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1. Jesus and Mo on Militant Atheists

Comment #202250 by tieInterceptor on July 1, 2008 at 6:19 am

jesus and mo is the best, I have been following them for a year or more,

great to see them featured in RD.net

and this classic "thank you for not provoking my uncontrollable lust" is my favorite internet avatar, I should buy the t-shirt.

http://www.cafepress.com/jmoshop

and this one says it all

http://www.jesusandmo.net/page/6/

faith is... never having to say you are wrong :)

2. A secular world is a sane world

Comment #200477 by tieInterceptor on June 27, 2008 at 5:41 pm

glad to see that Pat is back in full form.

his previous video was somehow not up to par to his usual level,

this new one is back on the mark.

say No to Islamofascism now! before is too late

3. Award-winning comedian George Carlin dies

Comment #198055 by tieInterceptor on June 23, 2008 at 6:01 am

can't believe he is gone,

in his latest videos he really looked frail, I was afraid this was coming.

he was the best, his religious sketches really exposed the absurdity of organized religion. Carlin smashed the dogma with clever satire that made you think,

I will miss him

4. Oystein Elgaroy - the Christian defender who became an Atheist

Comment #195090 by tieInterceptor on June 17, 2008 at 5:31 pm

is tank for real?

"thinking" with your heart could be the problem, the ancients thought that we used our hearts to think, since it beats faster when in stress...

that same people wrote the myths you still believe in, seriously... snap out of it, scaremongering with images of eternal damnation is as low brow as it gets,

and if you don't get it, just read in wikipedia about the Duat,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duat

how scary the underworld of the Egyptian religion is to you?


same thing, different myth

5. Oystein Elgaroy - the Christian defender who became an Atheist

Comment #195045 by tieInterceptor on June 17, 2008 at 3:33 pm

bravo,

a person who looked at the evidence and accepted the conclusion, whatever it is, like a good scientist.

The fact that this does not happen by the thousands everyday, is what puzzles me. Religions seem so obviously man made that is a mystery to me how come they still exist.

maybe humanity's average IQ is lower than I thought, or childhood indoctrination is too hard to erase once it takes hold, maybe fear of death is too pervasive... probably all of the above to some degree.

anyway,

got to thank McGrath for writing such a weak and uninspired book that it can actually turn belivers into disbelievers, not a small feat.

:)

6. From Big Bang to Us - Made Easy

Comment #193281 by tieInterceptor on June 15, 2008 at 7:19 am

I've been a fan of potholer54 "made easy" youtube videos since episode 3 or 4,

great to see that it's featured here, Potholer did a great job.

Love the one about our human ancestry, it's very powerful and moving.

And as many have mentioned already, the best thing is how clearly explains HOW we know... it really shows how important the scientific method is, and how amazing it is to follow the evidence to get real knowledge.
Also, by contrast it exposes how ridiculous it is to believe in any "personal revelation" scribbled down by a goat herder on a parchment in the bronze age.

7. Stupid flies live longer: study

Comment #189477 by tieInterceptor on June 6, 2008 at 10:34 am

Reference: The movie Idiocracy (Very funny movie if anyone hasn't seen it, where the dumb shall inherit the Earth)


that film was so bad... the only good thing is the intro that you refer to,, and you can find that in youtube,

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=upyewL0oaWA

no need to watch the entire 84 min ... watch the first 10, and pull the plug.

8. Character Attacks: How to Properly Apply the Ad Hominem

Comment #187589 by tieInterceptor on June 2, 2008 at 10:34 am

fair use ad hominem?

Islam is evil because, Mohamed aged 54, screwed a 9 year old...

mmmm , yeah I can see the point of the article.

