Merry Christmas, from Dr. Richard Dawkins

[Lordquinton]

[cbayer]

1. He's recycling his christmas greetings from previous years? Same card for 6 years?

And using a fake tree?

No wonder he looks so unhappy.

[bvf]

3. Shame on you.

Criticizing christmas greetings. That's pretty low.

[phil89]

4. Surely one can be happy

regardless of the age of their xmas cards or lack of a real tree. Granted he's not misty eyed with thoughts of his sins being forgiven by human sacrifice, but still...

[cbayer]

5. Oh, c'mon. It was a joke.

Would love to know the story behind this picture, though.

I'm going to refrain from remarking on his sins.

Hoping you are having a wonderful holiday season, phil.

[bvf]

7. Mmpff!

"I'm going to refrain from remarking on his sins."

Oh, please, don't hold back. Judge away!

[okasha]

16. Well, the direct frontal lighting

takes about 20 years off him. Cheaper than surgery.

[AtheistCrusader]

18. 'Sin' is a religious construct, so by all means, detail them for us.

[Lordquinton]

42. The story behind this picture is that it's Christmas

and he's posing like his awkward self next to the tree, can't say I'd do much better posing, maybe I'd point at it.

[cbayer]

45. He looks like he is holding it hostage..

or it's holding him hostage.

It is rather funny. I wonder if he regrets it.

[AtheistCrusader]

19. I know you're being snarky, but that's what an actual tree looks like.

[Starboard Tack]

2. Oh no! Say it ain't so!

I can hear the murmuring in the basement about betrayal. Does this mean he supports rape, or is he just another apologist for all sins committed by the evil religionists? Do I hear hoofbeats?
Or maybe he doesn't want to lose his frequent flyer status.
Nevertheless, kudos Dickie!

[AtheistCrusader]

20. Oh, you think the dust has settled and it's safe in here after that sexist shit you posted?

[Starboard Tack]

24. Merry Christmas to you too AC

[AtheistCrusader]

25. None of us are going to forget.

[Starboard Tack]

31. And what exactly are °NONE OF YOU° going to forget?

How a handful of intolerant antitheists twisted what I said to fuel their smear campaign of me and my family? Do you really think I care what a bunch of bigots think or say?
Are you the newly appointed leader of the malcontents? Or are you just trying to prove your credentials after your dressing down for talking nice to the enemy? I always thought you had some integrity AC, in spite of your abrasiveness. I never saw you as part of the lynch mob. But, as I have said many times before, I am not always right.
That said, I wish you well good tidings for the Xmas season and may 2015 be an excellent year for you and yours.

[AtheistCrusader]

32. Twisted what you said?

Nice to see you doubling down.

[Starboard Tack]

33. Nice to see you tripling down AC

Feel free to quote me any time, I stand by everything I have said. And you know as well as anyone, that I am neither sexist, racist , homophobic or bigoted in any way.
But if you want to go down that path, have at it. I'm sure you will get a standing ovation from the choir. Go ahead, be that angry man you tout yourself as. Expose me to all and sundry. Gather your minions, who wait eagerly in the wings, or are they busy knitting.
Come on AC! Flare those nostrils, strap on that Ruger. You've got me in a very Rudyard Kipling kind of mood.

[AtheistCrusader]

36. Let me refresh your fucking memory.

"They could do as you suggest, or buy their insurance elsewhere
Or they could go to any drugstore and buy some rubbers. That's what most of us do."

Here's a handy pre-made list.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1218157810#post121

By all means. 'Stand by it'.

Edit: Think carefully before you reply, 'Kipling', you got a hide last time.

[AtheistCrusader]

37. Here's you spouting right wing anti-SSM talking points verbatim.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1218122885#post176

You can 'stand by that' too, I suppose.

[Warren Stupidity]

43. So your defense is "billy did it too"?

Brilliant.

[rug]

6. That's sweet. Here's Gregor Mendel with his pea plants.

[PDittie]

14. Sleepin' heavenly peas eom

[rug]

15. !

[Lordquinton]

17. mendel's christmas card doesn't even have a tree on it

let alone a merry christmas! Poor form for a monk.

[rug]

22. Technically he was a friar.

Christmas cards had not yet become popularized when he was discovering genetics. Dawkins should send a thank you card to his friary. Where would he be without him?

[Jackpine Radical]

26. Mendel, of course, was exposed for data fakery after his death.

A British statistician, Ronald Fisher, did statistical analyses that demonstrated an impossibly good fit between Mendel's theoretical predictions and his data. Mendel's conclusions were essentially correct, but he apparently did a bit of "data cleaning" on his original observations.

[rug]

27. Ronald Aylmer Fisher, the eugenicist, whom Dawkins called "the greatest biologist since Darwin"?

You should read this before claiming "data fakery".

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1104.2975.pdf

Fisher also claimed smoking does not cause cancer.

[Jackpine Radical]

28. Thanks for that.

I was basically citing what I had heard my old statistics courses of 50 years ago. I had no idea of this new stuff.

[rug]

29. I hope you had better luck wading through that than I did.

About the only thing I remember from statistics is the difference between the median and the mode.

[Jackpine Radical]

30. I've taught it. Also social science research design, etc.

[Curmudgeoness]

8. Nice.

Even atheists can enjoy the best parts of Christmas---decorating and gifts!

[hrmjustin]

9. Still not a fan but interesting tree.

[cbayer]

10. Daniel Dennett

[cbayer]

11. Sam Harris

[Ink Man]

12. I have no

idea who Sam Harris is, but it looks like a poor photoshop photo to me.

Jesus is going to be cool in 2015.

Feliz Navidad cbayer. Where in Mexico do you live?

[cbayer]

23. Feliz Navidad, Ink Man.

I am really bad at detecting photoshop, so I can't tell.

I am in the state of Nayarit right now. It's beautiful down here.

[rug]

13. He made sure to get a tree much smaller than himself.

[Curmudgeoness]

34. Do you ever have anything nice to say?

There is an old adage---if you don't have anything nice to say, it is best to say nothing. This comment adds nothing to the conversation.

[rug]

35. He has a nice candlestick.

[cbayer]

38. He can't help it. He's all in a kerfuffle about the topless woman in

Rome who stole the baby jesus from the vatican. She had "God is Woman" written across her chest and he is just beside himself.

What can you do?

[Curmudgeoness]

39. Well,

that made me laugh out loud.....scared the cats.

[cbayer]

40. I am so glad. And I feel most assured that you have a lovely laugh and

that the cats will forgive you.

[rug]

41. Hey, I found the video.

It's better with the Benny Hill music.

[cbayer]

44. That is so hilarious it deserves it's own thread, I think.

Gee, how can I get some attention.

I know!!!!!

[mr blur]

21. How dare he enjoy himself?

Surely the antichrist has more important things to do than mark an old pagan celebration by putting up an evergreen tree in his living room?