Comments on: RDF TV – Hawaii as a Nursery of Evolution – Nebraska Vignettes #6 – Richard Dawkins

By: TakeItOfffff

TakeItOfffff — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:08:58 +0000

I wish when i was in primary school we got taught this instead of the just the Bible..

By: ExtremeBogom

ExtremeBogom — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:14:20 +0000

Exactly, I feel the same.

By: Radicalist1987

Radicalist1987 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:31:32 +0000

You think an agressive attitude with shouting ‘Morons!look at the facts!’,'haha look how wrong you are’ is going to change them? Change these stubborn people, who can look at facts then look away and say ‘no!’?

Dawkins takes a more differentiated approach mostly and even that doesn’t work. And I am not saying ‘let them be’ on a overal basis, but just for the particular movies. Because religion is not a discussion in these movies. Its evolution as fact with info for those who are interested

By: thelegendarypaki

thelegendarypaki — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:41:07 +0000

so they have songs…I guess animals and insects are not different after all…

By: reddragonready

reddragonready — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:48:30 +0000

No, but I think your comment was silly. It wasn’t you were advising folks to the fact that shouting at them doesn’t work. It was that you suggested silence is the best response. That seemed to me to be contradictory to the purpose of richarddawkinsdotnet. I believe the very purpose of these vids is clearly to in a way indeed “shout”"morons. Look at the facts” And I personally think “letting morons be” has never changed anything in history! Speaking up does!

By: chodaboy51500

chodaboy51500 — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:43:50 +0000

The objective is not to convert them. It is to ridicule them. If they kept their ignorant beliefs to themselves everything would be fine, but they wish to spread their ignorance to the rest of the world. They wish to subvert science to allow pseudoscience and the supernatural in the definition in our children’s schools. They want to dumb this country down in the name of God.

By the way, The Life of Brian (vid you favorited) is a satire of religious ignorance love that movie!

By: chodaboy51500

chodaboy51500 — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:39:30 +0000

Yes. Some fruit is quite bulky leading to a very long decay. Fruit floats, making very nice boats for fly maggots and an all you can eat buffet.

Tons of plant flotsam falls in the ocean every day. You can find it in the central pacific Thousands of miles from any land.

By: Radicalist1987

Radicalist1987 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:21:26 +0000

Don’t get me wrong. I have my part in ridiculing religious people. But I think there is a time and place for that. Like I said: To me ‘Root of all evil’ and other Dawkins movies where he discusses religion and evolution with scientist and the religious are more proper in my opinion.

I think that here we should not say ‘haha look you stupid creationist, evidence!’ but ‘wow, nice vid! are there more examples on these specific islands? or ‘Are there more changes with fruitflies?

By: AshNekoBoy

AshNekoBoy — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:54:43 +0000

insects are animals

By: reddragonready

reddragonready — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:58:04 +0000

Don’t think I got you wrong. That is exactly what I understood you said. My point was that the purpose of richarddawkinsdotnet’s work it seems to me,is not to just say look at the pretty video but to bring about change!
The main point I tried to make is that who decides what is the right time and place or even worst ( IMO) “proper”? Those are common place expressions popular with those who are afraid to rock the boat. And when you don’t rock the boat, nothing ever changes.