#iq2atheism

#iq2atheism

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2010-03-19 09:46:29 GMT

2009-11-29 20:40:58 GMT - RobsterFCD (Robert B)
#iq2atheism More argumentum ad poetics. And was that a hint of Pascal's wager? What a fail.

2009-11-29 20:40:57 GMT - intelligence2 (Intelligence Squared)
#iq2atheism Final vote closing in the next few minutes - hurry to let your vote count.

2009-11-29 20:40:55 GMT - taffysaint (Matt Jones)
#iq2atheism Dawkins cant speak on vicars for not going to church?trust the clergy will obey the same rule on science if they dont do labwork

2009-11-29 20:40:49 GMT - Ygern (Grania Spingies)
There is almost certainly no God: Moore doesn't seem to get the idea of implausible and improbable... #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:40:47 GMT - majsaleh (majsaleh)
Charles Moore is an immensely daft and uninsightful person. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:40:46 GMT - rocknrollshit (Karin )
people tend to mix up atheism and agnosticism. there IS a difference. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:40:46 GMT - AdiiAngeldust (Adii Takashima)
Dawkins #iq2atheism .

2009-11-29 20:40:43 GMT - nastasie (Empress Fabulous)
Can Moore be any more dishonest? #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:40:43 GMT - ochasuke (Chawan/Deb)
In a debate of this sort, I doubt if anyone would have their minds changed, but it is interesting to hear the arguments #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:40:42 GMT - Dubhghaillix (Charles Doyle)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yuGrGn6oYns/SogtZpzYlVI/AAAAAAAAAII/S8vq4bRjWf0/s1600-h/militant_atheists.jpg #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:40:34 GMT - csammells (Clare Sammells)
Can't we accept that not everyone experiences wonder in the same way - and that's ok? #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:40:33 GMT - 5Raphaels (Sarah Raphael)
Charles Moore " Dawkin's preaching" huh....how do you know your passion is "deeper"? #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:40:32 GMT - MMW113 (MM Walker)
#iq2atheism have they defined fundamentalism at all? I haven't heard it, but I started late....

2009-11-29 20:40:31 GMT - toomanytribbles (toomany tribbles)
god has to move the stars in order to appreciate them. oh, brother. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:40:29 GMT - puckchk (linda)
RT @Psythor: I hope when AC Grayling sums up he just bangs his head against a brick wall for two minutes. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:40:29 GMT - samiahurst (Samia)
I love it when theists start saying atheists are spiritually handicapped #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:40:29 GMT - Joreth (Joreth)
Christian deep feelings are deeper than #atheist deep feelings - Moore #iq2atheism #atheism

2009-11-29 20:40:26 GMT - xTexasBelle (Sarah Ann)
I agree, Christians /do/ feel that freedom, but only as narrowly as a god created it. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:40:20 GMT - aolsze07 (Adam Olszewski)
#iq2atheism Religious say faith is what's important, but then jump on any tiny shred of evidence for god. why??

2009-11-29 20:40:18 GMT - KKOB (Karl Kemp-O'Brien)
I fucking love Dawkins! Not met a nicer walking vault of knowledge :) #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:40:09 GMT - freeplay (MikeTheInfidel)
Dawkins' "preaching." Oh, how *clever*. Dawkins doesn't know how believers in the emperor's clothes perceive their colors. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:40:07 GMT - VantageView (Georgiana)
Dawkins: I'm passionate about the truth but none of them implies (Atheist) fundamentalism...#iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:40:06 GMT - RobsterFCD (Robert B)
#iq2atheism We are free from having to waste our time with religion.

2009-11-29 20:40:04 GMT - Outtellect (Outtellect)
RT @Trip_Fantastic: #iq2atheism Hugh Laurie as Dr. House: "Trust me, it's way cooler to know."

