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Feb 7, 2012, 1:01 pm
I Just watched a lecture by Dr Chris diCarlo, entitled "Natrual and Supernatural Responses to Life's Biggest Questions" If like me you didn't know any more about Dr diCarlo than his authorship of the RDFRS slogan "We Are All Africans" the video introduction furnishes us with some pertinent det... Comment - Like
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Jan 20, 2012, 5:08 am
I was talking with a Christian a couple of years ago but I recently heard a similar statement by a Muslim so I thought I'd have a crack at addressing it.
So as not to indirectly identify the sources or myself, this is a composite of their points...
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Jan 13, 2012, 11:30 am
You inherit a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle, an ancient heirloom, the picture on the box is faded beyond assisting you but the pieces have been kept safe in glorious full colour in a bag, inside.
The instructions say 'finish the puzzle for your inheritance'.
You quickly complete the edge and... Comment - Like
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Jan 8, 2012, 10:00 am
Welcome listeners to Capitol Hill for this unprecedented and momentous occasion.
Since their spaceship first appeared a little over 24 hours ago and the single radio communication from their beleaguered vessel, the country, indeed the whole world has been awash with the story of the star trave... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 2011, 7:00 am
I realise this is about to be a sweeping generalisation but let's say, for the hell of it, that the religious assume only two states; you're either 'one of the saved' or 'one of the damned', you're a 'lost soul' or a 'found soul'. It's as if they only see these two choices, that YOUR life is o... Comment - Like
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Dec 29, 2011, 12:00 pm
On the 15th December 2011 Christopher Hitchens died.
The Pod Delusion, always a fine show, has done him proud.
In this Hitchmas special the team provides reports on Hitchens life and works with occasional snowy sprinklings of examples of the faithful's reaction to the #GodIsNotG... Comment - Like
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Dec 28, 2011, 12:00 pm
In a letter to The Herald, a lawyer, advocate Sean Templeton, has suggested the religious oath on which witnesses swear in court should be the abolished and replaced with a secular oath which would be suitable for everyone.
From the UKPA article I read, it seems Mr Templeton's suggestion... Comment - Like
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Dec 22, 2011, 5:04 pm
Please #FreeWoodyAllenJesus from your thought prison Mr Fincham.
"This song was meant to air on the Jonathan Ross Show tomorrow night (23rd December 2011), but at the last minute ITV cut it. Here's my whiney blog about it " ~ Tim Minchin.
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Dec 21, 2011, 3:00 pm
Whilst I was writing Purgatory in Paradise, a further niggle raised its head.
The Christian Marriage ceremony.
In the Christian(1) wedding ritual, "till death us do part" is included as a clause.
This is there, it seems to me, as a signal for the legal dissolution of the "con... Comment - Like
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Dec 16, 2011, 5:05 am
RIP
Christopher Hitchens
1949-2011
Humanity has lost a great voice for freedom
I will miss his passion, eloquence and obvious lust for life.
Gone but not forgotten.
http://youtu.be/qQIME6yyKq4
RIP Christopher Hitchens - Warrior of Truth
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Dec 14, 2011, 2:00 pm
I’ve been pondering the Judeo-Christian mythological landscape, you know like one does, thinking about the star-prize for being a good boy or girl; that perpetually happy land of unlimited chocolate or virgins or maybe chocolate-virgins, dependant on your tastes.
Now, I have a life par... Comment - Like
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Dec 7, 2011, 3:00 pm
The Position
In “Only An Agnostic Part 1” I examined the term in relation to its definition and origins, in this post I’m going to cast a thought across the agnostic position in relation to society.
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Oct 29, 2011, 6:27 am
Massacre all who believe in a divine, all-powerful creator God!
Destroy the faithful, butcher them wherever you find them.
Their archaic magic fable dogmas have been burrowing through our civilization for millenniums, boring open sores into any genuine perception of the fabr... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2011, 1:31 pm
Quality lyrics.
Great voice.
Top message.
Damn fine secular song.
I Wish I'd penned it.
And I wholeheartedly approve of the hat.
"Saved"
by @ShelleySegal
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Oct 11, 2011, 8:26 am
Okay this is about Sportspeople of a religious persuasion, those whom kiss a cross, or raise an eye in prayer to a lofty god figure.
And before you say, "Oh come on; leave the sportspeople alone", let me just say two words. Role Model.
We are all up in their faces and handing out... Comment - Like
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Oct 2, 2011, 11:00 am
People used to believe humans were animated by a force. We came
to call this life force ‘Soul’. Then medical science found out that the body dies
not because the ‘animating force has left’ but because something stopped
working.
