151. Catholic priests cane YouTube over blasphemous vids

Comment #259259 by aquilacane on October 3, 2008 at 7:37 am

Comment #4 by Anthony Michael Hall:

"Who's with me for flushing priests down the toilet?"

If you have a big enough bowl, I'm in.

152. Artist Builds Temple of Science

Comment #257988 by aquilacane on October 1, 2008 at 10:12 am

As an artist I would just like to say, damn artists! Art is a stimulus, nothing more. Any artist who needs to explain their art should be a writer. Art in and of itself is a statement. You don't ask a public speaker to clarify what they've just said unless it was a bad speech. Same goes for art, if the intent of the art is not inherent in the art, thus requiring and explanation from the artist, it is a failure.

As for the artist having a right to speak on science, I think he does, as does everyone. Many scientific endevours have been triggered by the ideas of artists and writers, their input is vital, I just don't consider them as an authority.

I would even argue that some artistic minds could be better adapted to visually realizing many complex scientific theories in actuality instead of just theory.

With regards to this guy, I think his idea is stupid only because I think all irrational symbolic worship is stupid. That's half of the the illness of religion, it has no place in science.

Change it from a temple to an education centre, and make the quest for facts its only goal, and I'll say OK.

153. Texas university scientists criticize attempts to water down evolution instruction in public school science classes

Comment #257901 by aquilacane on October 1, 2008 at 8:30 am

Flock of freakin' Cacklers!

154. Texas university scientists criticize attempts to water down evolution instruction in public school science classes

Comment #257900 by aquilacane on October 1, 2008 at 8:29 am

Root2,
You can call Them Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii) we're not fond of those in Canada.

155. Texas university scientists criticize attempts to water down evolution instruction in public school science classes

Comment #257886 by aquilacane on October 1, 2008 at 8:16 am

There were no Pagans, Sumerians, or any other cultures, all biblical stories and Christian rituals are purely unique, delivered from god!

156. Texas university scientists criticize attempts to water down evolution instruction in public school science classes

Comment #257880 by aquilacane on October 1, 2008 at 8:11 am

I wonder what he'll do to history class to make the bible right

157. Texas university scientists criticize attempts to water down evolution instruction in public school science classes

Comment #257879 by aquilacane on October 1, 2008 at 8:10 am

"I look at evolution as still a hypothesis with weaknesses."

Well good for you. And you are an authority on this topic how?

158. An idea ready for takeoff

Comment #256601 by aquilacane on September 29, 2008 at 9:16 am

I think if people get the idea in their head that you need to be dumb to believe in god they will, at least, behave as though they don't believe. Children never want to feel stupid, and religious adults are still children.

159. An idea ready for takeoff

Comment #256594 by aquilacane on September 29, 2008 at 9:14 am

If we make the word meme a meme then it will be forever linked to Dawkins which, in turn, links it to atheism

160. An idea ready for takeoff

Comment #256591 by aquilacane on September 29, 2008 at 9:09 am

Faith requires ignorance

161. Hail, ceaseless complexity: Review of 'Reinventing the Sacred'

Comment #256542 by aquilacane on September 29, 2008 at 8:17 am

symbolically sacred

Symbolically sacred objects are those irrelevantly important things ignorant people worship because they are told

162. Without God

Comment #253363 by aquilacane on September 24, 2008 at 11:16 am

Quite correct Don

I know I have changed mentally (head injuries, drugs, trauma, knowledge) I am not the same person I was, though I remember him. I miss him, too.

163. Without God

Comment #253355 by aquilacane on September 24, 2008 at 10:58 am

I am terrified of death. It freezes me sometimes. So what? Tough shit, that's life. if I were in prison, I would be terrified of being ass raped, that doesn't mean I'll convince myself to want it.

164. Without God

Comment #253352 by aquilacane on September 24, 2008 at 10:55 am

Cicero offered comfort in De Senectuteby arguing that it was silly to fear death. After more than two thousand years his words still have not the slightest power to console us.


So god is only right because it makes those of us ignorant enough to believe it feel better.

I guess there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow then

165. 'All Terrorists are Darwinists': An Interview with Harun Yahya

Comment #253180 by aquilacane on September 24, 2008 at 7:14 am

Darwinism enjoys official protection all over the world. No other ideology, no other idea, has ever been so shielded.

This is why I hate the word Darwin. The religious, and most atheists I know have made him a symbol. Well, friends, this is the shit symbol worship gets you. He's dead, move on.

