Comments by P. Kelsey

Comment #208877 by P. Kelsey on July 11, 2008 at 10:46 am

Mine's gone.

2. Christopher Hitchens on Real Time with Bill Maher

Comment #138451 by P. Kelsey on March 4, 2008 at 11:04 am

Blackwolf

Sorry for the delay - my ISP crashed; been down for two hours.
I get you - no problem.
My IRA friends weren't into religion; it was a colonial thing so al-rawandi has a point. But lots of different factors always seem to be involved so it all depends on the situation. The NI problem changed over the years too.

3. Fleas on the Horizon: In Defense of God

Comment #138292 by P. Kelsey on March 4, 2008 at 6:52 am

Comment #138183 by Corylus

"As a group of books they demonstrate the subjective (and thus contradictory) notions of God that people have. I am beginning to wonder whether these authors will have an effect that they have not anticipated. I suspect that if any theist reads three of more of these books, the inherent contradictions might just begin to niggle."

But aren't such 'contradictions' supposed to be par for the course, 'normal'?

4. Christopher Hitchens on Real Time with Bill Maher

Comment #138283 by P. Kelsey on March 4, 2008 at 6:27 am

Comment #138036 by black wolf

Gottlieb is also ignorant of the causes of the Northern Ireland conflict. Contrary to what he asserts, the groups and individuals who first started the violence were religious and did so because they were segregated by settlement into denominational areas. The Penal Laws first and foremost restricted religious minority rights in order to enforce Anglican rule. The fault lines of the ensuing conflict ran exclusively along religious divisions. Harris and Hitchens are correct; religion causes divisions and encourages other divisions subsequently.

Perhaps this is not the place ... but does the last sentence follow from the rest?

5. Christopher Hitchens on Real Time with Bill Maher

Comment #137554 by P. Kelsey on March 3, 2008 at 6:33 am

Zamboro
Unshakeable!

6. Christopher Hitchens on Real Time with Bill Maher

Comment #137526 by P. Kelsey on March 3, 2008 at 4:47 am

I agree with Steve, Roland, etc - Buddhists are special.

7. A natural phenomenon

Comment #137523 by P. Kelsey on March 3, 2008 at 4:27 am

This weekend was a good one for science 'biggies' in the UK. We also had an interview with Stephen Hawking in The Observer mag. Rachel Cooke had her six questions accepted and one of them was:Is the study of philosophy and theology a waste of time? Quote: "Yes... most of it is based on a complete disregard of observational evidence and modern science" (p18). Wonder what he meant about the rest of it?