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Comment #137479 by Philip1978 on March 3, 2008 at 1:22 am

Paula




When Richard Dawkins asked Paula Kirby to write a review of mine, and other Christian books, I was sent several e-mails by atheists accusing me of cowardice, running away and not being able to refute Paula's arguments.



OK, own up, any of you atheists out there who did this.



I might be the culprit here :)

Comment #131190 by Philip1978 on February 22, 2008 at 3:37 am

Though technically David is saying "emails" as if I actually sent him hateful PM's instead of my small insignificant "posts"



Normally I would apologise for getting all you naughty atheists a bad name because of my inability to keep my keyboard shut sometimes but since this has appeared on David's pathetic excuse for a website (oops there I go again) I quite frankly could not give a damn! :)

I am so happy to hear you are going to be talking with Professor Dawkins, I wish you all the best with that and I look forward to watching it on this site.


Philip

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Comment #135692 by Philip1978 on February 29, 2008 at 8:00 am

I do like Shakespeare, I love this quote from Hamlet Act 1 Scene 3 that I quoted to David a long time ago:


Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven;
Whiles, like a puffed and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede

Sums David up rather nicely!

Artful, do you have any opinions on what I provided earlier?

Philip

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Comment #135659 by Philip1978 on February 29, 2008 at 7:32 am

Ah yes, found the right thread, here you go Artful, I urge to read _J_'s comment on 148, I mentioned this in my last post, I thought you could look for yourself at just who David has insulted.

http://richarddawkins.net/articleComments,1685,Teacher-I-was-fired-said-Bible-isnt-literal,Megan-Hawkins-Des-Moines-Register,page3#comments


Cheers

Philip

704. Fleabytes

Comment #135625 by Philip1978 on February 29, 2008 at 6:48 am

Ok Here we go, some examples of why I dislike David's debate style:

51. God Hates the World

Comment #51894 by The Wee Flea on June 25, 2007 at 1:46 pm

Dear Dr Dawkins,

You are absolutely correct. This video is disgusting beyond belief. However I am almost as revolted by your behaviour in using the antics of these sick people as a justification for your atheistic arguments. It is the ultimate in ad hominem argument.




David is twisting words to make it look like Professor Dawkins has personally set out to insult David when Professor Dawkins did no such thing.

47. God Hates the World

Comment #52011 by The Wee Flea on June 25, 2007 at 11:33 pm

Dear Dr Dawkins,

Sadly I wake up to find that it is even worse than predicted. Every single one of your disciples (even the 'nice' J) has written in your defence and in so doing has proved my point â€" that those who follow you on this site will make the direct link between the Phelps family and all religion. It was inevitable but nonetheless still disappointing. Just read through their posts and you will see how chilling, inane and sad it all is. And it is your responsibility. You feed them this garbage and they lap it up.




Now _J_ was a guy who took up a lot of his time to chat to David on David's site. David stabbed J in the back despite J's infinite kindness. I cant find the thread yet but I will post it later if needs be.


56. Comment #60339 by Corylus on August 1, 2007 at 4:12 pm

"If Wee Flea wrote a book on Dennett I would rush to buy with cash money. Please David, hell anyone, read Dennett and give it a bash..."

I'm tempted! But forgive if I do not behave like a fundamentalist atheist and actually wait until I have read the whole book.





See here is what I really object to, this whole "Fundamentalist Atheist" rubbish, I think its highly insulting, completely unfounded and despite my numerous attempts at telling him and showing him otherwise what "Fundamentalist" means, he just carries on regardless.

I thought I would save the best for last, you saw what he wrote above to Professor Dawkins, here is what he wrote to me:

366. Comment #60473 by Philip1978 â€" my answer was not one of 'warm' theology. You are arguing the age old question of theodicy and the relationship between human suffering, responsibility, freedom and prayer. Unfortunately I cannot give you the simplistic formulaic answer that you crave . I have to deal with these situations every week â€" for example yesterday we had a six year old girl die. So you will forgive me not exactly feeling enamoured at your using people's suffering to score cheap points. The bottom line is that your friend suffered because someone beat her up â€" not God. So why are you angry at a god you do not believe exists?





HOW SHALLOW IS THAT? What a hypocritical thing to do - using people's suffering to score cheap points - Pot calling the kettle black!

There are countless examples of this abusive behaviour riddled amongst his many incarnations on this site - He got banned 3 times for very good reasons and here he is again spreading lies and distorting words.

