Harold Crick meet Arthur Dent. Arthur Dent meet Sam Lowry. Sam Lowry meet Gordon Freeman. Gordon Freeman meet Neo.

Is that the correct order of progression? Or is it back to Arthur Dent and his sandwiches?

Lowry park zoo in Tampa has them too - Freaky when they sit there and stare at you.

Sounds like Rich Lowry's little starbursts ricocheted around the room and then splattered all over his TV screen.

>> ^shuac:Atheists themselves do not see the word "atheist" as a pejorative.

People who call themselves atheists don't see it as pejorative. Many people who are atheists, but call themselves agnostics, or brights, do see it as pejorative. My assertion is that while there certainly are many atheists/non-religious people, very few people ( for instance, nobody I know personally excepting myself ) will claim the label of atheist.

Even among atheists there are a number of re-branding movements, such as the brights. I think the suggestion that people claim the title often, or even not extremely rarely, ignores the evidence available.

More relevant to the post I was responding to, people who hold supernatural beliefs, are not atheists, and I know of no one who claim to be an atheist despite being "spiritual".

In almost every religious affiliation survey out there, you will get roughly a 1:3 or 1:4 ratio of athiests:nonreligious, usually 5%:15% or 3%:12%, etc.

EDIT: Aha! Found something very interesting on his Wikipedia page:

"Lowry is single and has no children. He has two siblings - an older brother Mike of Lynchburg, Virginia and a younger sister, Melissa also of Lynchburg. He refers to his siblings as 'perfect' at different times (my older brother Mike, who is perfect... Melissa came along and she was perfect, too...) He also has several nieces and nephews. Mark has consistently denied rumors that he is a homosexual as that would be incompatible with his strong Christian faith."

Repress much?

>> ^dgandhi:
>> ^SSIops:
Of those who call themselves atheists,hot many consider themselves spiritual, rather than religious.
I think you are suffering from unrealistic exposure bias that the media frenzy around "new-atheism" has created. Almost nobody calls themselves an atheist, and those of us who do are very clear that it means that we believe in no supernatural forces whatsoever.


...while allowing for the possibility of demonstrable evidence to be tested with a scientific process, yes. And I wouldn't say "almost nobody" calls themselves an atheist. Atheists themselves do not see the word "atheist" as a pejorative.

>> ^SSIops:
Of those who call themselves atheists,hot many consider themselves spiritual, rather than religious.

I think you are suffering from unrealistic exposure bias that the media frenzy around "new-atheism" has created. Almost nobody calls themselves an atheist, and those of us who do are very clear that it means that we believe in no supernatural forces whatsoever.

Liberals dominate the media....this has been announced by Rush Limbaugh. And Thomas Sowell. And Ann Coulter. And Rich Lowry. And Bill O'Reilly. And William Safire. And Robert Novak. And William F. Buckley, Jr. And George Will.

BLAH BLAH BLAH. If you read any of them instead of picking through the recyclables of colbert and maher, you'd know the difference. Most Americans still get their news from the teevee, and despite FOX most of the ratings are still with the "everyone else." A shame and a sham, how else could the Obamessiah get this far saying nothing?

The net and new media are newer than the manure from the 60s through early 90s. Give it more time, then you'll really have something to fume about.

Liberals dominate the media....this has been announced by Rush Limbaugh. And Thomas Sowell. And Ann Coulter. And Rich Lowry. And Bill O'Reilly. And William Safire. And Robert Novak. And William F. Buckley, Jr. And George Will.

And John Gibson. And Michelle Malkin. And David Brooks. And Tony Snow. And Tony Blankely. And Fred Barnes. And Britt Hume. And Larry Kudlow. And Sean Hannity. And David Horowitz. And William Kristol. And Hugh Hewitt.

And Oliver North. And Joe Scarborough. And Pat Buchanan. And John McLaughlin. And Cal Thomas. And Joe Klein. And James Kilpatrick. And Tucker Carlson. And Deroy Murdock. And Michael Savage. And Charles Krauthammer. And Stephen Moore. And Alan Keyes.

And Gary Bauer. And Mort Kondracke. And Andrew Sullivan. And Nicholas von Hoffman. And Neil Cavuto. And Matt Drudge. And Mike Rosen. And Dave Kopel. And John Caldara.

The mainstream media in this country are dominated by liberals. Look at how they all gave Bill Clinton a pass on the whole Monica Lewsinsky affair. Remember? It was never in the news. We never heard any of the salacious details.

..had forgotten about the Canvas-Maiden arrest uniform.....this movie is timeless....a favorite scene is the end result of all of Mrs. Ida Lowry's (Katherine Hellman) plastic surgery treatments....the face-streching tone-up.....SCSCHHHHHHHPPAAPPP!