1. Unintelligent Design

Comment #231985 by Michael P. on August 17, 2008 at 11:42 am

Spot on... and, as a Louisianian, I hang my head in shame.

2. Richard Dawkins on Doctor Who

Comment #203862 by Michael P. on July 3, 2008 at 9:11 pm

And the Emmy goes to. . .

3. Senate bill allows display of Lord's Prayer, 10 Commandments

Comment #186419 by Michael P. on May 30, 2008 at 9:13 am

How about this: find the original documents, then allow copies to be displayed? I could swallow that...

Yet another reason my government makes me sick.

4. That's it. Texas really is doomed.

Comment #184948 by Michael P. on May 26, 2008 at 1:55 pm

I believe this to be the writings of Mr. McLeroy, from a website proclaiming "A Conservative Look Inside the Texas Public School System":

Thoughts on Naturalism and Intelligent Design: The Sunday School Lecture
http://home.att.net/~dmcleroy/Textbooks/Naturalism_and_Intelligent_Design.htm

Better wait until a couple of hours after you've eaten before reading; it may induce nausea.

5. Childish superstition: Einstein's letter makes view of religion relatively clear

Comment #179328 by Michael P. on May 13, 2008 at 5:58 am

mindpath wrote:

I hope Dinesh D'Souza gets his grubby paws on that letter.

6. Atheists are nice people who will roast in hell, says Cardinal

Comment #177976 by Michael P. on May 10, 2008 at 5:24 am

He's an idiot; even Pope Benedict doesn't make such flippant comments about non-Catholics.

7. Soldier Sues Army, Saying His Atheism Led to Threats

Comment #169965 by Michael P. on April 27, 2008 at 6:41 am

Jeremy Hall's story, and related issues, are being covered right now on CBS Sunday Moring; I don't know if it will be available online.

8. The simple falsehood at the heart of Expelled

Comment #159577 by Michael P. on April 12, 2008 at 3:00 pm

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" - William Shakespeare, Henry VI

Clearly, Shakespeare was a bigoted, anti-lawyer eugenicist. . . thus paving the way for Hitler.

9. Christian Founders 3D Adventure Computer Game

Comment #152857 by Michael P. on March 31, 2008 at 4:42 pm

The Creation Museum... Conservapedia... now THIS; yech.

10. Happy Birthday, Richard Dawkins!

Comment #150609 by Michael P. on March 27, 2008 at 7:03 am

Happy B-day, bro; hope you got good and drunk.

11. Gay scientists isolate Christian gene

Comment #150209 by Michael P. on March 26, 2008 at 3:12 pm

While I usually applaud this sort of research, it deeply offends me that gay scientists must resort to conducting their experiments on helpless lab animals. All they want is to love, be loved, and be Christian... is that so wrong?

12. Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90

Comment #146254 by Michael P. on March 18, 2008 at 8:31 pm

From Clarke:

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

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

Comment #145427 by Michael P. on March 17, 2008 at 3:08 pm

Just imagine if a groups such as this had been able to organize and make something happen at the dawn of Xianity.

I don't remember where it was right now - and perhaps I misread/misinterpreted it - but I was a bit disappointed when RD sort of dismissed the significance of Scientology; something along the lines of it being "made-up" nonsense for the gullible. While that's CERTAINLY true, don't forget that this is an extremely dangerous group: you need no more proof of that than their hijacking of the Cult Awareness Network and conversion of it into a CoS front organization back in 1996. CAN was one of the few groups actively fighting the wave of modern cults (of which the CoS was but one), rather than just bemoaning their existence; what has happened to CAN since their purchase by the CoS in bankruptcy court should make every thinking person nauseous.

It may be too late to do much about the major religions, but Hubbard's cult is - pardon the phrase - "fair game." Bravo, Anonymous.

14. New Atheists Are Not Great

Comment #145369 by Michael P. on March 17, 2008 at 2:11 pm

Dinesh D'Souza's delightful book, What's So Great About Christianity, falls into the second category. It sets out to rebut recent exuberant atheist tracts, such as Christopher Hitchens's God Is Not Great and Richard Dawkins's The God Delusion.

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely, it's Dinesh.

It's depressing.

15. A New Pope

Comment #139979 by Michael P. on March 6, 2008 at 9:58 pm

YouTube says this was uploaded July 04, 2006... HOW did I miss it??

Brilliant.

16. Church exhumes Padre Pio

Comment #138437 by Michael P. on March 4, 2008 at 10:14 am

Pope John Paul II made him a saint in 2002 at a ceremony that drew one of the biggest crowds ever to the Vatican after the Church said it had found evidence that the miraculous cure of a sick woman was due to the dead monk's intercession.