9. When two worlds collide: threat of class warfare over faith-based schooling

Comment #187577 by tieInterceptor on June 2, 2008 at 10:22 am

Funny how STEPHEN O'DOHERTY , talks and says nothing,

"a schooling system in Australia which enables diverse expressions of identity and religious commitment and also allows our communities to come together around wider commitments to the common good"

it's like a politician talking,

10. Physicist Claims First Real Demonstration of Cold Fusion

Comment #187552 by tieInterceptor on June 2, 2008 at 9:55 am

Please, let it be true!

cold fusion would have a dual beneficial result,

bring clean free energy to the world, plus starve the Saudi family of petrodollars to pay for Wahhabi madrasas all around the world,

win win!

11. Town moves against Islamic school

Comment #185572 by tieInterceptor on May 28, 2008 at 5:22 am

Fanusi Khiyal

An excellent article on the subject:

Kafir Dreams
http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/front-page-magazine-interviews-bill-warner/


thanks for this link, amazing article...

nothing I did not knew already, but nicely explanined, and the % numbers needed to reform Islam are very eye opening,

I use a lot this link too as argument fother, againts the Islam is peace fallacy

http://en.knowquran.org/koran/disbelievers/

hatred of non-muslims 349 suras... that's 349 too many.

12. Town moves against Islamic school

Comment #185180 by tieInterceptor on May 27, 2008 at 6:39 am

Laurie fraiser, stop saying it's racism... the woman said it right, we accept anyone but Muslims... AND that is perfectly normal thing to say.

why?

because its the same as saying
"we accept anyone but Scientologists" or "we accept anyone but a fascist boot camp"

Islam is not a race, its a religion, PERIOD.

they have every right not to want them there, you are not born Muslim, you choose to believe in it, and it's a fascist ideology, misogynistic and anti democracy.

it's normal not to want that in your town. again, period!


And, all those nice musilms, well they do not take their religion seriously enough, and WE ALL know that when the minority of nice Muslims becomes a majority, TOLERANCE goes away, and criticism of a religion becomes against the law.

and pretending this is not the case is foolish.

as Sam Harris says, it's taboo to realise that not all religions teach the same values, and not all of them teach them equally well.

give me creationist fundies any day than muslims... and this is not racist, it's called choosing the lesser of two evils.

13. Town moves against Islamic school

Comment #184826 by tieInterceptor on May 26, 2008 at 9:09 am

Not politically correct, but true. Religious indoctrination should not be even a consideration in the 21st century.

Separation of communities by religious education is the worst damage we can do to children. And on top of that, not all religions are equal in their understanding and tolerance of other faiths, and specially of no faith at all.

Islam is well known for its hardcore intolerance, and it's outspokenly and anti-democracy, and considers separation of church and state a sin.

We must wake up quickly to that fact, before we have a large minority that has the right to vote, and wants to take away our right to vote. Or we end with fake elections like in Iran.

14. 85% of Americans Want a Presidential Debate on Science

Comment #180181 by tieInterceptor on May 14, 2008 at 10:47 am



• Only 19% say it is acceptable for elected officials to hold back or alter scientific reports if they conflict with their own views �" 16% of Republicans and 21% of Democrats.


ONLY????
19% is an amazingly hughe number of people that consider that falsifying data to change the facts is OK if it goes against your views...

19% of the population is a lot of sociopaths running around, scary...

most of them must be in positions of power and responsibility, since elbowing their way to the top must not be a problem for them...

no wonder the world is such a cynical place, The right to lead as a politician and have vote should be earned... ideally after an exam to screen out the crazies, just like driving a car, on the wrong hands it can do lots of damage.

(I know, I know... impossible to do, that system would be to easy to corrupt into removing the opposition from the right to vote, a la Iranian stile... )

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

Comment #179276 by tieInterceptor on May 13, 2008 at 2:43 am

Despite his categorical rejection of conventional religion, Brooke said that Einstein became angry when his views were appropriated by evangelists for atheism. He was offended by their lack of humility and once wrote. "The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility."


really? well, they could add on the article this other letters, that point that if anything he was for sure more on the side of Agnosticism than anything else.

