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- November 24th, 2010, 12:57 am
- Forum: Sciences and pseudo-science
- Topic: 10 + 1 questions for Professor Behe
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3166
Re: 10 + 1 questions for Professor Behe
Well that was horrendous.
- November 22nd, 2010, 5:32 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
- Topic: Phil Woolas (ex) MP
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1983
Re: Phil Woolas (ex) MP
OK, I had not seen that pamphlet - I now agree that he is not the sort that even the Labour party needs in any position of responsibility to the public. I would also be surprised if he pushes his appeal very much further. But then, he looks pretty arrogant - typical BNP material. Pah. The thinking ...
- November 20th, 2010, 4:33 pm
- Forum: Sciences and pseudo-science
- Topic: 10 + 1 questions for Professor Behe
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3166
Re: 10 + 1 questions for Professor Behe
Yup. It's on YouTube if people can't be bothered waiting. I thought it was astounding how after all Hitchens had said about freethought, and after what the worldview director had been saying about investigating for yourself, then the head of school came up and basically told the kids what they shoul...
- November 19th, 2010, 11:42 pm
- Forum: Sciences and pseudo-science
- Topic: 10 + 1 questions for Professor Behe
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3166
Re: 10 + 1 questions for Professor Behe
I'll be at the Glasgow talk if anyone's there. In response to the riposte to Q7, it should be noted that even though he's had nothing peer-reviewed in the past 5 years, he has published books, which do not require peer review. That's not how science works. You do the science first, then help the pub...
- October 31st, 2010, 12:54 pm
- Forum: Sciences and pseudo-science
- Topic: (Yet another) vaccine article in the Mail
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2173
Re: (Yet another) vaccine article in the Mail
Blogged here: http://jdc325.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/mail-article-on-flu-vaccination/ and the original article is here: hXXp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1323208/Patient-anger-swine-flu-jab-stealth.html (I've changed tt to xx to avoid boosting their google juice as I'm not sure if the forum a...
- October 27th, 2010, 12:17 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Arguments for the existence of God
- Replies: 807
- Views: 162595
Re: Arguments for the existence of God
I'm not really following this thread very closely, but remember mickeyd that (according to Aquinas anyway) God is only incapable of doing things which are logically contradictory, like create a square circle, or make a rock so heavy that he can't lift it. It would be perfectly possible for God to cr...
- October 21st, 2010, 12:13 am
- Forum: Sciences and pseudo-science
- Topic: Science is vital
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3411
Re: Science is vital
Maybe they are just pretending we have it, how would we know?
- October 17th, 2010, 6:09 pm
- Forum: Sciences and pseudo-science
- Topic: Gravity
- Replies: 48
- Views: 9738
Re: Gravity
The way it was explained to me (something to do with M Theory I think, can't quite remember who explained it to me) is that if we think of a fifth dimension and imagine that being a trampoline, and then you put a bowling ball in the middle of the trampoline, then other objects will be drawn closer t...
- October 16th, 2010, 2:51 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Religious privilege
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8584
Re: Religious privilege
I emailed Terry Sanderson this afternoon and he got back to me whilst I was at work. It seems that the claim, as disgusting as it sounds, is true, and that in some LEA's, unbaptised children at Catholic school do not get the same subsidies as so-called 'Catholic children', even if they're at the sam...
- October 15th, 2010, 4:21 pm
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Religious privilege
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8584
Re: Religious privilege
I have to say I don't quite believe that part about unbaptised kids in the same school not getting the same benefit. The LEA where I went to school (Wirral, Merseyside) has a similar bus pass scheme for Catholic schools but it's for anyone going to the school. I've never heard of any such blatantly ...
- October 1st, 2010, 12:40 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: The Party Leaders and Faith: Two out of three ain't bad...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1710
Re: The Party Leaders and Faith: Two out of three ain't bad...
Doc Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg declared he does not believe in God, first revealing his lack of faith in 2007. At the time he was asked: 'Do you believe in God?' And said simply: 'No.' Both Ed and David Miliband have now categorically stated that they do not believe in God. Makes you wonder why they...
- September 29th, 2010, 4:57 pm
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: America fails religious quiz
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2676
Re: America fails religious quiz
I blogged on this here.
- September 27th, 2010, 10:29 pm
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Arguments for the existence of God
- Replies: 807
- Views: 162595
Re: Arguments for the existence of God
This is an awkward expression, but I don't it's accept it's rough and ready assertion. Fallacies are vital as a negative test for truth (showing what cannot be true). However, the fallacy of composition, where it occurs , is not a formal fallacy, but an unsupportable empirical induction. Absolute c...
- September 27th, 2010, 10:23 pm
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Arguments for the existence of God
- Replies: 807
- Views: 162595
Re: Arguments for the existence of God
You guys really need to get some avatars to make this thread easier to follow.
- September 19th, 2010, 3:47 pm
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Tatchell on the the Pope
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3810
Re: Tatchell on the the Pope
Yeah, TV companies are very active in taking their content off YouTube now. I like to keep up with American politics and finding clips of Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow and Stephen Colbert is a nightmare, you can't even get it from the channel's website.
- September 18th, 2010, 9:34 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Dawkins and Hitchins planning to arrest the Pope!
- Replies: 139
- Views: 26621
Re: Dawkins and Hitchins planning to arrest the Pope!
The Catholic League and his wife stick their oar in. I've never heard the BHA described as a radical atheist group before, I must admit.
- September 16th, 2010, 10:17 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Dawkins and Hitchins planning to arrest the Pope!
- Replies: 139
- Views: 26621
Re: Dawkins and Hitchins planning to arrest the Pope!
Just about to head off to the protest, this morning I was interviewed on ITV's Daybreak and Sky News (really wanted to say something about Kay Burley), as well as BBC Radio 5 and Radio Scotland, and various newspapers. I also had a chat with Vincent Nichols who's a very nice chap, if a bit deluded.
- September 12th, 2010, 11:29 pm
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: End days prophecy...extremely sad reality
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1304
Re: End days prophecy...extremely sad reality
Yeah I saw it, doesn't he go to the cave where John supposedly had the vision, and find some suspicious looking mushrooms?
- September 12th, 2010, 10:52 pm
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Arguments for the existence of God
- Replies: 807
- Views: 162595
Re: Arguments for the existence of God
Not the first person at all, the ontological argument was refuted within St Anselm's own lifetime.Maria wrote:I'm not the first person in history to have offered this refutation so you are probably familiar with it. I'm not sure what it is you think you are bringing that is new to the argument.
- September 10th, 2010, 10:40 pm
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Dawkins and Hitchins planning to arrest the Pope!
- Replies: 139
- Views: 26621
Re: Dawkins and Hitchins planning to arrest the Pope!
Best of luck, GK :thumbsup: Next Monday, Channel 4 8pm Peter Tatchell on the Pope's visit. No access to Ch.4 or BBC from outside the UK ...we are into a united Europe, nonetheless! P.S.: you as well as we pay a TV compulsory tax. I believe Channel 4 can be viewed on 4OD outside the UK, although I'v...