1. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #242971 by jackdavis on September 4, 2008 at 10:28 pm

Why should we pray for anything? Shouldn't an omnipotent, omniscient being know what we want in advance? This woman is a lunatic.

2. VOICES OF SCIENCE - Available Now on DVD

Comment #211321 by jackdavis on July 15, 2008 at 6:50 pm

I always enjoy listening to Dr.Weinberg, a great scientist and a brilliant man. I read one of his books a few months ago, but unfortunately the title escapes me. He also has a great contribution to the "Portable Atheist."

3. The Challenge of the New Creationism

Comment #202302 by jackdavis on July 1, 2008 at 8:59 am

I liked Kirk Cameron much better when he was just a punk on 'Growing Pains.' Why couldn't they have just put this speech on windows media or real player?

Jerry Coyne is a brilliant man, but he does look like Stephen King, as one poster pointed out.

4. Hitchens and Boteach Debate on God

Comment #126227 by jackdavis on February 12, 2008 at 5:17 pm

The Rabbi's comments at 1:19 were utterly absurd and contradictory. God is the ultimate source of moral authority- and yet Boteach says Jews can disagree with him and even be angry at him. I don't see how you reconcile those views.

5. MySpace: No place for Atheists?

Comment #118094 by jackdavis on January 30, 2008 at 10:28 am

Is there someone we can contact to complain?

6. Shermer's 'Mind of the Market' Reviewed in L.A. Times

Comment #116198 by jackdavis on January 25, 2008 at 7:58 pm

I'm skeptical of claims that the free market is so wonderful, having experienced the short end of market economics a many mediocre jobs. Only because it's written by someone I admire will I read it.

7. The Price of Freedom

Comment #77848 by jackdavis on October 10, 2007 at 10:38 pm

Why can't we give her citizenship? In a country of 15 million illegal immigrants, who will notice one more?

8. The Stupidity of Fox News is Truly Beyond Belief

Comment #53711 by jackdavis on July 2, 2007 at 7:10 pm

MINDREBEL, Sam Harris himself has said he's a liberal, so why are you saying he's a conservative? He supports gay marriage, drug legalization, manmade global warming, and higher taxes on the wealthy. What's conservative about that?

9. Debate between Sam Harris and Chris Hedges

Comment #50584 by jackdavis on June 18, 2007 at 11:50 pm

Hedges and his ilk really scare me. To believe, contra the evidence, that poverty is the cause of Muslim terrorism, is to put one's head in the sand. We cannot confront Islamic terrorism if we cannot identify his root cause- religious irrationality. Sam did a great job, considering how biased the "moderator" was. It seemed like a two-on-one debate. I suggest everyone read Sam's article "Head in the Sand Liberals," available at his website.

10. Don't Know Much Biology

Comment #48424 by jackdavis on June 7, 2007 at 10:53 pm

Excellent article by Dr.Coyne. A few posters didn't believe him when he said half of all Americans don't know the Earth orbits the sun in a year. It's true, however. Lawrence Krauss in the great atheistic magazine Free Inquiry (April/may 2006)says "in a 2001 National Science Foundation survey of scientific literacy, just 50% of American adults knew that the Earth orbits the sun and takes a year to do it."

Fortunately, Brownback has no chance of becoming President.

11. Praying for the Apocalypse

Comment #31475 by jackdavis on April 12, 2007 at 9:39 pm

I liked Frazier's quote: "We are at war with the religion of Islam," Has he read the End of Faith? lol