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Harry Potter fails to cast spell over Professor Richard Dawkins (atheist to write book for kids)
Telegraph ^
| October 28, 2008
| Martin Beckford and Urmee Khan
Posted on 10/28/2008 10:19:39 AM PDT by NYer
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To: LongElegantLegs
Yes, watching the global warming acolytes is depressing...Well, that's for sure. When I was a kid, it was the ozone burning up and running out of coal, etc, and we see how the ozone is repairing itself and there's plenty of coal, cleaner burning.
To be so young, and have such a threat hanging over your head is just sad, and the fact that it’s false makes it that much worse.
That crowd seem to suck all the joy out of living, and seem to enjoy 'educating' even the youngest children, sapping all the simple joys of childhood (littlest kids wouldn't need to know, even if the tiniest part were true). Sapping out all the joy and fun, while claiming to do the opposite. Sad to watch.
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posted on
10/28/2008 7:06:09 PM PDT
by
fortunecookie
(Robin Hood is a legitimate hero, because he returned to the poor what lawfully belonged to them.)
To: abner; altura; Androcles; andyssister; anonsquared; Bigs from the North; Blue Eyes; Caipirabob; ...
Thanks to grellis for heads up!
HP Ping!
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posted on
10/29/2008 6:07:24 AM PDT
by
retrokitten
(Don't you put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby!)
To: retrokitten
Harry Potter books ARE based in Science. Just recently, we’ve seen news articles on microchip based invisibility devices for vehicles, aircraft and personnel. The entire Pharmaceutical industry is based upon concocting potions from various animal and plant products that will treat human and animal diseases.
Many automobiles have Global Positioning Satellite systems that guide them like the “Point Me” spell Harry used in “Goblet of Fire.” It’s only a matter of time before antigravity generators are perfected making flying by brooms possible.
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posted on
10/29/2008 6:47:02 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(My 401K is in precious metals. Lead, Brass and Blued Steel.)
To: CholeraJoe
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic - Arther C Clarke
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posted on
10/29/2008 8:53:58 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Socialism doesn't work because of people./People don't work because of socialism...)
To: null and void
Arthur C. Clarke
I have a .+. squirrel "helping" me type...
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posted on
10/29/2008 8:55:44 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Socialism doesn't work because of people./People don't work because of socialism...)
To: null and void
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posted on
10/29/2008 9:06:53 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(My 401K is in precious metals. Lead, Brass and Blued Steel.)
To: retrokitten
Thank you for the Potterping, retrokitten!
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posted on
10/29/2008 1:06:10 PM PDT
by
saveliberty
(Prayer blizzard for the Snow family. Tony was a blessing unto us all. We will miss him.)
To: saveliberty
SL! I was just thinking that I hadn’t seen you around in while. Hope everything is going OK!
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posted on
10/29/2008 2:00:12 PM PDT
by
retrokitten
(Don't you put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby!)
To: retrokitten
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posted on
10/29/2008 2:07:06 PM PDT
by
saveliberty
(Prayer blizzard for the Snow family. Tony was a blessing unto us all. We will miss him.)
To: norton
I can just picture children begging their parents to read them "a children's book on how to think about the world, science thinking contrasted with mythical thinking" at bedtime. Actually, something along these lines already exists called "Junior Skeptic".
http://www.skeptic.com/junior_skeptic
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posted on
10/30/2008 2:24:31 PM PDT
by
rosenfan
To: norton
Somehow I suspect Dawkins didn’t have many friends as a child.
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posted on
11/02/2008 6:36:00 AM PST
by
Soothesayer
(I'm breaking out of this hand basket!)
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