I hope I have provided some evidence, this was the best I could do on short notice, you need anymore go to this page for a more detailed view

http://richarddawkins.net/articleTrollComments,442,The-Trouble-with-Atheism,Rod-Liddle-Channel-4,page1


If you want to discuss any unfairness on my part, please by all means do, I am open to your opinions.


Philip

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Comment #135598 by Philip1978 on February 29, 2008 at 6:05 am

Artful Dodger,

Give me a bit of time and I will do the trawling for you, thank you for staying a bit longer

Philip

706. Fleabytes

Comment #135587 by Philip1978 on February 29, 2008 at 5:44 am

Artful Dodger,

I am sorry to see you go I truly am, I am sorry you can't see David for who he truly is - I and several others actually gave David a chance time and time again to actually debate and talk properly. He doesn't want to, prefers to insult people, I am fed up with his lies and distortions plus his lust for a limelight he doesn't deserve. I have spoken to many religious people on this site and on the whole had a good, interesting time - Mark Taunton is a good example, Fides, Revcourt, Brother John to name a few others. Yes we disagreed on loads, possibly hurled a few insults but on the whole it has been peaceful enough. David is the first one to really do his best to go out of his way to be completely monoxious. If he is to say these nasty, incorrect things to people, I know he loves the abuse, then he should expect to be treated as such.

I want you to stay, chat, see if even we can come to some agreement, but don't leave on David's account, he is not worth it


Philip

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Comment #135577 by Philip1978 on February 29, 2008 at 5:27 am

David typed earlier:


Philip you will need to think again. And this time have some evidence. I do not spend most of my time talking to my flock'.


He types in this letter

But since you had the courtesy to write and, more importantly, because it is my duty as a shepherd of God's flock and a teacher of his word to combat heresy


Am I allowed to call David a liar? I get the odd feeling I can!

Philip

708. Fleabytes

Comment #135510 by Philip1978 on February 29, 2008 at 3:55 am

Brian

I was once seeing a lovely lady who one day complained of a headache, when I offered her a cup of Tea in the name of Quetz her headache was cured. Please do not doubt the powers and brilliance of the Almighty Quetz, look at what he can do with just Tea! Imagine then what other truly incredible things that He is capable of!

Cheers

Philip

709. Fleabytes

Comment #135445 by Philip1978 on February 29, 2008 at 1:26 am

Diacanu

I object to your labelling of Crackers as Catholic, Protestant or Atheist, until the cracker is old enough to come to terms with its beliefs or lack of them, abusing it like that is just cruel! hehehhehe! :)


Philip

711. Fleabytes

Comment #134762 by Philip1978 on February 28, 2008 at 7:29 am

Ah I see Darwin's Rottweiler puts God's Poodle in his place once more and the Poodle acts like a victim. Pathetic.

Philip

712. Fleabytes

Comment #134723 by Philip1978 on February 28, 2008 at 6:22 am

David,

I didn't ask you for your opinion, that was for mylearnedfriend ( If that was you posting under a different name, then please, don't bother answering, I have asked you enough questions and had no good answers), had I wanted to ask you something I would have done.

Philip

713. The Giant Tortoise's Tale

Comment #134645 by Philip1978 on February 28, 2008 at 4:15 am

Wooter have you ever heard of or seen a Blue Whale?

http://www.earthwindow.com/blue.html

Something fantastically huge can exist you know!

Philip

714. Feb 12th: Happy Darwin Day!

Comment #134585 by Philip1978 on February 28, 2008 at 2:48 am

Wooter,

Please could you explain this last sentence

No evolins could dare to say anything about it. The ones that dodge is just the ones to make evolins feel confident, you see I answered his question, type.

What is an evolin?

Plus if babies are so perfect why was I born with a genetic disease called Fragile X?

Cheers

Philip

715. Feb 12th: Happy Darwin Day!

Comment #134082 by Philip1978 on February 27, 2008 at 8:12 am

Thanks to ancestors who invented useful phrases like, "STFU, you stupid cunt!" it's now possible to avoid the headache, heartache, and civil liabilities associated with having to actually beat someone over the head with a tire iron.


Dr Benway, I mentioned an award earlier, would you like it engraved or sent as is? :)

Philip

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Comment #134080 by Philip1978 on February 27, 2008 at 8:02 am

al-rawandi

You are right, when somebody calls me a Nazi I should offer them a pint or give them an electronic hug across the internet! :)

I am just so irascible these days, the slightest provocation just pushes me over the edge...