166. It's Time for Science and Reason

Comment #252578 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 11:24 am

Note:
I did not mean to say that the Golden Rule (religious) isn't also supported by non religious people. It's a good rule, most of us just assume it's a given past the age of 4. Kind of like saying if you put your hand in fire it will burn, or if you kick a dog it could bite. Very basic simple stuff here.

167. It's Time for Science and Reason

Comment #252572 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 11:16 am

Another example for you Sciros:

The Golden Rule vs. The Golden Rule.

As an artist, when someone mentions the Golden Rule I think of the artistic concept of Golden Rule (also called the Golden Ratio), which is a mathematical algorithm for calculating the perfect ratio (something like 1.6180339887).

I don't think of the commonly accepted Golden Rule of religites, which is a warning against kicking people in the balls because they will kick you in the balls.

So, if an artist wanted to write a pro rational book about the beauty of nature not needing god, but decided to call the book "The Golden Rule is natural" he or she would be a fuckwit

168. It's Time for Science and Reason

Comment #252561 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 11:01 am

If you want people to join you at your level, you can't ask them to climb up, you need to go down and get them.

169. Look Who's Irrational Now

Comment #252553 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 10:18 am

"...a 1980 study published in the magazine Skeptical Inquirer that showed irreligious college students to be by far the most likely to embrace paranormal beliefs, while born-again Christian college students were the least likely."

Translation:
People who do not believe in our line of bullshit are more likely to believe in other forms of bullshit.

or

People who don't wear shoes are more likely to wear sandals than our particular brand of sneakers.

or

People are inclined to form opinions about shit they don't know. Those who haven't bought our ready to wear shit, are more likely to own another type of shit.

170. It's Time for Science and Reason

Comment #252550 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 10:04 am

I can sell shit to manure farm with the right words. None of them would be shit or manure.

171. It's Time for Science and Reason

Comment #252549 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 10:02 am

If you don't speak your audiences language, you may as well close your mouth. Science does this all the time. Using their terms to talk to people who don't know their definitions.

selfish gene
theory of evolution

bad language all around for the audience. It's setting yourself up to fail. Fact of Evolution is all that should be said, or better yet, just evolution. Drop the word theory, it's stupid.

172. Saudi OKs Killing 'Immoral' TV Execs

Comment #252542 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 9:46 am

"What does the owner of these networks think, when he provides seduction, obscenity and vulgarity?"

The owner of the network probably thinks he is entitled to an opinion, and that others are mature enough to listen to it and judge it for what it is.

Certainly nothing as completely immoral and unethical as murder, I can assure you. Only someone so "holy" devoid of any human quality would think of that first, about these programs.

Thought control is just a declaration that you consider all of the people you are trying to control as inept twits. Religion is an insult to everything we strive to be, or are by way of nature.

173. Pope condemns 'pagan' love of money, power

Comment #252534 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 9:33 am

He should give Ted Turner a real good talking to

174. Jewish 'ultras' defend morals with menace

Comment #252524 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 9:12 am

I've often thought about being a teacher. I would like to reward the children who manage to do their work in such a way as to give me answers I did not expect, but still manage to complete the exercise. However, my temper would fail me.

175. Jewish 'ultras' defend morals with menace

Comment #252521 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 9:08 am

religion is a template for ignorant obedience. Ignorant I can handle, obedience I detest.

176. Jewish 'ultras' defend morals with menace

Comment #252520 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 9:06 am

It makes me puke

177. Jewish 'ultras' defend morals with menace

Comment #252512 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 8:44 am

The ultras in Montreal were terrible. They refused to deal with female police, and wouldn't even acknowledge my girlfriend when she asked a man a question once. Plus they paid the YMCA to cover their windows so they wouldn't be tempted to display their lack of bodily control. (you know how they can be when they see a bit of thigh).

Everyday I walked down the street I would have to physically throw dozens of frickin' children's toys out of my way because they just leave the shit all over the place like it's their personal neighbourhood for them only. I got in a confrontation with one guy who told me not to treat other people's property that way, so I let him have it.

This is a sidewalk, not a parking lot. There are other people in this neighbourhood besides you. If you don't like me moving your junk out of my way, show some respect for the community and move your damn self.

After that, I wouldn't acknowledge their presence. Ask me a question, I don't hear, see, or smell you... like nothing happened. Life was easier. I just walked on.

P.S. after the YMCA fiasco about a dozen women in bathing suits went in front of their temple and sun tanned in bikinis all day long, in winter!