Ironic, isn't it, how the sick can heal the sick? Forgione was a sick individual who played upon the gullibility of believers; that capitalization continues to this day:

http://www.sangiovannirotondo.com/" target="_blank">San Giovanni Rotondo

17. Ben Stein Bribing Schools to See His Anti-Evolution Movie 'Expelled'

Comment #112897 by Michael P. on January 18, 2008 at 8:54 am

Ben who?

18. Dinesh D'Souza: Winner of the 2007 Bad Faith Award

Comment #112125 by Michael P. on January 16, 2008 at 11:39 am

SO happy for Denise, I am; truly, I can think of no one more deserving this year.

I suggest everyone go to his current blog posting and convey their best wishes.

http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/01/16/debating-michael-shermer-at-cal-tech/

19. The Moral Instinct

Comment #111255 by Michael P. on January 14, 2008 at 6:56 am

I was right about D'Souza:

"http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/01/14/the-un-darwinian-sacrifice-of-maximilian-kolbe"

20. The Moral Instinct

Comment #110824 by Michael P. on January 12, 2008 at 8:31 pm

I'm willing to bet Dinesh D'Souza and Bill Donohue (of the Catholic League) will be condemning this article.

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

Comment #107151 by Michael P. on January 4, 2008 at 7:44 am

If this nimrod gets elected, I'm going to become an expat. The very thought is nausea-inducing.

22. Top Ten Stories of 2007

Comment #103892 by Michael P. on December 27, 2007 at 8:24 am

Ruth Graham "promoted to glory"?? Talk about euphemisms.

Here's a suggestion for number 11: "Jesus Christ once again fails to return to Earth."

23. The empty myths peddled by evangelists of unbelief

Comment #97202 by Michael P. on December 11, 2007 at 5:46 pm

notsobad wrote:

What's next? Are they gonna tell us Jesus invented democracy? Or that Greeks were Christians?

24. 'Boycott Worked': Compass Flops - Opening Weekend $26 Million; Narnia $63 Million

Comment #96965 by Michael P. on December 11, 2007 at 7:16 am

Not that I really care, but the Catholic Church should be concerned about a BS right-wing splinter group like the Donohue League of America pulling more weight than the US Conference of Bishops, who did NOT denounce the film. At least they actually WATCHED the film.

He reminds me of the handful of teachers I had at Catholic schools as a kid who acted even more holier-than-thou than the priests. Ignorant, ignorant, ignorant...

25. Discover plagiarism at the Discovery Institute

Comment #90958 by Michael P. on November 26, 2007 at 7:53 pm

(the thought of ) Harvard suing the Discovery Institute... priceless.

I sure hope this is the last straw, but I doubt it.

26. Judgement Day: Intelligent Design on Trial

Comment #88418 by Michael P. on November 16, 2007 at 2:20 pm

I missed the first 40 minutes of this, but thoroughly enjoyed the rest of it, and will watch it all tonight.

I emailed Michael Behe after watching and asked him why he declined to speak. He replied that he'd had enough of Dover and had no desire to relive it.

Can't say I blame him.

27. A new website addition: Debate Points

Comment #82597 by Michael P. on October 26, 2007 at 9:34 pm

Suggested Debate Point:

"Atheists hate God."

28. Italy's Padre Pio 'faked his stigmata with acid'

Comment #81484 by Michael P. on October 24, 2007 at 8:15 pm

Sister Katherine Something-or-Other was the most noxious, vile wretch of a woman that I ever had inflicted on me as a "teacher." She was of the breed that thought one's posture a sign of good character and "godliness" - I'm not kidding, folks. It was probably when I was in fourth grade that I had to listen to a lecture on his blessedness Padre Pio, who should be known by his birth name, Francesco Forgione. He was held up as a shining example of how we, as good Catholics, should conduct our lives.

I've no idea if Sis is still with us, but if she is, I would SO LOVE to shove this in her face. Perhaps I should look her up, for old time's sake...

29. Debate between Christopher Hitchens and Dinesh D'Souza

Comment #81308 by Michael P. on October 24, 2007 at 3:06 pm

Formal debate is a highly artificial construct, bearing no resemblance to any sort of natural dialogue. D'Souza used this and the craft of oration to his advantage. It's not about ideas and thinking, it's about rhetoric and stage presence. D'Souza was probably on the debate team in college and has clearly studied the craft. Hitchens relies solely on the vast expanses of his intellect and verbal virtuosity; his is a "performance" bereft of D'Souza's stand-up rhetoric. Bottom line: formal debates are pretty boring stuff... even with a wit like Hitchens in your corner. I'm sure most here would agree that the dialogues with Sharpton were far more exciting than this.

