Comments by Quetzalcoatl

2001. Manitoba dig uncovers 80-million-year-old sea creature

Comment #238738 by Quetzalcoatl on August 28, 2008 at 2:20 pm

Very cool.

2002. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238728 by Quetzalcoatl on August 28, 2008 at 2:08 pm

Evening all.

2003. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238507 by Quetzalcoatl on August 28, 2008 at 9:29 am

al-rawandi-

Taha was executed as an apostate.

Somehow I'm not surprised.

2004. It's no wonder evangelical atheists need to shout so loud

Comment #238493 by Quetzalcoatl on August 28, 2008 at 8:40 am

Hovind was sentenced to ten years, he won't be getting out for a while yet. Bad news is, apparently his son has simply picked up where he left off.

2005. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238490 by Quetzalcoatl on August 28, 2008 at 8:33 am

thewhitepearl-

If I had a webcam that recorded sound, I'd be tempted to try it.

Al-Rawandi-

Over how many years did the four periods take place?

2006. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238478 by Quetzalcoatl on August 28, 2008 at 8:16 am

thewhitepearl-

Oh yeah, it was a real revelation. Not.

You could make up any kind of bullshit, upload it onto Youtube, and someone would believe it.

2007. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238466 by Quetzalcoatl on August 28, 2008 at 7:43 am

thewhitepearl-

I think you'll find this one of personal interest.

Wow, I don't know what to say. She has just taught me so much. It all makes sense.

2008. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238448 by Quetzalcoatl on August 28, 2008 at 7:14 am

12 steps to god energy-bah!

Alcoholics Anonymous also has a twelve-step program. Coincidence? I think not!

Morning, twp.

2009. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238444 by Quetzalcoatl on August 28, 2008 at 7:09 am

Who would like to learn about Galactic Activation Portal Days? This woman can teach you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoOWgi-it1M&feature=related

2010. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238430 by Quetzalcoatl on August 28, 2008 at 6:37 am

Problem solved!

2011. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238427 by Quetzalcoatl on August 28, 2008 at 6:30 am

Al-rawandi-

I don't know. Wooter probably gibbers a lot and flings his own crap around. Lot of cleaning work involved there.

2012. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238423 by Quetzalcoatl on August 28, 2008 at 6:15 am

al-rawandi-

So granted, I certainly wasn't going to hire R. Morgan.

Doesn't every court need a token theist, in the interests of diversity and having someone to throw rotten food at? :)

2013. Atheism could be science's contribution to religion

Comment #238413 by Quetzalcoatl on August 28, 2008 at 5:54 am

Coldfusionlazarus-

Does anyone else admire a spiritual person?

You can admire a person who is spiritual, but not necessarily admire them for being spiritual. It all depends on what that spirituality entails.

2014. It's no wonder evangelical atheists need to shout so loud

Comment #238329 by Quetzalcoatl on August 28, 2008 at 2:17 am

Blakjak's "Captain's message" is very good, but I don't think there's a problem with Diacanu's language.

2015. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238118 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 3:27 pm

Goldy

She will look at me, shake her head and call me "Stupid". She actually wants a T shirt with the arrow above "I'm with Stupid" on it :-)

Seems reasonable. :)

And on that note, I'm off for the night- sleep beckons. Night all.

2016. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238109 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 3:20 pm

thewhitepearl-

I take my job seriously sir. I won't be too drunk to smite, although you might have to carry me around.

Sounds fair. How would you like to be carried?

2017. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238104 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 3:14 pm

Kaiserkriss-

Hey Quetz, even you indulge occasionally, if memory serves me correctly, but I suspect your booze was probably mixed in with blood??? (snicker)

Look, whatever you heard is a lie, okay? Don't make me come over there and smite you. -Glowers threateningly-

Goldy-

For shame. What will your Chinese wife say?

2018. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238089 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 3:04 pm

Hmm. This seems to be turning into a drinks discussion thread.

twp-

don't get so drunk that you can't smite any more.

2019. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238066 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 2:42 pm

Diacanu-

*Gets the invisible treatment*

Ah, I see, I'm persona not grata.

Would've been nice if I'd gotten the memo.

Who said that? :)

Good morning, Goldy.

2020. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238038 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 2:19 pm

thewhitepearl-

Quetz,

I say we take these positions. It works to our advantage. We can still run around smiting people, course we can do it under the unfluence-much more amusing.

You bring the tail and mighty god powers, I'll bring the absinthe.

Sounds like a good time- I agree!

