Comments by Diacanu

251. Why Dawkins is right and his critics are wrong

Comment #235238 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 3:35 pm

PannAndTeller-

Cuz that's my way, baby, that's my way. :)

252. Why Dawkins is right and his critics are wrong

Comment #235234 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 3:33 pm

PennAndTeller-

If Dawkins claims he only makes a case for evolution and not religion then why is his book titled "The God Delusion"?

Because the special and the book are separate fucking things.

Tricky concept, I know, but somehow the rest of us managed to navigate it.

253. Supernatural science: Why we want to believe

Comment #235220 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 3:07 pm

Serdan-

Imagine my revulsion that it's in the title of the new X-files film, and I had to see it at every fucking commercial break.

Oh, and on that note, am I the only one who hated x-Files, and was tortured through the 90's by everyone else being into it?

I'm sure it wasn't as bad as being an atheist in a bible-belt state, but MAN, were those some awful years in pop culture for me.

254. A flea we missed?

Comment #235204 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 2:32 pm

ColdFusionLazarus-

I have some appreciation that this must consume a significant chunk of your own time.

He's got plenty of it, what with having no real job or anything.

255. Why Dawkins is right and his critics are wrong

Comment #235200 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 2:27 pm

Border Collie-

So, really, in general, how can most people have any sort of visceral understanding of evolution. I don't think they can.

I took right to it at 4 years old with the old picture of the monkey progressing into a caveman.

But then, I had wilderness in my backyard, so transformations in nature were intuitive to me.

Colors of leaves, tadpoles, caterpillars, etc.

But..y'know, come on, 4 fucking years old.

Shouldn't take a fucking Einstein.

256. Supernatural science: Why we want to believe

Comment #235194 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 2:21 pm

Huzzah! :D

257. Why Dawkins is right and his critics are wrong

Comment #235190 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 2:15 pm

Speaking of handing people their ass, allow me to once again shamelessly link to something in my sordid little blog in parody of Meadon.

http://dickynoo.blogspot.com/2008/08/harry-hembock-minisode-5.html

258. Why Dawkins is right and his critics are wrong

Comment #235186 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 2:12 pm

Meadon-

there is a philosophical controversy about the relationship between Darwinism and theism and that a "compatibilist" stance is logically possible.

HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!!

I'm sticking to my guns on (2).

Oh, you go right ahead!
The intellectual ass-handing-to you'll receive will be a spectacle to behold.

259. Supernatural science: Why we want to believe

Comment #235183 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 2:05 pm

Geez, i thought my post 88 would have everyone rolling in the aisles with raucous gut laughs.

My comic instincts are all off today. :P

260. Judge says UC can deny class credit to Christian school students

Comment #235176 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 1:53 pm

Parisienne-

Dismissing Religion as "magic" does not address ...

I dismiss as magic anything that makes no predictions, has no evidence, can't be falsified, and isn't subject to the scientific method.

the fact that there are significant benefits...to be had when studying religion.

Such as?

Infact, dismissal doesn't even really address the issue at all.

I believe I and others have address the issue quite well.
What specific detail do you think is missing?

I would love to know what you mean Diacanu! Forgive me but I do not understand how my assertion for equal distribution of information is not holding up to the logic of fair play?

I thought Quetz's post before mine summed things up rather nicely.

What do you need?
Do you need to be walked through every facet of the scientific method, and have explained to you for each teensy step in giant paragraphs at a time, how religious creationism doesn't conform the rules of science?

Read The God Delusion, read The Blind Watchmaker, read Origin Of Species.

I'm sorry, I'm not a college professor, I'm not here to hold your hand through every little molecular detail.

And it's irritating that the religious need every molecule of every detail of the counter-arguments to religious argument drilled into their heads, when they swallow religion with NO evidence whatever.

Is there something specific you need to hear to understand why creationism isn't science?

I'm not going to blam out a fucking 20 page term paper on it.

