Comments by JeremyH
1. Religion vs science: can the divide between God and rationality be reconciled?
Comment #263569 by JeremyH on October 11, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Science's goal is to find out how things work.
Religion's goal is to convert people.
Religion has the upper hand in this debate, because it has EVOLVED to thrive in this exact environment. We don't have that luxury. We can't change our mind when an idea gets a bad reception, we have to trust the evidence. Religion can mutate to whatever form is most pleasing to the public.
Comment #263412 by JeremyH on October 10, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Darn, one of those articles that use a hot topic word like "Georgia" to get people to read it and it turns out to be something that, while still interesting, has nothing to do with current events.
It's just like that film "Osama". It had nothing to do with Bin Laden!
But about this article, I think our current laws and punishments are too heavily based on this instinct for revenge. Why is it that two drunk drivers are sent to court, one gets his lisence revoked and the other is put in prison for years? Because the second guy, by pure chance, happened to hit a car, killing the driver. So you're not punishing the behaviour, you're punishing the outcome.
3. Opiate of the masses - and evolutionary aid
Comment #260136 by JeremyH on October 4, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Paula Kirby wrote:
If our best survival strategy is simply to pretend to co-operate, rather than actually to do so, why should we have created and then embraced religions that required us to "walk the talk"?
What I got from the article is that the creators of religion are able to make people be altruistic while they themselves simply reap the rewards.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
4. The world according to Hitchens
Comment #255503 by JeremyH on September 27, 2008 at 8:12 pm
For once I disagree with Hitchens. Russia is and has always been exagerated by American media. Ossetia DEMOCRATICALLY decided to join Russia, and Georgia, backed by the U.S, attacked the Ossetians, and Russia's attempts to protect the Ossetians were twisted by the media to make it look like it was the Russians who attacked.
Of course Russia tried to explain this, but who would have an American news story saying the Russians weren't the bad guys? Russia has been demonised so that the U.S can do whatever they want and the Americans people wont ask questions.
ryouga: You're right, Hitchens has taken the reporting at face value, one of the downsides of his patriotic attitude. It's hard to come to grips with the fact that your "objective news media" can be lying through it's teeth.
*EDIT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DjcJQ5Re-M
This video opened my eyes and made me hate fox news more than ever.
5. Genes might not be so selfish after all
Comment #249228 by JeremyH on September 17, 2008 at 7:02 pm
I don't think the wet towel worked buddy. You've misinterpreted both Dawkins' and Eber's work. They're both totally compatible, and you haven't discovered anything groundbreaking.
The environment can change a cell in your body through things like ultra-violet radiation, but it can't change your genetic make up as a whole, unless an ultra-violet ray struck the exact same place in the DNA of every single one of the trillions of cells in your body. In which case you'd probably die.
MS may be caused by these mutations happening in a single cell, which then goes on to replicate, but that sounds to me like cancer.
More susceptible in women? highschool biology teaches you about this kind of thing... Wait, were you brought up in Kansas?
Good on you for trying though.
6. Spore's Intelligent Designer
Comment #246742 by JeremyH on September 13, 2008 at 2:01 am
They're games for Christ's sake! Honestly, just because I play a game based on capitalistic land value ecology, that wont change my ideas on political issues. Whether Spore is pro-evolution or pro-ID, that that wont change people's beliefs. World of Warcraft has magic in it. That doesn't make me believe in magic.
What a meaningless article. The only interesting part was when it said Will Wright donated money to the republicans, and supports McCain. That makes me wonder whether he's quite as smart as I once thought...
Comment #244916 by JeremyH on September 9, 2008 at 6:59 pm
That was a brilliantly written article. Another poorly written anti-evolution book.
I was in the book store the other day and came across another anti-atheist book, I don't know if it's been mentioned on this site yet.
http://www.amazon.com/Eves-Bite-Ian-Wishart/dp/0958240116/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221011721&sr=8-1
It went on the usual ramble about how Dawkins "hasn't done research on religion and boasts about it" so therefore any conclusion he makes is wrong.
