1. Computer game's high score could earn the Nobel Prize in medicine

Comment #178554 by fatcitymax on May 11, 2008 at 3:29 pm

Pong is more entertaining than this 'game'.

2. What really goes on at the Large Hadron Collider

Comment #175743 by fatcitymax on May 6, 2008 at 12:44 am

Ridiculous hairdo and excess giggling.

3. Truly Bizarre : Indians Throw Babies 50ft From Roof To Thank God.

Comment #174785 by fatcitymax on May 3, 2008 at 1:48 pm

Could become a new Olympics sport. The baby that bounces the highest gets the gold medal.

4. Ben Stein Vs. Sputtering Atheists

Comment #165090 by fatcitymax on April 21, 2008 at 3:50 am

RD and PZ were sucker punched by Stein & Co., just like Tony Blair and the American electorate were duped by George Bush. Perhaps a lesson has been learned.

5. 'Anonymous' takes anti-Scientology to the streets

Comment #144884 by fatcitymax on March 17, 2008 at 12:53 am

Elvis Presley said the following about Scientology: "F - - - those people! There's no way I'll ever get involved with that son-of-a-bitchin' group. All they want is my money."

6. God, power and money

Comment #137930 by fatcitymax on March 3, 2008 at 3:32 pm

There is a similarity between Hinn and RD; although, Hinn is certainly crass whereas RD is silky smooth. RD hawks his book whenever he's interviewed or on a book tour--with the intent to keep the profits, as does Hinn. RD intends freeing people from a delusion and making them mentally healthier. Hinn intends on making people both mentally and physically healthier, and probably does so frequently and temporarily because of the placebo effect. I have no doubt that people attending Hinn's revival felt much better afterwards (and maybe quite a bit lighter in the pocketbook too). Same for the people attending RD's book signings.

Now, don't all you athiest fundies out there blow a gasket.

7. Leaving the Faith

Comment #136271 by fatcitymax on February 29, 2008 at 4:12 pm

Sam is the absolute best. It's going to be fascinating to see how his thinking and attitudes develop further as time passes. Damn, when I was his age all I was capable of thinking about was sex and money and good times.

8. Bart Ehrman, Questioning Religion on Why We Suffer

Comment #130347 by fatcitymax on February 20, 2008 at 11:38 am

The only thing 'double' about the t-shirt is that it's both crude and stupid. Typical of too much of American culture.

9. Bart Ehrman, Questioning Religion on Why We Suffer

Comment #130048 by fatcitymax on February 20, 2008 at 1:25 am

So, it took 20 years for Ehrman to discover logic and common sense.

10. Inventor Doesn't Dare Say 'Perpetual Motion Machine'

Comment #124106 by fatcitymax on February 8, 2008 at 11:22 am

Not too sure about the 2nd law of thermo. Isn't the Universe a perpetual motion machine? Apparently it's expanding forever.

11. Florida in the process of approving new science standards

Comment #114264 by fatcitymax on January 21, 2008 at 4:45 pm

Evolution---Smellvolution.

Who needs science??

I'll have you know that Florida produces the best football and basketball players in the country!

GO GATORS

12. Huckabee: Guns, God and rock'n'roll

Comment #107102 by fatcitymax on January 4, 2008 at 4:25 am

Huckabee cooks squirrels in his popcorn popper!

http://egan.blogs.nytimes.com/

I'm votin' for this good ole boy!

13. The Evangelical Rebellion

Comment #103289 by fatcitymax on December 25, 2007 at 1:35 am

Huckabee has no chance of being nominated as the Republican candidate for president. Romney and his brethren on Wall Street have a near-infinite amount of money to spend on his campaign. Money is the only true God.

14. Blair converts to Catholicism

Comment #102916 by fatcitymax on December 23, 2007 at 11:31 pm

The wimp.

15. For the Love of Christ

Comment #101945 by fatcitymax on December 21, 2007 at 8:28 am

Thugs for Jebus.

16. This Is Not a Test

Comment #99822 by fatcitymax on December 17, 2007 at 3:54 pm

Get used to it Hitch, this is America. There were Elmer Gantrys and their dupes long before Huck and Mitt, and there will be plenty long afterwards. Just consider, there are people who actually think America's intervention in Iraq was justified!

17. Creationists plan British theme park

Comment #99443 by fatcitymax on December 16, 2007 at 4:55 pm

Rev, good buddy, develop a sense of humor (oops, I mean humour).