There are books out there by people who do a way better job than I could.
Read them.
If you're looking for a message board to completely school you on evolution, you're in trouble.

261. Pastor Michael Guglielmucci spun gospel of lies

Comment #235105 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 12:27 pm

*Still singing the "Repoloy to Evidenceonly", song*

*Imagines self tapdancing to it in tophat & tails*

262. Judge says UC can deny class credit to Christian school students

Comment #235098 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 12:20 pm

Parisienne-

These "equal time", arguments play apon your emotional intuitions of fair play, but they don't hold up to the logic of fair play if you actually think about them.

263. Judge says UC can deny class credit to Christian school students

Comment #235092 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 12:12 pm

Parisienne-

Why must a Science class NOT factor in other elements.

Because these other elements aren't scientific.

What experiments can one perform based on the Bible?

Are students going to try to honk down the walls of a fake Jericho with horns?

Build an ark, see how many animals they can cram in?

Come on.
It's all about the christian creation story for the creationists, and that makes no falsifiable predictions that can be used by science.

It just flat out isn't science.
It's magic.

264. Judge says UC can deny class credit to Christian school students

Comment #235088 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 12:07 pm

Parisienne-

should a child brought up to think Reasonably choose to augment their life with religion--

these religious "truths" only serve to augment my world.

Duct taping a telescope to a periscope "augments", the periscope in a very raw basic sense, but is it necessary, or even practical?

265. Judge says UC can deny class credit to Christian school students

Comment #235081 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 12:01 pm

Parisienne-

Am I the only one that believes that equal access to information/belief systems for all children in schools is a better idea than strictly limiting their access?

"Equal access to belief systems", should be taught in a comparative religion class, not a science class.

266. Judge says UC can deny class credit to Christian school students

Comment #235057 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 11:46 am

Parisienne-

I must say that believing in Evolution as solid fact proves to be a problem. Its it not labeled a theory because it has not been solidly proven?

It's as solidly proven as the theory of gravity, and the germ theory of disease.

267. Supernatural science: Why we want to believe

Comment #235052 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 11:44 am

(As God)
Yesss, pump that pud! That's what I put it there for! Gooood boy! Goood boy!!
Ho ho ho! Jolly fun!

268. Why Dawkins is right and his critics are wrong

Comment #235049 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 11:40 am

It would seem the only way NOT to "promote atheism", would be to not discuss evolution at all, and to shut up, and be a good little drone.

Y'know, like those properly frightened politically correct school teachers.

269. Religion out of medicine, a new message for Ontario doctors

Comment #235044 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 11:32 am

J Mac-

Ah, thanks. :)

270. Why Dawkins is right and his critics are wrong

Comment #235037 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 11:23 am

Ishruul-

BTW, who care about your blog? So don't spam it!

*Eyes dart again*

*Whistles nervously*

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

Comment #235015 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 11:09 am

Sciros-

He thinks the question is a show stopper, and he's not getting the "(baffled) I...I...I..duh..duh..duh..", response he wants, so he'll fabricate it by pretending he got no answer.

Like I said, politics.

He puts on a show for his sheep.
That's all he's here for.

272. Why Dawkins is right and his critics are wrong

Comment #235010 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 11:06 am

Richard Dawkins-

Ah....you actually click open people's blogs...

*Eyes dart,...feels exposed...runs to my blog to vaccuum and dust, and change the rubbish bag*

273. Why Dawkins is right and his critics are wrong

Comment #235004 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 10:58 am

designsoda-

Continuing my thoughts, I'll come right out and say what passes for Republicans in Washington are a joke to me.
Libertarians most closely represent what conservatives are supposed to be about.

Washington Republicans are this weird soup of socialism, warped utopianism, corpratism (not true capitalism) cow-towing to bible-thumpery, just a mess of contradictions.

How real conservatives keep voting these creatures in baffles me.

They've bought a big fat okey-doke.