178. Jewish 'ultras' defend morals with menace

Comment #252510 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 8:32 am

To quote Cindy Lauper:

I see your true colours shinning through,
I see your true colours, and that's why I dont' respect you

179. Ancient underwater reef found in SA's Flinders Ranges

Comment #252508 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 8:23 am

My goodness is god ever persistent in convincing us that the world is older than 6000 years. I don't know what he's up to, but anyone with a literal understanding of the bible and a brain "holy" abandoned to faith knows the reef formed in 1000 AD, I mean come on, it's in the bible! All the evidence in the world can't deny the words of bronze age man.

180. Why albino monks won't conduct stem cell research

Comment #252505 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 8:13 am

religion is the damnation of the mind

181. Why albino monks won't conduct stem cell research

Comment #252504 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 8:11 am

"starting to encroach into spiritual territory"

Ha ha, your last bastion of hope is failing you. The unknown is being revealed, and you don't like it. There is no spiritual territory, only cause and effect

182. Why albino monks won't conduct stem cell research

Comment #252502 by aquilacane on September 23, 2008 at 8:09 am

I didn't think christers had a problem with the cell, I thought it was mode of harvest that bothered them. Isn't there another way to harvest without "killing innocent babies". I heard about a gentleman who used his own skin. Surely that can't be an issue with the delusional... oh, that's right.

183. It's Time for Science and Reason

Comment #251879 by aquilacane on September 22, 2008 at 9:19 am

This won't work one bit. Wrong audience. The audience you are trying to convince only respond to being told what to do. No one in that video came across as an authority, no one was commanding, no one told anyone exactly what to do. This is good, because that behaviour is below us (outside of the advertising world), it just won't work.

The big problem is that people who are not capable of freethought don't think freely. I hate yelling and telling people what to think, but if you want to start to turn people to freethinking, you need short, two to five word catch phrases that command the behaviour first.

Think before they speak

Perhaps if they pretend to think freely because they think they're meant to, they may actually begin to. Sounds really dirty, but it's true.

184. Look Who's Irrational Now

Comment #251864 by aquilacane on September 22, 2008 at 8:34 am

I believe in an impersonal force, too; actually, a few of them. I see it in action all the time. Magnets, gravity, combustion, light... and so on. Hardly think that counts for much, or makes me superstitious

185. Look Who's Irrational Now

Comment #251727 by aquilacane on September 22, 2008 at 1:58 am

I have never met an atheist with a personal god

186. Look Who's Irrational Now

Comment #251726 by aquilacane on September 22, 2008 at 1:56 am

"a comprehensive new study released by Baylor University yesterday, shows that traditional Christian religion greatly decreases belief in everything from the efficacy of palm readers to the usefulness of astrology."

a comprehensive new study released by Baylor University yesterday, shows that traditional Unicorn religion greatly decreases belief in everything from the efficacy of fairy dust to the usefulness of rainbows.

187. Turkey bans biologist Richard Dawkins' website

Comment #249626 by aquilacane on September 18, 2008 at 11:23 am

My letter to the embassy:

Dear authoritarian follower,

I understand Turkey has banned Professor Dawkins website, richarddawkins.net. It is unfortunate your country is not mature enough to hear other peoples opinions, especially when there are proven, scientifically irrefutable facts involved. It must be difficult to have to think for yourselves. I sympathize, only just last week I was asked to pick a number between 1 and 10; I had no idea what to do. If only I had the support of a government like yours to tell me everything I should think. Congratulations on dragging your country back into the stone age. On the bright side, this may help keep Theocracies from the European Union.

Have a nice backslide,

xxx

188. Turkey bans biologist Richard Dawkins' website

Comment #249614 by aquilacane on September 18, 2008 at 11:02 am

News Flash!
Aquilacane bans Turkey

189. God, Evolution and Charles Darwin

Comment #249609 by aquilacane on September 18, 2008 at 10:57 am

He admits he can't disprove god, but he shouldn't have to. He can't disprove The Mighty Glambrenog either, or FSM for that matter. Meaningless.

190. God, Evolution and Charles Darwin

Comment #249606 by aquilacane on September 18, 2008 at 10:53 am

To be a christer one must be a christer, being too afraid or too ignorant not to be a christer doesn't count

191. God, Evolution and Charles Darwin

Comment #249604 by aquilacane on September 18, 2008 at 10:50 am

Can I not be a non theistic religious person, living with all my doubts without either the church saying bugger off, or others more certain in their atheism saying ' you can't be a christian and not believe in x y and z. My response is why not? We are free arn't we?

That would be like me saying I am a rugby player I just don't make physical contact or believe in touching the ball.