18. Creationists plan British theme park

Comment #99436 by fatcitymax on December 16, 2007 at 4:49 pm

Then why don't you Brits institute separation of church and state? (Hint: it's tradition)

19. Creationists plan British theme park

Comment #99434 by fatcitymax on December 16, 2007 at 4:47 pm

Sorry, but the CoE already attempts to undermine science. And it has done so for centuries.

20. Creationists plan British theme park

Comment #99430 by fatcitymax on December 16, 2007 at 4:43 pm

If the gov't already pays to keep the Church of England afloat, then what's wrong with funding a theme park? Oops, you answered it: it's 'American' style!

21. Creationists plan British theme park

Comment #99428 by fatcitymax on December 16, 2007 at 4:34 pm

The weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth displayed in these comments is hilarious. Why shouldn't Christian's have a theme park? Is the UK a free country or not?

22. Creationists plan British theme park

Comment #99325 by fatcitymax on December 16, 2007 at 10:16 am

Recently I read that Liberty University will be opening a campus in the UK.

23. THE FOUR HORSEMEN - Available Now on DVD!

Comment #99150 by fatcitymax on December 15, 2007 at 6:40 pm

Hitchens is wrong about the US involvement in Iraq, and he knows it. He's just doesn't have the cojones to admit it.

24. THE FOUR HORSEMEN - Available Now on DVD!

Comment #98951 by fatcitymax on December 15, 2007 at 1:48 am

Victor Stenger should have been there to make it the Five Horsemen.

25. Schools should put faith in science

Comment #91954 by fatcitymax on November 29, 2007 at 3:59 pm

Please forgive me, but as an American it is a guilty relief for me that Canada and GB are also having to cope with the ID and Creationist infection. I am not hopeful that the US constitutional firewall of separation of church and state will survive. I am aquainted with many otherwise seemingly sensible and rational people who are unable to acknowledge the fundamental importance of this division. I believe that the brains of these people are simply wired differently. They cannot associate and project the consequences of religious madness in countries such as Iraq, Iran, and Israel onto our own country. I feel sorry for future generations. We are failing them.

26. How condescension benefits terrorism

Comment #90577 by fatcitymax on November 25, 2007 at 3:51 pm

Islamic extremists will always win versus Islamic moderates, unless, of course, there is money to be made. Just as for Christians and Jews.

27. Go Ahead, Rationalize. Monkeys Do It, Too

Comment #85577 by fatcitymax on November 6, 2007 at 8:39 am

In the case of George Bush, you think you're Harry Truman instead of a moron. Or as George would pronounce it: mo-ron.

28. What the New Atheists Don't See

Comment #84369 by fatcitymax on November 1, 2007 at 11:16 pm

You didn't exist for the nearly all the past 13.6 billion years or so, and soon you won't exist for the rest of eternity. There is no transcendent meaning to it.

29. Face to faith

Comment #82849 by fatcitymax on October 28, 2007 at 2:56 am

The more one learns about science and nature, the more awesome and wonderful they appear--and the more pathetic theism seems. The problem is that most people are too lazy to learn science and mathematics to any depth. It's much easier to believe in magic.

30. Why do we ignore the plight of ex-Muslims?

Comment #81794 by fatcitymax on October 25, 2007 at 7:38 am

She has a choice to either live by protecting herself or die like a scared mouse.

31. Why do we ignore the plight of ex-Muslims?

Comment #81764 by fatcitymax on October 25, 2007 at 6:33 am

All a woman needs to do is carry a gun. Then shoot the next fanatic who assaults her. This advice applies to any wife who is assaulted by her husband.

32. Fiction or prediction?

Comment #77875 by fatcitymax on October 11, 2007 at 1:26 am

"Asimov also regarded himself as a prophet, his robots freely walking the land. That has yet to come about..."

That has indeed come about. They're called 'Republicans'.

33. Creationism raised as Ont. election issue

Comment #68290 by fatcitymax on September 6, 2007 at 4:09 pm

"Publicly-funded religious schools..." What the heck is going on in Canada? I thought they were smarter than their southern neighbor.

34. OUT Campaign Launched, 'Scarlet Letter' Shirts Now Available!

Comment #59255 by fatcitymax on July 28, 2007 at 2:38 pm

When I meet someone for the first time, I don't want to see their politics, religion (or lack of it), sexual orientation, or ethnicity on display. The T-shirts are in the same category as scarfs, veils, and turbans.

35. OUT Campaign Launched, 'Scarlet Letter' Shirts Now Available!

Comment #59246 by fatcitymax on July 28, 2007 at 2:08 pm

It all seems juvenile to me.