HANG ON, YOU ARE BEING SARCASTIC!

FROTH< @@@#### WOOOTER, NO LOGIC, ET PHONE HOME etc etc

:)

I need a cup of Tea!


Philip

717. Fleabytes

Comment #134071 by Philip1978 on February 27, 2008 at 7:38 am

Really?

Ok, what do you think of David's groundless accusation that we are all Atheist Fundamentalists and that since we don't believe in his particular god that we have the same moralistic tendencies as Nazis? I am sorry but how else am I to read that?

I did my best, time and time again to get David to retract his accusation of Atheists being fundamentalist but he has NEVER apologised for it.

Go to [Comment Posting Guidelines] at the top of the Post a Comment Box for all block quoting etc

Philip

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Comment #134058 by Philip1978 on February 27, 2008 at 7:17 am

mlearnedfriend

I have had the misfortune of discussing religion and history with David, he never came across as affable despite my best attempts at being nice to him.

He has been positively rude to a lot of people on this site and only has himself to blame for the situation he is in now.

Philip

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Comment #134000 by Philip1978 on February 27, 2008 at 6:07 am

'Ahhh, sorry to interrupt you, there, David, but I gotta ask you a quick question. Now, when you were born -- nay, 'spawned' -- by the Dark Prince himself, did that rat-bastard forget to give you a hug before he sent you along your way?


(Paraphrased from Scrubs Series 1, Quote from Dr Perry Cox's Character)

Genetically programmed indeed! The Devil made you do it really didn't he? ;)

I apologise for going completely off topic and will remove this comment if requested by anyone but David. All I can say in my defence is Irate dared me to do it and now I ask him to say what he was going to say! :)

Philip

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Comment #133974 by Philip1978 on February 27, 2008 at 5:29 am

Go on Irate, say it, I DARE you hehehhe!

Diacanu, I did my best in the past, I really did but I learned a long time ago what sort of nasty man David is and he is one of the few that actually managed to earn my dislike. You know how much that takes for someone like me, David will obviously be proud of this in some vile manner but anyone who reckons a loving God can be found in the Old Testament can obviously find happiness in any misfortune.

Philip

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Comment #133924 by Philip1978 on February 27, 2008 at 3:09 am

Steve, if I were a bit more weird than I am already, though considering my weirdness now it would take some doing, I would say you were clairvoyant!

People need to be very careful of David. He is far worse than an average troll. He is a parasite. He comes to provoke, and he does so in many ways. He tries to play some people off against others. He tries to push buttons to get responses (like comparing gay men to child molesters, or atheists to facist bullies), he attempts to emotionally manipulate people with claims that he is being attacked and censored.


David, I hope you are ashamed of yourself.

Philip

722. Fleabytes

Comment #133894 by Philip1978 on February 27, 2008 at 2:20 am

Philip, you will need to think again. And this time have some evidence


Don't even bother David, the likely hood of you ever accepting proper evidence is about as likely as Brad Pitt dumping Angelena for Margaret Thatcher!

I have the capacity to THINK about evidence and produce it, you can only at best IMAGINE your evidence and never produce it so I don't expect us to ever agree on anything.

Forget it, I can't be bothered with you, just get your rebuttal done and go for all I care

Philip

723. Feb 12th: Happy Darwin Day!

Comment #133856 by Philip1978 on February 27, 2008 at 1:01 am

Personally I think Diacanu deserves the award for The Most Gratuitous use of the word Fuck in an Oasis of Free Thinking

The lovely Dr Benway gets the Award for the use of the C word, ah, I remember the good old days!


Arrogance is when a few words in an old book means more than centuries of research by respected scientists.

Arrogance is considering that the Universe is all about you


Couldn't have said it better, Shmeezers, I think you have some thinking instead of imagining to do

Philip

724. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #133479 by Philip1978 on February 26, 2008 at 8:23 am

Sorry guys, esp Anna,

This is my fault, I shouldn't have brought it up, I wanted to illustrate the danger of showing people in a light in which they are not just because they are atheists when the real blame lies in religion and books like the above

I should have stuck to the subject of tea :(


Philip

725. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #133456 by Philip1978 on February 26, 2008 at 7:54 am

Ok back on topic, bad me :)

I seem to remember having a bit of a go at Thermothug for insulting Anna's intellect on an earlier thread - the stupid idiot had made a galactic sized stupid assumption about her without even thinking about what he had said.

