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Comment #231183 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 11:27 pm

Laurie

Hang (oops shouldn't use that word) in there.

Grant's a monster...hope he threepeats in the 1500. I was rooting for Jackie Lawrence in the kayak, but she seemed happy to get the silver. Too many of the kayakers having problems with the course.

Who hasn't lost their virginity to an Aussie lass? (runs slowly, knowing Laurie's in bad shape).

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Comment #231179 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 11:12 pm

That's me. (looks left, looks right...adjusts collar)

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Comment #231171 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 10:50 pm

StStephen

Welcome aboard, don't be a stranger.

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Comment #231164 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 10:38 pm

Laurie

I forgot...seven golds down, one to go.

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Comment #231159 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 10:27 pm

I don't have that book by Jefferson in my library, I have one by Thomas Paine with that title. (Common Sense)

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Comment #231132 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 9:21 pm

Well, this thread came to a screeching halt.

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Comment #231121 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 8:39 pm

twp

I recognize some of these guys too. I'll have to check out the rest when I get a chance. Thanks for the link...makes me wonder.

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Comment #231117 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 8:29 pm

Hi, I'm back

Stepped away to watch my Raider's 4th stringers lose the game with 2 seconds on the clock. Oh well, that's why it's preseason.

twp

When is Dallas playing?
I'll check out your utube and be back.

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Comment #231100 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 6:56 pm

Laurie

Damn, I'm glad that had a happy ending.

I've got to quit complaining so much about my pain. Does she have any residual pain? I hope not, she's been through enough for a lifetime.

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Comment #231090 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 6:04 pm

Laurie

OK (drug pusher slinks back into shadows).

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Comment #231083 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 5:57 pm

Laurie

You didn't drink enough water before going to bed. I've got something that would help you, but alas, too much ocean.

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Comment #231068 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 5:33 pm

I've given up on doo doo rant, I think, as others have stated, that he is a sock puppet.

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Comment #231066 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 5:28 pm

Diacanu

Do you ever get mistaken for the Romanian/Canadian boxer, Adrian Diaconu? I'm sure it happens a lot. Last I heard, he was 24-0, with 15 KO's. (plays Rocky theme song)

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Comment #231036 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 3:04 pm

Ith wabbet theathon.

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Comment #231031 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 2:49 pm

Gwegg

I'll gwive it a twy.

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Comment #231026 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 2:44 pm

I read TGD with an Oxfordian accent, maybe that would have helped.

[edit] I read the old Testament with a Hitlerian accent, it's a riot.

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Comment #231021 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 2:38 pm

twp

She would have been in a large pot with red wine, carrots, and shallots...if it were me. Yum, Coq au Vin sounds so good, too hot here to cook it though.

[edit] I thought only guys choked the chicken.

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Comment #231010 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 2:28 pm

CFL

"...there was a tone of language that I didn't like".

Was it too strident?

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Comment #231005 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 2:23 pm

Hi 8,

He's an a g n o s t i c, get it right will ya?

[edit] Hey twp, being henpecked, are you?

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Comment #231003 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 2:21 pm

OK, I was trying to be nice for a change. It was a waste of time obviously, if he can't get past the name-calling and make some legitimate arguments, what's the use.

So, Durant, specifics about what Richard has said that you disagree with so vehemently?

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Comment #230942 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 12:53 pm

Ishruul

I don't agree. By the end of the 1st grade, I decided being a catholic was stupid, but I wasn't ready to give up the belief in god (scarey when you're 7, with hell and all). So I looked up agnostic in the dictionary and labeled myself such. Soon after I was a full blown atheist, but wouldn't tell anyone.

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Comment #230932 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 12:44 pm

JMac

I've worked with some adult diaper crappers who, if they figured out how to use the crapper, it would have been quite an achievement. Although I don't think Durant is that mentally challenged, so he doesn't have an excuse.

His problem appears to be one of, "I can claim Dawkins is a charlatan, without knowing anything about science". This is just plain idiocy.

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Comment #230917 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 12:32 pm

Hey, let's not bash agnostics too much. I was one when I was 6 or 7. I just weighed the crap the church was tossing at me and what I was learning on my own, and eventually I realized that there was absolutely no proof of any supernatural being. I can't hold it against someone else if it takes them a little longer than it did me. I just would not dismiss someone like Richard, without at least reading most of his writings, and obviously Durant has not.

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Comment #230903 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 12:18 pm

Durant

So you're an agnostic. There are some rational thinkers that are agnostic too, even Prof. Dawkins says that he can't be 100% sure there is no god, just 99.99% sure.

What I don't understand, is your unwarranted attack on him. What's the purpose? Is science too difficult for you? Are you afraid science will remove your doubts?

I would think an agnostic would turn to science for at least some of the answers. Since Richard is one of the world's leading scientists, I would not dismiss him out of hand, unless I had some "issues".

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Comment #230866 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 11:16 am

Do Rant

Forget it, don't rant.

