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	<description>It's easy when you show them how.</description>
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		<title>Comment on Learning to Program with Teaching Languages by CardinalRule</title>
		<link>http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/blog/archives/613#comment-76157</link>
		<dc:creator>CardinalRule</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really appreciate the diversity of these sources. It covers textual, graphical, procedural, and physical learning styles. I also appreciate how some of these sites use networked cultures of common interest to engage the learner. This is obviously part of the key to the kind of education I know I'd like to see more of.  Maybe Arduino can be used to defeat Zorg the evil robot lord. Engagement :-D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really appreciate the diversity of these sources. It covers textual, graphical, procedural, and physical learning styles. I also appreciate how some of these sites use networked cultures of common interest to engage the learner. This is obviously part of the key to the kind of education I know I&#8217;d like to see more of.  Maybe Arduino can be used to defeat Zorg the evil robot lord. Engagement <img src='http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /></p>
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		<title>Comment on On &#8220;Being or Nothingness&#8221; by &#8220;Joe K&#8221; by Fred</title>
		<link>http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/blog/archives/609#comment-76017</link>
		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I got this today too, with the handwritten comment on the envelope.  Sent from Sweden.  I'm still trying to work it out.  I do have "I am a strange loop", and I know Doug Hofstadter slightly from Indiana.  But I am not a likely target for Christian anything!  There's precious little out there on the web about this.  Its really quite beautifully done.  There's one word cut out during discussion of the Meaning of Life (42, yeah, its full of borrowings).  I am very curious and a little thrilled by the whole thing.  Nicely done, whatever the purpose.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got this today too, with the handwritten comment on the envelope.  Sent from Sweden.  I&#8217;m still trying to work it out.  I do have &#8220;I am a strange loop&#8221;, and I know Doug Hofstadter slightly from Indiana.  But I am not a likely target for Christian anything!  There&#8217;s precious little out there on the web about this.  Its really quite beautifully done.  There&#8217;s one word cut out during discussion of the Meaning of Life (42, yeah, its full of borrowings).  I am very curious and a little thrilled by the whole thing.  Nicely done, whatever the purpose.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Sense: This Picture Makes None by Ironwolf</title>
		<link>http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/blog/archives/401#comment-75648</link>
		<dc:creator>Ironwolf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tom Foolery,

Sense: your comment makes none.

Have a nice life!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tom Foolery,</p>
<p>Sense: your comment makes none.</p>
<p>Have a nice life!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Sense: This Picture Makes None by Foolery</title>
		<link>http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/blog/archives/401#comment-75630</link>
		<dc:creator>Foolery</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You can call me whatever you like Susan
but I never said god would send you to hell (you're doomed to heaven anyway. take that.) I didn't even say god existed, I only said I was a christian, also I'll just correct you here:
the more we talk about god the more you try to ridicule us
the more we tell you you're an idiot the more you'll act like one in an attempt to spite us
the more you try to ridicule people the less people will look at your blog (except to mock you)
the less people look at your blog the lonelier and the angrier you will get and the more you will hate the world, whilst you scream at an empty blog.

and I wasn't translating it as "those who understand the methods of atheism consider such talk foolish." more like, "atheists consider such talk foolish", however, I see that you meant they consider such talk, being passed off as science, as foolish which is quite right.

"And gleefully so— you earned it."
how so? did I hurt your feelings by questioning you, oh mighty Ironwolf, you're just a christian who had a twinge of doubt and gave up, then thought that that made you superior to everyone else.

"You seriously want me to think about a basic geometrical equation as support for anyone's belief in the supernatural? You're wasting my time here."
No, how stupid do you think I am Susan? It was an example of how an answer always leads to more questions, I could have said anything. Piss glows in uv, but why? and what colour? how bright?, could some sort of uv alert system be developed by extracting the chemicals? etc. I doubt you'll be returning to Christianity any time soon, I especially doubt some pathetic bit of geometrical trivia will do the job, I say I'm a Christian and you assume my only goal in life is to convert you.
anyway, that picture doesn't make too much sense I'll have to agree, why do they all bother posing? they could just do one and photoshop them across, a friend of mine who's a satanist tried to post a letter in one of them once, he was a joker.

