So right now I am laying in bed with nasty flu like illness, periodically shifting between bouts of the shivers, hot flushes and coughing up yellow phlegm. As such my brain really isn’t up to writing anything that requires more than a modicum of thought or effort. However I am also incredibly bored and so thought I would do a quick post anyway on my aging laptop that is currently getting so hot it is starting to burn my legs. Yes, you may feel sympathy for me.

Anyway all I really wanted to do with this post is draw some attention to a couple of criminally undersubscribed Youtube channels that I think you should all check out. First up we have:

Ainulindale21 – Ainulindale21 is fairly new to Youtube and has only uploaded two videos so far but is already well on his way to being one of my favourite channels. His videos are funny, entertaining, educational and informative. I mean what more do you want. So far he has been targeting Youtube’s creepest cretard NephilimFree and has made the startling, though somewhat obvious now I think about it, observation that the guy looks rather like a potato. I look forward to more from his googley-eyed talking heads in the future.

k87jury – Announcing himself as “The Creationist Slayer” k87jury targets many of the less well known creationists on Youtube and does a great job of tearing down their arguments. He may not be to everyones taste but I really enjoy k87jury’s blunt, no nonsense approach to arguments and the way he gives stupid arguments all the “respect” they deserve.

Well, that is all I wanted to say. Not a very interesting post but then what do expect from a guy who can’t actually lift his head off of his pillow without feeling like he is going to throw up?

Brock,
What does it tell you that you have to delete my comment?

What should it tell me? You, and other theists, need to realise that when we put up good arguments against you guys and they are deleted, or ignored and the topic gets changed, or bulldozed right through with your fingers in your ears, – what else can we draw from that other than that you have no sensible refutation? And that we’re correct in our assertions? Seriously, it’s like getting an ‘A’ on a term paper.

I’ll tell you again – you have no idea of what an atheist is. You think you’ve been misrepresented by Antybu’s videos? Watch your own, and like I say – listen to what you say after the words “Atheists are…”. How many times do you need to be told? – what you say after those words is almost always WRONG. Yet you somehow ignore correction and soldier on.

You do not know what an atheist is, or how we atheists think, or do, or care about, or want. You have no idea about me, my girlfriend, her parents, the guy who works at the 7-11 store near my house, or the guy who drove my bus home yesterday. The only thing that you DO know about me and other atheists is that we are not convinced of the existence of Yahweh or any of the other deities history has noted. And you think it’s ok to make things up about us based on that? Slander us for not being convinced by what to you is sufficient evidence for Yahweh if you want, but do NOT make up lies about us as you please.

You’re not remarkable in that you do make up rubbish about us, what is remarkable about you is that you are completely impervious to correction. You are not only ignorant, but willfully so. And that, if there was such a thing as sin, would certainly be high amongst them.

If you don’t want me to pwn you on your own comments page, so much that you had to delete my last comment, then you’d better block me, because I will continue to call you on your willful misrepresentations and slanderous lies as long as you keep making them. In fact I made a thinly-veiled response video to you, but didn’t mention you by name so as to avoid giving you any undeserved publicity amongst my 17,000 subs, and the 20,000 views the video had within the first three days. I’ve linked to it at the bottom of this message. I thoroughly take your worldview and assertions to task – you’ll enjoy it, it will give you something new to utterly ignore. Just be sure to put your fingers in your ears and start saying “LA LA LA LA LA LA LA” before the page opens.

Shame on you, Brock, for remaining willfully ignorant about who and what atheists are. The corrections that fill your video comments contain an awful, awful lot that you could learn from- in that they’re written by atheists, telling you what atheists actually think! And you completely ignore them!!!
Like I say – these videos that you’ve had made against you are nothing more than you reaping what you’ve been sowing. I could not imagine a better case of poetic justice.

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Recently, two videos were posted to Youtube which are generating some controversy about the League of Reason website. I know what you’re thinking: controversy, the coveted fuel that powers our warp engines! In reality, both videos have almost nothing to do with the site, and are only related by the inclusion of the Leauge logo and some words by Youtuber shanedk. For this reason, I have not embedded the videos into this post, but you can watch the first – by MasterGhostKnight – here, and the response – by shanedk – here.

As an administrator and founder of this website, I wish to set the record straight regarding two allegations made by shanedk during his video. I have no intention of throwing fuel on the fire of internet drama, so I’ll keep this brief and to the point. The accusations to which I am referring can be found in a single quote from shanedk’s video:

“Most extreme of all of them was this idiot, MasterGhostKnight, who posted a pathetic attempt at a rebuttal under the auspices of the completely misnamed ‘League of Reason’.”

(Emphasis mine.)

Let me make it abundantly clear that including the League of Reason logo in your Youtube video does not endow you with automatic help, support or protection from this site or its contributing bloggers. As such, MasterGhostKnight did not post his video under the auspices of the League of Reason. In actuality, he posted a video with the logo attached. And that’s it. Anyone is free to include the logo in their video, as it is intended merely to advertise the site to a wider audience. Indeed, a fundamentalist creationist can freely use the logo, as ultimately, visitors will see that the content provided by the contributors satisfies the site’s mission statement, as it stands on the ‘About Us‘ page:

“Together we endeavour to protect and promote the voice of reason, and we welcome you to join us.”

I maintain that the site’s contributors have done just this. We also protect the free speech of their readers with a commenting system and message board with extensive forum categories. MasterGhostKnight is not a contributor. He is not listed as a contributor. Even if he was, videos made by him would not automatically reflect LoR policy. The fact is, the site does not have an official policy. The closest we come to having such a thing is the collective opinion of the contributors, but as many of them specialise in one field or another, I would likely be best suited to speak for them regarding these two videos (the topics being physics, astronomy and the detection of extra-terrestrial life). As such, I’m dismayed that shanedk did not contact me for an ‘official opinion’ (as he knows I administrate the site) before accusing it – and by proxy me – of supporting MasterGhostKnight’s bogus claims.

In his video, shanedk also accuses the site of being completely misnamed. Once again, I maintain that our contributors are strong proponents of reason. Their readers need not be to participate in the forums. By extension, one could suggest that the Richard Dawkins network message board is completely misnamed if any of the posters disagree with his beliefs and opinions, or to take it further if a single user is not called Richard Dawkins. This is clearly ridiculous. Our forum provides a facility for a wide variety of people with a wide variety of opinions to discuss and debate any topic they like. They are not required to do anything other than obey the forum rules, which permit the most zealous of unreasonable folk to make their case, provided it is not copypasta spam.

I suspect many of our regulars will be aware of what I have said above, and If you are a new visitor, having just left shanedk’s channel, I hope you will see the error of his comments about this site, in what is otherwise an informative and well-made video.