Comments on: Phillips and Zwartz explode over the Global Atheist Convention http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=phillips-and-zwartz-explode-over-the-global-atheist-convention The Evidence for a Common Ancestor Between Tables and Chairs Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:28:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Marb. Lec. Ake http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273&cpage=1#comment-5799 Marb. Lec. Ake Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:01:13 +0000 http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273#comment-5799 He's right. You are, after all just evangelists without a God. He's right. You are, after all just evangelists without a God.

]]> By: @DanGleibitz http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273&cpage=1#comment-5645 @DanGleibitz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:24:38 +0000 http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273#comment-5645 If a 'reporter' writes "Dawkins described him...", either she heard Dawkins describe him, or she is a disgrace. She did not write "Robyn Williams claimed that Dawkins described him...". She reported that "Dawkins described him". At best you can remove the word "complete" from my first sentence, but there is no excuse for what she wrote. Zwartz is no better: "I did not, as they did, report his calling Fielding a worm, though I don't suppose many noticed that restraint." - Barney Zwartz - March 16, 2010, 10:18AM If a 'reporter' writes "Dawkins described him…", either she heard Dawkins describe him, or she is a disgrace.

She did not write "Robyn Williams claimed that Dawkins described him…". She reported that "Dawkins described him". At best you can remove the word "complete" from my first sentence, but there is no excuse for what she wrote.

Zwartz is no better:
"I did not, as they did, report his calling Fielding a worm, though I don't suppose many noticed that restraint." – Barney Zwartz – March 16, 2010, 10:18AM

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]]> By: @dreadpiratemick http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273&cpage=1#comment-5643 @dreadpiratemick Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:13:54 +0000 http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273#comment-5643 That sentence doesn't state that he did so in his presentation, just that he made the comment. Given that we have a very reliable source for this (Williams) you may have found the only sentence in the article that isn't crazy! That sentence doesn't state that he did so in his presentation, just that he made the comment. Given that we have a very reliable source for this (Williams) you may have found the only sentence in the article that isn't crazy!

]]> By: @DanGleibitz http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273&cpage=1#comment-5642 @DanGleibitz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:04:20 +0000 http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273#comment-5642 "Family First senator Steve Fielding may feel he got off lightly when Dawkins described him merely as more stupid than an earthworm." THAT is a complete fabrication. Dawkins made no mention of Fielding during his GAC presentation. Mind you, he couldn't have done more harm to Fielding than Fielding himself did the other night on Q and A: <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s2831712.htm" target="_blank">http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s2831712.htm</a> "Family First senator Steve Fielding may feel he got off lightly when Dawkins described him merely as more stupid than an earthworm."

THAT is a complete fabrication. Dawkins made no mention of Fielding during his GAC presentation.

Mind you, he couldn't have done more harm to Fielding than Fielding himself did the other night on Q and A:
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s2831712.htm

]]> By: @dreadpiratemick http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273&cpage=1#comment-5641 @dreadpiratemick Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:02:58 +0000 http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273#comment-5641 That's my conclusion too, echidna. People hate the so-called "new atheists" not because of anything specific that we might say, but because we dare to speak at all. That's my conclusion too, echidna. People hate the so-called "new atheists" not because of anything specific that we might say, but because we dare to speak at all.

]]> By: echidna http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273&cpage=1#comment-5640 echidna Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:49:52 +0000 http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273#comment-5640 Dawkins talk even at the conference was very much grounded in biology. He was gracious, gentle, and impressive. Some people think that atheists should be invisible and pretend they don't exist. Dawkins talk even at the conference was very much grounded in biology. He was gracious, gentle, and impressive.
Some people think that atheists should be invisible and pretend they don't exist.

]]> By: naontiotami http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273&cpage=1#comment-5639 naontiotami Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:35:58 +0000 http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273#comment-5639 Yes, and his latest book is all about evolution. These writers don't know what they're writing about - they just act on emotion and misinformation. Yes, and his latest book is all about evolution. These writers don’t know what they’re writing about – they just act on emotion and misinformation.

]]> By: Chris http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273&cpage=1#comment-5638 Chris Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:28:43 +0000 http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273#comment-5638 Were both of these writers at the convention? I was reading an article yesterday that included the disclaimer that the author did not attend the event, but were writing about it anyway. I'm not sure who that was. "But then [Dawkins] left biology behind and became the self-appointed universal crusader against God." His latest book would seem to refute this idea. His talk at the Melbourne town hall was 90% biology. Were both of these writers at the convention? I was reading an article yesterday that included the disclaimer that the author did not attend the event, but were writing about it anyway. I'm not sure who that was.

"But then [Dawkins] left biology behind and became the self-appointed universal crusader against God."
His latest book would seem to refute this idea. His talk at the Melbourne town hall was 90% biology.

]]> By: @OzAz http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273&cpage=1#comment-5637 @OzAz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:22:30 +0000 http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273#comment-5637 Congrats to you and all the other volunteers, job well done. If nothing else these rants in the papers will provide plenty of blogging material for the many atheist bloggers. :) here's another one I just read: <a href="http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10176&page=0" target="_blank">http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=...</a> Congrats to you and all the other volunteers, job well done.

If nothing else these rants in the papers will provide plenty of blogging material for the many atheist bloggers. :)

here's another one I just read: http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=...

]]> By: @dreadpiratemick http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273&cpage=1#comment-5636 @dreadpiratemick Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:51:20 +0000 http://www.naontiotami.com/?p=1273#comment-5636 At least Philips has an excuse for her article. Being that she's insane. At least Philips has an excuse for her article. Being that she's insane.

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