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10-24-2010, 01:26 PM   #1149720  /  #51
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As one of the ex-mods at RDF I can't say that I am surprised by these developments. Everybody at RDF knew Josh and Chalkley were twats...
That's because they were all a bunch of twats .
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10-24-2010, 01:37 PM   #1149726  /  #52
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As one of the ex-mods at RDF I can't say that I am surprised by these developments. Everybody at RDF knew Josh and Chalkley were twats...
That's because they were all a bunch of twats .
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/#p533202
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Yes, Josh and the cunt Chalkly decided to delete my account, and others. In my case 13,000 posts sent to oblivion. Seems rather trivial given Josh could well be facing jail time as a well know atheist in a prison system with 99%+(?) theistic inmates.
i'm dyin'... atheists gonna finish 2010 STRONG!
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10-24-2010, 01:43 PM   #1149730  /  #53
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eh, dawkins does do a lot of debating against creationism. even if you think the athevangelism thing is gay or hopeless, hopefully you'd agree that arguing with creationism needs to be done. especially with the creationists openly planning to "outlast" the "evolutionists". they keep losing in court, but if they get enough of their kind of people as judges, that may not last. so it really does matter who's winning the public debate.
imho "the public debate" doesn't really hinge on some smarmy brit's book sales or his shit website.
you're probably right. just being devil's advocate.
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10-24-2010, 01:46 PM   #1149732  /  #54
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Yes, Josh and the cunt Chalkly decided to delete my account, and others. In my case 13,000 posts sent to oblivion. Seems rather trivial given Josh could well be facing jail time as a well know atheist in a prison system with 99%+(?) theistic inmates.
like pedophiles and cops, convicts hate atheist prisoners and go out of their way to assault them
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10-24-2010, 01:48 PM   #1149733  /  #55
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"yo, we gotta fuck up this new guy real good."

"why, what, he a perv?"

"nah... worse."

"a pig?"

"worse! he doesn't believe in god..."

"oh man... let me sharpen my shiv..."
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10-24-2010, 01:59 PM   #1149743  /  #56
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curious, gunner. are you an atheist?
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10-24-2010, 02:00 PM   #1149744  /  #57
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(it's ok if you're not. i won't discriminate against you.)
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10-24-2010, 02:03 PM   #1149750  /  #58
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10-24-2010, 02:04 PM   #1149752  /  #59
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that's hot
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10-24-2010, 02:21 PM   #1149769  /  #60
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why did it take the Richard Dawkins Foundation over three years to learn about this continuous embezzlement?

no need for standard non-profit auditing practices in their faith-based initiative?

how many years back do you think this will set the cause of reason?

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10-24-2010, 02:31 PM   #1149780  /  #61
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rationalskepticism forums poster "simon gardner" has allegedly been blocked from PZ Myers' blog for posting a single comment regarding his defense of Timonen's and Dawkins' handling of the destruction of the dawkins forums

hahahaha
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/#p533933
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10-24-2010, 03:02 PM   #1149813  /  #62
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It's interesting to see how radically his ex-fanboys have turned against him after the forum was closed.

The rationalscepticism site members are really revelling in the events. A lot of the same guys would have flown into a fury at any criticism of Pope Dawkins (PBUH) in the not so distant future. I recall having posts deleted on the RD forum for mild commentary about Dawkins' obvious narcissism.

My guess is that he is feeling rather less smarmy today. This case punctures his reputation in a big way. His judgement is shown to be flawed, and the oversight of the finances of his foundation seems shockingly remiss.

Regarding their finances, why would anyone in their right mind contribute to an organisation where a young webmaster is being paid $90+ per annum? Surely the idea with charities is that your staff overheads are cut to the bone?