192. God, Evolution and Charles Darwin

Comment #249593 by aquilacane on September 18, 2008 at 10:36 am

I don't know if Darwin was a clear thinker, or just unable to lie to himself. He merely accepted what he saw, instead of try to make it fit a preconceived notion.

193. God, Evolution and Charles Darwin

Comment #249591 by aquilacane on September 18, 2008 at 10:33 am

"In the other trench lie the militant Godless... Darwin is their icon and they frantically genuflect before his image"

This is true and false. I have long said who cares about Darwin. He was not needed to discover evolutions secrets. There were many others well on their way to revealing this fact. Darwin was just first, and by mistake. He was never going to go on the Beagle in the first place.

Evolution is important, not Darwin. I don't worship idols, especially dead ones.

194. Letter from Sir Richard Roberts asking Reiss to step down

Comment #248410 by aquilacane on September 16, 2008 at 7:11 am

Daivd A Robertson wrote

"Only the most ignorant and fearful fundamentalists, who hold to their dogma on an emotional and "I am right and anyone who disagrees with me must be an idiot' basis, would insist that only their perspective should even be allowed to be mentioned."

The thing about science is that it is not emotional Mr. Robertson, it is quite the opposite. Emotion is the unfortunate catalyst that causes scientifically unsupported opinions like creationism to be thrust into science class where it doesn't belong. Science isn't just about differing opinion, it's about providing the evidence to support that opinion and making it available to the scientific community so that they may throw it at the wall and see if it sticks.

Unfortunately, for creationism, there is nothing to throw at the wall. There is no science. There is nothing to validate or deny. Creationism should not be in science class, not because scientists are fundamentalist religious hating bigots, but because there is nothing of a scientific nature to teach or learn.

How is a child meant to refute or support a scientific hypothesis that has no apparatus in place to help the child formulate a scientific observation?

Opinions without scientific support are fine, but they belong in a class where opining is the rule, not testing. You can't teach creationism with science, there isn't any.

If you are aware of a scientific shred of evidence, or a procedure for which evidence will be realized, I would take your argument to the scientific community for examination. Should it hold water, and it is felt that there is evidence to support creationism, then it must be studdied by the scientific community so that we can better understand what it is we are teaching the children.

But that will never happen, because people who wish to push there selfish agenda without evidence, scientific or otherwise, don't have the moral or ethical ability to play by the rules. Creationism can't follow the rules because there is nothing in it but a desperate pipe dream. Unless real scientific evidence is produced, that's all it will ever be.

Fairy tales don't belong in reality

195. YouTube Removes Viral Video on Palin's Churches For Inappropriate Content

Comment #248366 by aquilacane on September 16, 2008 at 5:43 am

If this world has nothing for her, as the song says, why does she want to be VP so bad. It shouldn't matter what happens here on earth, if it means nothing. The only good reason for someone like her (death cult member) to be in office is to accelerate the end. That is the only logical excuse for a person who believes her life will be blessed after the end of the world.

196. Pope condemns 'pagan' love of money, power

Comment #247942 by aquilacane on September 15, 2008 at 10:02 am

Ooh Ooh,
crap, another edit. I should think longer.

here is the scond verse in its entirety.

Every real christian knows women are second class,
every real christian owns a slave.

Every real christian hates skin that's black,
and real christian put homos in their grave.

Oh, every real christian wouldn't be a real christian,
if there wasn't someone they hated they could save...

So, take out your good book and circle the brutalities.
That's where the real truth lies.

197. Pope condemns 'pagan' love of money, power

Comment #247937 by aquilacane on September 15, 2008 at 9:57 am

Ooh,

sorry, minor edit.

...

Every real christian hates skin that's black,
and real christian put homos in their grave.

Oh, every real christian wouldn't be a real christian,
if there wasn't someone they hated they could save...

oh yeah that's gold. And not heaven gold.

198. Pope condemns 'pagan' love of money, power

Comment #247935 by aquilacane on September 15, 2008 at 9:55 am

Every real christian knows women are second class,
every real christian owns a slave.

Every real christian hates skin that's black,
and real christian put homos in their grave.

Oh, every real christian wouldn't be a real christian,
if other religions weren't as real too...

So, take out your good book and circle the similarities.
That's where all the real truth lies.


I changed plain truth to real truth. I like it better

199. Pope condemns 'pagan' love of money, power

Comment #247930 by aquilacane on September 15, 2008 at 9:48 am

I think the urinals are lined with tungsten. Angels piss so hard their urine can actually melt and break a traditional toilet

200. Pope condemns 'pagan' love of money, power

Comment #247927 by aquilacane on September 15, 2008 at 9:45 am

Gold has no value in Heaven, they just like the colour