1. Mozart doesn't make you clever

Comment #32484 by Joe Morris on April 17, 2007 at 6:40 am

Im a hiphop artist and most people seem to regard my lyrics as intelligent thank you very much... bit of a broad statement from poster no.1 . Id like to think some people might learn something from my work actually.
(Richard Dawkins is listed as a hero in my debut album inlay, whether he'd appreciate this or not is a moot point)

2. Why there are almost no genuine atheists

Comment #24548 by Joe Morris on March 7, 2007 at 7:37 am

quite apart from the issue of the origin of morals which Dawkins has covered comprehensively and convincingly (in fact the whole issue is fairly common-sense if you just think about it for a little while), why does wanting to preserve the environment have to become a moral issue? surely its a case of whether or not one would be happy or not to live in a world with a severely diminished environment, so to some extent just self-interest? In the grand scheme of things it doesnt really matter, as after we are gone life will return to full diversity in time (quite a long time), and of course in the long run it will all go extinct, so its really a case of what kind of world we wish to live in.