8. Bizarre Anti-Spore Website Takes Issue WIth Stance On Creationism
Comment #244913 by JeremyH on September 9, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Was Poe's law created by the 19th century author Edgar Allen Poe?
9. 'Spore' Its for the Little Guys
Comment #244493 by JeremyH on September 8, 2008 at 10:52 pm
That game is addictive. I don't get addicted to games easily, but I was up till 6am last night (or morning) playing SPORE.
There are a few initial glitches (my space ship got stuck on a planet for about 10 minutes) but it's made up for by the fun of creating your own universe, and I'd say a few patches will come along soon.
If anyone playing this game comes across a creature called "SPLORG!!!", you can thank me(as everyone's creatures are uploaded to the spore server and distributed to everyone else).
HAIL SPLORG!!!
10. Palin: average isn't good enough
Comment #241746 by JeremyH on September 3, 2008 at 3:02 am
*sigh* Democracy fails once again.
Letting everybody have the vote doesn't turn out very well when when the mojority of the population are imbeciles.
We need a dictatorship run by an emotionless, 100% logical robot. That would solve ALL our problems. I can't imagine anything that could go wrong there...
11. It's no wonder evangelical atheists need to shout so loud
Comment #238297 by JeremyH on August 28, 2008 at 12:31 am
blakjack:
Shut down.
Or as we in the internet gaming world would say:
PWND!
I agree with Diacanu. Swear words are fine as long as your argument is sound, although I personally try not to use them, based on the fact that swear words are generally a sign of anger, and Christians LOVE it when they make us angry, to them it's a sign that they're winning.
But fuck, you don't have to have a go at anyone who swears alot.
12. It's no wonder evangelical atheists need to shout so loud
Comment #238280 by JeremyH on August 27, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Come on y'all, let's sing the hypocrisy song!
hypo--crisy
hypo--crisy
do as I say not as I do
hypo--crisy
hypo--crisy
rules don't apply to me but only to you
Come on, everybody now!
hypo--crisy
hypo--crisy
circular reasoning is my game
hypo--crisy
hypo--crisy
fundamentalist Christian is my name
hypo--crisy
hypo--crisy
I only give logical responses to logical people. When an article is packed with such blatent lunacy, I sing a song.
Comment #237634 by JeremyH on August 26, 2008 at 9:16 pm
rod-the-farmer:"Spent two weeks in NZ with my spouse some years ago. Loved everything, with the notable exception of Auckland. Would never recommend ANYONE going there. Rude people, and the whole place operated like (then) it was on a different planet. Multiple instances. Remarkably different from everywhere else in NZ."
You are 100% right. I moved to Auckland to study at the beginning of this year, and I'm so fed up with it I've decided to move to Hamilton and study Biology there. Auckland is dirty, grimy, dangerous (3 stabbings and a shooting in the last couple of months, as compared to nothing anywhere else in NZ) and EXPENSIVE.
If anyone goes to NZ, head to Taupo, it's where I grew up and it's the most beautiful town you'll ever see. Great fishing, the world's first ever bungie platform, and hardly any crime.
"I don't think he got to visit Wellington so I'll forgive him "
I agree, Wellington is a wonderful city. I went to the Te Papa museum when they had all the original props/costumes etc from the Lord of the Rings.
14. Imagine No Religion' signs to go up around town
Comment #237128 by JeremyH on August 26, 2008 at 12:21 am
Imagine no religion
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Comment #237124 by JeremyH on August 25, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Gotta listen to this! I love it when NZ get's put on the map in such a positive way like this, it shows we're not just a bunch of hobbits and sheep farmers.
16. A Teacher on the Front Line as Faith and Science Clash
Comment #236683 by JeremyH on August 25, 2008 at 4:39 am
I really enjoyed this article. The kind of teachers a child has is the most important part of a his/her upbringing.
A good teacher explains what happens.
A great teacher explains HOW it happens.
An excellent teacher gives you the skills to properly assess the given information, so that you can figure out how it happens by yourself.