The whole RDF is clearly a vanity project for Dawkins and was never anything else.
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10-24-2010, 03:03 PM   #1149814  /  #63
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Timonen is a Finnish name...
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10-24-2010, 03:09 PM   #1149820  /  #64
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In his 18-page complaint, Dawkins describes himself as "the world's best known and most respected atheist."
Hahaha, Dawkins has out-Dawkinsed himself.
jesus christ
That was probably his lawyer, to be fair
It's hilarious either way.
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10-24-2010, 03:11 PM   #1149821  /  #65
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jesus christ
That was probably his lawyer, to be fair
It's hilarious either way.
He's responsible for everything his minions put out about him.
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10-24-2010, 03:11 PM   #1149825  /  #66
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It's interesting to see how radically his ex-fanboys have turned against him after the forum was closed.

The rationalscepticism site members are really revelling in the events. A lot of the same guys would have flown into a fury at any criticism of Pope Dawkins (PBUH) in the not so distant future. I recall having posts deleted on the RD forum for mild commentary about Dawkins' obvious narcissism.
Yep, though it wasn't just for Pope Dawkins, but all the apostles. The first threads critical of RRS were the same shit, and people criticizing the RRS were accused of being covert theists, because WHY ELSE WOULD YOU SPEND YOUR TIME ATTACKING ROOK AND BRIAN, WHO FIGHT FOR REASON!?!? Then the critics were threatened with bans for making completely appropriate "what are your crimes" retorts about this scientology-esque behavior. That was a violation of the terms of service, clearly, because the locals support REASON and therefore can't act like scientologists or fundies.

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10-24-2010, 04:48 PM   #1149932  /  #67
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Timonen is a Finnish name...
congratulations man.

One of your guys took $300,000 dollars from the atheist pope, and used to to buy a fast car and lay dozens of beautiful women.

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10-24-2010, 04:50 PM   #1149936  /  #68
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Thinking it over, that's probably not the best use of the money.

What I'm hoping is that the judge goes easy on Timonen because he gave the money away to a church which houses the homeless and helps them find jobs
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10-24-2010, 08:52 PM   #1150294  /  #69
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that's hot
he charges extra if you want him to be a mormon though, since he has to hire out the magic underwear.
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10-24-2010, 09:18 PM   #1150327  /  #70
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I'm trying to think of the most respected atheist. In the history of philosophy? Hume? The contemporary era? Ayers? Russell? Mackie? Quine? Quine didn't say much about it though.
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10-24-2010, 09:23 PM   #1150330  /  #71
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I'm trying to think of the most respected atheist. In the history of philosophy? Hume? The contemporary era? Ayers? Russell? Mackie? Quine? Quine didn't say much about it though.
I'm actually pretty respected. I pays my bills and I don't hurt people.

I don't evangelise and I try to be honest.

I'm your man.
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10-24-2010, 09:32 PM   #1150347  /  #72
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I'm trying to think of the most respected atheist. In the history of philosophy? Hume? The contemporary era? Ayers? Russell? Mackie? Quine? Quine didn't say much about it though.
I think the answer to that very much depends on who you ask. If Quine didn't say much about it but he was an atheist, then I like him. There are a lot of atheists who just quietly get on with the things that really interest them though, like Sagan and Feynman. Evangelism is bullshit imo. whoever it comes from.
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10-24-2010, 09:32 PM   #1150348  /  #73
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10-24-2010, 09:41 PM   #1150375  /  #74
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if dead people are allowed, i'd have to go with carlin
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10-24-2010, 10:11 PM   #1150414  /  #75
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I'm trying to think of the most respected atheist. In the history of philosophy? Hume? The contemporary era? Ayers? Russell? Mackie? Quine? Quine didn't say much about it though.
I think the answer to that very much depends on who you ask. If Quine didn't say much about it but he was an atheist, then I like him. There are a lot of atheists who just quietly get on with the things that really interest them though, like Sagan and Feynman. Evangelism is bullshit imo. whoever it comes from.
I think Dawkins meant he is the most respected in terms of his atheism. That is, in virtue of him being an atheologist. But, i could be wrong.

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