

Comment #38545 by petermun on May 8, 2007 at 2:54 pm

We have been waiting so long for his book to be published in the UK (and we are still waiting)that it is beginning to go off the boil - that's a pity. I was very keen to read it 6 weeks ago but am becoming only mildly interested in it as time ticks on.

34. Science and fiction

Comment #37369 by petermun on May 4, 2007 at 8:32 am

David Cameron is an airhead with few, if any, original views. His wont is to run mindlessly with the herd - the members of which, in turn, are all too willing to take this faith-school rubbish on board. In due time they will elect the idiot and his fellow ne'er-do-wells as the government and faith schools will get yet another boost. Oh dear.

35. Pundit Christopher Hitchens picks a fight in book, 'God is Not Great'

Comment #35832 by petermun on April 29, 2007 at 3:00 am

The point of such books? Cyboman has it right - athiests "are learning to argue better".

The two dark-suited mormon "missionaries" who found themselves at our front door earlier this week would surely agree. My wife, fully armed with the arguments of Dawkins, Harris, Dennett et al shocked them into silence. They wowed never to return!

When asked whether they had read any of the works of the aforementioned authors they said they were not allowed to do so by their elders - so open-minded these faith-heads.

36. The God disunion: there is a place for faith in science, insists Winston

Comment #34710 by petermun on April 25, 2007 at 1:32 am

He was better on "the Archers" where presumably the scripts weren't his - this is off target.

37. 'The Day They Kicked God out of the Schools' & Rebuttal

Comment #34168 by petermun on April 23, 2007 at 12:28 pm

Oh Mr Coughlan, I'm so glad I'm on your side - the side of humanity!

38. Falwell says Christians shouldn't focus on global warming

Comment #23666 by petermun on March 2, 2007 at 1:56 am

Typical of the Rev - focus on the greenback rather than the green.

39. The Dawkins Confusion: Naturalism ad absurdum

Comment #23663 by petermun on March 2, 2007 at 1:49 am

A basic lesson for Alvin - better to be sophomoric than soporific.

40. Richard Dawkins on The Sunday Edition

Comment #13394 by petermun on December 17, 2006 at 11:48 am

Tony Benn has been a hero of mine for years. A debate with Richard, how wonderful I thought.
What a total let down. Tony was off with the fairies (if only I believed in them). The interviewers were amongst the worst I have ever seen (who are they and are they stealing a living?)
Only Richard came out of this with any credit. He was restrained, rational and caring. Three cheers for him!