 AtlLiberal says: I was given hope that here was the definitive article that would wipe away this fog from religion and bring it into the 21st Century. It promised to disprove atheist claims using reason and science. Now, of course there are no atheist claims to disprove, but it makes for good rhetoric. (Note: atheism is non-belief, not a system of belief). Well, don't hold your breath waiting for any type of definitive rational for believing in a deity here. As they say, this article is all sizzle and no steak. Christian apologists are filling the void, teaching a language anchored in reason and science.That would be welcome. Let's see it. That would be welcome. Let's see it.Don't hold your breath. Their last failed attempt was ID; that great melding of science and religion. Well, we saw how that held up to the light of day. It became a laughing stock as it should have. But don't fret, the religionists are all busy cooking up the next marriage of science and religion to win the hearts and minds of the gullible the world over. Go to this website to hear Steve Mirsky's reading the below statement: http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=3AFA05E8-E7F2-99DF-32715F03F75EAADE In September 2005 I attended the beginning of the now famous Dover, Pennsylvania, evolution vs. intelligent design trial. I was present for opening arguments by both sides. And I also was in the courtroom for the testimony of expert witness Ken Miller, a well-known evolutionary biologist and author from Brown University. Throw out your TV-drama influenced notions of the assured-lawyer-with-nervous-witness interaction. Miller easily parried every attack by the lawyer for the intelligent design side. On November 13, the PBS TV progr... Indeed thinkingblue. I watched the show yesterday and was nicely impressed with the presentation. I also encourage anyone who missed it to check out the link you provided. Thanks....  Religious Right Funding Increases * James Dobson’s Focus on the Family took in $142.2 million in 2006, a $4.4 million increase over the previous year. (In addition, Dobson’s Focus on the Family Action took in $14.6 million in 2006.) * Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council took in $10.3 million in 2006, an increase of over $900,000 over the previous year. (FRC Action, an affiliated group, took in $1.1 million in 2006.) * Don Wildmon’s American Family Association took in $16.9 million in 2006. * Alan Sears’ Alliance Defense Fund took in $26.1 million in 2006, an increase of $4.1 million over last year. ... OK, laceym! Now you're just trying to depress me...  Don't worry; fundamentalism is a wealthy but desperate and dying movement. It's rooted in a way of thinking that dawned a few hundred years ago and is rapidly fading. It isn't "fundamental" at all, but simply reductionistic, and as reductionism loses its share of the public mind, fundamentalism will, as well. fundamentalism is a wealthy but desperate and dying movementPerhaps in your part of the world but in the Deep South (USA) it is well and breeding. |
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