Considering the largely xian makeup of the audience, Hitchens came off quite well; we KNOW that D'Souza had the home field playing advantage. As a debate, I'd say it's a draw; as a dialogue on ideas... come on - it was a bloodbath.

30. Debate between Michael Shermer and Dinesh D'Souza

Comment #80627 by Michael P. on October 22, 2007 at 11:16 am

No problem, oxytocin. DD is a more "dangerous adversary" because he is articulate and educated; amazing, then, that his arguments are so flaccid (there are better apologeticists out there, though some, like Bob Enyart, border on the psychopathic).

That Town Hall website is full of such piffle.

31. Debate between Michael Shermer and Dinesh D'Souza

Comment #80619 by Michael P. on October 22, 2007 at 10:47 am

More tomfoolery from DD:

The atheist indoctrination project
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DineshDSouza/2007/10/22/the_atheist_indoctrination_project

32. Debate between Michael Shermer and Dinesh D'Souza

Comment #80617 by Michael P. on October 22, 2007 at 10:42 am

That was pretty dreary... at least what I watched of it. Shermer seems like he might make an engaging lecturer, but that's not the same as debating. Debates are almost NEVER won on the strength of an argument; it's always the presentation.

I had a very brief email exchange with D'Souza over a year ago about Hitler's beliefs. He accused me of taking out-of-context quotes from "atheist websites" (though they actually came from a pdf of Mein Kampf), then failed to either provide the proper context OR offer similar quotes to the contrary, though he did encourage me to see the obviousness of it. He certainly seems to find the forced conversion of his family quite an amusing little anecdote. What a turd.

Is anyone out there going to the bloodbath tonight?

33. Help Counter the New Atheist Crusade to 'Evangelize' America!

Comment #79508 by Michael P. on October 17, 2007 at 1:24 pm

Jesus said, "But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea" (Mark 9:42 NKJV).

34. Out of Thin Air

Comment #72993 by Michael P. on September 23, 2007 at 5:50 pm

The way his face keeps moving is quite creepy.

For better or worse (ok, likely worse), I feel compelled to follow this site... hopefully to its eminent demise.

35. God Talk on 'The View'

Comment #71632 by Michael P. on September 19, 2007 at 11:35 am

Barbara Walters: "Look what we have now, with internets... "

I always knew there was more than one. Dubya was right.

Isn't Walters supposed to be the reasonable, centering voice on that show? I do get the feeling that Whoopie was holding back on her inner Rosie - I guess that comes from maturity.

36. Review of Richard Dawkins' new book 'The Fascism Delusion'

Comment #69018 by Michael P. on September 9, 2007 at 1:54 pm

from World Net Daily's The Rise of Anti-Facist America:

"No question about it. America was founded by Fascists. Its very purpose for being was the furtherance of militant Fascism, according to the Pilgrims and succeeding generations. The nation's school system was created for the express purpose of propagating Fascist doctrine. Almost all of the Founding Fathers who drafted and signed the Constitution were Fascist believers. Even U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Josiah Brewer, in the high court's 1892 Ministry of the Trinity v. United States decision, proclaimed what was then considered obvious to just about everyone: "This is a Facist nation."

37. The Rise of Atheist America

Comment #68969 by Michael P. on September 9, 2007 at 10:47 am

No question about it. America was founded by Christians. Its very purpose for being was the furtherance of biblical Christianity, according to the Pilgrims and succeeding generations.

Guess that would explain why it was built by slavery.

38. We need a more intelligent religion debate

Comment #68504 by Michael P. on September 7, 2007 at 10:39 am

Seems that what Mr. Hobson is longing for is not a "more intelligent" debate regarding religion, as his title suggests, but a more insular, limited one - on his own terms. "Atheism of the kind they espouse," "[a]theism of this sort" - yet Mr. Hobson never introduces a brand of atheism with which he would be comfortable; quite the contrary, his later statement regarding "the atheist system" would indicate that he lumps all atheists together, thereby indicting himself for the same broad strokes with which he condemns atheists. It would appear as though there is no room in his religious system for those of no belief; or, perhaps, he would accept an atheism that respects and plays second fiddle to religion in the public sphere - well, thanks, but no thanks, Theo.