Is it not very odd that '... Comment - Like
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Sep 30, 2011, 3:10 pm
If you have not seen "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", firstly welcome to Earth, we are not as bad as we seem, please don't kill ... a metaphor for 'sex'; that Jessica is doing the dirty on Roger with RK Maroon.
Yet, we discover, ALL the sexual ... have a day called 'blasphemy day' indicative... Comment - Like
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Sep 22, 2011, 3:30 pm
Hey I just thought, the scriptures say that god is omnipresent or 'in all places at all times', yes? That god is 'all things', right? Conversly then, there MUST be nothing that god is not. This has such a delightful ring of "eliminate the impossible and whatever remains, however improba... Comment - Like
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Sep 21, 2011, 3:13 pm
This F.B.I. counter terrorism analyst and a professor at American Military University, William Gawthrop, seems to think Islam IS more ideology than religion and I have to say, I can see his point(s).
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Sep 13, 2011, 5:31 pm
Lee Cronin gave this TED talk.
If this is what Lee Cronin and a chosen few can do 'now',
(estimated experiment conclusion 2013)
think how commonplace it will be to create life by 2113.
This is what a computer looked like only 30 years ago. This IBM had a proce... Comment - Like
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Sep 5, 2011, 9:55 am
It's a fine debate with numerous good points and counterpoints, a very interesting couple of hours.(You can catch the whole debate on VideoSurf)
One of the key moments in this section, if not the whole debate, is shortly after 5:30 minutes in the clip above. Christopher Hitchens is... Comment - Like
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Sep 3, 2011, 6:02 am
Anne Marie Watersof One Law For All
on secularism and the Secular Europe Campaign's
2011 march and rally on
17th September 2011 in London.
(That's two weeks from today)
JOIN THE MARCH FOR A SECULAR EUROPE
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Aug 30, 2011, 6:40 am
It's a Miracle! Is it? How and who decides?
Miracles are troublesome little concepts.
A label oft rolled out as evidence of the mysticism implied by some inexplicable happenstance or other.
It's bloody dilemma that's what it really is...
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Aug 27, 2011, 9:35 am
To download the pamphlet (pdf) click here
Firstly, to be picky; hey this is all about meaning of language so, about the title.
It's a puzzle; "The Qur'ans" is plural. To show the possession by "The Qur'an" of a "Unique literary form", should it not be "Qur'an's"? I feel if the plural is m... Comment - Like
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Aug 18, 2011, 3:30 pm
I Love Jesus
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Aug 17, 2011, 3:30 pm
Tim Minchin - The Good Book
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Aug 4, 2011, 6:10 pm
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Aug 4, 2011, 7:48 am
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Jul 22, 2011, 3:00 pm
Growing up and leaving home is, truly, a great part of human life; it's when one steps 'alone' into reality to survive on one's own merit. Oh parents are always there to catch you if you fall but the joy of making your own decisions comes from the triumphs achieved by your independent thoughts... Comment - Like
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Jul 18, 2011, 5:00 am
About that girl Mary, y’know the one, Jewish Joe’s bird, the one with the miraculous hymen, who gestated that legendary Jesus chap. Yeah that’s her, the Holy Roman Empire’s token chick, renowned, by their account at least, for her “sacred purity”, the Virgin Mary.
Sacred purity? I ... Comment - Like
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Jul 14, 2011, 4:00 pm
“Hello ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the finest faith based entertainment show on TV...
Scr-r-r-iptur-r-r-re Scrambl-l-l-l-le.
Before the break, Ahmed Henry O'Toole won through to the final; gaining full marks in the three rounds, which this week were ‘Toadying to the tenet’, ... Comment - Like
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Jul 8, 2011, 1:30 pm
11 July 2011 is the International Day against Stoning.
Please join One Law for All in demanding an end to the barbaric practice of death by stoning and demanding the release of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and others facing stoning sentences.
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Jul 8, 2011, 7:07 am
Now I wasn't there, so I don't know; only Rebecca Watson and the unnamed man in the elevator know for sure.
And I know that I'm male but I'm also a fully fledged human sceptic. My scepticism means I'm not going to wade in on one side or the other in the contretemps which has arisen.
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Jun 26, 2011, 2:00 pm
Even though the title of this post kind of delivers everything you really need to know about its content, I thought I might expand on the term hoodwink for those who may not know it. It's to pull the wool over one's eyes, proverbial or natural. To make it clear; it's a list of things which may help ... Comment - Like
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Jun 23, 2011, 4:00 pm
If you've not seen the video below yet, it's a highly visual indictment of the American education system.
