Sorry to make multiple posts from a single site but I came across something which has really made me giggle. Previously I mentioned the angelqueen.org web forum and after the ID post (which, to be fair, became a little more balanced towards the end) I found some more posts which must be pure humour. Under the post title “No Religion and an end to war…” the site members are complaining about a new paper article which has admittedly rehashed the old chestnut of getting a bunch of scientists together and asking them to predict the future. The answers the scientists give are pretty much always the same, year after year. Blame newspapers not science!

Anyway, reading down the comments you see an number of obvious ones but then this one: (as you can imagine poor old Richard comes under a bit of bashing on various religious sites – but I am sure he expects it)

What do you think Richard Dawkins would do if you took him into a full-on exorcism and he heard demonic voices speaking through the possessed person, levitation of objects, etc?

How would he rationalise that? I’m interested to understand the workings of his mind/soul if he was presented with overwhelming proof of the supernatural.

Great isn’t it? “Proof of the supernatural” really tickled me. Strangely I suspect any one reading this will fall into one of two camps. You will either read it and laugh at the prospect of “proving” the supernatural or you will shake your head at me for not believing in the supernatural. Strange how the world can be black and white sometimes…

Also (and nearly worthy of it’s own aside), remembering about how Christianity teaches compassion and kindness (forgiveness etc), this comment by some one under the name ZAROVE made me giggle: (pasted verbatim from forum)

Dawkins wudl retend the exocrsism didnt eixst, ro at leats elements didnt. IE, the voices wher ejust the poduct of mental illness, and no objects levitated.

I have friends hwo rewerite Hisotry all the itme, so it fits into what they’d prefer to beleive.

By the way, for the Americans who don’t know any better, the Guardisn is liberal trash…

Great isn’t it?

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