tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post5177282060049440591..comments2024-03-04T10:43:03.201+00:00Comments on The Reason Stick: What Should We Replace Gideon Bibles With?Crispian Jagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16834942943012382473noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-63141715381762996162009-07-26T14:50:41.399+01:002009-07-26T14:50:41.399+01:00Autymn D C
Here's a good definition of woo fo...Autymn D C<br /><br />Here's a good definition of woo for you<br />http://www.skepdic.com/woowoo.htmlCrispian Jagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834942943012382473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-62126400883330667062009-07-26T14:01:11.085+01:002009-07-26T14:01:11.085+01:00What is woo?
woo
verb (woos, wooed) [trans.]
try...What is woo?<br /><br />woo<br />verb (woos, wooed) [trans.]<br /><br />try to gain the love of (someone, typically a woman), esp. with a view to marriage<br />• seek the favor, support, or custom of<br /><br />DERIVATIVES<br />woo•a•ble adjective<br />woo•er noun<br /><br />ORIGIN late Old English wōgian (intransitive), āwōgian (transitive), of unknown originAutymn D. C.http://twitter.com/alysdexianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-24991982177478462032009-07-25T11:26:52.040+01:002009-07-25T11:26:52.040+01:00I wonder if the BHA or some similar organisation c...I wonder if the BHA or some similar organisation could (or would) organsise it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-44658719281408819522009-07-21T12:37:01.618+01:002009-07-21T12:37:01.618+01:00Hitchhikers were my favourite books when I was a k...Hitchhikers were my favourite books when I was a kid, and carried on reading adams into my early twenties.<br /><br />Origin of the species is surprisingly dull, and contains almost no reference to homo sapiens, just many observations about animals that let you draw your own conclusions.<br /><br />I had a gideon bible too though. I loved revelations, and story of the madman was pretty cool (my name is legion, we are many etc.. scary stuff)<br /><br />My favourite reading though has to be the words of self righteous twits harping an about how terrible the bible is, or how wonderful origin of the species is when they've clearly not read either.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17967966771724429125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-1237630941217107682009-07-21T07:57:03.976+01:002009-07-21T07:57:03.976+01:00I see I was not alone in voting for The Hitch Hike...I see I was not alone in voting for The Hitch Hiker's Guide! As far as distributing books to children goes, Hitch Hiker has a distinct advantage over all the others (and indeed the Bible) in that it might actually be read by some of them. We were all given Gideon Bibles at school and I don't know anybody who actually READ theirs, whereas lots of us read Hitch Hiker even though we had to spend our pocket money on it!! Thinking about philosophical ideas is infinitely easier when it is coupled with a bit of humour!ViolaMathshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05245505796473322898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-22287459219210588852009-07-20T18:14:20.409+01:002009-07-20T18:14:20.409+01:00The answer is clearly Sagan.
Few people except co...The answer is clearly Sagan.<br /><br />Few people except convinced atheists would open a book by Dawkins (sad but true). Especially one called "The God Delusion".<br /><br />The Origin is obviously one of the greatest books of all time etc but hardly bedtime reading.<br /><br />I am one of the few geeks to have not yet read THG so not sure I can comment but I think it's too long and has a reputation for geekiness so again, people might not open it.<br /><br />TDHW, on the other hand, is forceful without being preachy, and doesn't trigger oh-no-New-Atheism-I'm-not-reading-that reflex.Neuroskeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06647064768789308157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-78184588205115747442009-07-20T17:24:31.742+01:002009-07-20T17:24:31.742+01:00The bible indeed doesn't need replacing. It ne...The bible indeed doesn't need replacing. It needs to be removed.<br />But for the sake of this post, I would have chosen The Guide followed by Sagan :-)Chrishttp://austroscepticus.nemesys.atnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-58939712602833755232009-07-20T16:44:50.890+01:002009-07-20T16:44:50.890+01:00The bible doesn't need replacing.
As a work o...The bible doesn't need replacing.<br /><br />As a work of fiction it holds up as one of the greatest pieces of human literature.<br /><br />If someone were trying to convince you that Hitchhikers guide was a record of actual events, you'd be bashing that instead....Johnnoreply@blogger.com