36. Diary of a Deserter

Comment #46386 by fatcitymax on May 31, 2007 at 4:57 am

Rejoice! You've freed yourself from a Religion of Moloch.

37. The stone is cast

Comment #41454 by fatcitymax on May 16, 2007 at 6:25 am

Thank you Jebus, you can have him.

38. How multiculturalism is betraying women

Comment #36952 by fatcitymax on May 2, 2007 at 10:58 pm

Nishal should have just killed her husband. Any woman who puts up with being beaten by her husband deserves to be beaten.

39. Even non-believers must recognise the moral necessity of Christianity

Comment #30751 by fatcitymax on April 9, 2007 at 4:54 pm

None of us existed before we were born, that is we were in effect dead. After a few years of life we return to non-existence. Why are Christians so afraid of this?

40. 'The Evolution of Homer' Intro

Comment #28804 by fatcitymax on March 31, 2007 at 2:06 am

http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/poitier/135/thermo.wav

41. Dawkins says religion is 'like sucking a dummy'

Comment #28474 by fatcitymax on March 29, 2007 at 10:21 am

I'm as anti-theist as Dawkins or Harris, and I suppose Dawkings was primarily directing his remarks toward evangelical zealots and those who want a religious state, but I also know that for many people life is crushing. And for those people who need a religion to endure their outrageous fortune, I support them provided they keep their beliefs to themselves.

42. Stephen Hawking Says Universe Created from Nothing

Comment #28293 by fatcitymax on March 28, 2007 at 4:21 pm

Forget about nothing, mass, and energy. All is geometry.

43. Houses of the Holy

Comment #24277 by fatcitymax on March 5, 2007 at 4:35 pm

WC Fields said: "Never give a sucker an even break."

A congregation of suckers.

44. The return of God?

Comment #23870 by fatcitymax on March 3, 2007 at 8:53 am

"# God created the universe. The proof lies in the premise that whatever begins to exist has a cause".

Basic quantum mechanics implies that simple Cause and Effect is not valid. Also true is the fact that absolute nothingness cannot exist (except for a very short time).

45. Church of England still valid as state religion?

Comment #19669 by fatcitymax on January 29, 2007 at 7:23 am

The correct thing to do is dump both parasites on British society--the Church and the Monarchy.

46. 'God Is Not a Moderate'

Comment #18899 by fatcitymax on January 23, 2007 at 2:23 pm

Wow, what a response! I'd rather wrestle an anaconda than be opposite Sam in a debate.

I've been waiting 30 years for a successor to Elvis. Sam, you are he!

47. 'God Is Not a Moderate'

Comment #18812 by fatcitymax on January 23, 2007 at 4:04 am

Sam, please find a worthy opponent of your knowledge and logic. Sullivan's response is precisely what one would expect from a confused, whimpering 17-year-old girl: God loves me, God understands me, God protects me. Sullivan, wake up and smell the coffee: there ain't no stinking God, so face reality and throw your Bible in the fireplace. I'm very sorry that you have AIDS. Seventeen years ago my favorite cousin died from AIDS. He was gay and an Atheist, and he died like a man. He never complained, and he displayed grace and courage that astounds me to this day.

48. Radical cleric sparks fury in Australia

Comment #18246 by fatcitymax on January 19, 2007 at 5:45 am

Moderate Moslems who want to live in peace and harmony don't speak out because they are afraid of the fanatics. If a reformist leader spoke out he would be soon killed.

49. Radical cleric sparks fury in Australia

Comment #18199 by fatcitymax on January 19, 2007 at 1:39 am

No, no, no. Don't take the camera and his microphone away. He displays the true horror of Islam for all to see and hear.

50. Executing Saddam Hussein was an Act of Vandalism

Comment #15811 by fatcitymax on January 3, 2007 at 6:39 am

First, all mass murderers should be executed following a fair, clinical, and public trial. Unfortunately the Bush/Blair administrations did not follow the Nuermberg model or use the Hague International Court of Justice. They allowed the trial and execution to turn into an Islamic revenge spectacle, but this has the advantage that it further discredits them and that religion.

Second, what does this have to do with atheism and religion? The capacity for murder lies in nearly all of us; there is nothing mystifying about it. Richard's article makes it appear that he lives in an academic ivory tower oblivious to reality. The notion that we should have kept Hitler or Hussein alive for scientific examination of their mental processes is worse than ludicrous, and it detracts from the important messages in The God Delusion.