Jim

You are comparing difficult budget cuts in Ireland, Latvia and Spain with those in Greece? Really? I weathered the cuts here in Spain and I sort of noticed them (and I am low low income). The only reason why Spain (and the Baltics and Ireland) rebounded was because they refused (or their population did not allow them) to implement full out…[Read more]

Steve in Co. Thanks a million not just for doing the calculations but explaining them (how to approach the problem). CHEEEEEEERS!!!!!

I would take Virgil’s rant here with a pinch of salt. There is nothing wrong with bringing up racist-homophobic hate said by religious people you know…in an atheist forum…and ask other atheists for advice. Of course that is a totally appropriate topic here and that does not contaminate the site at all. Zheesh. Perhaps pummeling on a new user…[Read more]

Gallups response pretty much sums up what I would have said only much better. You have cited some news articles now but sources that don’t back up the extreme bizzare claims you’ve made about austerity or the Greek economy.

There’s no sense in discussing anything related to Greece’s debt for a while.

The main topic of this post is the epic fai…[Read more]

Great topic GM. I hope you don’t mind a digression. Just as the confederate flag was:

of treason, aggression, and bigotry, a symbol throughout the world of oppression and one of the worst violations of human rights perpetrated against a people for financial gain

This sounds like a splendid description of Christianity during countless long…[Read more]

And now a clear (though distant) view of Pluto and its moon (twin). Oh the awe

Note how relatively close they are to one another and how similar they are in size. Perhaps Charon appears very large in the Pluto sky? I don’t know how to do the calculations (perhaps someone here does?).

Well I did live in Belgium while he was the Prime Minister there and I am quite familiar with how his style changed from a well spoken politician in Belgium who was able to handle all of the many problems any politician faced in the polarised country as well as offer insightful and nuanced commentary … to an EU Parliament rant-dog of the Nigel…[Read more]

So @Davis quoting biblical lines for justification sola scriptura above is fundamentalist.

I have no desire to engage with your “atheist-fundamentalist” nonsense, nor your question avoiding nor your ducking and dodging anymore Dr. Bob. When I read what you type…all I hear is blah blah blah.

I am yet to read anything that even approaches explaining what Christian Morality is in any coherent way. Lines like: love thy neighbour or keep to the golden rule are often given. That is not morality but is just a preferred line from an impossible book of regulatory madness. How can anyone possibly distill the essence of Christian morality from…[Read more]

And now with even better resolution