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Comment #230864 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 11:13 am

Durant

OK, now that you've got that out of your sysetem, any proof of a god? And don't quote from make-believe holy books.

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Comment #230827 by mordacious1 on August 15, 2008 at 8:24 am

mmmmm doughnuts

I'm off to the bakery, thanks Bonzai.

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Comment #230584 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 10:58 pm

isthatyourrear

"the ones with faith in God"

Don't you mean, the ones with faith in gods?

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Comment #230576 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 10:39 pm

(collects winnings on bet)

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Comment #230564 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 10:16 pm

Dog for sale:

Will eat anything.

Loves children.

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Comment #230558 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 9:47 pm

Let's all give irate the clap.

[edit] clap clap clap

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Comment #230553 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 9:10 pm

49% Yes 51% No

More than one computer? Vote twice.

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Comment #230531 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 8:05 pm

I drink, therefore I M.

I drink, therefore I P.

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Comment #230528 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 7:56 pm

Laurie

They do want to suck up to the teacher a bit.

I wonder if more women than men believe in this crap. I hate it when I say it's BS and they reply that I have a closed mind. Nooooo, I HAVE a mind, that is the difference.

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Comment #230513 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 7:25 pm

DanDare

Yes, agreed, still a lot of this knuckle-headed nonsense out there. The question is, is there more today than previously. I knew people of my grandparents age (born in late 19th Century) who actually believed that four leaf clovers, rabbits feet, lucky dollars, etc., actually worked. Of course, there are athletes that have their lucky socks, or whatever.

I don't know the answer, seems to be more skeptics today. That's just anecdotal of course. People laugh at people who go to psychics, though many still believe. I'm optomistic that we are seeing less of this nonsense. Any studies been done?

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Comment #230490 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 6:08 pm

Well, he didn't stick around. Either he took off with his tail between his legs, or he's on some xian website getting more substitute-for-thinking info.

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Comment #230466 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 5:35 pm

Laurie

We've been down this road with Fanusi before. I've pointed out to him that xians have learned to be subtle about their destructive desires, eg. using a front-man or -country, islam hasn't matured there yet. That makes islam the easy target. I think both, or all of the big 3, are dangerous.

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Comment #230458 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 5:25 pm

"Dawkins ignores the historical complexities involved in the relationship between science and religion..."

Nothing complex about it. Science looks at religion and decides it's BS, based on facts, religion cannot prove otherwise. It cannot be more simple.

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Comment #230446 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 5:13 pm

Like I said on the other thread, he may be a hack, but as long as he's hacking in the right direction, good for him.

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Comment #230438 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 5:07 pm

Durant

I was hoping you'd stick around for some serious discussion of your points instead of throwing out some accusations and taking off.

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Comment #230437 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 5:05 pm

8

I posted on the new Hari article that he's the UK's best journalist, just to tweak her beard. No response yet.

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Comment #230433 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 5:00 pm

decius

I was thinking the same thing, that's why I didn't fling irate's word at him. I want to see how things develop first.

Hi 8, Laurie

Laurie, sorry I went to bed too early last night when the "lady" started posting.

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Comment #230420 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 4:33 pm

Hey, troll alert on Enemies of Reason thread. The guy is a wank.

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Comment #230418 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 4:31 pm

Durant

Stick around for a few minutes this time.

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Comment #230417 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 4:28 pm

Vaal

All I can say, is thank dog for the Euro. When I would go to Italy in the '70's, their money would increase in size with value. You get a stack of L100,000 notes and your wallet wouldn't hold them.

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Comment #230413 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 4:24 pm

SecondSoprano

I'm not sure where Newdow's case stands right now. The case you're referring to had to be dismissed by the judge because the 9th Circuit had already ruled in a similar case. I don't know if he's argued his appeal before the 9th Circuit yet, but I've heard him say that he will go to the U.S. Supreme Court, where he will lose because of a similar ruling by them. I think he's hoping for a 5-4 decision, which would allow a case to be heard in the future.

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Comment #230381 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 3:38 pm

Michael Newdow lives in Sacramento nearby. He is usually (on talk shows, letters to ed., etc.) referred to as: That moron, the idiot who..., stupiest man on the planet, etc. This is from people who couldn't even get a GED. The guy is a lawyer and an MD, sounds stupid to me. He can be "strident", but hey, he takes his atheism seriously, as do we all.

[edit] and how many of those commenters have the ability to argue a case, personally, before the U.S. Supreme Court?

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Comment #230376 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 3:31 pm

How about: "We trusted god, and look what happened to our currency".

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Comment #230353 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 3:04 pm

Where do these guys come from (Durant)? Just stop by to make a stupid comment, then on their way? Or is it the same guy with different names?

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Comment #230296 by mordacious1 on August 14, 2008 at 2:18 pm

"Yet, today, society appears to be retreating from reason."

Are there not more atheists now than ever before? Are we truly retreating, or does it just seem that way?

[edit] I know my parents were alot more superstitious than I am (if I am), and my grandparents were more superstitious than my parents. I want to be optimistic about this.