It was sent to me with the tagline "Why are people so stupid?"
After watching it, somewhat dangly jawed, I came to the conclusion, to paraphrase Forrest Gump's mum:
"the product of A... Comment - Like
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Jun 22, 2011, 8:45 pm
Dear all,
If any of you are as concerned as I about religious tribunals acting independantly of the British Judicial system and making summary judgments over British Citizens, Please add your local MP's name where indicated in the letter below and your own to the bottom, and email everything b... Comment - Like
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Jun 21, 2011, 8:52 am
You've probably seen this before, it's been around for a good few months now but it's a very fine piece and well worth watching again.
If you haven't seen it before, get a brew and a cookie and enjoy 15 minutes basking in the clarity of reality, brought to you on this occasion by Phil Hellenes... Comment - Like
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Jun 15, 2011, 8:22 am
One Law for All and the National Secular Society back Bill that aims to curb sharia courts in Britain
"Sharia debate in Parliament
The public are invited to a debate in Parliament jointly organised by the One Law for All Campaign and the National Secular Society. The practice of sharia law wil... Comment - Like
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Jun 15, 2011, 5:56 am
Fabulous news, the Netherlands, dragging Europe out of the Bronze age by its recently absent conscience.
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Dutch law set to axe religious slaughter - Financial Times
The Dutch parliament is preparing to pass a law that would end religious slaughterers’ exemption from rules requiring an... Comment - Like
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Jun 10, 2011, 6:10 pm
The guy in this video, Adnan Rashid, is supposed to be a professor. (If you are a student, I hope for your education's sake you can see beyond, what I believe to be his patent intellectual dishonesty.) The guy behind the camera, showing equal intellectual dishonesty, is our favourite promoter of idi... Comment - Like
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Jun 5, 2011, 6:21 am
I've haven't yet seen what our very try-hard "International man of Mythtery" Hamza Tzortsiz said, just the tweet he posted about it...
I was given 2 minutes to speak to the World Atheist Convention & invited them to intellectually engage with us #wac11 @MuslimMatters @iERAuk
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Jun 4, 2011, 7:42 am
For all who fear that anarchy is instantly born of life without controls.(Yes, religious people that means you!)
Experiment:
Town in Great Britain turns off traffic lights...
My conclusion:
Civilization comes from being civil to each other.
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May 23, 2011, 8:05 am
I’ve been looking at Jesus' great “temptations in the wilderness” scene...
...and there's a whole stack of problems with this bag of biblical shenanigans...
The First Temptation of Christ
So at the end of 40 days starving in the desert, the devil pops up to ask his question....
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May 16, 2011, 10:55 am
"Belief in God is part of human nature - Oxford study
Professor Trigg said “the research showed that religion was “not just something for a peculiar few to do on Sundays instead of playing golf”.
“We have gathered a body of evidence that suggests that religion is a common fact of... Comment - Like
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May 14, 2011, 7:06 pm
Just a bit of fun at Posh Boy's expense.
Well it's only fair - he's having loads of fun at ours!
Champagne anyone? David - you're in the chair...
It's a new fangled electric one, you're gonna luv it! :)
YouTube - David Cameron Decoded
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May 13, 2011, 7:21 pm
In response to my post The Clearly Godless Human Eye a religious nut-job tweeted to me "@crispysea I saw your tweet about the human eye Crispy :) I thought I would send you this video I made also (http://bit.ly/fhwFJ9)" so I had a look.
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Apr 26, 2011, 3:00 pm
Ever heard of Penguin Feather-loss disorder? No, me neither until I read this…"A new condition is causing many penguin chicks to lose their feathers, with some victims dying as a result of the mysterious problem, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The condition, called "feather-... Comment - Like
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Apr 24, 2011, 6:30 pm
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Apr 22, 2011, 2:00 pm
I was watching this video by Mr Randi, who always seems like a very nice chap, the sort of guy you could just sit and chew the universe with. Anyway, throughout, Mr Randi does a fine job of showing up the charlatan 'evidence' in the face of a century of archaeological digging for the holy places in ... Comment - Like
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Apr 19, 2011, 2:00 pm
I wrote this over a year ago but it got mis-filed and I've only just found it. For the specific town council involved The story is old news but the point is still valid so...
On the blog, Catholic With Attitude I read this...
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I was born with no roots, a child of the earth.
I have no natural affiliation to any race, creed, colour or geographical location.
I bear no label or stamp on me to denote ownership.
My DNA says only; member of the human race; no religious, political or social emblems encoded.
I owe allegiance to none but those whom I choose.
My freedom is my own to do with as I wish.
Crispy Sea 2005
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