274. Religion out of medicine, a new message for Ontario doctors

Comment #234999 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 10:52 am

J Mac-

It's driving me crazy.

What shape/flavor of macaroni is your handle an abbreviation for?

275. Why Dawkins is right and his critics are wrong

Comment #234997 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 10:50 am

Steve-
Aww, shucks. :)

Yours ain't half bad either. ;)

http://zarbi.livejournal.com/

Meadon-

S'okay, I was teasing. ;)

276. Why Dawkins is right and his critics are wrong

Comment #234996 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 10:47 am

designsoda-

Although I've gotta ask, would Diacanu consider any conservative/right-wing intellectual an "intellectual giant?"

Probably not.

How about a libertarian intellectual?

Hmm, maybe.

Libertarianism has some good core ideas, but it almost always seems to mutate into extreme Randian wacko stuff, and the more Randian and wacko, the "smarter", the libertarian intellectuals are deemed.

Camille Paglia is alright.
Her personality (sometimes), and infatuation with the lamest of pop culture makes me roll my eyes, but on other topics she seems to be bright and on the ball.
A bit too much in love with religion's impact on art for my tastes, but, meh.

277. Why Dawkins is right and his critics are wrong

Comment #234987 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 10:31 am

Meadon-

Tch, shameless blog plugger.

http://dickynoo.blogspot.com/

278. Pastor Michael Guglielmucci spun gospel of lies

Comment #234984 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 10:27 am

Roger Stanyard-

Repoly to EvidenceOnly

That typo has a musical rythm to it.
What a happy accident indeed.
The song that continues from it is writing itself in my head as I speak.

Too bad I can't read or write music, I could've made a mint...

279. Black holes 'dodge middle ground'

Comment #234982 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 10:24 am

Ishruul-

I hereby declare your avatar to be the greatest that ever lived.

280. Why Dawkins is right and his critics are wrong

Comment #234978 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 10:20 am

Oh, and I heard some right-wing dildo proclaim William F. Buckley Jr. as "an intellectual giant".

I eyeroll at that phrase now.

It's officially become meaningless.

281. Why Dawkins is right and his critics are wrong

Comment #234975 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 10:17 am

He's ( The archbishop) often advertised as an intellectual giant.

Y'know who thinks he's an intellectual giant?

Mental midgets.

*Pats self on back for that line*
:)

282. Pastor Michael Guglielmucci spun gospel of lies

Comment #234950 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 9:50 am

Steve Zara-

Well, okay, evidence a caveman or a 2 year old would find impressive.
Can't blame sensible adults for rounding it down to none.

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

Comment #234733 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 12:40 am

...you're out there, David, I can smell you breathing.

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

Comment #234732 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 12:36 am

Steve Zara-

D'oh, sorry. :P

Me am clumsy.

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

Comment #234725 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 12:28 am

David A. Robertson-

*Snide comments to Philip*

Well, did I call that, or what?

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

Comment #234724 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 12:25 am

Steve Zara-

because it could be used as a method of encouraging patriotism.

Far as I'm concerned, patriotism IS a religion.

Other religions are the tinder that can get it lit faster, but it's yet another mindless, tribal, propagandized, heap of human made, prime cut, grade-A, bullshit.

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

Comment #234722 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 12:23 am

Philp-

*Laughs through nose*
Don't expect much better from Davey but a snarky comment, and a total evasion of your points/questions.

Ah, well, least you got a good spleen venting in.
Feels good, don't it?

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

Comment #234715 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 12:14 am

Steve Zara-

We recently had a story posted here in which a vicar said he loved Jesus more than his wife.

*Actually acid refluxes*

Don't get me going, C.S. Lewis pulled that shit.
I had a whole rant about it, and I could get going again with little provocation.

Shit like that is a fundamental violation of one's humanity at one's deepest core.

I think I'd actually take a prison raping over handing over my humanity like that.

It would be bad enough, but people actually see being that bad off of a zombie as a VIRTUE.