2021. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238013 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 1:58 pm

thewhitepearl-

We don't need to be in his court. We're better than that. The three of us can just roam around the land smiting people. It'll be a laugh.

2022. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238008 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 1:52 pm

Qomak-

You can comment as much as you want. Just don't assume all your comments will be reasonable.

Never do! :)

Al-Rawandi-

You've left me out of your little court!

2023. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #237823 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 8:20 am

Qomak-

Here's a "real-world" example for you. On another site I'm just beginning a discussion with a Christian that revolves around first-cause arguments and the beginning of the Universe. However, I am only qualified in Accountancy, and not Astrophysics. Should I halt this debate thanks to my amateur status?

2024. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #237817 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 8:05 am

Qomak-

But other fields sound more accessible and suddenly you see various amateurs spouting ideas, conjectures, solutions, proofs and "facts" without bothering to read the professional opinions. This is the problem I am addressing.

So how much studying should an amateur like myself do before you would consider me qualified to comment on something?

2025. Richard Dawkins on Talkback Radio

Comment #237759 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 5:46 am

Laurie-

Won't matter anyway, Quetz - the Rapture will have come and gone well before then. (Which poses an interesting philosophical question: what is the point of the universe continuing if God's prime creation has ceased to be in the real world?)

So the Raptured will have something interesting to watch as the rest of humanity is bedevilled by the Devil?

2026. Richard Dawkins on Talkback Radio

Comment #237745 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 5:22 am

Tyler-

I'm going to be a nit-picker, I'm afraid. It won't cease to exist in 5 billion years time, it will expand to a red giant that will swallow up Mercury and Venus for sure and may even reach as us. But it will continue- it's just Earth that will be rendered uninhabitable.

2027. Porn pastor's wife vows to stand by him

Comment #237739 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 5:07 am

Laurie-

That would certainly get me into a church.

2028. Porn pastor's wife vows to stand by him

Comment #237736 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 5:00 am

Laurie-

I do indeed. I am surprised that that isn't used as an example of intelligent design more often by fundies. I would at least be prepared to hear them out- if they chose their examples wisely.

2029. Porn pastor's wife vows to stand by him

Comment #237732 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 4:52 am

Laurie-

Yes, I know what it means!

2030. Porn pastor's wife vows to stand by him

Comment #237724 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 4:44 am

Laurie-

We should not mention "ad hominem" around David, Quetz. You know how he gets that little frisson whenever he types it.

"Frisson"? Is that what they call it in Australia? :)

2031. Porn pastor's wife vows to stand by him

Comment #237708 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 4:20 am

Laurie-

At least our David's not into porn and fake health reports - although, come to think of it, imagine how much more he could extract from the flock if he went down that path.

If he did, it would of course be inappropriate and ad-hominem for us to comment upon it.

2032. Pastor Michael Guglielmucci spun gospel of lies

Comment #237678 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 1:40 am

NMcC-

It can still be found in the article archive, but for some reason no longer appears on the front page.

http://richarddawkins.net/article,3036,Porn-pastors-wife-vows-to-stand-by-him,News-AU

2033. Pastor Michael Guglielmucci spun gospel of lies

Comment #237670 by Quetzalcoatl on August 27, 2008 at 12:59 am

David A Robertson-

http://richarddawkins.net/articleComments,3036,Porn-pastors-wife-vows-to-stand-by-him,News-AU,page3#237600

2034. Porn pastor's wife vows to stand by him

Comment #237461 by Quetzalcoatl on August 26, 2008 at 2:02 pm

David A Robertson-

Are you seriously telling me that there wouldn't be religious people who would gloat over such examples of "atheist morality"? And it could be one of your posters who brought it up, not necessarily you.

2035. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #237459 by Quetzalcoatl on August 26, 2008 at 2:01 pm

Fanusi-

I was only looking for clarification, not suggesting that it was necessarily a bad idea.

2036. Porn pastor's wife vows to stand by him

Comment #237457 by Quetzalcoatl on August 26, 2008 at 1:59 pm

David A Robertson-

But the reason it is posted here (and the reason it is ad hominem) is that it allows and indeed encourages people to post that because a) this man is a liar therefore b) all religious people are liars It is a cheap shot and illogical. But hey who cares, as long as it means that atheists can once again feel justified in their own faith (or lack thereof) and can once again rejoice that they are not religious hypocrites. As I said, cheap and nasty and not worthy of this site.

I don't think anyone has claimed that ALL religious people are liars. B does not follow from A, so your point fails.