Anyway, good luck playing whack-a-mole Susan.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can call me whatever you like Susan<br />
but I never said god would send you to hell (you&#8217;re doomed to heaven anyway. take that.) I didn&#8217;t even say god existed, I only said I was a christian, also I&#8217;ll just correct you here:<br />
the more we talk about god the more you try to ridicule us<br />
the more we tell you you&#8217;re an idiot the more you&#8217;ll act like one in an attempt to spite us<br />
the more you try to ridicule people the less people will look at your blog (except to mock you)<br />
the less people look at your blog the lonelier and the angrier you will get and the more you will hate the world, whilst you scream at an empty blog.</p>
<p>and I wasn&#8217;t translating it as &#8220;those who understand the methods of atheism consider such talk foolish.&#8221; more like, &#8220;atheists consider such talk foolish&#8221;, however, I see that you meant they consider such talk, being passed off as science, as foolish which is quite right.</p>
<p>&#8220;And gleefully so— you earned it.&#8221;<br />
how so? did I hurt your feelings by questioning you, oh mighty Ironwolf, you&#8217;re just a christian who had a twinge of doubt and gave up, then thought that that made you superior to everyone else.</p>
<p>&#8220;You seriously want me to think about a basic geometrical equation as support for anyone&#8217;s belief in the supernatural? You&#8217;re wasting my time here.&#8221;<br />
No, how stupid do you think I am Susan? It was an example of how an answer always leads to more questions, I could have said anything. Piss glows in uv, but why? and what colour? how bright?, could some sort of uv alert system be developed by extracting the chemicals? etc. I doubt you&#8217;ll be returning to Christianity any time soon, I especially doubt some pathetic bit of geometrical trivia will do the job, I say I&#8217;m a Christian and you assume my only goal in life is to convert you.<br />
anyway, that picture doesn&#8217;t make too much sense I&#8217;ll have to agree, why do they all bother posing? they could just do one and photoshop them across, a friend of mine who&#8217;s a satanist tried to post a letter in one of them once, he was a joker.</p>
<p>Anyway, good luck playing whack-a-mole Susan.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Sense: This Picture Makes None by Ironwolf</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ironwolf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Foolery (can I call you "Tom"?),

&lt;blockquote&gt;who’s it hurting if you dedicate yourself to hacking apart everything I believe in?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Tom, you're welcome to believe in Santa Claus for all I care. But if you start to tell me that Santa is going to send me to hell, or who Santa thinks people should vote for, or what Santa thinks people can and can't do with their bodies, then I might take some time to question whether this "Santa" person even exists before granting you a shred of credibility. And the more strident you get with your unsupported "Santa-talk," the more likely I am to ridicule you. And the more "offended" you get at my ridicule the louder the ridicule will get. Do you see a pattern here? Unless you have empirical proof or are willing to keep it in the gentle realm of myths and faery stories, keep it to yourself.

I asked you to show me where I was saying "science" when I meant "atheism." You gave as an example my saying, "those who understand the methods of science consider such talk foolish." Now, if I had meant atheism, I would have spoken of "the methods of atheism," which is nonsensical, for atheism is not a set of methods, but a life stance based on the best evidence available to the person in question. No, I meant "science" and I said "science." There are numerous believers who are also scientists, and those believer-scientists would also consider the things I mention in the original context "foolish" if paraded about as science.

So I again ask you, "show me where."

&lt;blockquote&gt;“You don’t get out much, do you?” [immature comment]&lt;/blockquote&gt;

And gleefully so— you earned it.

&lt;blockquote&gt;I was just giving you something to think about before you go out ridiculing people.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

You seriously want me to think about a basic geometrical equation as support for anyone's belief in the supernatural? You're wasting my time here.

