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Comments by Darwin's badger


101. Happy Birthday Josh Timonen!

Comment #118928 by Darwin's badger on January 31, 2008 at 7:17 am

Happy birthday, Josh - thank you for a fantastic site. Have a great day.

102. Scientists want rewrite of Earth's time line

Comment #117659 by Darwin's badger on January 29, 2008 at 10:18 am

Comment #117539 by ianmkz:

Do slag heaps constitute Anthropocene deposits?


Hey, I've been to Croydon and I believe they prefer to be called 'birds'.

103. Ken Ham in Leicester April 2008

Comment #114835 by Darwin's badger on January 23, 2008 at 2:11 am

I don't know what the legality is regarding releasing a plague of locusts, but you can buy them for around £10 per hundred from this site.

http://www.livefoodsdirect.co.uk/products.asp?dept=1040
I'm not saying that anyone should do it, or condoning it, but if anyone should decide to go biblical on his ass...

104. The devilish church practice of exorcism

Comment #114237 by Darwin's badger on January 21, 2008 at 3:48 pm

In years to come - hopefully sooner, rather than later - the vast majority of the world will think that 21st century people were savages. It's good to know that there are a substantial amount of us who already know that to be true of many.

105. Ethical storm as scientist becomes first man to clone HIMSELF

Comment #113557 by Darwin's badger on January 20, 2008 at 2:49 am

So is it Sam Wood in the photo, or his clone? How do we know that the clone didn't destroy the scientist, huh?? We're going down a bad road, folks, where your mother, sister and lover could end up coming from the same cells.


Saying that, the A47 Norwich ring road already fits that description.

106. Huckabee Wants A 'Faith-based' Constitution

Comment #111883 by Darwin's badger on January 16, 2008 at 12:24 am

Depressingly predictable, I'm sad to say. :(

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

Comment #111335 by Darwin's badger on January 14, 2008 at 11:47 am

Best wishes, George - I hope that the operation is a complete success and that you're up jitterbugging as soon as possible. Thanks for your contributions to the RDFRS.

108. Why people believe weird things about money

Comment #111193 by Darwin's badger on January 14, 2008 at 1:36 am

Comment by Barbara:

Another thing that bothers me (especially because my husband does this) is how people spend their money on things they don't really need, and probably wouldn't have given a thought to but for the fact that the price was marked down. It would be less expensive to pass it up.


Off at a tangent slightly, my wife had the habit when we were younger (and considerably poorer) of buying things that we wouldn't need for ages with money that we needed at the time. "I've saved x..."

"Okay, can I have x, we need y."

"Hmmm..."

To be fair, it wasn't like she was blowing it on frivolous things, but when you're living hand to mouth, a winter coat bought in the spring sale for next winter can feel like one's priorities are slightly out of sync.

109. Richard Dawkins on The Late Edition with Marcus Brigstocke

Comment #110339 by Darwin's badger on January 11, 2008 at 2:37 am

Naeone, I'm sure I saw a Dawkins doll available in America, although I believe that they called it an 'effigy'; it was fully combustible too, IIRC. :)

110. Richard Dawkins on The Late Edition with Marcus Brigstocke

Comment #109988 by Darwin's badger on January 10, 2008 at 8:49 am

Comment by clatz:

StephenP,

Stirling idea, might have to drop Dan though, I think they only have three guests (plus Alan).

That's perfect; Alan can say all of the dumb, obvious-but-wrong answers as usual.

Fry: "Who created the Earth?"

Alan: "It was God."

A-woooo-urrgh! A-woooo-urgh!

:)

111. Good News: Both our Foundations are now Officially Recognized as Charities

Comment #70367 by Darwin's badger on September 15, 2007 at 5:27 am

Of course, I meant great news. *shuffles off in embarrassment*

112. Good News: Both our Foundations are now Officially Recognized as Charities

Comment #70360 by Darwin's badger on September 15, 2007 at 4:10 am

Grat news - congratulations!

Oh, and Philip? Permission granted. :)

113. A Response to Jonathan Haidt

Comment #69826 by Darwin's badger on September 13, 2007 at 12:24 am

Excellent piece there, even if the flaws in Haidt's reasoning were so glaringly obvious. Score (another) one for the good guys. :)

114. The Sacrifice of Reason

Comment #66622 by Darwin's badger on August 30, 2007 at 4:01 pm

25. Comment #66394 by Richard Dawkins on August 29, 2007 at 11:30 pm
What a terrific piece by Sam. Just a marvellous piece of writing.