It's hard to be an 'excellent' teacher by the standards above, and sometimes it's impossible, depending on the situation. Mr Campbell seems to be a 'great' teacher, and given the kind of students he had to work with, you can't expect much more.
I'm just grateful that all through my school years I had a good share of 'excellent' teachers who helped me become the free-thinking individual that I am.
17. Are they running for President or Pastor-in-Chief?
Comment #233109 by JeremyH on August 19, 2008 at 6:32 am
I think Obama has one of the best plans ever to win Presidency.
He's black, but he acts white.
He's an atheist*, but he acts Christian.
He wins, no matter what!
*He was raised by non-religious parents, and said himself that he only joined the black church because of it's ability to "spur change". I'm pretty sure he's about as atheist as they come, but by joining a church he's doing exactly what he needs to do to become President.
Comment #231220 by JeremyH on August 16, 2008 at 1:13 am
"Here is keen insight that any believer can use to understand and challenge the new atheists."
When debating god with an athiest, follow these steps to ensure victory
Step one: When the atheist begins to speak, place index fingers firmly inside ears.
Step two: sing "Heaven" by the band Live very loudly, as to avoid hearing unwanted facts and logic.
Step three: when the atheist has given up hope, use circular logic and flawed mathematics to justify your belief in god (e.g. "god wrote the bible, and the bible says God exists, QED god exists, i mean, God wouldn't lie would He?).
Step four: Stalin, Hitler, Maou etc etc, *smug look of arrogance*
Final step: Tell the atheist that you are praying for them, and that one day they will see the truth.
This is easy, maybe I should start writing fleas!
19. Poll: Should the motto 'In God We Trust' be removed from U.S. currency?
Comment #230600 by JeremyH on August 15, 2008 at 12:08 am
"Comment #230586 by Greyman on August 14, 2008 at 11:07 pm
'1. Comment #230142 by 43alley on August 14, 2008 at 11:05 am
"NO" is winning 91% to 9%.'
And yet it currently reads 'Yes' at 54% vs. 'No' at 46% of 251636 responses."
It's called "time". In "time" things change, such as open polls. As "time" is active, people are able to "vote" on said polls, thus changing the numbers of the polls, over "time".
43alley's comment was 12 hours before your own.
Sorry, I just felt like being a sarcastic bastard today.
20. Obama Should Re-Think His Faith-Based Agenda
Comment #222812 by JeremyH on July 31, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Christopher Davis:
Perhaps I was a bit over the top at demonising McCain, but I think my point still stands.
21. Obama Should Re-Think His Faith-Based Agenda
Comment #221680 by JeremyH on July 30, 2008 at 1:52 am
"Worth contemplating.
Or not. "
It is worth contemplating, and I contemplate that you're missing the point.
Obama COULD come out and say "ok ok, you got me, I'm actually an athiest" (because let's face it. He is. Probably. I mean, if he isn't, then he's terribly bad at being a Christian).
But you know what would happen if he did that? McCain would rule the United States! GEORGE BUSH'S CLONE would be sitting in the big chair! after all those years of that scoundrel of a man driving the U.S into the dust, we would have to put up with someone EVEN WORSE!
One thing you have to realise is that this is politics. We have come to expect our politicians to lie. If the atheists stay honest then we'll lag behind. It's like entering a body building competition without steroids. You just will not win.
Obama needs our support. He is an intelligent, cunning secularist(probably) who isn't just the lesser of two evils, he might actually improve the U.S. He has swallowed his pride and lunged into the realm of religious idiocracy against his own beliefs(probably) so that most powerful Country in the world isn't run by stupid fundamentalists. Of course he might actually be Christian, but that doesn't change the fact that he's a hell of alot better than McCain!
Oh and about the article.... um... charity doesn't need religion... what a stupid idea that religious group should get special treatment et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
Doesn't mind me really as long as the charities are going to real causes. If your imaginary friend tells you to commit your life to helping others, then fine, take all the government funding you need ya crazed lunatic.
22. Religions thrived to protect against disease
Comment #221661 by JeremyH on July 30, 2008 at 1:23 am
I wouldn't dismiss this study immediately just because in some vague unintentional indirect not-really-but-kinda way it supports religion. It simply says that religion seperates groups of people, making it harder for disease to spread. Pretty straightforward, and it makes sense.
