51. Oklahoma: One Step from Doom

Comment #141200 by Elles on March 10, 2008 at 6:56 am

Oh sweet Reason, what has the world come to?

This is all a dream, this is all a dream, this isn't real... Ha! I don't believe it's real, therefore it isn't! Yay!

52. When blasphemy bit the dust

Comment #140640 by Elles on March 8, 2008 at 7:41 am

Dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead!

Yay! Well... it's more good news for the Brits...

Richard, you blasphemer! You criminal (up until Wednesday)!

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

Comment #132933 by Elles on February 25, 2008 at 12:18 pm

That article was a mixture of pure confusion and hilarity. If I'm confused about what he's saying, does that mean I have the same level of intelligence as Dawkins?

I think I'll interpret it to mean yes, and ignore the logical fallacy.

54. The Salamander's Tale

Comment #132371 by Elles on February 24, 2008 at 4:40 pm

Yay!

My favorite tale! Er... second favorite... alright, maybe third... And I'm only two thirds of the way through Ancestor's Tale so far...

55. Fleabytes

Comment #129785 by Elles on February 19, 2008 at 3:15 pm

I tried reading one of the fleas ("The Reason for God") last night at Barnes & Noble and felt my IQ drop 12 points. Not much argument other than "They say that it's rational to not believe in God, but how can they be sure that their rationality is rational?"

56. The Search for Truth, God and Braver Scientists in 'Expelled'

Comment #128184 by Elles on February 16, 2008 at 12:30 pm

I started cackling violently at the Ben Stein quote. I might go see this film just for comic relief.

57. Exorcism undergoes a revival across Europe

Comment #125549 by Elles on February 11, 2008 at 3:20 pm

Here we go, my friends... Marching backward, backward into the glorious days of the 16th century when bigots burned the man who dared bring reason and enlightenment to the mind of man.

Sorry, had to quote Inherit the Wind.

58. The New Atheist Movement

Comment #123273 by Elles on February 6, 2008 at 7:15 pm

Christians seriously need to stop getting offended whenever Atheists are out in public.

Does asking Sam Harris to go do a talk in Saudi Arabia count as a death threat? If Christians aren't hostile, then would they really make such an offer?

59. Blasphemy

Comment #122470 by Elles on February 5, 2008 at 9:55 am

I definitely agree with Dennett. People should be protesting in the streets over this. Somebody should do SOMETHING... At least sign that petition on the website the other article about this was posted on.

60. Scientists discover way to reverse loss of memory

Comment #118179 by Elles on January 30, 2008 at 12:50 pm

Oh good... hopefully, someday I won't have to worry about going senile. Maybe I won't even have to worry about my parents going senile.

61. What should a scientist think about religion?

Comment #118157 by Elles on January 30, 2008 at 12:28 pm

I resisted the urge to nod my head vigorously throughout...

Great job PZ!

62. MySpace: No place for Atheists?

Comment #118150 by Elles on January 30, 2008 at 12:17 pm

I deleted everything on my MySpace profile long ago (except for the picture of me standing next to a bust of Darwin). I only keep it because it's the only way to keep in touch with some old friends from middle school.

I find it absurd that accounts and groups are getting deleted because theists find atheism offensive. What? Is it a thoughtcrime now? If they find what other people believe (or don't believe) offensive, they need to get over it. If they find people getting together because of a shared lack of belief offensive, then they don't need to join said group.

63. Atheism and Violence

Comment #117996 by Elles on January 30, 2008 at 7:05 am

I've got a new one to use against the tired "Hitler was an Atheist... what do you have to say about that?!?" argument that'll do away with it nicely...

Hitler was a group selectionist... what do you have to say about THAT?

64. Dawkins is third most prolific internet Briton

Comment #117708 by Elles on January 29, 2008 at 12:18 pm

Ha! 15 spaces above that untalented, ugly, overpaid actor they call Daniel Radcliffe!

Sorry, I just really dislike Daniel Radcliffe... with a passion. If they were making the Harry Potter movies in 1952, they would've made a much wiser decision casting Richard Dawkins as Harry Potter.

Wow, that was really random.

65. A Letter From Hell

Comment #116020 by Elles on January 25, 2008 at 10:00 am

My school blocks Facebook, Myspace, and YouTube... and I can access this video.

Somehow, I think this video would do much more harm than kids getting distracted by social networking sites and Charlie the Unicorn.

There's something about them utilizing technology for the purpose of spreading Dark Age mythologies with a few references to modern life which irks me greatly.

