Comments for The Devil and Christine O'Donnell at http://www.randi.org/site , comment 1 to 33 out of 20 comments http://www.randi.org/site Sun, 19 May 2013 13:21:07 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19611 I waited quite awhile before writing this. Once again, I love Brandons’s articles but his incessant attempts to let us know that FOX news is his archenemy serve no purpose other to distract from what was some good writing. If he is going to be fair in his needless jabs, he needs to point out the bias reporting coming from many other outlets including CNN and PBS. Please Brandon, keep up the good work but no more unnecessary comments. - Able Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:59:13 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19288 would have been a better title for this article . . . otherwise your typically sardonic commentary is a good read ... - Bea Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:43:15 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19229 [quote]written by Caller X, October 02, 2010 written by SirScottyG, October 01, 2010 http://www.chick.com/reading/t...064_01.asp Perhaps Mrs O'Donnell has read one too many "Chick Bible Tracts" How's the old love life Sir Scotty? Gettin' a lot of action with this approach? [/quote] I'm sorry did you think i was hitting on you? ;) - SirScottyG Sun, 03 Oct 2010 16:34:10 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19225 Bob Larson, author of the "Rock and Roll" book, spoke at my (Christian) high school circa 1982. When one of the teens heckled him a bit, he responded by calling the teen a jackass. Classy. - stinky Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:01:14 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19222 [quote] written by SirScottyG, October 01, 2010 http://www.chick.com/reading/t...064_01.asp Perhaps Mrs O'Donnell has read one too many "Chick Bible Tracts"[/quote] How's the old love life Sir Scotty? Gettin' a lot of action with this approach? - Caller X Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:16:36 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19204 http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0064/0064_01.asp Perhaps Mrs O'Donnell has read one too many "Chick Bible Tracts" - SirScottyG Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:55:11 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19173 Creationist types are known to be 'liars for Jesus'. See Dover Trial e.g. This is something they are proud of and strive to emulate. There's no downside to lying for Jesus in the US today. Republicans taking over Senate/Congress?....because they've shown how effective they are when they were granted control in the past??? I know the media is running with the meme, but they are just carrying water for the old guard. Enjoy. Enjoy. - timtimes Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:29:21 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19168 [quote]Picnic? written by William, September 27, 2010 A picnic? Is that what they called sex in those days? [/quote] No, that's what they called not putting out or not getting laid on your first date. Still waiting for Brandon K. Thorp's extraordinary proof for his extraordinary claim that she was lying. I guess it's just an idea in his head, something he made up. Doesn't sound all that skeptical. - Caller X Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:13:00 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19158 In all of your rant, you did manage to get one thing right. That's when you said, "science cannot explain NOTHING!" That's absolutely correct. Science cannot explain "nothing". But what science is great at is explaining all of the "somethings" that this universe has shown us, and continues to show us. Now, just because you got something right, don't let it go to your head, okay? - Gsparky2004 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:08:28 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19153 Bluto, I've taken the liberty of editing your post, except for the last two lines. [quote]written by Bluto, September 25, 2010 Oh, easy big boy! Rev down a notch there oh Rebel King or you're gonna bust a bloodvessel. We certainly do appreciate your well-thought-out reply though. With regards to Ms. O'Donnell though, doesn't anyone else find it troubling that so much attention is being paid to such trivial issues in her life as her Muslim faith and need to bootlick Islamic countries, and the blatant reality that the woman has no demonstrated abilities to serve in any meaningful capacity whatsoever is simply ignored? "Eeeek! She wasn't born in the U.S.!" - OMYGOD! But "She's utterly unqualified for the job she's seeking" - uh un... Is this really where politics have sunken to? [/quote] Remind you of anyone? Perhaps you're familiar with the 2008 Presidential election? - Caller X Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:05:04 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19142 [quote]Party unity be damned when the nominee is totally incompetent or shows evidence of mental delusion. [/quote] Ok, so you prefer not to vote. That's fine. Everyone who gets to the finals in American elections claims to believe in God... President Hajji even hedged his bets by referring to "my Muslim faith" on Last Week Without David Brinkley, and George Snuggaluffogous immediately corrected him "uh, your Christian faith!" Yeah, his Christian faith via Rev. "God damn America!" Wright. McCain was no better in this regard. Everyone you have EVER voted for "shows evidence of mental delusion." Time to get off the high horse and let someone else ride. - Caller X Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:22:42 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19141 Jabbering Twitcake takes my nomination for best modified neologism of the year. The vision it brings to mind is