It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.
Albert Einstein 1954

A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
Albert Einstein 1930

16. Mecca should become core to measure time zones: scholars

Comment #165788 by tieInterceptor on April 22, 2008 at 10:25 am

bonzay I get this ideas after watching videos on youtube like the one I posted,

that we could use the kabaa as a dumping ground for all the nuclear waste from power stations, and the fact that they could not circle it any more would kill 2 birds with one stone... no more fulfilling one of the pillars of the religion...

then I get back into my senses, breath deep... and remind myself that they are just deluded people, do not need to get so worked up.

one indicator of their level of technology is the number of scientific books that are translated into the local language. Then he drops the bomb. In the last 1,000 years, the entire Muslim world has translated about the same number of science books as Spain does in one year. Talk about off-scale.


that is very telling,

also the 20% of the world population is Muslim, 1.4 Bilion of them... they have in total 8 Nobel prices, 4 of them are Nobel peace price (one to Yasser Arafat... seriously)

jewish population is 12 million or 0.02% of the world population ,they have 177 nobel prices ...

if the muslims had the same ratio of Nobel laureates they should have right now, 17.667 prices.

I mean, Islam is scientifically literate etc etc? it's a joke, it's clear that they are totally disconnected from the 21st century. If it wasn't for the chance that Oil is found in their territories, it would have quietly disappeared into nothingness.

17. Mecca should become core to measure time zones: scholars

Comment #165192 by tieInterceptor on April 21, 2008 at 7:41 am

this is the clip I saw with a Muslim nut on TV saying that NASA saw energy coming out of mecca holding the world... and it's keeping it SECRET!
and that Neil Armstrong wanted to say that ALLah was the one who put the planet hanging there...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NPww2q6-kfE

apparently mecca is in the Zero magnetism zone, and it makes you live longer too... it's like... bullshit!

it's mind altering to think that people in some countries watch this stuff on tv and do take it seriously.

scary on a grand scale.

ps: on the response to that video, another jewel, the American Indians spoke Arabic! who knew? ...

18. Get out of here, atheists!

Comment #156375 by tieInterceptor on April 7, 2008 at 12:24 pm

outrageous,

and since when religion is about defending the kids, and Atheism is about destroying... what a nutjob

19. Vote on freedom of expression marks the end of Universal Human Rights

Comment #153765 by tieInterceptor on April 2, 2008 at 2:47 am

this is sad, and an outrage.

We got to do something, freedom of expression is the only thing that it's stoping me from burning Embassies in return.

If the new "freedom of expression" only counts if people do not get violent... then we better start burning stuff, so they will not be able to freely express their racism misogyny and hate of individual freedom that is the cult of Islam.

20. Anti-Quran Film Fitna Pulled From Web Due to 'Threats'

Comment #152453 by tieInterceptor on March 31, 2008 at 4:35 am

Comment #152287 by gyokusai on March 30, 2008 at 3:53 pm

"Behead those who say Islam is violent!"

That pic was a spoof.

27. Comment #152326 by Enlightenme.. on March 30, 2008 at 5:29 pm
It was not - I downloaded all the placard templates from the MCB website at the time, including that one, I still have them on my hard drive
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yes IT WAS a spoof, sadly ;) the real placard says, Behead those who insult islam... someone photoshoped it

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bad photshop work, to make it deliciously ironical,
then again the real placard is bad enough.

you can tell its photshop due to the copy and paste with the clone tool of different letters from the original message.

check letters like "v" and "y" look hand painted with pohtoshop brush... the "S" is clearly the same 3 times.

TRUTH, more important than lies... (this does not change the fact that Fitna is stating facts etc etc etc...)

21. In His Name We Pray, Ramen

Comment #151783 by tieInterceptor on March 29, 2008 at 11:23 am

the escapist.com is also home to "zero punctuation", totally unrelated to religion but deadly funny,

22. Happy Birthday, Richard Dawkins!

Comment #150163 by tieInterceptor on March 26, 2008 at 2:00 pm

Feliç aniversari!