Of course no one in their right mind would suggest this as a reason to be religious! Besides, I'm certain that you could find a positive correlation between countries with more religions and countries who have had more civil wars.
One last point: this was an observational study, finding only correlations. Correlations are NOT evidence of causation. There is an inverse correlation between the number of pirates and the global temperature. This does not mean a lack of pirates caused global warming.
23. Jefferson Bible reveals Founding Father's view of God, faith
Comment #214603 by JeremyH on July 20, 2008 at 4:47 pm
PristinePanda:
"You can't imagine a president doing this today?
Well that's exactly what Bush has been doing to our constitution lately. :D "
That's hilarious! I almost fell of my seat.
24. Antony Flew reviews the Index of The God Delusion
Comment #214596 by JeremyH on July 20, 2008 at 4:36 pm
I think Flew and Dawkins need to have a long chat over tea and crumpets. If Flew is willing to listen, I think Dawkins could argue brilliantly against all of Flew's arguments.
Comment #212284 by JeremyH on July 17, 2008 at 1:12 am
Wow... this thing stinks of hypocrisy. Whenever I have read forums, on here or youtube or anywhere else, or when I have seen debates between atheists and christians/jews ec, in almost EVERY instance it has been cool, collected atheists making their point clearly, and hotheaded religious people ranting on with wild, unjustified accusations, ignoring the evidence given by their oppenents etc. One obvious example is Shmuley boteach, another is that Clearmind fellow from this very site. Sure, there are some atheists who can get a bit loud and rant on, but these are rare events.
Clearthinker:
"I could manage to predict that this article would be swamped by evangelical atheists shouting and interrupting.?? Because it happens with everyone who dares to question the Faith... "
Interrupting? It's called participating in a debate. What, you think we shouldn't post on this article? We should have left the comments section blank and not voice our opinions?
DARES to question the faith? Dare to question a way of thinking that allows belief that is contradictary to the evidence? How dare we!
Maybe we voice our opinion about faith so often because it is so remarkably destructive and illogical.
Seriously, if you can't see the hypocrisy of your own words, then you are lost, buddy.
-Jeremy
26. Ants, terrorism, and the awesome power of memes
Comment #210701 by JeremyH on July 15, 2008 at 2:02 am
Clearmind.
Every single fossil ever found has fit perfectly geologically and temporally into the theory of evolution. Genetics has proven our kinship with other apes. Evolution has been reproduced in laboratories, and every prediction made by the theory has been shown to be true.
Regardless of your moral quandaries with the idea, or any supposed 'gap' in the evidence (which does nothing except to show what we already know- that we don't yet know EVERYTHING), evolution is a fact. Cold hard fact. This is not faith talking, this is evidence, and the fortitude of years of scientific study, ALL of it fully supporting the FACT that the diversity of the species on earth evolved from a common ancestor. I don't think I can stress enough just how much evidence there is for evolution. Even if you deny the theory (as in the processes that cause evolution), the act of evolution itself is an undeniable fact. We clear, Clearmind?
"If there is an art, then, there is an artist. If you tell me a simple Monalisa has a maker but a real alive human being does not have a maker, then I and rest of the believers will oppose this. "
Would God not be the greatest work of art ever created? Then who painted the wonder that is YahWeh? Your argument is flawed, however I doubt you will ever see that. Your argument has no evidence, and the only proofs that require no evidence are mathematical proofs. Unfortunately for you, the reason they don't need evidence is because make no assumptions. You have made wild assumptions such as "humans are works of art" and "art must be made by a living artist". Oh and let's not forget the other assumption: "evolution is wrong"!
I really hope one day that you actually listen to others and really think about what it is you believe, and refuse to believe.
27. Ants, terrorism, and the awesome power of memes
Comment #210055 by JeremyH on July 13, 2008 at 8:17 pm
What I got from the end of his speech is that rather than destroy the religious memes (an impossible task), we should 'immunise' people against these toxic ideas, using mental antigens such as skepticism and critical thinking.