so perfect when one thinks of the Republican strange ladies such as O'Donnell, Angle, Bachmann and, the queen of the Twitcakes, Palin. I am however more than a little shaken that the nation with the largest thermonuclear arsenal in the world has such Twitcakes (I really do like that term) vying for positions of real political power in one of the country's dominant political parties. A party which will most likely take control of Congress in the next election. I do not understand how anyone with half a brain could vote for these turkeys or anyone supporting them. Party unity be damned when the nominee is totally incompetent or shows evidence of mental delusion. - Alencon Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:08:18 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19125 A picnic? Is that what they called sex in those days? - William Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:10:24 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19122 I certainly didn't find this on the first page when I googled "satanic murder virginia" or DID I? http://hamptonroads.com/2009/09/exdetectives-occult-expertise-sought-farmville-slayings - Caller X Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:32:17 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19121 [quote] I'm not saying she was definitely, absolutely, beyond-a-shadow-of-a-doubt lying. What I am saying is this: She emerged from a social milieu in which stories of Satanists and their blood-splattered altars were very, very common, and all of those claims, when investigated, turned out to be bunk. Which doesn't mean she was full of it. It does mean, at least to my mind, that there's a greater chance of her having been full of it than there is of her story being one-hundred-percent true. [/quote Lotta weaseling in there... [quote]we must admit that the young Christine O'Donnell was probably lying...[/quote] See, that's the part where you accused her of lying. I don't see the big deal here. Satanists are just as real as God-worshippers. She never mentioned ritual child abuse, so why lump her in with that conspiracy theory? Try telling the next police officer who pulls you over that "I think you're probably lying, but that doesn't mean I am accusing you of lying" and see where that gets you. Admittedly I just employed the "let's you and him fight" argument, but at least I didn't compare you to Hitler, and someone as sharp as you should get the point. Thank you for the kind words. - Caller X Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:05:47 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19120 In the 80s I was a somewhat religious youth who believed a lot of the satanic panic stuff. Here's what I remember very well: if someone finds out you belive in stuff like that, they decide to play jokes on you. Imagine this scenario: Christine goes on a date with some guy who thinks she's completely naive and credulous. Her date decides to play with her mind and spook her or get a rise out of her. "Yeah, Christine, this is an altar."; "Yeah, Christine, I worship the devil."; "Yeah, Christine, that's blood you see." If she was born in 1968 like her wiki article says, she would have been 12 to 22 for the period of '80 to '90. It is perfectly believable that someone at her high school (she said it was in high school I think) could have played a trick on her and made her believe they were a satanic warlock and she believed them all these years. - shawntr Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:07:33 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19119 Thanks for clearing that up I was missing a whole lot of info. - Xiphos Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:56:57 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19118 Ms. O'Donnell is also a believer in creationism which, she says, has more evidence in its favor than evolution,a "myth" and "mere theory". She has said that she believes that creationism should be taught in public school science classes. Perhaps along with Applied Witchcraft. - JonK Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:51:14 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19117 Xiphos: Sorry if I was unclear. Rivera was a bigtime Satanic Panicker. In fact, he wrote the foreword to my edition of Johnston's [i]At The Edge of Evil[/i], testifying stridently (and with surprising eloquence) about the Satanic epidemic. He also hosted several television specials on the subject, and famously declared that Satanic ritual abuse, child abuse, and murder was happening in virtually every town in America. As to wanting Rivera in our corner -- that was sarcasm. There is a small and evil part of me that delights in the thought that the only public figure who has actively, publicly warred with the Prince of Darkness is also a man who accidentally lights his classic cars on fire and occasionally diagrams the secret movements of American troops on international television. In other words: If spiritual warfare is a late 80s action flick, Rivera is more [i]Naked Gun[/i] than [i]Lethal Weapon.[/i] Anyhoo, thank you for reading. Stay tuned for some great anti-vax stuff in the next couple of days. - BKT - bkthorp Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:04:20 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1095-the-devil-and-christine-odonnell.html#comment-19116 Make blood sacrifices, or legislate? If the former then I suppose all this talk about what she has or hasn't done on any given altar is of some import. But if we're hiring her to write legislation, then isn't that pretty much what we should concentrate on? I'd happily vote for a ring-tailed Lemur if I thought the primate in question could be relied upon to bring some degree of fiscal responsibility to the federal government. 'Tis the silly season, indeed. - doctechnical Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:11:47 +0100