2009-11-29 20:39:58 GMT - HannahoftheMist (Hannah Schwartz)
So glad Dawkins differentiated between passion and religiousity, though the OED might suggest it once was otherwise. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:39:56 GMT - lee_graham (Lee Graham)
Version 3: "you don't understand what adherents believe". *yaaaawwwwwwnnnn* #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:39:53 GMT - Psythor (James O'Malley)
I hope when AC Grayling sums up he just bangs his head against a brick wall for two minutes. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:39:48 GMT - sarahtuthill (Sarah Tuthill)
The #iq2atheism Q&A is making my head spin!

2009-11-29 20:39:48 GMT - intelligence2 (Intelligence Squared)
Join Intelligence Squared on twitter @intelligence2 . Join the debate here. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:39:48 GMT - Johnyofunny (Sean)
RT @brucehead: Atheism is the courage to leave your childhood behind, to seek knowledge rather than be told what to believe #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:39:47 GMT - brucehead (Bruce Head)
Freedom from thinking, maybe. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:39:46 GMT - benjamingeiger (Benjamin Geiger)
@david_colquhoun I wish Carl Sagan were around to take part in this debate. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:39:44 GMT - samiahurst (Samia)
@Sara_tweets it's livestreaming here #iq2atheism "Intelligence Squared - Live streaming" ( http://bit.ly/8kEh01 ) Press play several times

2009-11-29 20:39:39 GMT - nerdpro (Chrissy)
So, because there could possibly be a god we should legislate and teach as if there is? #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:39:38 GMT - overgeeked (Chris Huff)
#iq2atheism "Atheism frees your mind." -RT "Free your mind and your ass will follow." -George Clinton

2009-11-29 20:39:30 GMT - Venthura (Rocío Ventura Díaz)
Realmente está interesante el hashtag #iq2atheism. Gracias@salomonmecenas :)

2009-11-29 20:39:24 GMT - unionicola (Kevin Myers)
I hadn't heard of A.C. Grayling before this debate, but he is a smart guy and I will try to read about what he has to say. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:39:24 GMT - JC_Christian (Gen JC Christian)
rt @brucehead Atheism is the courage to leave your childhood behind, to seek knowledge rather than be told what to believe #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:39:18 GMT - SamerAwadh (Samer Awadh)
"I'm grateful to be alive". Can the majority of religious people say that honestly? Or do they live in guild, shame, and fear? #IQ2Atheism

2009-11-29 20:39:17 GMT - juliaxxrawr (Julia Sheffield)
#iq2atheism Atheism is knowing you are in control and you appreciate everything as it really is without the need for a lifelong babysitter

2009-11-29 20:39:16 GMT - kelliebob (kelliebob)
Drat. Trying to watch #iq2atheism livestream but it keeps hanging up. Z sleeping after trying (& failing) to ingest Gatorade.

2009-11-29 20:39:10 GMT - MarcMcD (Marc McDonald)
@pzmeyers I agree the QA period is a mess. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:39:04 GMT - jbcrail (Joseph Crail)
Dawkins makes a moving case for appreciation and wonder of universe, countering notion that atheists are filled with despair. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:39:03 GMT - vic_toria (Tori Klassen)
When I...look at the Milky way..or the Grand Canyon...I am filled with .. a feeling of abstract gratitude. Dawkins #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:39:02 GMT - _addison (Addison Nguyen)
RT @AronDej Epic Atheist trolling ---> #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:39:01 GMT - Tyscribz (Tyscribz)
#iq2atheism The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. -Denis Diderot

2009-11-29 20:38:58 GMT - curriejean (currie jean)
@Elessaria Well, no. Atheism is not believing in god. But it often leads to the things you mention. :P #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:38:57 GMT - andressadiniz (andressa aveiro :))
#iq2atheism WTF ???

