richarddawkins.net — In London's Westminster Central Hall on March 27, some 2,000 people turned out to hear Hitchens, Dawkins and philosopher A.C. Grayling debate a trio of religious authorities on the question "We'd be better off without Religion." (The motion carried, 1,205 to 778.)
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pkulakApr 12, 2007
"I am catholic, my church helps battered women, poor people, children and many others."Good people don't need religion to do good things.
drillApr 13, 2007
There's only one way to find out.......FIGHT!!See you after the break!
nitsujApr 13, 2007
Good job the church edited out the Gospels where Jesus claimed that he was indeed a poached egg.
kag9000Apr 13, 2007
@jerryskid02 I certainly do know what I am talking about. Indeed you are right about the Charles Keating money, to some extent. She certainly didn’t know where the money came from – but she never returned it when she was told.Also:Susan Shields, formerly a senior nun with the order, recalled that one year there was roughly $50m in the bank account held by the New York office alone. Much of the money, she complained, sat in banks while workers in the homes were obliged to reuse blunt needles. The order has stopped reusing needles, but the poor care remains pervasive. One nurse told me of a case earlier this year where staff knew a patient had typhoid but made no effort to protect volunteers or other patients. "The sense was that God will provide and if the worst happens - it is God's will."That is part of transcript from an investigative journalist who works for a mainstream TV channel. You can read the full page here:<a class="user" href="http://macintyre.com/content/view/533/105/">http://macintyre.com/content/view/533/105/</a>Take a look at Dr Aroup Chatterjee’s site <a class="user" href="http://website.lineone.net/~bajuu/index.htm">http://website.lineone.net/~bajuu/index.htm</a>@orp2000I assure you, I can ‘handle it’. So there is no need for you to be so concerned.
rodzirraApr 13, 2007
DryvBy says: "lol, you would know about child abuse giving what your parents did to you. if going to church and learning to be good is a terrible thing to do, i'd like to know what to do. being a parent means help guiding them in the right direction, not giving them some TP and a porno like your crappy parents did you. freak."Oh, man... how could I have been so blind? I'm going to church this Sunday, so I can learn to be good like you. Thanks for the help, DryvBy.
aristotle0dudeApr 15, 2007
I have a few questions:1. Who here is surprised that people who would come to hear Dawkins would vote this way?2. How is hate literature science?3. Why do people think science is someone a replacement for religion or is in conflict with proper scientific study?4. Why are people on the internet so gullible to buy into the popular myths and stereotypes about religion and religious people? 4a. Why do people who would fight against racism and racial stereotypes have no problem living in ignorance and hatred of religions that they have never seen or hear about in real life?Who is this "we"? Rich upper class WASA? White Anglosaxon Atheists?
fordiApr 26, 2007
@RealHyperX:Do you honestly believe that without religion, good people wouldn't think to help others out?I weep for your faith in humanity.
fordiApr 26, 2007
"Atheism is a religion."Except it's not, and you're a douchebag for implying it is."Their aim is to convert all believers of God(s) to Atheism."Except it's not; most of us don't care if you choose to believe in Zeus."They believe their way is the only way for a better world."Except we don't; if you need religion to stay sane, by all means, pray to His Noodly Appendage."Only by being an Atheist can one truly have true knowledge."Except you're full of s**t; lots of Christians, Muslims, Hindi, etc have true knowledge. We just object to including the precepts of your particular browser quirk as the part of that true knowledge. We can't say we're necessarily right, either; we can just state that the probability of a supernatural being is low."Morality and virtue is exclusive to Atheists and believers of a so called God are only appearing to be moral."Not exactly. Morality and virtue are things that atheists can pursue clearheadedly. Believers in a God have their own moral code, which may or may not be socially beneficial. I can tell you that fundamentalist christianity's moral code is, on the whole, very much not socially beneficial."The Atheist congregate in the internet to discuss and organize." Discuss, yes. Organize? You're kidding right? You can't herd cats."Their prophet is Richard Dawkins and he is infallible. His word is the gospel."Riiiight. Except we won't insist he's wathing over us 2000 years after he dies of a fundie lynch mob.
paraswarmNov 21, 2007
Anybody who thinks that morals come from their religion is truly sad. Our morals come from within, from the heart. I was never religious throughout my life, and I consider myself a much better human being than many religious people that I've met in my lifetime. Time to find another excuse.