And there are plenty of religious nutters on both sides of the pond, and likely there always will be— giving them comeuppance is like playing whack-a-mole, but someone's got to do it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Foolery (can I call you &#8220;Tom&#8221;?),</p>
<blockquote><p>who’s it hurting if you dedicate yourself to hacking apart everything I believe in?</p></blockquote>
<p>Tom, you&#8217;re welcome to believe in Santa Claus for all I care. But if you start to tell me that Santa is going to send me to hell, or who Santa thinks people should vote for, or what Santa thinks people can and can&#8217;t do with their bodies, then I might take some time to question whether this &#8220;Santa&#8221; person even exists before granting you a shred of credibility. And the more strident you get with your unsupported &#8220;Santa-talk,&#8221; the more likely I am to ridicule you. And the more &#8220;offended&#8221; you get at my ridicule the louder the ridicule will get. Do you see a pattern here? Unless you have empirical proof or are willing to keep it in the gentle realm of myths and faery stories, keep it to yourself.</p>
<p>I asked you to show me where I was saying &#8220;science&#8221; when I meant &#8220;atheism.&#8221; You gave as an example my saying, &#8220;those who understand the methods of science consider such talk foolish.&#8221; Now, if I had meant atheism, I would have spoken of &#8220;the methods of atheism,&#8221; which is nonsensical, for atheism is not a set of methods, but a life stance based on the best evidence available to the person in question. No, I meant &#8220;science&#8221; and I said &#8220;science.&#8221; There are numerous believers who are also scientists, and those believer-scientists would also consider the things I mention in the original context &#8220;foolish&#8221; if paraded about as science.</p>
<p>So I again ask you, &#8220;show me where.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>“You don’t get out much, do you?” [immature comment]</p></blockquote>
<p>And gleefully so— you earned it.</p>
<blockquote><p>I was just giving you something to think about before you go out ridiculing people.</p></blockquote>
<p>You seriously want me to think about a basic geometrical equation as support for anyone&#8217;s belief in the supernatural? You&#8217;re wasting my time here.</p>
<p>And there are plenty of religious nutters on both sides of the pond, and likely there always will be— giving them comeuppance is like playing whack-a-mole, but someone&#8217;s got to do it.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Sense: This Picture Makes None by Foolery</title>
		<link>http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/blog/archives/401#comment-75540</link>
		<dc:creator>Foolery</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"The condemnation and ridicule of others towards religion has helped many people, including myself, shake off the brainwashing and intellectual compartmentalization that growing up in a religious society entails."
it depends on the society, I just got taught to be nice, I'd probably be nice anyway, who's that hurting? and who's it hurting if you dedicate yourself to hacking apart everything I believe in?

"Show me where." 
ok.
"...those who understand the methods of science consider such talk foolish."
will that do? If I misunderstood you then sorry.

"You don’t get out much, do you?" [immature comment] 
maybe, maybe not, I still go to church every week and my physics class is full of muslims, I get in/have had plenty of religious debates with people of all faiths, however, from what I've read though you seem to be American (correct me if I'm wrong) and there are a lot of religious nutters on your side of the pond, especially in the more christian parts, I wouldn't be suprised if you'd bumped into some people like that. (no offence, just in case you're sensitive)