These books are making similarly stupid assumptions about what atheism is about - there is no looking at the intelligence of the arguments in front of them or if the arguments are valid and workable. They just point out that atheism is just a provocation to wild abandon and blame the authors of books like TGD for spreading these ideas.

Nowhere in any book about atheism have I seen any motion to war or segregation of religious people - just a desire to make people aware that life has more to it than what religion has on offer and that it can continue happily without it. With the likes of David Robertson & co saying it will end up in a nightmare similar to that of Nazi Germany simply invites more stupidity to be spread around.

This is where my mind doth boggle - religion, belief in a deity that demands worship and love OR ELSE is somehow better than a life of simply being responsible for your actions and words without invoking a deity as an outside, untouchable and unapproachable authority on matters which deserve more rational thought.

People think I am mad for being an optimistic tea drinking loon and I accept it but I will not accept I am wrong for simply being me and not saying something invisible and highly improbable is justification for it all! :)

Philip

726. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #133414 by Philip1978 on February 26, 2008 at 7:09 am

Yes and don't spill the Tea or it will scold you too! :)

Right, I will get my coat...

Philip

727. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #133402 by Philip1978 on February 26, 2008 at 6:55 am

I rest my case, conversations about Tea inspire humour and happiness!

:)

Philip

728. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #133388 by Philip1978 on February 26, 2008 at 6:41 am

I would advocate the conversation veer in the direction of Tea, you can't possibly go wrong with that...or am I simply obsessed by the stuff? :)


Philip

729. The Salamander's Tale

Comment #133385 by Philip1978 on February 26, 2008 at 6:38 am

Irate
The fact that you rescued your wife, gave her hope, a better life and created Irate Junior with her invites respect rather than amusement - I would also advocate the issuing of medals and cups of tea for your amazing efforts but that's my humble opinion! :)

Wooter,
Your Parable of the Liar was lost on me, I didn't understand a word of it - could you possibly explain that one a bit better?

Nobody here is lying to you, they are more frustrated with your lack of desire to discover new and better horizons that are blocked by the blinkers of your religion.

Philip

730. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #133366 by Philip1978 on February 26, 2008 at 6:10 am

Anna

I would not advise vomiting upon Dinesh's book, that would be a waste of perfectly good vomit! :)

Philip

731. Evidence can't shake your faith if your faith excludes it as evidence

Comment #133309 by Philip1978 on February 26, 2008 at 3:51 am

Vaal

I would imagine it would look like this:

And Lo Abraham was looking for the fire to barbecue his one and only son,

He prayed to God, asking for Fire to descend from the heavens

God, smiled, for he liked the smell of burning flesh, so he sent his GR9 Series BAE Harrier II to hover above the altar. It was a good Harrier and Abraham praised God for this.

:)

Think about it, we have already seen talking donkeys and snakes etc are all completely fine with the bible characters, what's an Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing Aircraft going to do to them?

It was sent by God so it MUST be fine!

Philip

732. Church is paying a high price for its celibacy rule

Comment #133238 by Philip1978 on February 26, 2008 at 12:47 am

Cartomancer,

I have a question sir, when the Papacy moved to Avignon in 1309 do you know if that had any effect on the rules and regulations at all? I would have guessed that Philip IV, after getting Bernard De Goth (What a brilliant name!) aka Pope Clement V under his control that things would have changed quite drastically. Since the Pope was effectively answering to a King instead of God directly I was wondering if things changed a lot in terms of doctrine?

Philip

733. Fleabytes

Comment #132816 by Philip1978 on February 25, 2008 at 8:26 am

Mark Taunton was fun to chat to, I enjoyed that tons, good man. Yes it was a bit McGrathish but I still was impressed by his bible and historical knowledge.

Quetz is dead right, I have always though that about David, he is a Reverend, he spends most of his time talking to his "flock" as it were. I also imagine he is well known in the community and from previous posts he has said he offers out advice to those who come to him for it. Somebody disagreeing with him, especially quite strongly as he has found on here and in books like TGD must be quite grating.

Fundamentalist Atheist indeed! MWHAHAHAHAHA etc I think SWRB did very well on this (I REALLY dont believe in God!!) But I still also think that David honestly assumes that since Atheists have no God, we have no guidance from an invisible figment of his imagination, we are all hell bound and more susceptible to want to do bad things. He only knows one way, unable to even dare to break out and find new shores.


