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My housemate pointed out the TV series to me yesterday, hoping to catch it on the iPlayer. I may have to check out the book, too.cheers!
Jan 20, 2012 06:28AM
This lass is fast becoming an secularist icon, and the christians aren't coming out looking very good at all.
This is the big message his pop-eye-ness is pushing recently, gelling the the US religious right's claims of 'anti-religious bigotry'. I hope enough people can just see it for the defensive bleating it is, especially in the case of Uncle Joe "hide the evidence" Ratzinger.
I believe so, Madge. She's one of these people whose sense of entitlement and righteousness is so overwhelming that she'll either end up ruling the world or, more likely, come a serious cropper.
Nadine Dorries is such a hateful creature. Amazingly, she's never been shy about her fundie leanings, and yet she still somehow got elected and seems to have quite a bit of clout!
Roxy wrote: "Xox wrote: "Fuck the Catholic Pope."No thanks, I'd rather not. I don't mind men in a dress, but I draw the line at the pope. ;-)"
LLOL
(Literally Laugh Out Loud)
I swear, does that man not realise how punchable he already looks? He really has no idea abot priorites.
Shanna wrote: "I've like the quote but I find it ironic that a man who believed in fairies wrote it..."He did go a bit weird in later life, but early on he worked as a debunker.
Elomari wrote: "Thanks Paul for creating this thread!“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Casebook of Sh..."
No problem! and a particularly pertinent quote for our group, I think :D
sorry Madge, I'd meant to post the actual Grauniad page
A thread for any relevant quotes you want to post or discuss...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2...If any schools try to flout the law, I wait to see the furore when they are reported and it comes to court.
edit: link mended
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/0...After all, the his popness is infallible. Is that the word I'm looking for?
Oh no, it's stupid.
(just noticed the link address is ...us-pope-gay-id... which sounds like a MUCH more interesting story!)
The man who killed Pakistani MP Salman Taseer for his 'blasphemy' is considered by many a hero.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16...
MadgeUK wrote: "Religious schools are not better because they are religious, they are better because they generally have smaller class sizes, as do most private schools. And it is not just that the schools teach r..."I've actually seen a few studies that suggest the school has little or nothing to do with academic achievement, and the home and general social environment are far more important.
Elomari wrote: "So, when are we going to get into a fight because of our beliefs? lol""Die, agnostic! I've had enough of your fence-sitting ways!!!!"
I like that joke - but my reaction was "ouch!" rather than laughter. I enjoyed that it substituted one silly tradition for another.
Paul wrote: "Will, I know how you feel. When my son was born 2 years ago my step father threw a fit when I told him we were not getting him baptized. He accused me of being to open minded to reject the church a..."Paul, I had exactly the same issue with my dad when I refused to get my son, Michael, baptised. My dad kept bringing it up, and I'd say that if Michael chose to do that when he was old enough that was his choice. Eventually, my dad tried his trump card: if, god forbid, something terrible happened I wouldn't want to risk sending Michael to hell on the off-chance?
I don't think I've ever been more angry in my life. Cold, hard anger. I told my father that if his god would condemn an innocent to eternal torment because he hadn't had water sprinkled on him, his god could get fucked. And if he thought such a being was worth worshipping he was an idiot.
It was never mentioned again.
edit:
Michael is now 20, and a pretty well adjusted atheist.
