Comments by Lev-CapeTown

1. For many evangelicals, it will be the end of the world if Obama wins

Comment #276748 by Lev-CapeTown on November 2, 2008 at 2:38 pm

I sometimes can't fathom how far these people have been removed from reality. They live in a little fairytale bubble, where nothing really matters, since god always has a plan.

2. [UPDATED] Richard Dawkins on Harun Yahya's Atlas of Creation

Comment #266579 by Lev-CapeTown on October 19, 2008 at 11:09 am

I think we need a definition of a "theory" pasted on the front page of this website, so the "Evolution is just a theory" argument, can be sorted out without the creationist cretins, even having to leave the page. Quickly, silently and affectively...(assasinating their stupid illogical arguments)

3. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #264959 by Lev-CapeTown on October 15, 2008 at 2:02 pm

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4. Ricky Gervais and The Archbishop Of Canterbury

Comment #264618 by Lev-CapeTown on October 15, 2008 at 1:18 am

Laurie,
well if he/she is taking the piss. I apologise to the apologetic.(I hope they are).

BTW, loving your adventures on the blog. Well done.

5. Ricky Gervais and The Archbishop Of Canterbury

Comment #264574 by Lev-CapeTown on October 14, 2008 at 10:26 pm

anyone want to answer the question as to why we're not giving birth to monkeys; or visa versa. Hmm, didnt think so.

How clever you are!! what a thought provoking question.
<*end sarcasm>
That half witted question does not deserve the time it took your spiny little fingers to write it. I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt here and assume you are ignorant rather than a troll, so... that question has been answered many times before and if you do a little reading you might come up with the answer yourself. It's more gratifying that way. I will give you a HINT though. It doesn't involve the word create.... (except maybe when prefixed by pro-)

6. Dawkins: a theologian's perspective

Comment #261063 by Lev-CapeTown on October 6, 2008 at 11:32 am

Atheism is just as capable as religion (if not more) of dastardly acts of violence and oppression.

And exactly what doctrine would an atheist be following that would lead him/her to commit violence?

Another little shit nugget....

7. Dawkins: a theologian's perspective

Comment #261056 by Lev-CapeTown on October 6, 2008 at 11:21 am

*Starts reading....
Not too bad, very complimentary

gets to:

Moses parting of the Red Sea

*Stops reading

*Smirk* What a dreamer

8. Dying of the Light

Comment #260764 by Lev-CapeTown on October 6, 2008 at 2:45 am

Exactly... I on the other hand, find it sad that this seems to be the way religion grabs hold of people. People will only truly turn to religion in the deepest hours, i.e when they are clutching for straws and are willing to substitute rationality for comfort. "Religion kinda kicks them when they down already."

Anyway got a maths test so got to get back to it.

9. Dying of the Light

Comment #260758 by Lev-CapeTown on October 6, 2008 at 2:38 am

Steve

I don't think the point is wanting to be controlled, I think the point is that some people when scared would rather hold onto false beliefs for comfort than face the evidence. Like when you panicking people always say you will be alright. Even if you going to die, they say That just to comfort you..... make sense?

10. Catholic priests cane YouTube over blasphemous vids

Comment #259132 by Lev-CapeTown on October 3, 2008 at 12:39 am

I think thats disgusting. I have two imaginary friends of my own and I would be heart-broken if someone ate them or flushed them down the toilet...Why don't you bullies pick on someone who can defend themselves... i.e someone that actually exists... Who's with me for flushing priests down the toilet?

11. Those fanatical atheists

Comment #258172 by Lev-CapeTown on October 1, 2008 at 2:04 pm

Hi All, Steve what other way do you do error analysis in your data sets with out std deviations and other stats tests?

*Edit: Asking out of interest

12. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #257425 by Lev-CapeTown on September 30, 2008 at 12:08 pm

Mitchell,
agreed there are about ten in the middle that do focus on that VenomFangX character, but i think it's a good thing to challenge someone like that as many people became big fans of he's gibberish rantings and it's always good to have a rationalising force. Granted one video response would of been sufficient tho....

Some of the earlier ones are great tho.

13. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #257419 by Lev-CapeTown on September 30, 2008 at 11:59 am

Comment #257402 by Corylus

Thunderfoots videos are always awesome. Love the new one... calm, direct and insightful

14. When Atheists Attack

Comment #253284 by Lev-CapeTown on September 24, 2008 at 9:04 am

Comment #253245 by hawt4dawk
Thanks.

Struggling to stay focused on work, with all this recent activity on this thread:)

15. When Atheists Attack

Comment #253091 by Lev-CapeTown on September 24, 2008 at 4:40 am

Sargeist, Mitchelle , I choose effect.

