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Re: Here’s How We Know Jesus Wasn’t White

DavidDvorkin — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 22:11:46 -0000

All the best gods are just like their believers.

Re: Here’s How We Know Jesus Wasn’t White

DavidDvorkin — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 21:34:21 -0000

Exactly.

Re: Neil deGrasse Tyson: Atheists Should “STFU” About Apollo 8’s Bible Readings

DavidDvorkin — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 15:02:41 -0000

Thanks. And hi!

Re: Neil deGrasse Tyson: Atheists Should “STFU” About Apollo 8’s Bible Readings

DavidDvorkin — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 19:08:09 -0000

It infuriated me when the astronauts did that. I worked very hard on that mission, and the Bible reading was a slap in the face to me and all other non-believers who worked on it.

Re: Turkish Therapist Says Atheists Who Learn to Breathe Properly Will Find God

DavidDvorkin — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 18:39:55 -0000

She's suffering from binary thinking. How does she explain different varieties of theism, not to mention montheism versus polytheism? Maybe she's not breathing properly.

Re: Most Authors in the UK Make Less Than Minimum Wage

DavidDvorkin — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:59:17 -0000

I'd be more interested in knowing the median value. Far lower, I'm sure. The average is distorted by the numbers for people like J. K. Rowling.

Re: The Price of Self-Publishing: INFOGRAPHIC

DavidDvorkin — Mon, 02 May 2016 16:50:53 -0000

Those prices are excessive. The total cost should be under $2,000, if you shop around for competent, reasonable people. Moreover, if the writer is able to all of the work him/herself, then the cost is obviously $0.

Re: Bernie Sanders Is Proving You Don’t Have to Be Religious to Be Successful in U.S. Politics

DavidDvorkin — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 18:30:26 -0000

Because I can see no meaning in it. What is it that an ex-Jew should know better about? And why?

Re: Bernie Sanders Is Proving You Don’t Have to Be Religious to Be Successful in U.S. Politics

DavidDvorkin — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 16:02:37 -0000

That's a meaningless statement.

Re: Bernie Sanders Is Proving You Don’t Have to Be Religious to Be Successful in U.S. Politics

DavidDvorkin — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 16:02:20 -0000

Probably so. In reply to which, let me repost this link:

http://www.dvorkin.com/oajew/

Re: Bernie Sanders Is Proving You Don’t Have to Be Religious to Be Successful in U.S. Politics

DavidDvorkin — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:53:17 -0000

Unfortunately true. I fear we're a long way from the time when a self-identified atheist can run for high office and have a reasonable hope of being elected.

Re: Bernie Sanders Is Proving You Don’t Have to Be Religious to Be Successful in U.S. Politics

DavidDvorkin — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:39:58 -0000

It seems clear to me that he does not believe in God but lacks the political courage to say so.

As for religious identity, it has no meaning without religious belief:
http://www.dvorkin.com/oajew/

Re: Bernie Sanders Is Proving You Don’t Have to Be Religious to Be Successful in U.S. Politics

DavidDvorkin — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:30:33 -0000

I can't agree. As an ex-Jew, I consider Sanders a coward. He lacks the courage to publicly and explicitly renounce religious identity along with belief in God. His response to an interviewer's question about his religious belief was rambling, circuitous, and typical poltician's evasiveness.

Re: A Creationist Astronaut Just Went Up Into Space as Part of the Latest NASA Mission

DavidDvorkin — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:07:54 -0000

I think I've heard that one before -- possibly back when I was an aerospace engineer at NASA, working on the Apollo missions. :)

Re: A Creationist Astronaut Just Went Up Into Space as Part of the Latest NASA Mission

DavidDvorkin — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:47:07 -0000

That's very interesting.

Re: A Creationist Astronaut Just Went Up Into Space as Part of the Latest NASA Mission

DavidDvorkin — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:05:12 -0000

His degree is in engineering. That's one of the professions that's based on applying what has been discovered by others, not on questioning facts or learning how to determine them.

Medicine is another, which is why Ben Carson's scientific ignorance is no surprise.

Re: Some Australians Are “Offended” by Member of Parliament’s Black Jesus

DavidDvorkin — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 13:48:23 -0000

I'm offended by the use of "laying" instead of "lying".

Re: Kroenke's KSE to buy KRWZ Radio (950 AM) from Entercom, format tba

DavidDvorkin — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:31:09 -0000

Agreed. This is really bad news.

Re: Denver Art Museum's sci-fi fantasy in clay

DavidDvorkin — Thu, 28 May 2015 13:30:00 -0000

What a shame that this interesting article is marred by the gratuitous insult in the opening paragraph. Rinaldi's knowledge of science fiction seems to be limited to sketchy viewing of a few big-budget movies.

Re: Reza Aslan Scoffs That You Can Only Be a Credible Public Atheist If You’re a Religious Scholar With a Degree

DavidDvorkin — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 12:31:23 -0000

Thanks.

I hope that didn't show up twice. Recently, Disqus won't me let me post, or rather it seems not to be letting me post. So I give up and sign in with Facebook, instead. But I always wonder if both posts worked.

Re: Reza Aslan Scoffs That You Can Only Be a Credible Public Atheist If You’re a Religious Scholar With a Degree

DavidDvorkin — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 11:08:24 -0000

This line of attack has been around for a while. I parodied it years ago in a blog post:

http://eyeblister.blogspot....

Re: I Lost My Sweetheart to Polyamory

DavidDvorkin — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 20:10:04 -0000

A writer who says "between she and I"? Ack.

Re: Is Bezos’ Super-Secret Campfire Cooling?

DavidDvorkin — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:06:00 -0000

Neil Armstrong? Wow! What secret science is Amazon up to now?

Re: From Amazon to burritos: 10 things you need to know about consumer drones

DavidDvorkin — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 12:35:58 -0000

Drones too small to be visible are the future we should be discussing.

http://www.dvorkin.com/dn/i...

Re: Safety Tip: Please Do Not Twerk Whilst Joined In Sexual Congress

DavidDvorkin — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:45:15 -0000

I doubt that they meant that other meaning, though.