Happy birthday Richard!

23. The Great Tantra Challenge

Comment #144953 by tieInterceptor on March 17, 2008 at 5:03 am

60. Comment #144858 by MelM on March 16, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Edit: Atheism needs a good cartoonist.


not sure why you ask, but we do have a good cartoonist,

check Jesus and Mo, it's the best.

http://www.jesusandmo.net/

24. The Great Tantra Challenge

Comment #144629 by tieInterceptor on March 16, 2008 at 1:15 pm

Mola Ram!

mola

25. I don't believe in atheists

Comment #144141 by tieInterceptor on March 15, 2008 at 7:43 am

wasn't going to comment, but anyway, read this yesterday, but this stuck to my mind,

Well, she's speaking out of her personal experience, and it was better for her. I mean, look, I covered conflicts in Africa, in the
Middle East, and in Central America, where Western society rained nothing but death and destruction on tens of thousands of people, which is of course what we're doing in Iraq. So, is Western society -- American society -- better for Iraqis?


this made me mad while reading it... also took away any credibility this guy had, how can he say that raining bombs in a conflict (legal or not) is what western society is??


[BJ pantomime] seriously, what a giant straw man. [/BJ pantomime]

26. Richard Dawkins on The Alan Colmes Show

Comment #144122 by tieInterceptor on March 15, 2008 at 6:25 am

very nice interview,

Dawkins did an excellent job, lol'ed at the BS answer ;-) I wonder if loosing patience a bit can play in his favour, to some listeners a tad of spirited answers, a la Hitchens stile, could make them more curious about checking out the TGD.

I agree with skydancephil, I think we should print and then waterproof (like a war map) a set of answers to the most common BS arguments so Dawkins and others can be quick and deadly if the need to.

statistic about education=atheism ratio, pointing out Sweden when referring that there is no need of religion for a moral society, ... in resume, we should repeat our arguments as much as they do. Every time we hear "there is no transitional fossils" "macro vs micro" etc... we should have clear, bite size answers (as much as possible) until those creationist argument loose appeal and they have to come up with something new.

ps: the old lady pulling the "extremely offensive card" with wrinkled nose like smelling a fart ( I can see her if I close my eyes)
... want to slap her hard, so much

27. Beauty ad banned after Christian outcry

Comment #142518 by tieInterceptor on March 12, 2008 at 3:38 pm

we should start a group or mail list so we can organize complaints, we only need a few dozen by the looks of it...

works for the Christians on tv, and works for the Muslims to get videos out of youtube... we should just apply that technique too.

apparently if you don't cry, you don't suckle

(this Spanish saying translates a bit weird)

28. My Argument With God

Comment #132056 by tieInterceptor on February 24, 2008 at 4:06 am

I'm a big fan of Gervais, the fact that he is an atheist its just and added bonus, specially his sketches about religion in his comedy tours.

Humour is the way to defeat unquestioned faith.

Gervais on the bible, youtube


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29. Moral thinking

Comment #131275 by tieInterceptor on February 22, 2008 at 6:58 am

I liked this article, very interesting and somehow fits with what I already imagined,

"Dr Wilson suspects that the liberal package of individualism and confrontation is the appropriate response to survival in a stable environment in which there is leisure for learning and reflection, and the consequences for a group's stability of such dissent are low. The conservative package of collectivism and conformity, by contrast, works in an unstable environment where joint action, and thus obedience to their group, are at a premium."

the smug feeling I got after reading the line, collectivism and conformity with no dissent was nice, I got this "I knew it!" moment.

the Economist is always a good read,

30. A match made on RichardDawkins.net?

Comment #128298 by tieInterceptor on February 16, 2008 at 5:45 pm

congrats!

31. My Saudi Valentine

Comment #126707 by tieInterceptor on February 14, 2008 at 2:28 am

Religion; Making your love life extra complicated for no reason whatsoever, since year zero.

