1. What's wrong with science as religion

Comment #223137 by ExGodBotherer on August 1, 2008 at 2:33 pm

What?? I believe this, he believes that; I think this is sacred, you think that is sacred. Obviously what I think is right is right, right??

2. Your Brain Lies to You

Comment #201125 by ExGodBotherer on June 29, 2008 at 5:19 am

Reminds me of what Christians do to John Lennon's Imagine: "and no religion too" twisted to "and one religion too"

3. New Atheists Are Not Great

Comment #145277 by ExGodBotherer on March 17, 2008 at 12:56 pm

Come on guys, this piece is just written to reassure christians. After all, they like to be told what to think, not work it out for themselves.

4. Machines 'to match man by 2029'

Comment #128533 by ExGodBotherer on February 17, 2008 at 10:18 am

I'm with Szymanowski on this; (I love your music btw!!)
I'm still waiting for the space plane to Sydney. It was promised 30 years ago. Bloomin' delays!

5. Map reveals extent of human damage to oceans

Comment #128495 by ExGodBotherer on February 17, 2008 at 7:35 am

Remember this is taken from the New Scientist which could have chosen not to publish it if they thought it unworthy. Science is very exacting and so can be dry and impenetrable to the layman, not to mention expensive. Knowledge has to be passed on in a way that will be understood so as to make it accessible and relevant to the reader.

We are still learning about the oceans but we don't need to know everything before we act. We know oceans are important in producing oxygen and absorbing CO2. We know the oceans are connected via a conveyer that takes 1-2,000 years to complete a cycle. The timescales are huge.

The consumer society is very young in comparison but has created huge amounts of human detritus, not least of which is CO2. Can we continue like this?

Humans have only recently become animals of knowlege, a few thousand years compared to several millions of years of existence. Some people are quicker at integrating knowledge than others. There is a lag time. No sensible person today would say the Earth was the centre of the Universe but that took some considerable time to achieve. We can reduce the lag time if we popularise knowledge. Call it dumbing down or vulgarising if you like but this is knowledge everyone needs to know and it must be relayed and repeated and refined.

I wouldn't just incriminate supernaturalists for population explosion. In no particular order, poverty drives population growth in many places. If your country has been invaded by a more populous neighbour, there is an incentive to rapidly increase the population for defensive reasons cf. Huns and other so-called barbarians. France, a secular country, still encourages large families with a variety of incentives.

There is no such thing as protecting the planet. What we mean is protecting the planet for human habitation, but it just doesn’t sound so snappy. The planet will be just fine without us, it has already been for billions of years.

If we can encourage supernaturalists to feel responsible for ‘Creation’ not simply to have dominion over it and therefore have smaller families, that will be a step forward.


contains no hydrogen sulphide ;-)

6. Map reveals extent of human damage to oceans

Comment #127398 by ExGodBotherer on February 15, 2008 at 8:34 am

This is a far bigger problem than trying to persuade supernaturalists they are wrong. We all need to do our bit.

7. Scientists discover way to reverse loss of memory

Comment #118240 by ExGodBotherer on January 30, 2008 at 2:00 pm

duh, my brain hurts

8. Ken Ham in Leicester April 2008

Comment #115079 by ExGodBotherer on January 23, 2008 at 2:06 pm

Well, I'm from Leicester, as it happens dead opposite the Shiloh Pentecostal Fellowship church. I don't know what brand of irrationalism they believe in but they are by and large nice West Indian people, mainly older ladies who like to dress up in their finery. Harmless nutters, in my view. About as relevant to the future of the planet as pandas who only eat bamboo. And even if they go to see Ham, let them die out in their own good time.

9. Two Ex-Jehovah Witnesses to Tell Why They Became Atheists

Comment #110082 by ExGodBotherer on January 10, 2008 at 1:05 pm

"You move from 'I can't be in this religion' to 'Is any religion worth my time?'" says Ann. "And then you wonder, if there is a god, then why does it look like there's not? Then it comes down to, you don't really need a god to explain the universe."

Gosh, how beautifully succinct. this is equivalent to e=mc2.

10. An apology to Peter Kay

Comment #25111 by ExGodBotherer on March 10, 2007 at 6:57 am

not obviously related to this but I deleted the Guardian RSS feed from my bookmarks just 10 days ago after a clear-out. Jeevan Vasagar's article is indicative of the way the Guardian is going. It used to be my newspaper of choice; not any more.

11. The Archbishop whose words came from same hymnsheet as a Marxist

Comment #25109 by ExGodBotherer on March 10, 2007 at 6:38 am

What with all the concern about plagiarism amongst students and the supposed need for the clergy to set an example we have an example here of 'do as I say but not as I do'
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hi, my first post... my moniker is because I was brought up a Catholic, something I have not inflicted on my three unbaptised children!