*Grimaces back another gurgle of acid*
Ghah.

289. A flea we missed?

Comment #234711 by Diacanu on August 22, 2008 at 12:05 am

Irate-

That's a very good point, but what I'd like to say is, that what I'd like to say is, that what I'd like to say is...

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

Comment #234709 by Diacanu on August 21, 2008 at 11:58 pm

Philip-

So will you PLEASE stop with this idea that atheist is the route of all evil and that without religion how can we be good people.

He CAN'T stop.
It's his job security.

What else would he DO with his life?

I've asked him that one, he refuses to answer.
Could it be because he doesn't know?
He could correct me by answering.
Until he does, I'll assume yes, he doesn't know.

It's like how an addict's brain thinks it will die without its addiction.

Except his needle is Jesus.

Sad little man.

291. A flea we missed?

Comment #234702 by Diacanu on August 21, 2008 at 11:48 pm

For no reason, let's listen to the Cherry Poppin daddies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KHqfsoCQKc

Yhep, they'll be doing the soundtrack to Harry the movie in 2020.
You'll see.

292. A flea we missed?

Comment #234701 by Diacanu on August 21, 2008 at 11:47 pm

Lol, thanks. :)

293. A flea we missed?

Comment #234694 by Diacanu on August 21, 2008 at 11:26 pm

Well, it's just you n' me, Phil.

Hey, the new comic is out!

http://dickynoo.blogspot.com/2008/08/harry-hembock-minisode-6.html

294. A flea we missed?

Comment #234691 by Diacanu on August 21, 2008 at 11:21 pm

(Sings softly to self knowing no one will hear)

III kiiill threeeads.

I kill the threads for yooouu.

I kill 'em,....I kill 'em...with my lack of social graces...I kill the threads...that you want-ed to liiive...I kill threads, cuz I'm a weird sonovabiiiitch...

*Tumbleweed blows by*

*Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh*

295. A flea we missed?

Comment #234690 by Diacanu on August 21, 2008 at 11:13 pm

mordacious1-

Sorry, the cricket bat thing went on for months without anyone saying anything, until THE DAY she went on vacation. Coincidence?

I didn't know she was going on vacation, I was ready to do battle if need be.

Wouldn't be MUCH of a battle, cricket bat versus acid spit, and heat vision, but still....

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

Comment #234686 by Diacanu on August 21, 2008 at 11:02 pm

David doesn't believe the argument-ad-Stalinium propaganda he spews, he's just politic-ing for his flock.

It's all politics.
He's a political animal, nothing more.

When pressed on how much he believes his superstitions, he runs away.

He doesn't believe it, folks.
Don't play into that.

He's a conman protecting his racket.

Which is what a fucking politician is.

297. Scientists Create Blood From Stem Cells

Comment #234591 by Diacanu on August 21, 2008 at 5:09 pm

shanek-

Now, where in there is funding for stem cell research?

...setting the scope of the remaining powers...

Doing anything necessary and proper to put the rest of the above into action.

There, that was easy.

298. Pastor Rick's Test

Comment #234184 by Diacanu on August 21, 2008 at 12:30 am

Oh, and...

Bucketchemist-

The sentence you highlighted was stupid and barely worth responding to,

Are you American?

Cuz see, I am.
I live amongst the BS here, and I hear this "you don't like (insert whatever) you can gyeet the hayul out!!", crap all the time.

It wears on you after a couple decades.

You'd crack after awhile too.

299. Pastor Rick's Test

Comment #234181 by Diacanu on August 21, 2008 at 12:17 am

bucketchemist-

Meh, he took no offense, and we parted on seemingly neutral terms, so no harm, no foul.

*Shrug*

I'm a prickly character, I admit, but no one's lost an eye yet.

I'm not for ages 5 and under, but they don't come here.

300. Pastor Rick's Test

Comment #234107 by Diacanu on August 20, 2008 at 9:50 pm

Alrighty then. :)