1. The new preface to The God Delusion paperback and Q&A

Comment #51174 by 5537P06 on June 21, 2007 at 8:41 pm

I think the last person to comment messed up on his math. The formula should be ignorance/intelligence=god.

2. Religion - our maelstrom of ignorance

Comment #49414 by 5537P06 on June 11, 2007 at 9:57 pm

Huckabee on Tweety(Chris Matthews/Hardball)today: "I don't think an American family having dinner around their table cares if their president believes in evolution or not."

Unfortunately, this survey shows that he is exactly right... That's how we got our current one. We are a nation of morons! So sad...

3. Interview with Richard Dawkins

Comment #49410 by 5537P06 on June 11, 2007 at 9:12 pm

Aside from being a delusion, as Richard Dawkins rightly classifies it, God is also the end of reason for a lot of people. It is a stated refusal to continue to investigate, to use one's facilities of reason in seeking the truth. It is an acknowledgment of one's limited capabilities to comprehend, an acceptance of one's lack of patience to wait for the evidence, which may never surface. It's an excuse to never have to strain the brain, just say "God" and presto! Problem solved.

Just a thought this conversation has provoked. A great interview.

4. Teachers rebel over atheism promotion

Comment #45125 by 5537P06 on May 26, 2007 at 12:56 pm

Good point, Axulus. I am with Mr. Mark -- these teachers should not be teaching our kids. I couldn't stop cringing while reading this article.

5. The Conversion of the Casual Evolutionist - You can't spell love without evolve

Comment #44215 by 5537P06 on May 23, 2007 at 5:38 pm

This piece was clearly written to mock Dawkins and The God Delusion by portraying both as shallow, but the author succeeded only in demonstrating his own lack of understanding of evolution and the principles behind natural selection.

6. The Ethics of Hell

Comment #41758 by 5537P06 on May 16, 2007 at 8:52 pm

Great job, Brian. You certainly aren't waisting your time.

Thanks.

7. How dare you call me a fundamentalist

Comment #41272 by 5537P06 on May 15, 2007 at 6:45 pm

To Russell Blackford.

Hmm. I think our friend Robert O'Brien has just demonstrated your very point...

8. How dare you call me a fundamentalist

Comment #41176 by 5537P06 on May 15, 2007 at 3:17 pm

Robert Maynard said:

I don't know why you'd bother trying to reclaim a term with such negative connotations as noble. You're basically saying, "No, hey guys - being a fundamentalist is cool, so long as you're being unreasonable about the right stuff!"

Well, not quite.

I agree that the term has negative connotations, but sometimes we have little control over what terms others will use to characterize us. And when that happens, why not turn the tables and "reclaim" them as you say?

There is no question that evidence is fundamental (necessary, requisite, essential) to the scientific method.

I simply refuse being called unreasonable!

9. How dare you call me a fundamentalist

Comment #40785 by 5537P06 on May 15, 2007 at 1:32 am

Richard Dawkins IS a fundamentalist.

He is most certainly a fundamentalist in regard to evidence. He and his kind (myself included) simply refuses to accept a postulation without sufficient evidence. He is ready to change his mind on any matter, but one -- the principle that "belief" requires evidence. This is the FUNDAMENTAL principle of science and the scientific method.

So being a fundamentalist is not all bad after all. In fact, I am proud of being a fundamentalist reason-head and so should Richard.

10. Richard Dawkins interviews the Bishop of Oxford

Comment #33743 by 5537P06 on April 21, 2007 at 1:25 pm

This is a wonderful interview, a great conversation between two intelligent, rational and clearly compassionate people. The bishop would make an excellent moral philosopher, if only he could shed the burden of historical precedent supplied by his chosen affiliation. It is regrettable that in this day and age a moral philosopher must profess certain incongruous beliefs in order to speak authoritatively on the subject of morality.

11. Religion and Politics

Comment #24646 by 5537P06 on March 7, 2007 at 9:12 pm

mooslim,

Stick around, you might learn something.

12. Biology and Bullshit

Comment #23275 by 5537P06 on February 27, 2007 at 1:13 pm

You are right on, RascoHeldall. I my view, theism is a phobia of the uncertain; as you say, the inability to accept the Universe as IS. Thank you for the insightful comment.

This is a great article, by the way.