PZ Myers - The Happy Atheist

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PZ Myers - The Happy Atheist

Post by amused » Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:46 pm

I didn't know that PZ has a book coming out:

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Re: PZ Myers - The Happy Atheist

Post by Coito ergo sum » Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:51 pm

I'd like to see PZ stop supporting Rebecca Watson. She's bad for atheism and skepticism, and he props her up and White Knights for her.
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Re: PZ Myers - The Happy Atheist

Post by Ronja » Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:52 pm

This pre-review was ... interesting http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/2011/10/0 ... re-review/
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Re: PZ Myers - The Happy Atheist

Post by Bella Fortuna » Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:47 pm

Ronja wrote:This pre-review was ... interesting http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/2011/10/0 ... re-review/
Jeez, somebody's got an axe to grind... :lol:
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Re: PZ Myers - The Happy Atheist

Post by Pappa » Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:16 pm

Ronja wrote:This pre-review was ... interesting http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/2011/10/0 ... re-review/
Oh man that's funny. I wonder if he realised he just parodied himself. :lol:
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Re: PZ Myers - The Happy Atheist

Post by amused » Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:33 pm

I'm pretty sure that review is a Poe... It's an atheist's website.
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Re: PZ Myers - The Happy Atheist

Post by Ronja » Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:40 pm

amused wrote:I'm pretty sure that review is a Poe... It's an atheist's website.
That was my hunch, too. If it is a Poe, it is a pretty clever one: goes suspiciously overboard only 3-4 times (or I'm tired, or both...)
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Re: PZ Myers - The Happy Atheist

Post by hadespussercats » Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:12 pm

I couldn't get past the second paragraph. Whatevs, dude.
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Re: PZ Myers - The Happy Atheist

Post by Tero » Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:26 pm

Always subject the fundies to the humor test. Ray Comfort would never spot a Poe.
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Re: PZ Myers - The Happy Atheist

Post by Drewish » Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:38 pm

Not a big PZ fan. He's second string for a reason.
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Re: PZ Myers - The Happy Atheist

Post by Pappa » Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:12 pm

amused wrote:I'm pretty sure that review is a Poe... It's an atheist's website.
Oh.... it did seem to be too ridiculous to be true. :hehe:
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Re: PZ Myers - The Happy Atheist

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:30 pm

andrewclunn wrote:Not a big PZ fan. He's second string for a reason.
He's also a member here. :hehe:
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Re: PZ Myers - The Happy Atheist

Post by Robert_S » Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:34 pm

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Re: PZ Myers - The Happy Atheist

Post by Thinking Aloud » Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:35 pm

Yup - I took the review to be a parody of the kind of reviews the religious will create without having read the book.
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