201. 'Delusion' Revisits Faith Vs. Reason Debate

Comment #64241 by dlitt on August 18, 2007 at 10:12 pm

The number one threat to America's ability to remain a world leader in science and technology is the attempt of the religious right to 'dumb-down' society with ancient superstition.

"Dark Ages in mirror are closer than they appear" - Scientific American.

Heresy leads progress. If it weren't for the heretics of the Dark Ages we'd all still be living a nightmare. Countries with low rates of religiosity will lead the way in technology and medicine. The rest will wallow in rapture-ready anticipation of a non-existent afterlife and become humanity's tragic joke. We are born at the right time - the past sucked, and the future looks (at best), threatening.

202. The Out Campaign: Interview with Josh Timonen

Comment #64198 by dlitt on August 18, 2007 at 3:21 pm

My next shirt - Religion: Succour for the Sucker!"

203. The Out Campaign: Interview with Josh Timonen

Comment #64197 by dlitt on August 18, 2007 at 3:18 pm

I wear two different 'message-shirts' on occasion and am aslo supprised at the lack of negative feedback I get. On the contrary - those who take the time out to read them, either break out laughing (the result of wearing my most provacative shirt), or just crack a smile. I haven't been verbally chastized yet. (maybe because I'm 6'4" and 330 lbs).

The first shirt - "Why be 'born again' - when you can just grow up?"

The second and most provacative - "If Jesus returns... Kill Him again!"

On the latter, I did have one fellow say, "I fear for you."

204. New age therapies cause 'retreat from reason'

Comment #64187 by dlitt on August 18, 2007 at 1:21 pm

He appears bemused as she intones: "Smile your very best smile, swallow the smile with some saliva into the heart and let the heart smile back at you… and the golden glow that comes from the heart, comes from a golden flower and use the gold light from the centre of the flower like a sunbeam and beam it on to those petals and wake them up…"

205. Interview with Richard Dawkins

Comment #63937 by dlitt on August 16, 2007 at 10:11 pm

I think darwin2 is just yanking our chains - 246 posts and counting...

206. 'Delusion' Revisits Faith Vs. Reason Debate

Comment #62994 by dlitt on August 12, 2007 at 7:52 pm

Looks like the Korean translation came a bit too late for those rather naive Korean evangelical missionaries off to do "God's work" in Afganistan.

207. 'Delusion' Revisits Faith Vs. Reason Debate

Comment #62991 by dlitt on August 12, 2007 at 7:43 pm

....that the book is marred by rhetoric and a superficial understanding of religion.

208. Unreasonably superstitious

Comment #62843 by dlitt on August 11, 2007 at 8:00 pm

We need programs like "The Enemies of Reason." I'm still waiting for "The Root of All Evil?" to be aired in North America on 'prime time' TV.

209. The Out Campaign

Comment #59854 by dlitt on July 30, 2007 at 10:20 pm

I was in my Doctor's office one day spouting my "no-god" diatribe to several others in his waiting room. It wasn't until compairing Santa Claus that my audience shouted "blasphemy!"

Canada - "One Nation under Santa."

210. Come Out!

Comment #59612 by dlitt on July 29, 2007 at 11:43 pm

Comment #59518 by heathen2 on July 29, 2007 at 10:20 am
I saw a guy wearing a t-shirt yesterday that said something like "Can you get a better deal than this?" then Jesus in big letters below it. It was annoying to see this broadcasted and I felt myself wishing I had an atheist t-shirt to proclaim my own views at the time.

211. God Hates the World

Comment #51984 by dlitt on June 25, 2007 at 7:32 pm

Westboro Baptist Church

212. Supreme Court nixes suit over faith-based plan

Comment #51983 by dlitt on June 25, 2007 at 7:25 pm

With the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, President Bush says he wants to level the playing field. Religious charities and secular charities should compete for government money on an equal footing.

213. God Hates the World

Comment #51962 by dlitt on June 25, 2007 at 5:08 pm

This kind of extremism results from fundies feeling threatened by all those people that don't heed their message. Like a hyena being backed into a corner - it won't laugh.
It's these nut-bars that want their 'end of the world' prophesy to come true.

214. 'Purity' ring case in High Court

Comment #51404 by dlitt on June 22, 2007 at 4:54 pm

Here in Canada, boys can wear daggers to school as long as they call it a Kirpan.

215. Brazil's Indians Offended by Pope Comments

Comment #42853 by dlitt on May 20, 2007 at 1:59 am

Tecumseh (1768-1813)

"How can we have confidence in the white people? When Jesus Christ came upon the earth, you killed him, the son of your own god, you nailed him up! You thought he was dead, but you were mistaken. And only after you thought you killed him did you worship him, and start killing those who would not worship him. What kind of people is this for us to trust?"

