... Which is a nonsense. Some atheists are conservatives, some liberals, there are fascists, Maoists, libertarians, socialists, couldn't-give-a-fuck-ists,...
... sequels ("The ... understand the RC ... Compass", and ... or watch the ... and much of the ... they are ... btw, I don't have a link for the story handy,...
... Exactly. "Huckleberry Finn" has been burned in some places. Great story. Didn't even have magic in it. Magic is evil to some folks. And that includes...
... And yet they accept walking on water, turning water into wine, staffs into snakes, rivers into blood, and burning bushes that never diminish. No...
... Maoists, ... be? ... That, alas, is precisely my point. After all, the anti-creationsit political movement is also composed of some conservatives, some...
The Golden compass is coming out in our part of the UK on 5th December. We are really looking forward to seeing it. I find it incredibly sad when people cannot...
... answer ... it ... It can't even work out that it is extreme fundamentalism that puts people off religion, not well-argued atheism. The new atheists really...
... That is indeed the only approach with any realistic chance of working. I'd be more than happy to lend my wholehearted support to any such movement. But I...
... You seem to have conflated 'atheists with 'secularist'. If people are going to start disparaging atheists, well, fuck your imaginary sky-fairies . . . Not...
Anne Gilbert wants to recommend to you: Britain may reintroduce wolf and lynx URL: http://www.physorg.com/news115728383.html All: Since there aren't any...
Steve: I don't think writing a book defending an "atheist" and "scientific" POV, per se, makes one an "evangelical atheist". But if, like, say, Dawkins, you...
Torfinn: You have articulated one of the best reasons for letting people come to their own conclusions, unforced, after hearing all the facts. Some people may...
Steve: It's not so much a matter of disagreement as to the proper way of dealing with creationists, so much as an insistence that there is only One Right Way...
Steve: I don't think people who object to a book because the title makes them feel stupid, are showing insecurity. Or at least they're not showing an...
Lenny: I should mention that, years ago, I saw an article in a "psychology" magazine, written by a psychologist who was gay, claiming, more or less, that "gay...
MB: I've read the whole series. The first two books were good, and I enjoyed them. I enjoyed the last book, too, but not as much as the other two. STill,...
Hi, When we still lived in England this was a hot topic and it seemed like the animals (four legged, not us) were not very welcome. Farmers were up in arms,...
... Well, I don't believe in any imaginary sky-fairies. (shrug) ================================================ Lenny Flank "There are no loose threads in the...
... The point being, there NEEDS to be one. Otherwise, atheism will always remain a fringe, and their only outlet will be to call people names on the...
... Secularism is the ideal (separation of church and state, etc), and can be shared by atheists, theists, pastafarians, whoever. Atheism is more of a hobby...
... The point being, there NEEDS to be one. Otherwise, atheism will always remain a fringe, and their only outlet will be to call people names on the Internet,...
... Secularism is the ideal (separation of church and state, etc), and can be shared by atheists, theists, pastafarians, whoever. Atheism is more of a hobby...
Hi Lenny, I hope this is okay to ask in the group--it's kind of off topic, but it's something I'm having some fun with in another group and wanted to ask you...
... I salute your patience for sitting through all that . . . ... Yep. I sent him a whole bunch of excerpts from Tong's posts, and asked him if he agreed with...
... Thanks, but to be honest, I drift in and out of that one, as I do most of Tong's ongoing desperate search to convince himself that every man on the planet...
... There has been some small progress in that direction. With the Secular Coalition, the nonreligious do at least have the beginnings of an organized voice,...