32. Murder plot against Danish cartoonist

Comment #126161 by tieInterceptor on February 12, 2008 at 2:16 pm

by octopus: This is some proper stuff. Feel free to click prev/next.
http://www.jesusandmo.net


jesus and mo is the best satirical caroon I ever read, I have been a fan for a long time now. :-)
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33. Murder plot against Danish cartoonist

Comment #126064 by tieInterceptor on February 12, 2008 at 12:38 pm

the Spanish newspaper "La Vanguardia" has the cartoon on their front page on the web, I do not know if they actually printed it. Buts still its a good thing.

its very small thought, but its there.

http://www.lavanguardia.es/

34. Why multiculturalism must be abandoned

Comment #125144 by tieInterceptor on February 11, 2008 at 2:52 am

this article is really good, he* makes a lot of sense.

(*fixed)

to anyone who hasn't seen the Uk divorce: sharia stile documentary mentioned in this article, it's totally worth it.

http://uk.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=97CD3BD1948BE551

This World: Inside a Shari'ah Court a female muslim uk reporter in nigeria's sharia courts. Interesting.

http://uk.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A07C626899D1E6D4

Dispatches: Undercover Mosque Very good one, and the Imam that appears on Divorce sharia stile is one of the radical ones portrayed. He looks ok'ish as a sharia judge, then he talks vitriol on the pulpit on the mosque, who would have known?

http://uk.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B61DDD1701F98467

Unreported World: Egypt's Rubbish People This one is quite sad. I'veen to Cairo and never knew this existed.

http://uk.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=880679FBF7239D0B

35. Sharia fiasco

Comment #125108 by tieInterceptor on February 11, 2008 at 1:37 am

Bravo!,

one of his best videos for sure.

36. Conservative Rabbis to Vote on Resolution Criticizing Pope's Revision of Prayer

Comment #124804 by tieInterceptor on February 10, 2008 at 9:54 am

... I would pay to see him try the same with the muslim, that would be fun to watch on the news.

...would be fun, if it wasn't for the many that would die on riots and the inevitable burning of embassies... that makes me wonder, I don't think the Vatican has embassies do they?

37. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #124198 by tieInterceptor on February 8, 2008 at 5:56 pm

I watched this documentary today, its quite good and informative.

This World: Inside a Shari'ah Court

Documentary by award-winning filmmaker Ruhi Hamid. Some British Muslims want Shari'ah law implemented in the UK. Already practiced informally here to resolve Islamic divorce, inheritance and family disputes, it is seen by many in the West as oppressive and brutal, with punishments like stoning and amputations. Ruhi Hamid, a British Muslim, travels to Nigeria to see Shari'ah law in action, and asks whether it could work alongside the UK's existing legal system.


http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A07C626899D1E6D4

the answer is no, it won't work... but the court cases in Nigeria under sharia look more like judge Judi on tv, than what they have going on Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.

Still, worth watching for sure.

38. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123732 by tieInterceptor on February 7, 2008 at 3:01 pm

amazing, the comments sections in every newspaper have exploded with a bright ball of powerful indignation.

Good to see that not everyone has lost its mind :)

39. The New Atheist Movement

Comment #123343 by tieInterceptor on February 7, 2008 at 2:21 am

on a tangent, when I saw the article on the front page:

The New Atheist Movement | Anonymous


I totally expected another video with clouds moving fast and a Stephen Hawkins voice going we are anonymous, we are legion, expect us


... ;)

40. Female Muslim medics 'disobey hygiene rules'

Comment #121442 by tieInterceptor on February 3, 2008 at 12:07 pm

another example of why religion should be a private matter for consenting adults and at home only.

41. God the psycho

Comment #121363 by tieInterceptor on February 3, 2008 at 9:47 am

Another good Pat Condell video,

he is getting really high views counts on every single video now, it's also on the top 20 most viewed humorists I think ,

not a bad platform for common sense and godless humour you tube,

still, sometimes it looks like they are doing something strange with the view counts... dodgy censorship I think.

