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Lord have mercy on us

>> in different times.

I've no huge objection to humanism, other than it seems to replace God with humanity and I find that a bit problematic.

I probably need to re-read it -- it's been some years since I last did. As I recall, I enjoyed it and found it interesting. But I found there was ... a tinge of arrogance perhaps? running through it. Ultimately, I feel his arguments are against a cartoon version of God. But as I say, I read it in >>

Not at all; be careful of the straw man. I'm suggesting Dawkins tries to sound clever with certain rhetorical tricks. I make this observation in relation to his statements on religion and not to his work in genetics.

What's happened now? Is this the "cultural Christian" thing?

And it's the creepiest shit when Dawkins says it too.

It's simplistic rhetoric like this that makes some atheists think they sound clever. This is the Ricky Gervais school of theology. Dawkins employs it too, along with other "clever" tricks like acknowledging Einstein was a pantheist and then saying "pantheism is just sexed-up atheism".

It's borrowed directly from Dawkins.

With NF as leader.

Hi. This guy is a menace and needs to be dealt with.

If her feet were attached to the pedals, does that mean it was a road bike? Entirely inappropriate to be riding a canal tow path with that I would have thought.

Not just should; must.

"No person shall cause or suffer any animal to be on a towpath unless such animal is under control." Canal & River Trust General Canal Byelaws 1965, Byelaw 58. Under control is defined by the code of conduct as "Dogs must be kept under close control, and on a short lead".

"I'm already there but timey wimey"

Could we have a link?

It's about this point in the holiday when I realise 6 weeks isn't really that long at all.

Is church attendance the defining characteristic of Christians?

Why?

Sausages and cheese, German supermarket

the scenario we all feared

A truck signwritten with "Pallets Wanted" is entering a roundabout behind another truck loaded with pallets. There's a heading that says "Thrilling chase underway"

The actual best case scenario IRL

Remember when Tesla’s sales plummeted because Elon Musk, so they gave him £30bn worth of shares?

As much as I love the BBC, I hold it at least partially responsible for this. Decades of platforming certain voices on shows such as Question Time have helped to normalise far-right rhetorical and discourse.

@bbclaurak.bsky.social @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

And platforming of certain voices on the BBC too

Ouch

47% of people think immigration is primarily illegal. There were 4% irregular arrivals in March

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

Nice one.

Some things are, Nick. Some things are.

When we were in France a couple of weeks ago, we popped into a little bastide town that we used to frequent years ago. Walking back to the car, I heard the sound of music. I looked up to see a man sitting in his window balcony, playing harmonica along to a record in the background.

What about that?

Did you choose to type that?

I mean, free will is largely mythical.