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  1. Re:When I lost respect for Dawkins on Oklahoma, Vatican Take Opposite Tacks On Evolution · · Score: 1

    Also how dare you, no scientist, try to define who and who is not a scientist. He gives the valid scientific critique of the idea of a deity. You might not like it, but even many religious scientists agree that strictly scientifically he is correct.

  2. Re:When I lost respect for Dawkins on Oklahoma, Vatican Take Opposite Tacks On Evolution · · Score: 1

    You lost respect for him why? It's a fact, most theologians don't believe in the miraculous anymore. I'm a biblical scholar myself and I agree completely with Dawkins. And I propose you a lying if you claim you've read any of his books. He has never been judgmental about anyone. He judges the beliefs. If that's judgmental, he should be proud of such.

  3. Re:Need more info: Re:Let the idiot speak on Oklahoma, Vatican Take Opposite Tacks On Evolution · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How is he a jerk? He never attacks or even criticizes believers simply for believing. You anti-atheist bigots see anyone who dares publicly discuss their atheism and reason for lacking belief as jerks, no matter how nice they are. Dawkins is very nice to people who simply believe. He only insults those who do bad things, lie, etc. in the name of such belief, which is completely valid. You are the only one here being a jerk.

  4. Re:My only problem with Dawkins is.. on Oklahoma, Vatican Take Opposite Tacks On Evolution · · Score: 1
    Must you lie about what he says to make your point?

    Every single time Dawkins is asked, he specifically says that he DOES NOT believe there is no God. He understands that there is no good reason or scientific evidence that gives you a reason to have belief, so he lacks it, but as a scientist he understands you can never definitively disprove anything. He says this is practically every interview he has ever done. He never, ever says that there is absolutely 100% no god. In fact, he usually puts the possibility that there is no god somewhere within 90-98%. Extremely likely, but nothing is every definite.

    You make yourself look foolish criticizing a man for something he has never said.

  5. Re:My only problem with Dawkins is.. on Oklahoma, Vatican Take Opposite Tacks On Evolution · · Score: 1

    Wrong. Let's look at the etymology of the word: 'a' â" without, 'theism' â" belief in a deity. Atheists simply lack belief in a god, there is no reason why they must actively deny such existence. One who has never heard of the idea of a God is just as much an atheist. By it's basic etymology, atheism has no specific ideas or beliefs, it's simply a lack of. In that way agnostics ARE atheists, just atheists that make a specific claim about why they lack belief.

  6. Re:My only problem with Dawkins is.. on Oklahoma, Vatican Take Opposite Tacks On Evolution · · Score: 1

    Strawman strawman strawman. He never starts by assuming others are morons. Again, if you had ever read or heard anything Dawkins says, he has never ever said such. He attacks the beliefs and people whose horrible actions have been allowed by such beliefs. He NEVER attacks people who simply believe. People against Dawkins don't make themselves look very good when they lie or simply don't even attempt to know his actual views, arguing against views he has never expressed.

  7. Re:My only problem with Dawkins is.. on Oklahoma, Vatican Take Opposite Tacks On Evolution · · Score: 1

    If you claim Dawkins has ever been disrespectful of people you are either lying, or have never heard/read much of what he has said. He is very clear not to disrespect people, but disrespect the beliefs themselves. If he does criticize people, it is due to their actions based on religious. Now we can't criticize people's actions? He handles situations the most respectful ways possible. Those who see otherwise are having reality distorted through their religious bias. It is only the anti-atheist bigots who claim he is disrespectful, because they see disrespect everywhere, whether it exists or not.

  8. Re:What else can you do? on Student Arrested For Classroom Texting · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I work in education, and this is complete bullshit. Just because you can't physically search a student doesn't mean you call the fucking cops. Are you kidding me? If the student refuses to give up the phone and is disruptive you send the student out of class, to the principal, etc. I doubt any of you claiming otherwise actually work in a school, despite your claims.

  9. More Bullshit on Earth May Harbor a Shadow Biosphere of Alien Life · · Score: 1

    Life is carbon based. That's it. You can't detect non carbon based life, because it isn't life. As we have never seen anything life-like that isn't carbon-based, the definition of life has always been carbon-based. You may find something non-carbon based that can do some similar to life things, but it's simply not life. This isn't semantics although it seems so, it's just a fact. You don't get to redefine a scientific truth simply to fit your needs.