Got to get back to modelling (chemical, not swimsuit!)

Enjoyed the exchange of ideas...

EDIT:
Sargeist I do get the difference... now go get some sugar

16. When Atheists Attack

Comment #253074 by Lev-CapeTown on September 24, 2008 at 4:27 am

Titiana, exactly.

Sargeist, agree to disagree. I don't believe enjoying strawberry more than chocolate is wrong in anyway. But i do believe that being racist homophobic of a religious zealot is. I will focus my challenge against these view points, hopefully with the effect that it either curbs the spread or even reverses these attitudes for the greater good of mankind>> Sorry to get dramatic at the end there...

edit: effect vs affect?

17. When Atheists Attack

Comment #253062 by Lev-CapeTown on September 24, 2008 at 4:13 am

Sargeist,steve your post makes sense to me too.

Yes it will take a while for attitudes to change, but I would like to see that rate of change boosted by actively challenging misinterpretations of reality. I would never ever invisualize thought police or anything of that nature. Just hard, loud challenges to peoples incorrect and bigotted view points about sex, race and religion.

Regarding your analogy, sure it will take a while for people to change. I live in South Africa and apartheid only ended 10 years ago, does that mean if i hear someone say," I fucking hate kaffirs, they disgust me!" that i should not chalenge them because it has only been a few years since the government stopped segregation? Doesn't seem right does it.

I'm all for boosting the rate of change..

18. When Atheists Attack

Comment #253043 by Lev-CapeTown on September 24, 2008 at 3:44 am

Steve, I just think that to say it's fine for people to have homophobic, racist, want shariah law, etc view points, should not be left unchallenged, on the assumption that these people will not act on their feelings. I think that these viewpoints should be challenged so they don't spread and fester to other people that may act on their feelings>>

19. When Atheists Attack

Comment #253029 by Lev-CapeTown on September 24, 2008 at 3:19 am

Steve I have to agree with Titiana and Fanusi on that point. I think leaving attitudes like that to fester by themselves without challenging them is not only cowardly but also setting us up for future problems.

20. When Atheists Attack

Comment #251977 by Lev-CapeTown on September 22, 2008 at 11:58 am

program of cultural imperialism to spread the truth about Islam

Fanusi, a step in the right direction, but I don't think Islam should be singled out. I think it should be religion in general. (b4 u start, i'm not saying Islam isn't a greater threat)

Steve, hopefully see you back soon, after u have cooled off>>

All ,got to get back to work *nite*

21. When Atheists Attack

Comment #251954 by Lev-CapeTown on September 22, 2008 at 11:31 am

Sciros fanusi,

Can I put forward an analogy that I think might illustrate my current viewpoint:

During the dreaded apartheid years the ANC put forward a non-violence political strategy which was largely successful in promoting political awareness around the world, but unfortunately was not enough to overthrow the government at the time and eventually it was decided that violence was inevitable to break the stranglehold that the government had on the people. After many deaths and horror stories we now live in a democratic country.

I understand that when peaceful protest no longer is effective then radical steps HAVE to be taken, but i do not believe that we are at that point yet. (While I presume Fanusi does). I think there are still many other roads (i.e. awareness) etc to take before jumping on Fanusi's radical highway.

22. When Atheists Attack

Comment #251942 by Lev-CapeTown on September 22, 2008 at 11:15 am

Fanusi, I most certainly did not say I disagree with you in absolute terms. As I do not. I do believe that what you are sayng has merit and certainly is a threat. Where i disagree is the degree of the threat and also the particular angle of addressing the threat. Many of your solutions posted over the months are extreme and almost slanted towards radical, making them impractical and useless.

23. When Atheists Attack

Comment #251912 by Lev-CapeTown on September 22, 2008 at 10:17 am

...experiment and exploration.

I am a honours student in Chemical engineering and without the major advances in the mathematical sciences in the last few decades the profession would be nowhere. Especially in the field of numerical process modelling on a computer.

24. When Atheists Attack

Comment #251904 by Lev-CapeTown on September 22, 2008 at 10:03 am

Steve, agreed those gems are rare and far between!! I Think I was mostly reacting to David's stupid comment that mathematics is not a science>.. Honestly thats like saying that David A. Robertson is a logical and sound fellow..

25. When Atheists Attack

Comment #251883 by Lev-CapeTown on September 22, 2008 at 9:33 am

Ian (South Africa)
Occasionally I have read some gems from Fanusi in between alot of dogmatic black&white garbage, But it sure beats reading the carefully perfumed sewage that David A. Robertson spews regularly onto this sight...