Steve said
"There is only one question, but marks may be deducted for bad grammar, spelling and punctuation."

Damn, I am an English and History graduate, that's me screwed :)


Peacebeuponme

NO, that would be Quetz doing the willing around here! hehehe :)

Philip

734. Fleabytes

Comment #132669 by Philip1978 on February 25, 2008 at 5:30 am

I just love it when David calls us all Fundamentalist Atheists, tells me he has learned nothing and he hasn't got a proper argument to hurl at us. You keep at it David if it makes you feel better/more miserable! :)

Philip

735. Richard Dawkins on five of his favorite books

Comment #132643 by Philip1978 on February 25, 2008 at 4:26 am

Here be mine, well, the books that made a massive impact on my life:

Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams - Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul

J R R Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings -I have a massive book so I count it as one :)

Terry Pratchett - The Last Hero

Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion


Douglas Adams has always been a part of my life, got his books very early on and loved them. The Lord of the Rings was the first proper Epic book I ever read. My first intro to Terry Pratchett made me laugh so much, he had to be included, very clever book and writer. The God Delusion was a great inspirational book for me, it made me want to learn about religion and science more - I think its had a good impact on me :)

I have loads of other stuff like Shakespeare and Keats but I dont think I could class them as novels!

Philip

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Comment #132585 by Philip1978 on February 25, 2008 at 2:20 am

Bonzai

Excellent post, I like it tons, all I would say is from my experiences of refuting religion I think its important to have such a wide scope of subjects to show how religion is not the "Truth" that it claims to be.

History, Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Common Sense are just a few of the approaches you could use to refute any claims that religions make, I think its a great thing to be able to a) argue in favour of your chosen field b) be enthusiastic about learning from others - I have learned magnificent things from everybody on this site and I still am.

Krisking

I admire your interest in the God delusion, keep going and telling us what you think when you get to the end. What I would suggest is that you understand that Professor Dawkins, in my opinion, was hoping his book would raise conciousness about eradicating the ideas and truths of religion. Religions claim to have a knowledge and truth about a lot of things which cannot be verified asides from invoking a deity or the bible as proof. My impression of what Professor Dawkins is doing is providing a less complicated and more explainable solution. I do hope you enjoy the book, I found it fascinating.

RickM

Cheers sir, will collect those when I have time, they sound like fun.

Right, more tea!

Philip

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Comment #132039 by Philip1978 on February 24, 2008 at 1:38 am

Billy, you did ask for Tea to be sent to Almighty Quetz, so you ask of me in His name, so it shall be done!

I also give one unto Diacanu, I liked your posts to David so much, you deserve a good cuppa sir!

Rick M
I have had magnificent discussions with David about history, there is real history and David's muddy and clouded version of it. Imagine if you will a man that thinks God loves and hates him and then imagine what his view of history might be and there you have it. I kept pressing him about the Council on Nicaea, in 325, when a bunch of human men VOTED on what goes in the bible, holy days and the nice big one about Jesus either being divine or a carpenter's son. (This all being done to further Emperor Constantine's power and influence in the Wroman, no Roman, STWIKE HIM (sorry, I can't help it!) Empire. I pointed out to our hero reverend that things like this show humans direct religion, not Gods - David never managed to answer my questions on this and shed loads of other history questions like the existence of Jesus, the Bible being a collection of metaphors from Near Eastern religions etc etc

Diacanu has got this totally right, you can pester David all you want but the fingers always manage to find their way into his ears at some point and the chanting issues forthwith.

My advice to you is don't bother with him, there are better religious people to debate history with and arguing with David about it is pointless. I however would love to hear if you have read any cool books on the subject, one I would thoroughly recommend is The Messiah Myth, The Near Eastern Roots of Jesus and David by Thomas L Thompson (Pimlico 2007) Brilliant book, very informative, the guy knows his Bible and he knows his history.

Right, I need more Tea myself! :)

Cheers all,

Philip

738. Fleabytes

Comment #131197 by Philip1978 on February 22, 2008 at 3:46 am

*Philip slurps at tea, praises Quetz!*

Sorry if that sounded like proper full on rant, most of it was tongue in cheek, though I do stand by my assertion that David is a sissy! :)

Philip

739. Fleabytes

Comment #131190 by Philip1978 on February 22, 2008 at 3:37 am

But given the assurance you have stated I will not go on to respond to Paula.