66. Heath Ledger Death: Baptist Group To Protest At Memorial

Comment #115820 by Elles on January 24, 2008 at 9:21 pm

Ok, that's disgusting. Really, they need to drag their noses out of 2,000 year old books and become a little modernized.

67. Minnesota Atheists Interview Richard Dawkins

Comment #113814 by Elles on January 20, 2008 at 4:48 pm

I just love it when people call in, and instead of asking questions, just talk about themselves.

Congrats to the Minnesota Atheists on getting their radio show started.

68. Ben Stein Bribing Schools to See His Anti-Evolution Movie 'Expelled'

Comment #113146 by Elles on January 18, 2008 at 4:54 pm

That is just disgusting... Especially if any public schools do it.

I suppose I'd feel better about Christian private schools doing it, but they're not the ones who would need the money, are they?

69. Dinesh D'Souza: Winner of the 2007 Bad Faith Award

Comment #112332 by Elles on January 16, 2008 at 9:16 pm

Ha! I voted for Dinesh! Twice!

Don't tell anybody...

Anyway, Dawkins only got 5% of the vote but... That's 138 people who have never picked up a single one of his books.

70. Huckabee Wants A 'Faith-based' Constitution

Comment #112330 by Elles on January 16, 2008 at 9:12 pm

And so begins my next round of nightmares about him...

Oh dear..

71. George Scales, War Hero and Generous Friend of RDFRS

Comment #111359 by Elles on January 14, 2008 at 12:30 pm

War heroes are just awesome.

Get well soon!

72. Another critic who hasn't read the book

Comment #110281 by Elles on January 10, 2008 at 9:15 pm

"God-hating misanthrope"?!?

What the hell? I honestly don't know how I should feel about that outlandish statement... Do I laugh in the writer's face? Cry? Get pissed off? Throw one of Dawkins' damn books at him?

73. Richard Dawkins on The Late Edition with Marcus Brigstocke

Comment #109841 by Elles on January 9, 2008 at 10:38 pm

That was totally funnier than the Colbert Report! Insane, but hilarious.

I <3 Richard Dawkins doll. Must obtain... must obtain...

74. The Mind of the Market

Comment #109352 by Elles on January 8, 2008 at 10:32 pm

Ooh yay! Michael Shermer is coming to Denver!

Coolness... and... I'm calm now.

75. It was a bad year for God.

Comment #109345 by Elles on January 8, 2008 at 10:16 pm

Methinks that any year that was a bad year for God, is a good year for the rest of the universe.

Lol at Richard Dawkins having followers... All the theists know that we're just another religious cult!

76. The OUT Campaign has its own Flea!

Comment #107125 by Elles on January 4, 2008 at 6:31 am

Bleh...

I wouldn't call it an 'OUT' campaign... more of an evangelizing campaign really.

Ew.

77. What have you changed your mind about? Why?

Comment #105837 by Elles on January 1, 2008 at 11:49 pm

"I'm almost embarrassed to say that last night I was actually reading The Selfish Gene, in bed, at midnight!"
Since I'm in China at the moment, it wasn't midnight my time, but at midnight in the time zone I'm usually in, I was reading The Selfish Gene myself... except I finished it. I was quite pleased to find this article right after I had finished reading it so that the book didn't get spoiled for me.

78. Mother Nature is Not Our Friend

Comment #105832 by Elles on January 1, 2008 at 11:27 pm

Methinks I like this article.

*bumps Sam Harris up a few spaces on the scale of admiration*

79. CBC News: Sunday - Richard Dawkins

Comment #101098 by Elles on December 19, 2007 at 8:25 pm

I love how he brought of Stalin and Hitler... and hung on to it.

Now, I know that this is not a thought worthy of a humanist, but the interviewer obviously had his head up his own ass.

80. Borders Tags Atheist Book with 'O Come All Ye Faithless' Cards

Comment #100252 by Elles on December 18, 2007 at 12:27 pm

A card, being given to Atheists, that says 'Come all ye faithless' gets the response "Christians have always been used as punching bags"?

Faithless. For the love of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, how is that directly an insult to Christianity? Would not a Pastafarian also have the right to call themselves a punching bag? A Scientologist? A Muslim? A Mormon?

I think that since the Christians are boycotting it I'll start doing all my book shopping at Borders...

81. Atheists' sign sparks controversy

Comment #96490 by Elles on December 10, 2007 at 4:01 pm

"He says that Christians are always allowed to put up their displays, and of course that's what he says..."

I didn't detect ANY bias from that woman at all!