Daily digest - Wednesday, 16 January 2012

So much for my busy morning, I can't remember what it was I was supposed to be doing (Oh yeah. I was meant to be strimming my garden. Too wet right now, but two days of dry weather forecast, so maybe later or tomorrow).

It would appear yesterday's link to the Stephen Law podcast didn't work, so it is - perhaps - fortunate that +Kylie Sturgess posted her January interview with him today. Click here to hear it. 

As an addendum to yesterday's European Court judgement on Christian persecution (or whatever), here is a pdf of the full judgement.

My responses to the Pope's first Tweets.

Upon hearing Pope Benedict was to begin Tweeting, I signed up immediately. There is nothing more fun, don't you think, than being able to engage directly with the most powerful religious leader on the planet (*ahem). Here follow my opening salvoes.

Benedict XVI ‏@Pontifex

Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart.

Tris Stock ‏@mygodlesslife

@Pontifex Looking forward to the debate.

Continuation of Twitter discussion with @Agnostichrdcore

The following is a response to a Twitter user, Agnostichrdcore, that not even TwitLonger was capable of handling. This post serves no more purpose than for me to carry on the conversation, should he/she wish to read it.

The blistering hypocrisy of Mark Panzarino (The Honest - not happy, as I previously said - Atheist, @krankyPanz) on Alain de Botton

I posted a Tweet that was critical of Alain de Botton. The following is the only response I got;

"You're a fucking idiot" Mark Panzarino @krankyPanz

A brief look at his other Tweets shows a similar distaste for reasoned debate;

List of offensive Twitterers.

Source: Twitter

I make no bones about being an outspoken atheist, and I have in the past crossed the line from my usual inquiring and debating techniques to more frothy language when I think it is deserved. Nevertheless, it is rare that I cross this line.

Not so with my interlocutors on Twitter, though. As my reach spreads on the half-pint blogging network, I am increasingly witness to rude and threatening behaviour, one presumes, from those that oppose my atheism - namely theists.

This page is dedicated to those that like to display their disdain for me, and in the interests of fairness, I shall post my own excessive posts. I will neither block people or ask them for an apology for their transgressions, in the same way that I do not expect to be blocked or proffer apologies for my own heated displays. This page is just for fun, and maybe a little educational.