You sissy wimp!


If it is offensive for me to hope that people will one day find God



Its not offensive to find God, its a highly improbable and futile task!


Again, Professor Dawkins offers you a chance to redeem yourself and we get the "more holier than thou" arrogant approach mixed with "Those nasty atheists are bound to pick on poor me again, why would I want to respond?" loser comment.

I am convinced that

a) you dont have the stones to respond
b) you dont have any decent answers or counter arguments
c) you made your mind up a long time ago that you equate atheism with Nazism and are scared of us!

Pathetic! You wrote the book for crying out loud, deal with it! Either accept criticism - learn from it or convince us otherwise.

Professor Dawkins has written several books and he has stood up to his critics, how come you can't?

Are you a man or a flea?

Philip

740. Fleabytes

Comment #131097 by Philip1978 on February 22, 2008 at 12:51 am

Steve, I think you are absolutely right, David is up to something and you are right when you say he wants to wallow in his glory of being hated so he can act the martyr.

Look at this whining

"At least Christians believe in free speech", oh I have been set upon, oh poor wretched me!

David, you know full well why you got banned 3 times its because you are monoxious! (Poisonously Obnoxious!)You insulted all and sundry and basked in the glow of being told off for it so don't act all pathetic. The arrogance with which you then come back here to troll once more, knowing full well you are not in the least bit welcome, shows Steve is completely right.

You had your chance, you blew it, 3 times, possibly on purpose and are hiding behind this mask of pretend innocence and victimisation.

All I think I have left to add is that this reminds me of a Radiohead song called Just from The Bends album, sing along if you know it :)

Can't get the stink off
He's been hanging round for days
Comes like a comet
Suckered you but not your friends
One day he'll get to you
And teach you how to be a holy cow

You do it to yourself, you do
and that's what really hurts
You do it to yourself, just you
you and no-one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself

Don't get my sympathy
Hanging out the 15th floor
changed the locks three times
He still comes reeling through the door
and they'll get to you
And teach you how to get to purest hell

You do it to yourself, you do
and that's what really hurts
You do it to yourself, just you
you and no-one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself


Post your rebuttal, whine, moan, froth all you like at Paula, mis-quote her a bit, twist her words around and then leave will you,? I for one want your ban to stay because you will just get another one anyway and this saves Josh a lot of work!

Philip

741. Fleabytes

Comment #130739 by Philip1978 on February 21, 2008 at 8:09 am

Here are instructions for being a Wee Flea:
1. Tell lies, be miserable and spread hate
2. Use the words "Fundamentalist Atheist" but not know what they mean
3. Act hurt and innocent when shown to be a Fundamentalist Wee Flea
4. Repeat.

742. Fleabytes

Comment #130734 by Philip1978 on February 21, 2008 at 7:58 am

Richard

I am not angry, I wont give David that satisfaction, I will only allow him the happiness that I think he has disgraced himself, besides I would have sworn so much more if I had been angry! :)

I shall do as you ask and keep my thinking as clear as I can and see if I can add more to the discussions that may arise on this thread

Cheers

Philip

743. Fleabytes

Comment #130717 by Philip1978 on February 21, 2008 at 7:30 am

David

I would rather listen to a James Blunt album on continuous repeat for the rest of my life than watch you dribble on about how much you are a victim yet still manage to froth lies about people.

I remember from ALL my attempts to discuss things with you you just spat it back at me with that arrogant self-righteous and bullying manner that is your sole method of debate.

Yet you still sit there like a victim saying "oh those cruel fundamentalist atheists are being so nasty to poor innocent me!" I am amazed that you still can't see yourself the way everybody else sees you, a cantankerous liar, intent on wanting to ruin good people's reputations whilst hoping to increase your own media spotlight. Jumping on the bandwagon of spreading lies about people who don't believe in your figment of your imagination is reprehensible to the core! You brought this on yourself so reap what you have sown, if you insult and lie about people, expect to be treated like this!

The fact that you think since I do not believe in your God I have the same morals as Hitler tells me that any further discussion will be clouded with your ridiculous prejudices thus rendering it completely pointless.

Please go and crawl back in that grotty church of yours and continue your homophobic, poisonous and miserable religion there, I for one don't want to have anything more to do with you.

Philip

744. Fleabytes

Comment #130594 by Philip1978 on February 21, 2008 at 1:15 am

Dr. Cox from Scrubs:

Either this kid's got a light bulb up his butt or his colon has a great idea...