28. Religious bigotry upheld in court
Comment #208220 by JeremyH on July 10, 2008 at 6:07 pm
"She said she was picked on, shunned and accused of being homophobic for refusing to carry out civil partnerships."
That's because you are homophobic! Hypocritical bitch. "Oh no, how unfair, my rights as a human being have been abused... by those dirty gays who don't deserve the rights of marriage like we do!"
""Gay rights should not be used as an excuse to bully and harass people over their religious beliefs," she said."
Replace 'gay rights' with 'religious beliefs' and replace 'religious beliefs' with sexual preferences.
29. New Zealand man sells his soul to 'Hell'
Comment #203886 by JeremyH on July 3, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Goldy:
underwhelmed by Hell Pizzas? I've always LOVED Hell Pizzas, the only problem with them is the price! I haven't seen any pizza place in NZ with anything better than and Underworld seafood pizza!
Maybe I should try your pizzas sometime, perhaps you could put some up on trademe!
30. Muslims outraged at police advert featuring cute puppy sitting in policeman's hat
Comment #203551 by JeremyH on July 3, 2008 at 6:25 am
I can't believe this is actually true. Muslims need to stop being such whining pussies! GET OVER IT, IT'S A FREAKING PUPPY!
31. Obama Wants to Expand Role of Religious Groups
Comment #203549 by JeremyH on July 3, 2008 at 6:16 am
I'm starting to think Obama might be an atheist. I have to look into it more before I can be sure, but from what I've seen, he seems far too secular to be a Christian.
Regardless of whether he is indeed a Christian or whether he is merely using Christianity as a means to get votes, his ideas on a secular government and his pro-choice stance makes me think this is about the best President we could hope for when you consider the huge percentage of fundamentalist American voters.
Comment #189651 by JeremyH on June 6, 2008 at 10:31 pm
I hope the creationists are beginning to fear us. We are something to be feared. It's great that such an important group of people are finally demanding to be seen and heard.
33. Fossil reveals oldest live birth
Comment #186671 by JeremyH on May 31, 2008 at 1:12 am
"Hey babe, wanna perform an experimental analysis on the physical aspects of vivapirity?"
WORST PICK-UP LINE EVER. I gotta try it sometime!
34. In God's Name
Comment #185806 by JeremyH on May 28, 2008 at 3:56 pm
When I heard the words "faith school" i felt like I'd just drank a bottle of ipecac...
These people are so sickening...
*EDIT
How many times have we heard the words "history shows" followed by utter crap? That's their scape-goat into not having to show evidence for their wild statements. "Oh, evidence? History, just look at history and you'll see that I'm right."
BS
35. Louisiana's latest creationism bill moves to House floor
Comment #185546 by JeremyH on May 28, 2008 at 3:52 am
Does anyone else just feel utterly exhausted by the continual threat to the well-beings of children and the future of science? Is there any conceivable end to this?
You know there's only one thing that has ever proven to overcome this kind of thing within a single generation...
"Viva la revolucion!"
36. Town moves against Islamic school
Comment #185138 by JeremyH on May 27, 2008 at 4:12 am
They are racist, because they don't see muslims as just a religion, they view all middle-easterners as terrorists. When it comes to the Islamic people, there is no difference between race and religion, it's all evil and they all want to kill you!
37. Missing matter found in deep space
Comment #185028 by JeremyH on May 26, 2008 at 6:13 pm
"I personally am giving them time to work on it without calling them kooks."
I call every scientist a kook until I see some valid evidence for their theories, keeps the 'em on their toes!
"o please cut the religious references because it's something you personally don't subscribe to"
Religious references are fun though :P, and I wasn't entirely serious, It was a hyperbole of how scientists had something they couldn't explain so they made something up! Mind you I made that post with outdated knowledge on how much scientists knew about dark matter, and at the time I got that information it seemed illogical to proclaim that there is something called dark matter when the evidence was no-where near sufficient.