26. Turkey bans biologist Richard Dawkins' website

Comment #249449 by Lev-CapeTown on September 18, 2008 at 6:20 am

Everyone is going on about how Turkey won't get into the EU..etc, BUT do you really think Turkey's censorship laws will be a deciding factor of their acceptance? I'm sure the powers that be have much more expedient,unscrupolous goals than that>>

27. Sharia courts operating in Britain

Comment #248045 by Lev-CapeTown on September 15, 2008 at 1:14 pm

Nairb >
Fanusi said young people... not the whole population..

28. Faith schools may be Blair's most damaging legacy

Comment #241637 by Lev-CapeTown on September 3, 2008 at 12:02 am

Teaching assistants, dinner ladies and caretakers may need to get on their knees to keep their jobs from now on.

I like the author's humour.

29. Pakistan investigates 'honor killings' of 5 women

Comment #241291 by Lev-CapeTown on September 2, 2008 at 4:48 am

anyone remember the Sun's "GOTCHA!"

The Sun - Newspaper vs Tabloid vs colourful Toilet paper?

30. A flea we missed?

Comment #231794 by Lev-CapeTown on August 17, 2008 at 5:12 am

David Robertson,Dundee 13/08/2008 12:04:40
I see the Dawkins fans are out in force...I guess this means the article has appeared on RD's website? Must go over and have a look. My 'ludicrous world views' are the views of most Christians. The death threat was a joke but was serious enough that it had to be removed -

The death threat was a joke

Aah David your jokes crack me up. Guys leave him alone.... Honestly it was just a JOKE....Just like his religion

31. Novel on prophet's wife pulled for fear of backlash

Comment #227767 by Lev-CapeTown on August 10, 2008 at 3:12 pm

Islam, the religion, is different. The people are the same as us. We just have to make them worship differently. Not easy, but not undoable. After all, they worshipped something else before they became Muslim all those centuries ago...

I suppose you can use an analogy of drug abuse. Islamists can be alikened to heroine users... sure they were obviously good sober people at one stage, but the chances of getting them back to that stage is slim>>

32. Novel on prophet's wife pulled for fear of backlash

Comment #227755 by Lev-CapeTown on August 10, 2008 at 3:00 pm

Steve, you are a true humanist! Sometimes it makes sense to give up on some people to save the minds of others. Obviously there is no ideal solution, but I'm totally for getting rid of the hardcore muslim clerics in Britain. ... They (most of them, sorry steve!) really are appalling

Islam, the religion, is different. The people are the same as us. We just have to make them worship differently. Not easy, but not undoable. After all, they worshipped something else before they became Muslim all those centuries ago...

33. Novel on prophet's wife pulled for fear of backlash

Comment #227748 by Lev-CapeTown on August 10, 2008 at 2:52 pm

ColdF:

You describe Islam as so very different to all those tolerant religions, such as Christianity

I have to agree with Fanusi on that point. Islam IS different as Fanusi has listed in many of his previous posts.

It is fundamentally different...

34. Novel on prophet's wife pulled for fear of backlash

Comment #227627 by Lev-CapeTown on August 10, 2008 at 11:47 am

Quetzalcoatl - Oh wonderful good ol' homophobic, "I live in a dream world", sex before marriage is sin, wholesome Christian values...

So you saying it's some sort of reality torture show?

Maybe when it comes to South Africa they will put it on the Sci-Fi channel.

I download quite a lot of UK shows at Uni and saw a really sick one the other day about "Baby bible Bashers" I'm sure you have all seen it. I still feel sorry for that poor kid, when he was talking about the worms in hell that eat people. You could just see the absolute fear in his eyes. Some parenting hey..

35. Novel on prophet's wife pulled for fear of backlash

Comment #227618 by Lev-CapeTown on August 10, 2008 at 11:39 am

TWP was following your logic but Bonzai's last post has made me think a bit. He brings up some good points.

Quetz, Whats the angle? On the show?

rakesh_manmohan , Are you being sarcastic? Honest question.

36. Local Idiot To Post Comment On Internet

Comment #227544 by Lev-CapeTown on August 10, 2008 at 8:15 am

xblingdaddy2005x

Perfect...... haha..

37. Bill Maher hates your (fill in the blank) religion

Comment #227487 by Lev-CapeTown on August 10, 2008 at 2:53 am

There is difference between setting someone up to extrude a particular response in order to take that response and manipulate it out of context:
e.g.
Einstein: God doesn't play dice.
Ben Stein: See I told you... Einstein is a believer

AND

lying in order to get someone to answer a question that they would quite easily answer to anyone of their believing friends, but are to afraid to answer to a non-believer over fear of being criticized.