216. The Paradoxical Hatred of Christopher Hitchens

Comment #42850 by dlitt on May 20, 2007 at 1:33 am

...they believe the Bible teaches we are all doomed unless we have saving faith in Jesus Christ, who died for our sins.

"What after all is the cross of Jesus Christ? It is nothing but the sum total of the sadomasochistic glorification of pain. Christianity has not failed the ideals of it's founder: Christ has failed. Corrupt in its very essence, the gospel of Christ alone has persecuted Jews, defamed the female and supressed sexuality."

217. Hubble Finds Ring of Dark Matter

Comment #42831 by dlitt on May 20, 2007 at 12:16 am

From this perspective, the dark-matter structure looks like a ring.

218. Freethinking Ruins All Things

Comment #42829 by dlitt on May 19, 2007 at 11:49 pm

The atheists and freethinkers say they want openmindedness, but their minds are plainly shut off to the fountains of wisdom of thousands of years...[ramble ramble...]

219. Jerry Falwell's Hit Parade

Comment #42411 by dlitt on May 18, 2007 at 7:05 am

Woops... got that blockquote thingy wrong.

220. Jerry Falwell's Hit Parade

Comment #42409 by dlitt on May 18, 2007 at 7:03 am

Aurelius corrected me...

blockquote<...but I think dlitt's 90% for atheism is a misrepresentation of at least those figures from Wikipedia.>/blockquote

I should have said 80%

http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html

221. Jerry Falwell's Hit Parade

Comment #42160 by dlitt on May 17, 2007 at 6:11 pm

In response to Bizarro:
Atheism isn't a religion - look it up.
Atheists wouldn't (maybe metaphorically) wish he burn somewhere that doesn't exist.
We are glad he's dead. He can no longer spout hate.
He can no longer be another gear[box] in the workings of American irrational God nonsense.

I see you wrote "... intellectually fulfilled Christian" under your interests. Oxymoron?

If your so worried about an atheistic America - take a look at Sweden, or Finland, or Denmark - where Atheism aproaches 90%. Violent countries? Hardly. Look inward at the U.S. Violent? You bet! Compare statistics of teenage pregnancies, STDs, abortions - everything you profess to abhore. You think maybe a nation full of superstitious, deluded, rapture seeking lunatics might be a bad thing? Maybe you should read the bible - it's the most potent force for atheism ever written.

222. Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73

Comment #41338 by dlitt on May 16, 2007 at 12:20 am

I've noticed that contributors to this site have a high rate of articulate, well written posts (although I did like the "Good Riddance, Asshole" comment... most appropriate). In contrast - when visiting religious sites and reading posts from their contributors - I'm constantly running into serious spelling errors, bad grammer and the diatribe of morons. Hmmm?

223. Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73

Comment #41248 by dlitt on May 15, 2007 at 5:16 pm

...and spoke out on stem cell research, saying he sympathized with people with medical problems, but that any medical research must pass a three-part test: "Is it ethically correct? Is it biblically correct? Is it morally correct?"

Dark Ages in mirror are closer than they appear. -Scientific American

224. Richard Dawkins on Canada AM

Comment #38375 by dlitt on May 7, 2007 at 11:11 pm

Works fine on a 7 year old Mac :-)

225. Just 120 Trillion Miles From Home

Comment #36269 by dlitt on April 30, 2007 at 5:39 pm

Sounds a bit difficult, but at the current rate of the 'impossible' becoming achievable - as the last few hundred years can attest - it may very well happen. Only one drawback. The fundaMENTALists will decree that only God can attain such speed and all funding will cease.

226. Hey Mom, I'm an Atheist

Comment #31281 by dlitt on April 11, 2007 at 9:51 pm

"That's what Christmas is about - Jesus Christ!" Almost like she said his name in vain. Replace "Jesus Christ" with "F%&@" and it would sound similar.
This is really funny - in a tragic way.

227. Blasphemy Challenge on FOX

Comment #24311 by dlitt on March 5, 2007 at 9:34 pm

I went to johnkasich.com and sent him this note:

"I saw your rant against Brian Flemming and his "Blasphemy Challenge." These teenagers you speak of are all capable of thinking critically about their beliefs and taking the Blasphemy Challenge. They know that God doesn't exist, so they're just having some fun. Yes, it has shock value - but only to the masses of deluded believers. Steven Weinberg, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin, said recently, "The world needs to wake up from its long nightmare of religious belief." These kids are just waking up, and someday will immunize their own children against the 'mind virus' of religious faith. In order to move humanity into the distant future, we need to shake the nonsense that has plagued us for thousands of years."