2037. Porn pastor's wife vows to stand by him

Comment #237453 by Quetzalcoatl on August 26, 2008 at 1:57 pm

David A Robertson-

I notice you didn't comment on the rest of thewhitepearl's post.

And I believe there are FCOS posts awaiting your approval.

2038. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #237441 by Quetzalcoatl on August 26, 2008 at 1:38 pm

Renouncing Sharia would be seen as renouncing the Koran would it not, given that that is what it is based on?

2039. Porn pastor's wife vows to stand by him

Comment #237435 by Quetzalcoatl on August 26, 2008 at 1:18 pm

JFHalsey-

Curious--if he didn't have cancer, why was he vomiting/losing hair/going to the doctor/etc? What kind of wierd, 2-year long sickness did he have, or was it all psychosomatic?

Could he have been taking something that would give him those symptoms? A heavy metal, perhaps?

2040. Porn pastor's wife vows to stand by him

Comment #237337 by Quetzalcoatl on August 26, 2008 at 11:04 am

David A Robertson-

Just a question - but why does this oasis of clear thinking and reason seem to have this tabloid like obcession with the sexual sins of hypocritical clergy? The glee, self righteousness and pompousness of this triviality is bad enough - but the thought that it is actually posted here as an argument for atheism is even sadder. I thought RD did not approve of ad hominem?

If, for instance, Christopher Hitchens committed adultery, do you not think that it would be all over the Christian sites? It would probably be brought up on FCOS as well.

The difference, however, is that this guy's lies affected thousands of people. That makes it newsworthy.

And how is it ad hominem? This is not a response to any arguments he has put forth, but merely a reporting of the facts as he himself has confessed them.

2041. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #237307 by Quetzalcoatl on August 26, 2008 at 10:35 am

I've read claims that IQ tests are biased towards certain ethnic groups, but I'm not sure how valid the claims are.

2042. The heretic

Comment #237303 by Quetzalcoatl on August 26, 2008 at 10:33 am

Sounds like a bit of a big-mouth, but he clearly had a clear-mind as well

And having a clear mind obviously makes him a clear thinker.

2043. Plan to exhume cardinal is 'homophobic'

Comment #237183 by Quetzalcoatl on August 26, 2008 at 7:03 am

Ah, the good old forward-thinking Catholic Church is hard at work again. I've always thought this particular Christian sect is practically polytheistic, with its endless veneration of Mary and the saints, and this act of grave-robbery just adds to that.

Why would you even need to move the body at all? Couldn't "pilgrims" visit the grave if they were that concerned about paying their respects? And why would anybody want to visit a hundred-year-old corpse to begin with?

2044. The rise of Miliband brings at last the prospect of an atheist prime minister

Comment #237139 by Quetzalcoatl on August 26, 2008 at 2:45 am

Philip1978-

Which comment in particular was this?

2045. The Darwin Lectures

Comment #237134 by Quetzalcoatl on August 26, 2008 at 2:19 am

Alovrin-

Which map is that?

The one that doesn't have "Here Be Dragons" written where New Zealand should be.

2046. Robot with a Biological Brain: new research provides insights into how the brain works

Comment #236942 by Quetzalcoatl on August 25, 2008 at 2:46 pm

At least her partner can stay hard.

Probably not big on cuddling afterwards, though.

2047. Robot with a Biological Brain: new research provides insights into how the brain works

Comment #236928 by Quetzalcoatl on August 25, 2008 at 2:28 pm

Wonder what Mrs.Eiffel's sex life is like.

She complains that her partner seems a little rusty.

2048. Robot with a Biological Brain: new research provides insights into how the brain works

Comment #236916 by Quetzalcoatl on August 25, 2008 at 2:22 pm

thewhitepearl-

That is by far one of the weirdest inanimate sexual object I've heard of.

Its..so..disturbing.

Check this out.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2074301/Woman-with-objects-fetish-marries-Eiffel-Tower.html

AND she lives in San Francisco!

2049. Imagine No Religion' signs to go up around town

Comment #236912 by Quetzalcoatl on August 25, 2008 at 2:18 pm

thewhitepearl-

I'm sad.

I think we should break up.

What the hell? Break up? I didn't even know we were going out! Somebody should have told me, I seem to have missed all the benefits of going out with you and skipped right to the fight at the end. Bummer.

2050. Imagine No Religion' signs to go up around town

Comment #236904 by Quetzalcoatl on August 25, 2008 at 2:10 pm

This thread has gone horribly off-topic. You should all be ashamed. I've a good mind to report you to my local MP. That'll teach you.