The only evidence I HAD seen for dark matter was the apparent presence of more mass in the universe than calculated, and to me that sounded like not much of a reason to just 'make up' a new matter. There were so many possibilities of miscalculation, like the example I gave in the first post about time variance. I hadn't realized the progress that has been made however, and it seems scientists have come up with more substantial evidence.
"Or this one:
http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=652"
After reading this link, I'm going to have to rethink my ideas on dark matter, as these "gravitational lenses" seem to fit the bill just right. As a follower of the scientific method, I hereby change my beliefs due to the presence of previously unknown evidence! If only others would have the humility to follow suite on some other matters... (mind the pun)
Sorry for making a post on outdated information, but I learned something in the process!
Comment #185024 by JeremyH on May 26, 2008 at 5:55 pm
"Comment #184880 by lazlow on May 26, 2008 at 10:26 am
Superintendent Chalmers: "Thank the Lord"? That sounded like a prayer. A prayer in a public school. God has no place within these walls, just like facts don't have a place within an organized religion. "
Yes yes that's the one, good stuff.
You're display pick reminds me of some humerous Futurama quotes too, mainly prof Farnsworth.
"... then why in Satan's glorious name are you here?"
"Great zombie Jesus!"
39. Colouring book warns kids of pedophile priests
Comment #184980 by JeremyH on May 26, 2008 at 3:55 pm
I applaud this book. Maybe when the children see this conflicting issue of "do whatever your priest says, he is a good man who does gods work" and "your priest is probably a sick pedofile who wants to touch you in naughty places" they will begin to realize that the Catholic church is just plain wacky! This is a good thing, to help prevent child abuse and to get kids out of their culty religion. (I say culty becuase if i say c*lt I'll get sued!)
40. Town moves against Islamic school
Comment #184972 by JeremyH on May 26, 2008 at 3:22 pm
They are against muslim schools, which is a good thing, but for ALL the wrong reasons. I am against these schools because of how they affect the children, these Ausies are just racist bigots who have absolutely no sympathy for the children concerned. Then again, this is a media story, and we all know how objective they are! *rolles eyes*. For all we know, the majority of people against the school are against it for good reasons... but I kind of doubt it.
Even as a kiwi, I think this is giving Australia a really bad name. These people are the rednecks of the outback, and I'm pretty sure most Australians are decent folk.
EDIT*
MUSLIM CHILDREN! HOW DARE THEY LABEL THESE INNOCENT KIDS! CHILD ABUSE!!
41. What really goes on at the Large Hadron Collider
Comment #184722 by JeremyH on May 26, 2008 at 3:37 am
This is quite possibly the most important and incredible piece of news ever, and yet all I'm seeing on the idiot box is Britney bloody Spears!
I'm going to take a survey to see how many of my friends have even heard of this massive particle accelerator to get an idea of how blind the public is to these kinds of scientific achievements.
*EDIT
And what was with the New Zealand joke? I'm a kiwi and it blew right past me...
Comment #184602 by JeremyH on May 25, 2008 at 8:33 pm
When I was 12 all my friends were creationists, constantly bringing up stories of the bombadier beetle and living dinosaurs found on a remote island (from a very reliable source- a Christian magazine). In the science fair, one of their projects was called "evolution vs creationism". 99% of the project was supposed proofs of creationism (like the ones mentioned above), and the other 1% was a picture of chimps dressed in suits smashing a computer, with a tag saying "If we evolved from monkeys, we would look something like this".
Of course he didn't fail because of religious tolerance... They actually ignored the blatant bias shown just so he could display his faith. I think being religious is the easiest way to get through education without doing any work.
Comment #184554 by JeremyH on May 25, 2008 at 5:25 pm
"Prayer has no place in public schools, just like truth has no place in organized religion!"- my favourite Simpsons quote ever!
Seriously though, people are getting too serious about the Flanders issue. He's FUNNY! Matt Groening is able to make fun of religion just enough that he doesn't lose viewers by insulting them. In fact, he's done a very good job of making him seem like a decent person on the surface, which pleases the religious, but for those with brains, they can see the deeper part of him, and that is that he is boring, foolish and easily manipulated.