2009-11-29 20:38:55 GMT - thefierytiki (Geoffrey Hodge)
If there is a god, then why have humans gone into space? #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:38:54 GMT - xTexasBelle (Sarah Ann)
Don't mistake passion for bigotry and ignorance. -Richard Dawkins #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:38:54 GMT - rnstrong (Robert Strong)
RT @Tyscribz: #iq2atheism Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable. -H. L. Mencken

2009-11-29 20:38:53 GMT - nicola_e2009 (Nicola)
"Don't think, just believe." head -> desk #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:38:50 GMT - DavidWaldock (David Waldock)
Dawkins: Please don't mistake passion for bigotry, narrowness and fundamentalism. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:38:43 GMT - lindtoholic (Em Curtis)
#iq2atheism Don't understand how anyone feels they have a challenge in asking Dawkins 'when was he last in a church' given the facts...

2009-11-29 20:38:32 GMT - david_colquhoun (David Colquhoun)
Dawkins summing up quite masterly. Lucky to be alive to see stars and flowers #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:38:29 GMT - 5Raphaels (Sarah Raphael)
Oh Dawk! Your awe & wonder at the universe is amazing- wonderful & passionate #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:38:23 GMT - pzmyers (PZ Myers)
Seriously. Collect questions over twitter, pick a few, and give speakers time to answer them. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:38:22 GMT - RobsterFCD (Robert B)
#iq2atheism We care about evidence based truth, passionately. If that is fundie, then change the dictionary.

2009-11-29 20:38:21 GMT - puckchk (linda)
Yes!! Dawkins!! Putting it into words for me & he sounds cooler doing it! #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:38:16 GMT - Sugar_Maple (Gina )
Gosh! Great words about nature from Dawkins. My sentiments exactly! #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:38:13 GMT - toomanytribbles (toomany tribbles)
passion != fundamentalism. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:38:03 GMT - curriejean (currie jean)
@eric_mazur Misuse of the word 'theory' (equivocating scientific w/ colloquial) = HUGE pet peeve. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:38:00 GMT - freeplay (MikeTheInfidel)
@ignatzz No disagreement here. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:37:58 GMT - brucehead (Bruce Head)
Atheism is the courage to leave your childhood behind, to seek knowledge rather than be told what to believe #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:37:57 GMT - Trip_Fantastic (Trip Fantasic)
#iq2atheism Hugh Laurie as Dr. House: "Trust me, it's way cooler to know."

2009-11-29 20:37:56 GMT - sailoralekx (Alekx Schneebeck)
#iq2atheism I think the concept of "fundamentalist atheism" is weird, period. "Abstract gratitude..." That was a really sweet bit.

2009-11-29 20:37:47 GMT - MMW113 (MM Walker)
#iq2atheism This ebate is off-topic. if atheism has developed a fundamentalist strain is totally unaddressed, I love dawkins summation

2009-11-29 20:37:43 GMT - edivimo (edivimo)
Damn, i can load the live debate, thank jeebus for twitter #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:37:41 GMT - Elessaria (Jennifer)
#iq2atheism Atheism is knowing you are in control and you appreciate everything as it really is without the need for a lifelong babysitter

2009-11-29 20:37:41 GMT - rnstrong (Robert Strong)
RT @aolsze07: #iq2atheism Doesn't the fact that nature exists without a creator a more beautiful thing than having it just made?

2009-11-29 20:37:40 GMT - EatTheScapegoat (Eat The Scape Goat)
Classic arguments on both sides. Amazing that the same questions r asked with all the information available these days. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:37:38 GMT - salomonmecenas (ERNESTO GARCIA)
RT @hithatsmybike: "When were you last in a church?" Who cares? I don't need to go into McDonald's to know their food is poison #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:37:31 GMT - Jennys1977 (Jenny Stewart)
RT @pzmyers: Cats=Evil, obviously. RT @Cola82: @pzmyers #iq2atheism What is the skeptical position on cats? Awesome? Y/N

2009-11-29 20:37:28 GMT - caddy679 (Sam Caddick)
Watching #iq2atheism cos I'm dead clever like that.