"Yes, you are. It is this sort of vacuous excuse for an “argument” that suffices for you, but not for me."
actually, no, I'm not, such an argument would only suffice for the weak minded, countless miracle healings (and big ones, complete with amazed doctors and everything) still won't suffice for me, I was just giving you something to think about before you go out ridiculing people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The condemnation and ridicule of others towards religion has helped many people, including myself, shake off the brainwashing and intellectual compartmentalization that growing up in a religious society entails.&#8221;<br />
it depends on the society, I just got taught to be nice, I&#8217;d probably be nice anyway, who&#8217;s that hurting? and who&#8217;s it hurting if you dedicate yourself to hacking apart everything I believe in?</p>
<p>&#8220;Show me where.&#8221;<br />
ok.<br />
&#8220;&#8230;those who understand the methods of science consider such talk foolish.&#8221;<br />
will that do? If I misunderstood you then sorry.</p>
<p>&#8220;You don’t get out much, do you?&#8221; [immature comment]<br />
maybe, maybe not, I still go to church every week and my physics class is full of muslims, I get in/have had plenty of religious debates with people of all faiths, however, from what I&#8217;ve read though you seem to be American (correct me if I&#8217;m wrong) and there are a lot of religious nutters on your side of the pond, especially in the more christian parts, I wouldn&#8217;t be suprised if you&#8217;d bumped into some people like that. (no offence, just in case you&#8217;re sensitive)</p>
<p>&#8220;Yes, you are. It is this sort of vacuous excuse for an “argument” that suffices for you, but not for me.&#8221;<br />
actually, no, I&#8217;m not, such an argument would only suffice for the weak minded, countless miracle healings (and big ones, complete with amazed doctors and everything) still won&#8217;t suffice for me, I was just giving you something to think about before you go out ridiculing people.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Nuclear Baby: Stillborn by widowsweb</title>
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		<dc:creator>widowsweb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on The Nuclear Baby: Stillborn by outtathere</title>
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		<dc:creator>outtathere</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would gladly let Yedidiot go if that would put Yisrayl in prison for life.  The list of his crimes is endless, but I'm still afraid the bigger slimier fish will get away.</description>
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		<title>Comment on Sense: This Picture Makes None by Ironwolf</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ironwolf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Foolery,

&lt;blockquote&gt;why are you so determined to, “condemn, ridicule, and fight.” these religions, it won’t help the people who believe in them or you, it won’t help anyone&lt;/blockquote&gt;

The condemnation and ridicule of others towards religion &lt;i&gt;has&lt;/i&gt; helped many people, including myself, shake off the brainwashing and intellectual compartmentalization that growing up in a religious society entails.

&lt;blockquote&gt;and also, you keep saying science when you mean atheism&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Show me where.

&lt;blockquote&gt;I haven’t met a single person of any religion who disagrees with science&lt;/blockquote&gt;

You don't get out much, do you?

&lt;blockquote&gt;I’m not saying that that proves got [sic] exists&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Yes, you are. It is this sort of vacuous excuse for an "argument" that suffices for you, but not for me. See also &lt;a href="http://ironwolf.tumblr.com/post/57555951/math-is-a-religion" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.

&lt;blockquote&gt;the priests of atheism&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Atheism has priests in the same way that shopping malls have interdimensional portals.

&lt;blockquote&gt;have more questions than you do and only one person can answer those.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Oh? Then go ahead and have her call me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Foolery,</p>
<blockquote><p>why are you so determined to, “condemn, ridicule, and fight.” these religions, it won’t help the people who believe in them or you, it won’t help anyone</p></blockquote>
<p>The condemnation and ridicule of others towards religion <i>has</i> helped many people, including myself, shake off the brainwashing and intellectual compartmentalization that growing up in a religious society entails.</p>
<blockquote><p>and also, you keep saying science when you mean atheism</p></blockquote>
<p>Show me where.</p>
<blockquote><p>I haven’t met a single person of any religion who disagrees with science</p></blockquote>
<p>You don&#8217;t get out much, do you?</p>
<blockquote><p>I’m not saying that that proves got [sic] exists</p></blockquote>
<p>Yes, you are. It is this sort of vacuous excuse for an &#8220;argument&#8221; that suffices for you, but not for me. See also <a href="http://ironwolf.tumblr.com/post/57555951/math-is-a-religion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>the priests of atheism</p></blockquote>
<p>Atheism has priests in the same way that shopping malls have interdimensional portals.</p>
<blockquote><p>have more questions than you do and only one person can answer those.</p></blockquote>
<p>Oh? Then go ahead and have her call me.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Good Without God— How? by Secular Humanism &#171; I&#8217;m too cheap for therapy, and I&#8217;m smart enough to figure it out myself</title>
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		<dc:creator>Secular Humanism &#171; I&#8217;m too cheap for therapy, and I&#8217;m smart enough to figure it out myself</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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