Artful Dodger, forgive my sarcasm, but really, do you know how just mind bogglingly huge this universe is? Do you know how long it would take to even get to our nearest star? So in a universe this size, with all the billions and trillions of things lurking around in it and you think that Higher Things are involved?

Come on, this Earth could be destroyed by a vast number of nasty things floating around in space, asteroids high up on the list there and in the next 5 billion years or so its truly going kablooey!

I also would be very interested to see your response to Paula's work here, I honestly look forward to reading it, you have some tough work to do to ! :)

All the best

Philip

745. Why Darwin matters

Comment #130296 by Philip1978 on February 20, 2008 at 8:25 am

Irate

That is the funniest thing I have read in a while, thank you so much for brightening my day up!

Philip

746. Fleabytes

Comment #130169 by Philip1978 on February 20, 2008 at 6:45 am

Paula

Since I know this will annoy Robertson tons, me worshipping people instead of God and all, I would like to thank you for a VERY well written and interesting article/essay that even Hercules, if he exists, would drop past to pat you on the back for! :)

I have nothing but, almost but not entirely quite unlike, an attempt at mild displeasure with David. I always wanted to be nice to him but after debating/ getting-told-I-am-a-fundie-atheist with him I won't allow him any more pleasure or satisfaction in knowing he even managed to get me in to the above opinion of him. I think your detailed analysis is very good indeed and I think I understand him a bit more now.

Through all I have seen of McGrath I have yet to know what or who his God is - each response is clouded with that goal post moving classic - "The God Dawkins and his followers are describing is not the God that I believe in!"

Bravo on the other two authors as well, I have never heard of Wilson before, sounds truly dreary!

But thank you again Paula, you have done yourself great credit there and I raise my tea cup in salute of your incredible efforts.

Cheeeeeeeeers!

Philip

747. Why Darwin matters

Comment #129389 by Philip1978 on February 19, 2008 at 3:48 am

Irate

I have a cup of Tea AND my order of Climbing Mount Improbable has just been collected from the bookshop! I am a very happy man sir, how goes it with you?

I decided I needed to learn more about the evolutionary process, my knowledge is lacking so I thought I would start with a well recommended book and see where it leads me.

Philip

748. Why Darwin matters

Comment #129373 by Philip1978 on February 19, 2008 at 3:17 am

Wooter

There is a specific type of worm along the Amazon River whose single function is to eat their way into children's eyes, did your God design that too?

Not very nice is it?

Philip

749. A match made on RichardDawkins.net?

Comment #128796 by Philip1978 on February 18, 2008 at 12:49 am

V and Yorker

I cannot express with words just how sorry I am to hear about Yorker's daughter, cancer is the one disease that has haunted my life because of all the people I have lost to it and I have recently found out two more good friends have been diagnosed with it and I worry about the outcome.

But what also I am not able to express with the right words is my admiration and overwhelming happiness that you two finally found each other. From all the harshness that life can throw at people there is something to live for, something worthwhile and right - love. I think this sentence really sums it up for me

Love always feels right and engenders mutual trust....Once forged, such a blending is virtually impenetrable by outside influence.


The countless number of times I hear that a particular God is Love but I have never understood that, how can you have such a connection with a figment of your imagination? Its that whole "Love and Worship the celestial dictator, for he loves you tons but will send you to eternal torment should you fail to live up to the ridiculous standards and rules laid down in the magic book!"

NO! That is not love! Love is a shared experience between REAL people, you cant talk to Gods or know their minds but you can talk to REAL people and know their minds. Like you wrote above, the one thing that stands in the way of all the destructive things on this small blue green planet in the unfashionable end of the spiral arm of the galaxy
is love.

I am so bloody proud of what you two have accomplished and what you have written above means something to me. So you guys hang in there and go for it!

I shall end this with some Tennyson I found it rather apt


Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved Earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,--
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.


All the best Yorker and Veronique! Plus all you others out there bouncing around after each-other, keep up the good work! :)


Philip

750. Inventor Doesn't Dare Say 'Perpetual Motion Machine'

Comment #127841 by Philip1978 on February 15, 2008 at 4:35 pm

Omnitard,

What exactly do you get confused by when I ask for intelligent discussion?

I know very little about thermodynamics and how those laws could be broken, if you could help me with that instead of resorting to the same crap that seems to be your wont I would be most grateful

Philip