2009-11-29 20:37:28 GMT - Dubhghaillix (Charles Doyle)
"There is grandeur in this view of life" #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:37:26 GMT - xTexasBelle (Sarah Ann)
I love his description of the beauty of the world. Richard Dawkins' way of talking is so amazing. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:37:24 GMT - atomicdave (Dave Churvis)
RT @pzmyers: "When was Dawkins last in a church?" I guess he is disqualified from ever saying anything about religion, then. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:37:20 GMT - toomanytribbles (toomany tribbles)
dawkins is putting spirituality in its proper place -- wonder and awe at the cosmos. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:37:12 GMT - DavidWaldock (David Waldock)
Dawkins: When I look up at the milky way and the vastness of time and space I am filled with a sense of abstract gratitude #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:37:08 GMT - samiahurst (Samia)
#iq2atheism Well, I've been in church quite a bit and everything Dawkins says about it is true. Wait...: maybe he's clairevoyant ? ;-)

2009-11-29 20:37:07 GMT - JC_Christian (Gen JC Christian)
rt @AliciaMorgan well, that was a definitive argument - "when were you in a church?" #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:37:05 GMT - freeplay (MikeTheInfidel)
RT @RobsterFCD: #iq2atheism Head trauma is one way to change a mind. | LOL, ooooooh.

2009-11-29 20:37:02 GMT - nickutah (Nick Utah)
RT @sarahtuthill "Don't think, just believe" is the epitome of intellectual laziness! #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:37:02 GMT - justinvacula (Justin Vacula)
Theists get wrecked. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:36:57 GMT - hithatsmybike (B. )
Experiental atheism = despair? No. A sense of relief, freedom, you're in control of your own life - Dawkins. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:36:56 GMT - eric_mazur (Eric Mazur)
Nearly peed in my pants! "Atheists and scientists only have theories" #iq2atheism What does the rest have? looooooooooool

2009-11-29 20:36:53 GMT - AronDej (Aaron)
Epic Atheist trolling ---> #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:36:53 GMT - ZorkFox (Jared Robertson)
RT @hithatsmybike "When were you last in a church?" Who cares? I don't need to go into McDonald's to know their food is poison. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:36:52 GMT - RobsterFCD (Robert B)
#iq2atheism Has what is said in a church changed all that much? Oh, we can dance but not drink now. OK.

2009-11-29 20:36:50 GMT - Awesome_Josh (Joshua Glassman)
#iq2atheism Atheists suck! Agnostics rule!

2009-11-29 20:36:50 GMT - freeplay (MikeTheInfidel)
@johiley *spit take* Eh wot? A Christian? Quick, everyone! Run 'er out on a rail! *rabble rabble rabble* #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:36:34 GMT - xTexasBelle (Sarah Ann)
RT @pzmyers "When was Dawkins last in a church?" I guess he is disqualified from ever saying anything about religion, then. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:36:32 GMT - welshinthecity (JD DENT)
#iq2atheism of course he's on the defensive, a) he has no clue & b)how can you not be on the defensive against Pope Dawkins' "debate" style?

2009-11-29 20:36:32 GMT - Kitty_B_Good (Katherine Birkett)
Atheism is not bleak. Atheism is not wallowing in depression. Atheism frees the mind. #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:36:30 GMT - taffysaint (Matt Jones)
RT @daycoder: #iq2atheism. Whoa, like stoner dude !

2009-11-29 20:36:27 GMT - Jumile (Jumile)
Stoners don't let their stoner friends ask questions of intellectual grownups ;) #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:36:24 GMT - DavidWaldock (David Waldock)
Dawkins [sum up]: Atheism is not about a sense of despair, it's a sense of release and freedom #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:36:24 GMT - RagingBitch (Jills IsAVitch)
LOL RT @biggerpills: Was that thick bloke a plant put there by Dawkins? #iq2atheism

2009-11-29 20:36:24 GMT - Trip_Fantastic (Trip Fantasic)
#iq2atheism Keep pressing play a few times.... it will resume play.

2009-11-29 20:36:16 GMT - csammells (Clare Sammells)
Ah, now #iq2atheism is streaming. Couldn't get it before.