Richard

Sycophant. :)

Seriously though, I actually thought that this was more enjoyable to read than "The End of Faith" - it seemed more compassionate, whilst still hitting the target right in the bullseye. I spoke with an English teacher recently who cautioned me against excessive exuberance (for fear that it would be misread as arrogance) whilst talking about atheism, purely due to the fact that our linguistic style can alienate potential converts before they've even heard the message. Naturally, I told him to f**k off. :D

115. Teresa, Bright and Dark

Comment #66614 by Darwin's badger on August 30, 2007 at 3:41 pm

I'm pro-choice, and support the termination of unwanted life. Can we start with John Edward?

116. I'm gonna be a MOVIE STAR

Comment #65588 by Darwin's badger on August 25, 2007 at 2:04 am

Graham, you're referring to Ted Haggard, I believe. However, my understanding was that Haggard moved the goalposts, not the other way around. I don't think that there was any tacit deception upon RD's or the C4 team's part.

I'm looking forward to seeing this film though; the fact that they're trying so hard, as with the creation museum, shows that they're on the ropes. With any luck, as I think Hitch said, this is the death-rattle of superstition.

117. God Bless Me, It's a Best-Seller!

Comment #64210 by Darwin's badger on August 18, 2007 at 4:48 pm

17. Comment #64157 by Fouad Boussetta on August 18, 2007 at 6:28 am
avatarLB: what are you talking about?
I never used an avatar in my entire life: that's a picture of me in St-Martin!
Who's Eamonn Holmes?
________________________________

Dammit though, man, you do look like the pie-friendly sofa-dweller. Here's a link:
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2006/09/eholmes290906_700x476.jpg

118. Interview with Richard Dawkins

Comment #63337 by Darwin's badger on August 14, 2007 at 1:30 am

darwin2, albeit unintentionally, is one of the funniest posters on this site. His shiny eyed, fuzzy, warped logic is perpetually entertaining and I for one hope that it continues. More power to you, darwin2. :)

119. Interview with Richard Dawkins about 'The Enemies of Reason'

Comment #63040 by Darwin's badger on August 13, 2007 at 2:14 am

That was worth watching just to see Judy spitting her dummy out. "But you believe that Uri Gellar bends spoons!" :)

120. Public Debate on Complexity and Evolution

Comment #61168 by Darwin's badger on August 4, 2007 at 2:32 am

First?!

121. Beyond Belief: Atheism (with AC Grayling)

Comment #58307 by Darwin's badger on July 24, 2007 at 11:04 am

A doffed cap to Wadsworth - top post, sir.

122. A force for good?

Comment #55247 by Darwin's badger on July 10, 2007 at 10:49 am

One lifetime is all I get, and I choose to read this? I really should get out more. :)

123. Sean Hannity with Christopher Hitchens

Comment #54792 by Darwin's badger on July 9, 2007 at 1:32 am

Fox News is slightly less credible than the National Enquirer or (for those of us in the UK) the Sunday Sport. Fair play to Hitch for giving it a shot on there, but the phrase "pissing in the wind" does spring to mind.

124. Messiah

Comment #53727 by Darwin's badger on July 3, 2007 at 12:08 am

In response to GoatBoy36's post (78), this is Derren using similar techniques to those that you described.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5DB5crSsrA

Enjoy!

125. Messiah

Comment #52887 by Darwin's badger on June 28, 2007 at 11:54 am

Thorninyourflesh: You've either missed the point spectacularly or are being sarcastic - if it's the latter, I apologise, but it's difficult to tell on internet forums sometimes. If it's the former, watch the show ("Messiah") and then comment - at no point does DVB claim to have supernatural powers.

126. Messiah

Comment #52613 by Darwin's badger on June 27, 2007 at 1:56 pm

I'm a big fan of Derren's work - I've seen him live, watched all of his TV shows and read his book, "Tricks of the Mind" - and he is a devout atheist. In fact, it was by reading his book that I happened across the name of one Richard Dawkins, as he spends a large part of the book slating the circular beliefs of the religious and sending up himself, for he was once a Bible-thumping, shiny-eyed Christian...fortunately for both his audience and himself, he escaped Christianity's clutches and is all the better for it.

I recommend his live shows - he is very funny as well as being quite awe-inspiring in a "how the bloody hell did he do that?" way - and he goes out of his way to sign autographs, pose for photographs and even attempts to commit people's faces to memory (while I was queuing, he demonstrated this by telling a fan that he'd met her a couple of years back during a previous tour and he remembered her name, which made her night!), so if you get the opportunity to see him, don't miss it.

PS The show in question, "Messiah", was the final nail in the coffin of my wife's religiosity - she was once a visitor of mediums, aura-readers, mystics etc because she wanted to believe, much as I did, but seeing how easy it was to fake it made her realise that she'd been the victim of a bunch of charlatans. She and I are now happily Godless. :)

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