  10. Not even REMOTELY news on Acquired Characteristics May Be Inheritable · · Score: 1

    Once again the news media loves to misrepresent the science to make it seem like there is some "controversy." These ideas have not been controversial, and the idea that certain acquired traits can be inheritable has been accepted for a long, long time. I'm not surprised, though, ./ has no shame.

  11. Re:So on 3 Cups of Coffee Increases Hallucinations · · Score: 1

    That's just as bullshit. 3 cups of coffee can have as little as 240mg (nothing to someone who drinks coffee regularly) or as much as 510mg (yeah that's a lot). 3 cups isn't specific at all.

  12. Re:So on 3 Cups of Coffee Increases Hallucinations · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This isn't news at all. We've known high doses of stimulants cause hallucinations for decades. I fail to see what is new about this study.

  13. Re:Wikipedia: Get a static copy on Internet Communications While At Sea? · · Score: 1

    Wikipedia is not a primary resource, and not a reliable secondary. I never had a singly class in college that allowed anything but a primary resource as a source. I would question the validity of any education that does, especially such an academically unreliable secondary source such as wikipedia. It's good for looking things up for fun, that's it.

  14. Re:Not everywhere in the world has the same laws on iTunes DRM-Free Files Contain Personal Info · · Score: 1

    It's legal in the US too, no matter how many people say otherwise. The law is relatively clear.

  15. Re:Seriously... on iTunes DRM-Free Files Contain Personal Info · · Score: 1

    It doesn't have to be your own music. You simply must own the file legally i.e: have purchased it. I can't believe I keep having to repeat this. THERE IS NO US LAW THAT MAKES SHARING LEGALLY PURCHASED MUSIC ILLEGAL THERE IS NO US LAW THAT MAKES SHARING LEGALLY PURCHASED MUSIC ILLEGAL

  16. Re:Seriously... on iTunes DRM-Free Files Contain Personal Info · · Score: 1

    The problem is you have every legal right to share music you legally purchased. Show me the law that says otherwise. It doesn't exist.

  17. Re:Doesn't bother me, since I never plan to go. on Visitors To US Now Required To Register Online · · Score: 1

    Are you serious? New York is one of the safest cities in the world. You wouldn't get mugged.

  18. Re:Scaring tourists away much? on Visitors To US Now Required To Register Online · · Score: 1

    That's a lie, considering that they ask for your fingerprints. That is absolutely new information.

  19. Re:so what? on Storm Worm Botnet "Cracked Wide Open" · · Score: 1

    Exactly. The law is hardly the arbiter of right and wrong. Something can very easily be right yet be illegal, just as something can easily be wrong yet be legal. So who cares if taking it out would be illegal? It's for the public good.

  20. interesting... on Greenpeace Slams Apple For Environmental Record · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Maybe Apple should slam Greenpeace for their terrorism record.

  21. Re:So... on Net Neutrality Vets Join Obama FCC Transition Team · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What bullshit. I have no responsibility to anyone's kid. And yes, in fact, I do seriously like hearing little kids swear. It's hilarious and as an adult I see nothing wrong with it. Take your morality elsewhere. And if I'm cursing near someone's kids and the father calls the cops I would hope he gets arrested for wasting police time. I have every right to curse in public, we have a thing called freedom of speech. We don't run the world for fucking children. We are the adults, we rule, not them.

  22. Re:2 Elephants in the Room on Supreme Court To Rule On TV Censorship · · Score: 1

    I'd like to know what's so vulgar about sexual intercourse.

  23. Re:Conservative moralists vs. Fox?!? on Supreme Court To Rule On TV Censorship · · Score: 1

    You need to research the history of conservatism in the United States if you think Ron Paul is a "real" conservative. I also think that if you are a real conservative you should be angered that Ron Paul claims so freely that he is one. I wasn't aware that crazy Constitution-reinterpreting radicalism was now a conservative thing?

  24. Re:The thing is still ugly on T-Mobile G1 Faster Than iPhone 3G · · Score: 1

    Every single version of the firmware can be jailbroken quickly and easily with no damage to the phone. How is this not open to all kinds of applications?

  25. Re:The thing is still ugly on T-Mobile G1 Faster Than iPhone 3G · · Score: 1

    And how well do things like web browsing, maps, youtube, etc work on phones without a GUI as good and easy to use as the Iphone's? Looking at the competition, they don't do well at all.