1. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #148750 by hmsbeagle3 on March 23, 2008 at 7:46 pm

I really wish the likes of Dawkins would stop engaging these half-wits. It just lends creedence to their malfeasance.

2. Heath Ledger Death: Baptist Group To Protest At Memorial

Comment #116210 by hmsbeagle3 on January 25, 2008 at 8:57 pm

Yet another example of how worked up the hyper-religious can get over a work of fiction.

3. Secrets of bird flight revealed

Comment #116205 by hmsbeagle3 on January 25, 2008 at 8:46 pm

This whole article invites misinterpretation...I mean, just how much range of movement is needed in rudimentary gliding to suggest a semi-functional aerofoil?? There's just too much boot-strapping here - I can be convinced by either hypothesis depending on the evidence, but I've always found falling easier than flying.

4. An Inquisition in science's name

Comment #51571 by hmsbeagle3 on June 23, 2007 at 12:30 pm

I currently live in southern Alberta not far from where this new creationist museum is opening, and it made about 5 minutes of news before being laughed off the air by the anchor (at least the one I saw). Alberta IS the bible belt and Manning is a product of this conservative heartland but most of us are intelligent, rational beings who are colored by these embarassing incidents. If I could apologize for these nutters I would...

5. Praying for the Apocalypse

Comment #30721 by hmsbeagle3 on April 9, 2007 at 2:01 pm

Isn't it ironic that these religious nuts have effectively given the world up to despair, awaiting divine genocide while godless science actively works to raise awareness and curb global greenhouse gas emissions?

I'll cast my lot with science - the world is too wonderful a place not to.

6. Dawkins vs Haggard: the Python Edition

Comment #29953 by hmsbeagle3 on April 5, 2007 at 5:18 pm

Funny as hell! Though it made me think of the excruciating existence Haggard must have endured: preaching the gospel all the while nailing more than just parrots. Positively Orwellian existence. Poor, poor man.

Funny as hell though.

7. Young, British Muslims 'getting more radical'

Comment #19756 by hmsbeagle3 on January 29, 2007 at 7:32 pm

I hear real estate in the beta-Centauri system is going for next to nothing. Anyone else sick and tired of waking up to this nonsense is welcome to come along. Bring a sleeping bag, toothbrush, and an extra pair of socks. Space gets cold.

8. In defense of atheism

Comment #19354 by hmsbeagle3 on January 26, 2007 at 12:10 pm

It's true, in Canada, though we are ostensibly more secular than the U.S., we are still hamstrung by apologetic tendencies. The usual penchant for political correctness carries the day, rather than the balls-out courage it takes to challenge lunacy.

9. Gentle Rottweiler

Comment #17285 by hmsbeagle3 on January 12, 2007 at 5:23 pm

Your point is well taken, thalesian, but I would argue those individuals responsible for the underground railroads and such would have acted that way regardless. I don't believe it was religion that endeared them to stick their necks out.

10. You come up here and say that, Dawkins!

Comment #17284 by hmsbeagle3 on January 12, 2007 at 5:17 pm

Bald AND fat, Ghostpool - he must be a hit with the ladies.

11. Richard Dawkins' Report Card

Comment #17070 by hmsbeagle3 on January 10, 2007 at 3:24 pm

Coming from a boarding school matron at that time, I would think 'slow, very slow and stop'- were high praise indeed.

12. Halting progress

Comment #16947 by hmsbeagle3 on January 9, 2007 at 5:58 pm

What a great piece! Nicely exposes the double standards endlessly preached by the hyper-religious.

Those partaking in this gathering might ask themselves why they would shun people for loving one another - maybe there is just not enough angst in the world for them.

Nicely done, Grayling.

13. Open Letter to Rev. John Auer

Comment #16787 by hmsbeagle3 on January 8, 2007 at 7:16 pm

Though Mr. Murphy's letter conjures the worst kind of imagery, it was an inspiring message.

Should it be so difficult to protect children?

14. Without God, Gall Is Permitted

Comment #16278 by hmsbeagle3 on January 5, 2007 at 7:59 pm

Is anyone else a little perplexed with the truncated Harris quote? I wonder what our Mr. Schulman left out. If anyone could tell me I would greatly appreciate it. Ellipses in place of quotes are a red flag if ever there was one.

Thankyou to anyone who can fill it in.

15. Ghosts in the Machine

Comment #15329 by hmsbeagle3 on December 30, 2006 at 12:36 pm

Good comment Nine (#15316). Intellectual laziness is rife and so are its results. People would rather be entertained than educated, which is why the truly great teachers like Dawkins, Sagan, Dennet et al. who manage to combine the two are so valuable (and, unfortunately, rare).

Happy New Year all:)

16. How Old is the Grand Canyon? Park Service Won't Say

Comment #15298 by hmsbeagle3 on December 30, 2006 at 7:59 am

Creationists aren't even taken seriously by the 'enlightened' laity. How is it possible that the American NPS has taken them seriously?

17. Orr on Dawkins

Comment #14914 by hmsbeagle3 on December 26, 2006 at 4:54 pm

Rydrum2112 has got it right. This hand-wringing about the likes of Stalin and Hitler is exhausting. These men were psycopaths whose individual traits manifest themselves on a (tragically) grand scale.

Mao, Pol Pot...all the rest.

18. A Christmas thunderbolt for the arch-enemy of religion

Comment #14842 by hmsbeagle3 on December 25, 2006 at 8:30 pm

Yes, yes Cornwell, because Hitler (maybe) and Stalin (likely) were atheists, than all other atheists MUST subscribe to their psychotic interpretation of reality. Only through the distorted lens of hyper-religiosity could one churn out such nonsense. I feel for those of the Ted Haggard flock, all of whom no doubt abuse crystal meth and enjoy taking it up-the-ass, as it were.

Pardon the vulgarity, but it pales in comparison to that endorsed by these nutjobs.

Merry Christmas to all:)