42. Richard Dawkins on The Big Debate

Comment #119089 by tieInterceptor on January 31, 2008 at 10:03 am

this kinds of debates are so tiresome,

the girl said it clear at the end, the law democratically changed to allow gays and abortions, and you have a school who teaches against what society has voted.

then the rotund woman on the seat responded some kind of tiresome blah about "we have the right to our own point of view"... what the? we are talking about schools teaching children against what the law says, not your individual "as a person" right to think what you want.. seriously... schools are not equal to people, they are not corporations yet.

And congrats to Richard for pressing the Muslim to say that Sharia demands death for apostasy.

Is it me or the Muslims on this debates have a tendency to snigger, like they find all of this civilised discourse such an easy target, they know that when its the time, all of this will be over,

just like the emperor palpatine before dismantling the senate ...

43. Happy Birthday Josh Timonen!

Comment #118788 by tieInterceptor on January 31, 2008 at 1:34 am

Happy birthday Josh,

thanks for the website! :)

44. Sentenced to death: Afghan who dared to read about women's rights

Comment #118786 by tieInterceptor on January 31, 2008 at 1:32 am

religion poisons everything,

but Islam does it different, first it beats the hell out of you with sticks, then it poisons you with domestos straight to your neck.

45. New atheists or new anti-dogmatists?

Comment #117109 by tieInterceptor on January 28, 2008 at 9:24 am

excelent article, it hits the nail in the head.

Dogmatic opinions are a fowl monster, and religions are the nasty parasites that grown around popular dogmatic ideas. Like a symbiotic life form that depends on the delicious scraps that fall of the dogmatic idea jaws, and they will do everything on their power to keep that beautiful mountain of nonsense alive and healthy, their very own lives depend on it.

46. Interview with Richard Dawkins

Comment #117011 by tieInterceptor on January 28, 2008 at 3:40 am

very nice interview, I love how the Christian fundamentalist got his face bitch slapped by Richard.

Anyone listening (that hasn't made up his mind) could see that the theist was an arrogant retard.

Well done, and in my opinion calling him naive is ok, he totally deserved it. We need to slap them back to their place, this super-reverent attitude towards uneducated buffoons has to stop, if not look where it ends.

I would like to see that theist going to the doctors and trying to argue his way out of chemotherapy, because he believes in crystal healing out of a book he reads on his spare time.

Same way of thinking, but when is cancer somehow they do appreciate the knowledge of the specialist... odd isn't it?

47. Mixing Mammals

Comment #115304 by tieInterceptor on January 24, 2008 at 1:21 am

As soon as possible they should try to do this with a pig,

flying pigs would make for excelent pets. And scare the hell out of the Taliban.

48. Islam in Europe

Comment #114962 by tieInterceptor on January 23, 2008 at 9:43 am

19. Comment #114611 by LBraschi:
With islam, it is different. Most muslims feel themselves as muslim first, and french/german/whatever a distant second (if at all). Not only that, they would like to impose their views on the rest of us.


I agree, and it's a hard fix, that's for sure,

I keep reminding my wife that her "muslim" girlfriends from the office, who drink alcohol, do not pray and do not wear the hijab, they are not really Muslim by action and also happen to have a country of origin, No need to refer to them as Muslims, call them Mauritian or Egyptian, like everyone else does does in this planet,

49. The God Delusion: Now Available in US Paperback

Comment #113229 by tieInterceptor on January 19, 2008 at 3:34 am

Niiiice,

this version looks really flashy, maybe I should buy the book again... like a dvd special edition ;)

50. Interview with Neil Shubin, author of 'Your Inner Fish'

Comment #113000 by tieInterceptor on January 18, 2008 at 12:24 pm

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/01/17/colbert-nails-dinesh-dsouza/


that was amazing, d'Souza had that coming big time

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