If an idea is flawed, it is totally fair to ridicule it (to a certain extent) and the idea should not garner any higher level of respect then any other idea.

If someone is so scared that there ideas will be received with ridicule..... three options:
1.Research your topic and come up with better proof.
2.Change your idea so it is predicative and in cohesion with the evidence.
3. Stay in your own little fairytale world and stop polluting the world with your bullshit

38. Why Islam Is Unfunny for a Cartoonist

Comment #226561 by Lev-CapeTown on August 8, 2008 at 9:38 am

Al, not much to follow in SA politics at the moment. To summarize, Zuma was last year on trial for rape and is currently on trial for fraud. The youth league of the ANC have threatened that if he is not aquitted of the fraud charge SA will pay dearly. And the sad thing is, I still think he is better than Thabo Mbeki. Just another day here in Africa...

39. Why Islam Is Unfunny for a Cartoonist

Comment #226553 by Lev-CapeTown on August 8, 2008 at 9:15 am

It seems that so called civil Africans, like Thabo Mbeki

Do you have a view on the next presidential canditate , Jacob Zuma yet.

I don't know what to think yet. On the one hand he condemns Bob Mugabe, but on the other hand he said under oath that having a shower prevents AIDS... any thoughts

40. The best way to undermine the jihadists is to trigger a rebellion of Muslim women - and establish energy independence

Comment #225960 by Lev-CapeTown on August 7, 2008 at 2:33 pm

TWP

HAha I had to laugh at your summary of his post. I say summary because I think he used "mrs whitepearl" about 15 times more than that. I always try to imagine the person writing the post and try to see what angle they are viewing the topic from. But in his case he reminded me of a schoolkid trying to impress his teacher,mrs whitepearl, who he secretly has a crush on.

Maybe him and Joe learn their social skills form the same website..

nite all. Its 23:30 here on the tip of Africa. yawn

41. The best way to undermine the jihadists is to trigger a rebellion of Muslim women - and establish energy independence

Comment #225942 by Lev-CapeTown on August 7, 2008 at 2:16 pm

Remember he is here every day

Sounds like a quote from a scary movie. Wherever you go he is watching you!!!

His probably found your blog by now.lol. or maybe he is still busy typing the address.....

ina.j
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42. The best way to undermine the jihadists is to trigger a rebellion of Muslim women - and establish energy independence

Comment #225924 by Lev-CapeTown on August 7, 2008 at 2:00 pm

ina.j

Well at least you have somewhere to vent after a day of hell. Was going to do law but then I decided I'm actually a good person.lol a combination of that and the pages and pages of bureaucratic documents you have to read. Rather you than me..

43. The best way to undermine the jihadists is to trigger a rebellion of Muslim women - and establish energy independence

Comment #225905 by Lev-CapeTown on August 7, 2008 at 1:46 pm

Diacanu and Phil Rimmer - I'm a lawyer,

well it's a damn good thing you aren't religious or else you might of been destined for a long holiday in a very hot place when you die.

TWP, what happened to KRKBAB... ?

44. Richard Dawkins, the naive professor

Comment #225800 by Lev-CapeTown on August 7, 2008 at 11:41 am

They reckon that an omnipotent being capable of giving humans free will is equally capable of setting a cosmic ball rolling

Sure, if you believe your god (note I have not used capital letters) can do anything then, by definition he CAN do anything..

But the point is WHY? Why add another complexity to the equation. Another complexity that has no more right to be there then a mongoose that can create marshmallows out of air. It doesn't help the cause in any way if your aim is to progress in understanding. It only helps, if your aim is to remain ignorant and NAIVE about everything unexplained YET.

Lev

45. Why Islam Is Unfunny for a Cartoonist

Comment #225364 by Lev-CapeTown on August 6, 2008 at 1:44 pm

Jeez Nairb , That was quite random. Are you sure you on the right thread?

Looks like you been hiding away with a calculator waiting to blurt that all out...

Interesting tho,
did u do all that math urself?

46. Why Islam Is Unfunny for a Cartoonist

Comment #225236 by Lev-CapeTown on August 6, 2008 at 11:06 am

203-205 Are you guys having fun venting?

47. Do they really think the earth is flat?

Comment #224323 by Lev-CapeTown on August 4, 2008 at 1:17 pm

I find these guys no more funny than creationists. Not even the slightest bit more respect for either of them. I would even go so far to say that I would find it easier to swallow that the earth is flat then to swallow that some old man made it in 6 days...

48. [UPDATED] Venomous Snakes, Slippery Eels and Harun Yahya

Comment #224233 by Lev-CapeTown on August 4, 2008 at 10:53 am

Short and sweet,