gdp's Comments

Secular News Daily : Santorum: Satan is Systematically Destroying America

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:37:08 +0000

You didn't know that Satan was taking over? Or that Sanatorium was going to save us all?

Secular News Daily : Privileged Whinging?

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:49:39 +0000

Remember Bob Dole's campaign, "Building a Bridge to the 14th Century"?

Secular News Daily : Barton: Obama Wants To Eliminate "In God We Trust"

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:48:40 +0000

If only!

Secular News Daily : The not-so-good Samaritan

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:02:59 +0000

Hi, Vanessa! I hadn't noticed that the author of this article hadn't included the image copyright information. I followed B's advice and found that it is a 2002 painting by Joseph Brickey, which apparently won a Mormon art competition: http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/museum/6thartcom... Since it is not in the public domain and was apparently being used without permission of the artist, and I cannot find any evidence that its use is permitted under Creative Commons, I'm removing the image from this site and replacing it with Jan Wijnants' painting from 1670.

Secular News Daily : Siri’s Evil Twin Sister Iris: Popular Android App Calls Abortion Murder, Cites Exodus

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:48:26 +0000

How disappointing for the pro-lifers, eh? And it definitely points out a weakness in the app, if it is relying on chacha (user-input answers) instead of a database of vetted information. I guess it really IS the opposite of Siri!

Secular News Daily : Siri’s Evil Twin Sister Iris: Popular Android App Calls Abortion Murder, Cites Exodus

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:16:32 +0000

It sure sounds that way, Nancy. It'll be interesting to see how the creators of the app respond!

Secular News Daily : Catholic Bishop: Children Want to Be Sexually Abused

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 04:59:30 +0000

Can you provide a link to that or not? I don't know where that''s coming from. For all I know, you made it up. But it seems that the bishop was also saying that abusers of minors aren't sick. Do you think sex with kids is OK? Is that what you're defending?

Secular News Daily : Catholic Bishop: Children Want to Be Sexually Abused

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 22:29:03 +0000

Thank you for the other article. However, it is about statements he made in 2010, which do not in any way reference his own earlier statement but instead complain about people going after the church. The article Jenny got her quote from refers to part of a speech he made in 2007. Where is the text of that speech? You insist the quote is out of context; the only way we can see if it is not conveying the intent of the original speech is by reading the text of that speech . . . not "later statements". A "later statement" may be interpreted as, "Oops, I said something bad, I need to make a clarifying statement now that everyone is mad at me".

Secular News Daily : In the front lines of the “climate wars”

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:40:54 +0000

Looks like it was a coding glitch. Thanks for pointing it out . . . all better now!

Secular News Daily : Catholic Bishop: Children Want to Be Sexually Abused

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:38:45 +0000

You mention "other articles" and "the source", yet even though I asked for that information, you have provided no links to those "other articles" or the text of the speech in question.

Secular News Daily : Catholic Bishop: Children Want to Be Sexually Abused

Sun, 5 Feb 2012 22:43:38 +0000

Since you are so vehement in your defense of this particular bishop, and so insistent in your accusations that Jenny took something out of context, I have no doubt you can provide the full text (in English) of the 2007 speech from which the quote is taken, and don't doubt you have read it. Where is it? Can you provide a link? When I look at the source Jenny linked to, I don't see any "context" that she ignored. Do you? Thanks!

Secular News Daily : Pious Political Posturing Alert: U.S. House Set to Vote on Bills Promoting Religion

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:47:18 +0000

Oh, I agree with you, Kieres, HR 2070 should not have passed . . . I was just responding to the blatantly false assertion that the legislation claims that WWII was 'a war fought for religion'. False, sensational assertions do not help secularism, and are in direct opposition to humanist ethics.

Secular News Daily : Catholic Bishop: Children Want to Be Sexually Abused

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:52:14 +0000

Amazing. I explain to you that the vast majority of atheists do not make such a claim, that gnostic atheists are in fact a minority, and yet you reiterate that all atheists are "categorically stating what can and cannot exist". Part of having a discussion, Nejjy, is actually listening to the other participant. You can't bother to do so. This means that you, in fact, are the one in the state of denial. You have made up your mind, and no evidence to the contrary will sway you. You have decided that all who don't believe in your god are "big-headed", "boring", and "in denial". This makes you a bigot. Good day.

Secular News Daily : Pious Political Posturing Alert: U.S. House Set to Vote on Bills Promoting Religion

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:29:30 +0000

HR 2070 does not claim that WWII was a war fought for religion. It directs the Secretary of the Interior to install a plaque with the text of a prayer delivered by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, on June 6, 1944. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill... HR 2070 text http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/odddayp.html Roosevelt's prayer Sorry, it does not in any place state that WWII was a religious war.

Secular News Daily : Ron Paul - Bio and Updates

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:59:03 +0000

. . . or people.

Secular News Daily : Catholic Bishop: Children Want to Be Sexually Abused

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:06:43 +0000

Nejjy, I'm afraid you are confusing gnostic atheism with agnostic atheism. Most self-described atheists are "agnostic atheists". Their thinking is generally as follows: "I do not believe there are leprechauns, because I have never seen evidence adequate to support belief in leprechauns. However, I recognize that it is not possible to prove a negative . . . so show me your evidence that leprechauns exist." The "gnostic atheist" does take a leap of faith, because she says that it IS possible to prove a negative, and to be absolutely certain that there are no beings we might describe as leprechauns floating about. However, this is a minority of self-described atheists.

Secular News Daily : Catholic Bishop: Children Want to Be Sexually Abused

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:16:19 +0000

Sparky, I'm not even sure to whom Daisy is responding. Is she suggesting that the Bishop of Tenerife is not a church-going person? As for what Bishop Álvarez actually said, there are quotes in the article, and links to the source of those quotes.

REAL Bible Stories : Gen. 9-10: Ham's Son Bears the Sins of His Father

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:13:32 +0000

The text doesn't really suggest sex at all:

21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.

In fact, it seems pretty clear Noah was laying about naked. Seeing someone naked actually brought shame upon the viewer more than upon the viewee in that time. "Uncovering the nakedness of . . ." is not the same thing. I see no evidence of sexual relations here.

Secular News Daily : Scare-o-lina: Gingrich Projected Winner

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:52:11 +0000

Why scary? Until a few days ago, Romney had a solid lead in South Carolina. Now, Gingrich has emerged as a serious contender. When he was Speaker of the House, Gingrich as a standard Establishment Republican. Now, he's the Religious Right's candidate. In his victory speech, he again lambasted the "anti-religious bigotry of Washington elites and the judiciary", reiterating his plan to rein in those "activist judges" who insist on church-state separation. Why is that scary? Because he's an intelligent, well-spoken and well-respected man. In spite of his fear that the United States may become "a secular atheist nation, ruled by Islamist fundamentalists", the majority of the electorate do not see him for the wingnut he's become. Santorum? They already know what he is, which is why he's unelectable. They should know of Newt as well, but they don't seem willing to accept it.

Secular News Daily : Catholic Bishop: Children Want to Be Sexually Abused

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:22:08 +0000

As Nancy has pointed out, this group involved three pedophiles, and I don't see where they claim to be atheist. From YOUR LINK:

The Party for Neighbourly Love, Freedom, and Diversity (Partij voor Naastenliefde, Vrijheid en Diversiteit, PVND) was a Dutch political party with no representation in parliament,[1] and only three known members.[2] It was commonly known as "pedopartij" ("pedo party") in the media, due to its advocacy for legalization of child pornography and the lowering of the age of consent to age 12.[1] PVND was founded on 31 May 2006 by three self-described pedophiles.