Mr. Hobson is infatuated with the very idea of religion in and of itself, without being too concerned with all of the prickly, nasty parts, such as what adherents actually believe. He is proposing a metareligion whose central tenet is "faith in faith." Raves, requiem performances, yoga classes - why not NASCAR races or American Idol? Anything that rallies the masses in a wave of good vibes? If this is religion, then what to say of the sparsely attended, apathetically performed, hollow downer of a Catholic mass I had the misfortune of attending recently?

I feel for him a bit, though: as a professional theologian, he feels his career is at stake... and it is. He would be wise to recognize, however, that he and his co-believers may end up being their own worst enemies. As far as his own one-note take on atheism, perhaps it would be best to twist his own words a bit: This desire to generalise about atheism is a case of intellectual cowardice.

39. The Flea Circus moves to your iPod!

Comment #67514 by Michael P. on September 3, 2007 at 4:27 pm

6. Comment #67425 by jonboy
What no Hitchens or Dennett flees?

Hold on - Dinish D'Souza has a book coming out in October entitled WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT CHRISTIANITY.

40. Another view

Comment #66243 by Michael P. on August 29, 2007 at 12:37 pm

Here's Another View on "Doctor" Russell himself:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,,2000639,00.html

41. Mother Teresa's '40-year faith crisis'

Comment #65534 by Michael P. on August 24, 2007 at 4:07 pm

Don't saints have to believe in God? Isn't it in the job description?

42. Scarlet Letter Campaign Update: A Victory

Comment #62606 by Michael P. on August 10, 2007 at 10:21 am

Brilliant satire - I know what I'll be doing this weekend!

When in doubt about a website such as this, always check their "legal disclaimer":

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43. New age therapies cause 'retreat from reason'

Comment #61459 by Michael P. on August 5, 2007 at 8:12 am

It's probably old hat to folks in these parts, but Penn and Teller's Bullshit has trounced some of these topics, particularly in the show's first season. Some of the debunked subjects include Alternative Medicine, Feng Shui, ESP, Ouija Boards, Near Death Experiences, Yoga and Tantric Sex, and other fave alternative approaches of "seekers" everywhere.

44. God, Dawkins, and Paris Hilton

Comment #51995 by Michael P. on June 25, 2007 at 9:05 pm

"God is hot." - Paris Hilton, 2007.

45. Bill O'Reilly and Kirk Cameron on Atheism

Comment #51192 by Michael P. on June 21, 2007 at 10:37 pm

Great, though infuriating, clip, and spot-on commentary as well... though the person who did it should get himself a pop filter for his microphone.

O'Riley's arrogance is simply breathtaking. Did someone actually marry him?

46. Bush Vetoes Measure on Stem Cell Research

Comment #51027 by Michael P. on June 21, 2007 at 7:35 am

At this moment, I'm deeply ashamed to be an American.

Bush would be well-advised to never speak about "destroying human life." What a hypocrite.

47. The Future Forum Presents: Christopher Hitchens and Marvin Olasky

Comment #49854 by Michael P. on June 14, 2007 at 12:01 am

I'm watching this right now (Olasky is yapping, so I can divert my attention away) Olasky was definitely right on one point: Hitch wipes the floor with him. Banzalb, you mentioned letting "the air out of a balloon"; I think Olasky gave him the pin.

It's almost not fair, and I'd love to see Hitch going up a stronger opponent. I'd pay hard cash to see him debate a nut like Bob Enyart.

48. My Road to Atheism, What Took Me So Long and The Aftermath

Comment #47454 by Michael P. on June 4, 2007 at 2:37 pm

I think we'll be hearing a LOT more of these "coming-out" stories in the years to come.

49. God Exists. A Formula Proves it.

Comment #37744 by Michael P. on May 5, 2007 at 3:14 pm

Here's his C.V. and contact information:

http://www.math.tulane.edu/~tipler/biography.htm

50. Atheist says he's victim of religious hate crime

Comment #29406 by Michael P. on April 2, 2007 at 7:42 pm

"'If the incident had been reversed and it had been an atheist that had physically assaulted a theist for postering for a theist event . . . that would easily be considered a hate crime -- and it frequently is. This is the exact reverse scenario,'" Mr. Trottier said."

I hope he's not saying that atheists frequently assault theists. His words could be construed that way...

The whole concept of "hate crimes" as a legal clasification is quite young and the laws are widely debated in the legal community; the feeling among many is that it has a bit of an Orwellian tint to it. I could be wrong, though.

As far as the public is concerned, however, it's become a catchall for any crime perpetrated against any minority... though, if you ask most people, that probably wouldn't include atheists. Whatever the motivation behind these thugs - relevant or not - let us hope they are caught and prosecuted.