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Nick
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by Nick » March 30th, 2011, 4:33 pm
Latest post of the previous page:
Further to the above, last Sunday's edition included a phone-in from the one and only Ray Comfort, AKA Banana Man.
You can find it
here. Matt Dellahunty (the principal host) is awesome in his command of the marshalling of arguments.
Enjoy!
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Alan C.
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by Alan C. » March 30th, 2011, 7:37 pm
Just finished watching it Nick, It's beyond me why anybody with a brain cell would even talk to Ray Comfort [blanket] The guy is a complete moron.
Abstinence Makes the Church Grow Fondlers.
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Fia
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by Fia » May 16th, 2011, 8:38 pm
Good stuff, but goodness me, does she breathe through her ears?
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Alan C.
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by Alan C. » May 16th, 2011, 10:14 pm
I've watched a few of
his video's all very good.
does she breathe through her ears?
"She" Has an obvious "Adams apple" Fia.
Abstinence Makes the Church Grow Fondlers.
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Gottard
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by Gottard » May 17th, 2011, 1:51 pm
Fia wrote:Good stuff, but goodness me, does she breathe through her ears?
It's a synthesized voice (i.e. computer-processed); I wonder why he/she wants to do it
The only thing I fear of death is regret if I couldn’t complete my learning experience
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GregA
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by GregA » October 1st, 2011, 9:59 pm
I enjoyed this piece on "Gruen Transfer" (in Australia) a couple of weeks ago. The show challenges advertising companies to sell the unsellable. Last week it was "ban religion".
I'm not anti-religion at all... I think working with religions is critical to progress actually... but I still enjoyed it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvW3b0-brlc
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Alan C.
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by Alan C. » October 1st, 2011, 10:28 pm
GregA
I'm not anti-religion at all... I think working with religions is critical to progress actually...
Welcome GregA.
I'm very anti organised religion, can you explain why you think"working with religions is critical to progress"?
"Religious" People in the main are (in my opinion) Mentally ill, I certainly wouldn't want to work with them.
Abstinence Makes the Church Grow Fondlers.
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Alan H
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by Alan H » October 2nd, 2011, 12:50 am
GregA wrote:I enjoyed this piece on "Gruen Transfer" (in Australia) a couple of weeks ago. The show challenges advertising companies to sell the unsellable. Last week it was "ban religion".
I'm not anti-religion at all... I think working with religions is critical to progress actually... but I still enjoyed it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvW3b0-brlc
I can't imagine anything worse than having to watch advertisers try to sell us even more stuff we don't need (although their previous tasks were certainly different as well!), but that was interesting!
Which did you prefer?
Alan Henness
There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:
1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?
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Gottard
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by Gottard » October 2nd, 2011, 11:36 am
Alan C. wrote:GregA
I'm not anti-religion at all... I think working with religions is critical to progress actually...
Welcome GregA.
I'm very anti organised religion, can you explain why you think"working with religions is critical to progress"?
"Religious" People in the main are (in my opinion) Mentally ill, I certainly wouldn't want to work with them.
Me too, I would like GregA to elaborate on why religion has something to do with progress.
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Marian
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by Marian » October 9th, 2011, 10:07 pm
I want to know why both you and AlanC are smearing the mentally ill by casting their lot with the bible bangers?
Transformative fire...
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Alan C.
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by Alan C. » October 10th, 2011, 4:30 pm
Marian wrote:I want to know why both you and AlanC are smearing the mentally ill by casting their lot with the bible bangers?
Sorry Marian but you've got it the wrong way round, I think religiosity is a separate form of mental illness but one that hasn't yet been classified.
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Marian
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by Marian » October 11th, 2011, 1:22 pm
Actually, I did understand correctly and I'm just saying that if you classify this as mental illness, it's shedding a bad light on those who truly do have mental health problems. I say this because religious fanaticism is a choice. Sure it might be messed up thinking lots of us have that problem. Lol.
But messed up thinking doesn't necessarily make a mental illness even though messed up thoughts are definitely part of the problem. Mental illness is not a choice. This is my opinion and I can see why you'd want to put those two things together. Your thoughts?
Transformative fire...
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Nick
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by Nick » February 10th, 2012, 4:57 pm
I've just come across this clip of
Bertrand Russell.
His "Why I Am Not A Christian" was the first atheist work I ever read. I think this clip also shows there is not a lot "new" about the "new atheists". I'm trying to think of a suitable subriquet for him..... The First Horseman, perhaps.....
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Sel
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by Sel » July 13th, 2012, 3:12 pm
Utter malarkey. Impossible to follow. How dare he assume that underlying all questions is the desire to be told you are not appart from god. This is a great example of B**S*** baffles brains.
"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge." Bertrand Russell
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Dave B
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by Dave B » July 13th, 2012, 7:11 pm
Another one that needs to see a head doctor if he actually believes that!
"Look forward; yesterday was a lesson, if you did not learn from it you wasted it."
Me, 2015
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Kismet
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by Kismet » July 13th, 2012, 7:32 pm
Dave B wrote:Another one that needs to see a head doctor if he actually believes that!
If you speak of beliefs, you have already missed the truth.
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Dave B
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by Dave B » July 13th, 2012, 8:59 pm
And, as usual, you speak only in pseudo-cryptic phrases of your own devising.
"Look forward; yesterday was a lesson, if you did not learn from it you wasted it."
Me, 2015