44. Huge hidden biomass lives deep beneath the oceans
Comment #184550 by JeremyH on May 25, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Amazing... it really goes to show the incredible power of life and evolution. Since it started on this planet, life has spread to pretty much every conceivable ecological niche imaginable. I think it's an overstatement when people say this planet is on a knifes edge, with bacteria like this surviving in such harsh conditions, I don't see why life couldn't survive on other planets. The only reason we see earth as more inhabitable for life is because the only life we know, including us, evolved on this planet.
45. Missing matter found in deep space
Comment #183391 by JeremyH on May 22, 2008 at 3:11 am
Ha! Dark matter, the most ridiculous thing I've heard since I last spoke to a creationist. Dark matter is indeed the god of astrophysicists. There was something that they couldn't explain (differences between the acceleration of the universe and their own calculations of how fast it should accelerate) and they made a 'matter of the gaps'- an invisible thing that fixes all your miscalculations! There was a story in the Herald (New Zealand national Newspaper) about a story of a Kiwi scientist who took on the whole dark matter thing by simply applying the fact that time varies through space. All the calculations which led to the idea of dark matter were based an an incorrect assumption that time is constant throughout the universe, and he claimed that if you take into account the variance of time due to large astrological bodies (stars etc), then there is no disagreement between calculation and observation. He may be wrong, I can't say for sure, but I'm certainly not going to believe in dark matter until I see some real evidence. This article hints at evidence, but heated matter in space isn't sufficient evidence for me. Right now dark matter sounds about as silly as the string theory (pseudoscientific garbage!)
LeeC, you were surprisingly close with your first comment!
46. Kim Hill interviews Richard Dawkins
Comment #183274 by JeremyH on May 21, 2008 at 5:50 pm
The link is no longer available on the website... I waqs really looking forward to that too...
Comment #144393 by JeremyH on March 15, 2008 at 11:31 pm
God:
"Well child, what do you have to say for yourslelf? I let you live for 12 years before giving you AIDS, and you never even tried to find Jesus!"
Poverty stricken African child:
"Sorry Lord, but I guess I was too busy carrying buckets of clean water 3 miles everyday from the well to my house so my brothers and sisters can drink. My parents used to do that for us but you killed them off last year. Maybe if you showed yourself in person I might have found jesus in time, but it seems the only way to get into heaven is to be stupid enough to believe the cults of personality that preach at 6am on free-to-air television. Yes God, I totally deserve to suffer an eternity of torture. I was the one who failed to believe in the God that brought me into a world of poverty, killed off my parents and gave me AIDS at the age of twelve. I'M the evil one. I'M the one who deserves to go to hell. Fuck you God, at least Hell will have decent fucking music, none of this Creed bullshit."
Comment #142012 by JeremyH on March 11, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Well I didn't really look at the age of the thread when I commented, I only just joined this website and thought I'd have my say. My apologies if I un-nerved you!
Comment #141624 by JeremyH on March 11, 2008 at 12:42 am
Is anybody else BEWILDERED in the fact that in this day and age, when we can see into the depths of the infinitely small and out into the expanse of the infinitely massive, when we can understand things which lay beyond the scope of our imagination, like an ant knowing how big a mountain is, and yet we still have to debate whether there is a magical, invisible fairy in the sky watching everything we do?
^That, by the way, was only one sentance!
There is a seperatism in this country, between the learned and the deluded. It is our responsibility to feed these poor souls the knowledge the desperately need.
50. Jumbo shrimp, creationist astronomy
Comment #141571 by JeremyH on March 10, 2008 at 4:57 pm
There needs to be some strict rules on what programs claiming to be 'documentaries' use as 'evidence'. The uneducated and gullable sit watching the cancer-tube and actually believe this shit. The same goes for advertisements. There was an ad on TV here in New Zealand showing a 'dramatization' of a spray used to treat colds actually entering the nose and KILLING THE COLD VIRUS. What, they found every single antigen for every single mutated form of the cold virus and pumped them all into a bottle of spray for the low price of $8.95? I highly doubt that.
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