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14 years ago @ Deep Thoughts - Rev. Isaias Rivera arr... · 0 replies · +1 points

That's pretty sad, but not surprising. Assuming the crime is confirmed, my guess is that the pastor will do a "heart-felt" mea culpa about letting God and his congregation down, he'll get a reduced judgment because he's a man of God, and he'll soon find a new church who will take him in.

What's more surprising to me is the amount of money. $137,000 embezzled from one church?! Which means the church must have a lot more than that, otherwise it would have been noticed sooner. No wonder churches are still expanding even during the economic crisis, they're probably doing better than most businesses are.

14 years ago @ AnAtheist.Net - Haiti: The Robertson R... · 0 replies · +1 points

That's horrible that Pat can preach such hatred at a time like this, but it's par for the course for him and his ilk. Does he truly believe his god would do such a horrible thing, or is he just trying to score points with his followers who eat this sort of thing up? Either way, it's at least good that someone at the White House spoke out against the remark.

14 years ago @ Life Without Faith - A Colbert Christmas So... · 0 replies · +1 points

I hadn't seen this one, pretty good. Stephen says in real life he is a Christian (and is or was a Sunday School teacher), but he either has a really good sense of humor about religion or has very irreligious writers (or both).

14 years ago @ Atheist Revolution - The Day I Became an At... · 0 replies · -2 points

Best of luck to you with your formal complaint, vjack. That must take a lot of courage to do, but it's good that you're standing up for your rights. State employees shouldn't have to be subjected to prayers as part of their job, and public universities shouldn't lead state workers or students in prayer.

14 years ago @ Life Without Faith - Video: God can defeat ... · 0 replies · +1 points

I didn't know that elected representatives could be deluded enough, and/or desparate enough to pnader, for them participate in something like this.

14 years ago @ Life Without Faith - Tim Minchin's beautifu... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks for posting this. Both funny and beautiful. I see it was just re-released as a single today on the US iTunes store, in case anyone's interested.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/white-wine-in-th...

14 years ago @ Mississippi Atheists - Recap of Dan Barker\'s... · 0 replies · +3 points

Great recap. I especially like your intro -- I think it captures the overall tone of the event well. Dan Barker wasn't there to convert/deconvert people, he was there to give a convincing argument about why state and church need to be separate. He definitely made his own views on atheism clear (and defended them during the Q & A), but presented examples and historical references that both believers and non-believers could relate to.

There was plenty new and interesting in this talk; I've read his book "godless" and listen to the Freethought Radio podcast, but still got a lot out of it. Anyone who's interested can search YouTube to see other events he's spoken at. The one in Memphis isn't up yet, but I saw it mentioned somewhere that it had been recorded and would be posted on YouTube eventually (hopefully soon!).

14 years ago @ Conversational Atheist - Comments for Slavery i... · 0 replies · +1 points

Great article and pocket version, too.

blackbart1721, I've heard this a number of times, too. The thing is, when the Bible talks about the Israelites being captive in Egypt, apologists make it sound like slavery, but when the Bible (including Jesus) mentions slavery, then they act like it's just a butler or something, like you said. I think using Alice from the Brady Bunch is a good image, using specific examples (even if fictional) can drive home a point, I'll have to think of this next time it comes up.

14 years ago @ Conversational Atheist - Ray Comfort: Un-satiri... · 0 replies · +1 points

You're right. He's apparently saying nothing = something, and something = God. Mathematically speaking, this would mean nothing = God. Logically speaking I'm not so sure, since he's not using logic to begin with.

It's sad that he probably doesn't even realize he's posing the wrong question. When he's asking "Do you believe that nothing created everything?", I think he should be asking "Was there a creation?" or perhaps, "Is there any proof that everything, or anything, was created at all?"

14 years ago @ Conversational Atheist - Possibly Acceptable Ch... · 0 replies · +1 points

You may be on to something, Jaume. To which I could counter, "It's very convenient that Jesus rose from the dead only once, while he was supposedly buried behind some huge boulder, with no witnesses there at the time and Jesus gone by the time anyone got there. At least modern magicians do their tricks in front of people."

I'm sure they would reply that we just need to have "faith" that he was resurrected. Believers try to have it both ways: "there's proof Jesus rose from the dead!" Then when you dispute the proof, they say "You have to have faith." Which is it???

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