1. On TV: The Genius of Charles Darwin: Presented by Richard Dawkins

Comment #223391 by SOAS on August 2, 2008 at 6:48 am

I think we should maybe let the foreigners watch our license paid for TV.( All be it Channel4).


Has it not proved to be a fantastic model for paying for TV and radio for only £139.50 a year.!
Bargain.!! ( there is a comedy sketch there somewhere).

Maybe the foreighners will try and improve on this system? {:-)

2. Religion's role in the climate debate

Comment #205326 by SOAS on July 7, 2008 at 5:24 am

CO2 emmisisions will never reduce overall with current technology..Period Period.. They go up overall all the time..unless we stop burning fossil fuels and find alternatives( fusion power etc)..

Who is gonna do that religeon.. More luck doing some kinda rain dance me thinks.

(BTW I run my van on out of date extra virgin olive oil) :-))

3. Richard Dawkins on Doctor Who

Comment #204604 by SOAS on July 5, 2008 at 10:51 am

Hogwarts School of Witchraft and Wizardry welcomes Professor Dawkins The new (Understanding of 'muggle' science) teacher.!!

Who would like to see that as a cameo role..??

Dr Who AND Harry Potter... Two British Cults.
However I guess Richard is not a fan of Harry Potter.? ( Hinted at in Unweaving the Rainbow:-((

4. Vatican bans Dan Brown film Angels & Demons from Rome churches

Comment #194585 by SOAS on June 17, 2008 at 2:19 am

Making a film of angels and demons. About time.

I enjoyed the book.

Like the bible it is a fictional story based on real places, with some exagerated facts.


On a visit to Rome I went to visit all the REAL key churches and places named in it.

I wasn't suprised to find a chap actually reading a copy of the book within the chapel. He was reading the book on location!!! Different eh.?

The churches in Rome are full of riches but with beggers at the doors.. ???

How much wealth does the Vatican have.!!and a critial question WHY?

BTW Rome is a fantastic place. I was suprised at the friendliness. You are fed and watered well too, without spending too many Euros.

5. 'In Our Time': Trofim Lysenko

Comment #190425 by SOAS on June 9, 2008 at 4:45 am

Radio 4 is easily worth the license fee by itself.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/

The website has loads of interesting programs on religion science etc..( not to mention the comedy). These can be replayed..

Couldn't resist ""spreading the good news""" :-))

6. In God's Name

Comment #185193 by SOAS on May 27, 2008 at 7:18 am

Email to ofsted... Thats got that off me chest!


" But we are Ofsted inspected!", cried the headmaster, as some of his dodgy school policies were being exposed.

As his headship revealed some very untrustworthy practices , naturally I checked..

Here is the most recent copy I could find.
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=296790&providerCategoryID=16384&fileName=\\school\\132\\s163_132774_20070213.pdf

Has there been a more recent inspection.?

Will Ofsted, in the light of these discoveries, take any further action.?

As it is against government guidelines to teach creationism as real science, what can be done to stop this abuse, for all our children's sake.?

I would be interests to know if this is just an isolated practice in the UK. I know that the US is engaged in keeping this sort of practice illegal, ( as is contravenes the first amendment), but extremist do not always give up or comply?

Thanks in advance for your attention..

BTW the whole program can be viewed on you tube. I would be glad to furnish you with a DVD if necessary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeTfW8-dCNE 6 minutes onwards .. ( BE carefully you don't get turned in to a pillar of salt cos that really really happens!!) :-))

Be aware though it is not for those with a weak stomach, I thought it was a (Brass Eye),spoof to start with, like many I was horrified to see this.

7. Kenya mob reportedly burns 11 'witches'

Comment #183851 by SOAS on May 23, 2008 at 3:01 am

Real Witches and Wizards can protect themselves from Muggles surely.

Perhaps they have not read the best selling works of JKR.

Oh I forgot, apparantly the Christian Community does not approve of those books..

Gosh.!

8. MPs reject calls to cut abortion limit

Comment #183396 by SOAS on May 22, 2008 at 3:20 am

"""Edward Leigh, a prominent Catholic Conservative MP who called for the time limit to be cut to 12 weeks, likened abortions to slavery""

The bible is OK with slavery!!!!!?

Aren't we glad we don't have biblical morality

9. In God's Name

Comment #183363 by SOAS on May 22, 2008 at 1:30 am

Thanks for your advice Rachael, I will ponder with care my action..

Maybe I should learn to spell ofsted too.

I presume as they are indepandent, they are independent of my Taxes too?

I feel a little campaign coming on,..

10. In God's Name

Comment #183353 by SOAS on May 22, 2008 at 12:17 am

The school headmaster proudly boasted that the school is ofstead inspected..

I would be interested in ofstead's take on this.

I feel an email coming on.!!

Any advice?

11. In God's Name

Comment #182769 by SOAS on May 21, 2008 at 12:41 am

Gosh what a fantastic program. Makes me glad I pay a license fee for such stuff. ( yes I know it was Ch4, but they compete with Panaroama on the BBC)

The headmaster, and the woman running the anti abortion campaign, were both asked how old they though the world was.. The footage that followed spoke volumes.!

Teaching kids that we thank god for Jesus , cos now if we say sorry to Jesus god won't send snakes to bite them.....

Pillars of salt..!!!? wtf!

(telling children this shite is LYING and that IS a sin)

A science exam.. (Q1) How long did it take God to make the world?

Q2 What did he do on the 2nd day?
I would let my children nowhere near these nutters.

These Christians are so self-righteous and the driving instructor is a WANKER. ( his words).
Very funny that bit. ( bet the chicks are queing up to meet him!)

I could not sit and watch this program, I walked up and down , both laughing and screaming at my 65cm tv screen. ( not to self: must get one of those plasma massive jobbies)..

It was presented brilliantly because by letting the faithheads talk , by just asking them question withought getting in to an argument , it was more revealing of their immoral self-righteous unethical, ignorant, selfimportance..

Calling Allah Satan was an home goal. and used to gr8 effect at the end of the film, when the MP was asked if she knew that that was the view of the lobbyinst.

ON a pleasing note, the amount of folks returning the anti gay leaflets (poison).

and today the lobbying has not worked with relation to the abortion bill.Status Quo remains.( What a gr8 band they are too.:-)))

They want to live in a world where the editor of the bible's moral tone is true thus asking for stoning to death of adulterers and homosexuals, and return of slavery.!

Not in the UK thanks.


Must dig out the episdode of wife swap ( a US vesion ) A gay couple from Washington state, with two lovely teenage daughters, meets bible bashers from the south). Was v educational that.!

12. Museums teach society lacking in science literacy

Comment #172711 by SOAS on April 30, 2008 at 1:10 am

dlitt link to ""The most profoundly enlightening experience of the vastness of space can be demonstrated by the Thousand Yard Model:""

But can we please go metric.!!!?

The comments at the end of the link are incorrect.

Kililometre is refered to as "k" , therefore not complicated.

English Speaking world..( Only Liberia, US and Myanmar) still use various , different, imperial standards. The UK is 99% metric.