tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615941543485589009.post2236341623237228798..comments2024-02-19T12:05:47.873+00:00Comments on Something Surprising: Poe's Law, and lying for Jesus!Plasma Engineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891736950166421184noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615941543485589009.post-15513465644083504152012-02-17T12:00:17.434+00:002012-02-17T12:00:17.434+00:00Simply put, the wacky end of religion is the dange...Simply put, the wacky end of religion is the dangerous end. I couldn't dare less about what hardworking moral people believe, but then there is the wacky end, the end which still finds shelter under the banners of Religion. And those people deserve to be criticised, mocked, and pulled out time and time again.<br />And quite frankly I would be shocked if you did not join us in mocking the wacky ends of your religion, and I will join you in mocking North Korea and Soviet Russia all day long.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15696777376606213152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615941543485589009.post-182146633265858962011-12-27T00:36:41.595+00:002011-12-27T00:36:41.595+00:00Well - I guess some people think that RD's str...Well - I guess some people think that RD's straight-forward way of pointing out the logical inconsistencies in the bible is offensive and threatening. I prefer to think that he is being intellectually honest.<br /><br />However, I also respect Hilary's bravery. She understands perfectly well that her views are not shared by the majority of readers here but she is prepared to state them.<br /><br />Thanks to everyone who joins the conversation.Plasma Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02891736950166421184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615941543485589009.post-5001258971822711372011-12-27T00:00:31.251+00:002011-12-27T00:00:31.251+00:00I have a number of friends who are religious, and ...I have a number of friends who are religious, and certainly, not all are nutso, but Hilary doesn't realise just how many really are truly loony... perhaps because she is a little over there herself (she believes the gradual and proven machinery of evolution is less likely than some god who magics all life into existence).<br /><br />How can she possibly think that Richard Dawkins is "on the wacky end of atheism"? I notice many religious people are utterly affronted by his way of speaking frankly about religious lunacy. He actually isn't extreme. He doesn't advocate hurting anybody the way religious nuts constantly do. He is simply frank and clear about the evils propagated by the bible (condoning slavery, human sacrifice, mass murder, xenophobia, homophobia, and misogyny) something that so many religious people embarrassedly dance around, and many atheists unfortunately tend to make excuses for, not wanting to offend poor delicate religious sensibilities.Miriam Englishhttp://miriam-english.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615941543485589009.post-25618602059667034022011-12-20T11:36:55.571+00:002011-12-20T11:36:55.571+00:00Just when I thought again that you might have a po...Just when I thought again that you might have a point, and that perhaps it is unfair of me to indulge in atheistic evangelisation, I read your comment on http://somethingsurprising.blogspot.com/2011/12/long-live-legacy-of-hitch.html and feel reassured that it is something that I must continue to do.Plasma Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02891736950166421184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615941543485589009.post-36343660756510474902011-12-19T10:41:58.512+00:002011-12-19T10:41:58.512+00:00Y'know it rather strikes me that the vast majo...Y'know it rather strikes me that the vast majority of Christians, get on with their lives quietly and are a tremendous work for the good of society and individuals. I am pretty sure that this can equally be said for most people everywhere whether atheists, muslims, etc etc...it therefore strikes me that your blog resembles the bbc, always presenting the wacky end of what I would deem 'religiosity' (which is not by the way anything to do with being a true believer and follower of Jesus Christ) and trying to present your version of 'religion' as if it represents the majority. I think it would be fairer if you want to persist in presenting the wacky end, that you also balance your comments by the truth that such wackyness do not represent the vast majority of Christians or of the type of evangelism engaged in by the vast majority of Christians or the very reasoned and balanced theology believed and practised by the equally vast majority of Christians who think through their beliefs and faith.<br /><br />For example, you cannot lump the wacky end of American militant evangelicalism and present it as if this is how Christians in the Uk all behave. There are for example I am sure many atheists who are such for many and different reasons...I have spoken to many many atheists and am interested in the different reasons for not believing...I therefore do not 'lump them all together' as one lot and I certainly do not pain them all with the same brush as the extreme end and wacky end of atheism, which is unfortunately represented by the likes of Richard Dawkins...it is sad for the reasoned atheists that he is the public face of the new atheism.Hilarynoreply@blogger.com