Comments on: Catherine Deveny interviews Jason Ball

By: Witticism

Witticism — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:26:48 +0000

Sorry, its http://www.venganza.org/

By: Witticism

Witticism — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:25:17 +0000

Liza-Jane,

I don't know why you are nervous.

A lot of christians are frequent visitors (and welcome) on all atheist websites.

Perhaps trying to get to know someone who thinks differently from you ... you may even like them!

I welcome diversity of opinion / thoughts / expressions ... I only ask for some evidence to back up any statements a person makes.

"Doesn't that alone make ya"ll a religion too?"
No.

Is Nudism a religion? Nudists have organisations you know. So do underwater hockey players ... is underwater hockey a religion?

Atheism is to religion as not collecting stamps is to hobby.

If you are interested in finding out more check out:
http://www.atheistfoundation.org.au/

http://richarddawkins.net/

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/

and may his Noodliness bless you with his noodly appendage, http://www.veganza.com

By: liza-jane

liza-jane — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:22:27 +0000

Oh, please excuse all the unchecked errors in grammer and spelling. I guess I am a little nervous. A Christian at this site and commenting. The last sentence should read: Thanks for what I did find out.

By: liza-jane

liza-jane — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:40:23 +0000

Since this is my first time to ever listen/read/look up info on Atheisim, I was disappointed the interviewer talk sooo much . She is rude. She did not allow him to answer or she would interupt and here I am propably others like me we are in AWE here. I am a Christian always have been from a forever line of Christians etc you get it sooo for me to be even be here! I truely wonder about this whole thing? I never knew ATHEISIM was organized. Doesn't that alone make ya"ll a religion too? Please do pray to God . If my God is there He will hear ya'lls prayers too . I belive If He hears mine He hears all prayers. Guess it shows I am questioning what I have believed now for 60 years and taught it to my children. I now question myself , what do I believe? what do I really believe myself not what I have just accepted as truth forever. Thanks for I did find out.

By: Warren Glover

Warren Glover — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:52:59 +0000

To Dez 26/10/2009,
The Golden Rule [Do unto others.................] has a history centuries older than the abrahamic religions. It is found in one form or another in philosophical/religious texts from the middle east to China.
As with anything that is of value in religious doctrine and dogma, it was plagiarised from much older and more secular civil and mercantile law texts common among earlier civilisations.
It forms the basis of our sense of justice and most probably arose in the centuries that followed the arising of settled agricultural societies and the natural increase in mercantile transactions among and between the different classes that arose in society.

By: Warren Glover

Warren Glover — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:34:48 +0000

I think Deveny likes the sound of her own voice a little too much for her radio interviews to be seamless and a means of extracting of information from the interviewee.
As a stand-up single speaker and commentator she's probably very good.
The quote from Galileo lost its impact from her not remembering it correctly. But she may have rehabilitated herself via a more modern eclectic observer of social mores in the guise of M.L.King jr.
"There is nothing in the world more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." He probably intended a universal application to his observation, for it applies particularly to the more extreme forms of religious faith.
The means by which the human intellect may unshackle itself from unquestioning religious faith will receive numerous elaborations and adductions. But the message must reach a vastly wider audience than an immediate live one. I urge the organisers to bend serious thought to the production and sale of a complete DVD set of the convention's proceedings, including questions from the audience. Publication in book form should also be considered.

By: Michelle W

Michelle W — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:30:52 +0000

I'm so happy to know that Atheism is on the rise...brilliant stuff.

By: carcoarkid

carcoarkid — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:06:32 +0000

I disagree that Catherine Deveney interrupted unnecessarily. I thought the whole program was excellent and that Catherine added to the quality by turning the interview into a conversation.

By: Veronique

Veronique — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:41:12 +0000

I am so pleased that AFA is hosting this convention. It is absolutely time that Australia had one of the conventions. I will try to get back to Australia in March next year and hope I can attend.

Jason - you have a terrific line-up of speakers for this convention. I know so many names on your list but didn't realise that none was being paid for appearance at the convention. How amazing and laudable.

Sob, you will have sold all the tickets by the time I can it together to get back to Australia.

If I can't make it, hopefully it will be video'ed and put up on different web sites.

Tell that caller, Trisha to listen to a talk by Lawrence Krauss accessible on richarddawkins dot net about something from nothing. It's very good and answers the question of the big bang. It is the newest cosmological take so far and Krauss is a brilliant speaker.

Well fielded Jason, there is no need for any god-type figure at all in any of this cosmology or evolutionary biology.

By: Linda Harris

Linda Harris — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:33:10 +0000

Catherine publicly dissed David. So not funny.