Other atheists: Have you seen the Time article from 2wks ago: "God vs. Science" -what did you think?
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I think that Time magazine's "God vs Science" article was unfair and ridiculous.  It is not "God vs Science" because modern science affirms biblical creation.  www.reasons.org
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Wow, this is a tough one.\n\nThough I disagree with him greatly, I'd be totally remiss if I didn't put Schneb at the top of my list. We've had some great discussions here.\n\nCloser to my side, I'm always happy to read what Atheist and Fibrosa have to say.\n\nLately I've been amazed with emilyrose's powerful answers. She has beaten me to the punch several times in the past few weeks and I love reading what she has to say.\n\nOn the flip side, I also like to read what pregowtwins, eyelovesjesus, and you, Renee have to say.\n\nI'm sure I'm leaving out plenty, but if I think of them I'll come back to this one.
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im all about that first amendment,\n\nbut get their god(s) out of the science classroom please,\nthank you\n\nand this idea of theocracy is insane, no gay marriage cause of "gods law", this is bunk,\n\nabortion - an atheist can find abortion immorral and ask his govt to make it illegal and is not imposing his religion, \n\nbut to say we want gods laws to be the laws of america, and thus we want gay marriage wrong,\nthis im anti-
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I really think when you cull together the events of today's times, and try to sort out where all of it leads, some people for some reason put all thier stock into just praying that times get better. But why bother? I am not anti-God, not by a long-shot, but I do put some stock in the futures hope that we may find we are not "created" by any measure the bible says we are...maybe even it could be that we are from someplace else. Its not impossible to think in a rational way that we could have ancestors that through time found their own exsistance under threat, forcing them to move...theres evidence that structures and unnatural formations  were found on the surface of mars. The soviets in 1973 obtained several photos from its sputnik space program.\nBut that doesnt give me anything concrete, just a merit point for an old theory. Plus the fact is that mars has actually over millions and millions of years, moved further away from our sun's expansion..which means that if thats the case, it says its now not impossible that this may have been at one point -habitable for life.\nWheres that in the bible?  Call me crazy, but I don't see the "God" thing holding much water as time goes on.
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Thank you for your kind offer.\n\nI will have to pass on your offer for now.\n\nCordially,\nJohn\nhttp://www.GodSci.org\n[God and Science]
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I am an atheist.\n\nEvolution is actually happening. For only one example, I will point to anti-biotic resistant strains of bacteria. They have adapted and evolved, and we can watch it happen.
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It also could have been someone being a prick.  There was one question about how people could be stupid enough to believe in evolution.  I posted an answer that stated that I personnally felt that God created life by making a single-celled organism that evolved into people.  It was reported as violationing Terms and everything.
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*sigh*\n\nand this is why people are looking to alternative atheist theories
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The onset of reality.  Honestly, I just realized how much religion contradicted science.  I saw religion as an antiquated idea that tried to explain the unexplainable.  Once science got out from under the control of religion, it flourished and started to push religion back into the dark corners of "the unknown", where it continues to kick and scream for every scrap of control it can get.\n\nAnd I also couldn't accept a god that was so cruel, arbitrary and uncaring.  Reading the OT, I know that this was a god with whom I wanted nothing to do.  Even reading the NT, reading very closely, I wasn't that thrilled.  If this is what god is, I want nothing to do with him.\n\nThat, and I met someone who was unapologetically athiest.  I realized then that it was OK, I could be one too.  I realized that being an athiest doesn't make you a satan worhiper who bites of the heads of babies.  Most true athiests that I've met have been much better people than the rest.  They just choose to accept responsablity for their own lives and live without superstition.\n\nThat being said, I do enjoy studying about mythology (in which category I include all religions.)  I love the whole Jungian/Campbell view of it and what it tells us about who we are as a people.  Neat stuff.
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I find it interesting how everyone ASSUMES the writer is religious just because he disagrees with evolutionary theory.  Actually, belief in God (yes, it's capatilized) is more reasonable than belief in no higher being.  See the gamble in philosophy: if there is a God and you believe you get your reward, if you believe and there is no God then the same thing happens to you that happens to everyone, if you don't believe and there is no God you have the same situation as above. Finally, if you don't believe and there is a God you're SCREWED - yes, that's the technical term).  \n\nEvolution is definitely NOT proven, in fact, I have not seen any convincing evidence for the theory and it has turned out to not be very predictive. Unlike the theory of Gravity, which has not had any evidence against it yet and therefore is a good theory, evolution is a bad theory because it does not explain the observed facts.  Yes, here comes the wailing about the fossil record, finches in the Galapagos, etc...\n\nConsider this for a minute:\nThe Miller Experiment produced a racemic mixture of amino acids whereas living systems take almost primarily L-amino acids.  It is also extremely difficult to produce polypeptides in the lab without the required enzymes.  Plus, it has been accepted that oxygen was in the early atmosphere.\n\nThere are no known transition forms in the fossil record (maybe the winged lizard which I don't know how to spell).  If Darwinian evolution occurred the fossil record should be full of transition forms, but it's not.  Instead, it is characterized by rapid appearance of fully-formed organisms (like the Cambrian explosion or the appearance of flowering plants).  This led to theories like puntuated equilibrium, which is just an evolutionary form of intelligent design/abrupt appearance.\n\nThere is not a single proven mechanism by which ANY biological system has formed from inorganic matter.  How did an eye form?  What about just a bacteria?  These are much more complex than previously thought and is not a "lower" organism.\n\nFinally, most (if not all) mutations are either harmful or have no affect on the organism due to junk DNA.  It is unlikely that the great diversity present at this time could have occurred due to accumulation of mutations.  The age of the earth as accepted by most scientists do not give enough time for this to have occurred (I think it's about 4 billion years or something like that).\n\nYou want to know why it is still taught?  It is a pseudo-religion of materialistic atheists and allows atheists to comfortably believe there is not a God.  This is the same reason why there was resistance to the helocentric model of the solar system depsite the accumulating evidence.  People liked the earth and our civilization having a special place in the universe.
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yes\n\nThe Doctor of the Atheist Revolution has Spoken!
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Definitely.  It cannot work against science as science is a measure of our tangible universe.  However, if there was a God I'm pretty sure it could over-ride the observations of current science and science would have to adapt. Regardless, its actions would have to be measureable and governed by some rule that could be converted into an equation.
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As an atheist, I have tried to grasp how believers in a god can actually believe. Many religious people have deemed this annoying and respond with hostility because their faith comes under question. And contrary to what people above me have said, we DO have beliefs. Just different (which to some people means none at all). I believe in science and proven fact. I have discussed my beliefs, and come under attack, because if people of faith can understand where I stand, they can further help me understand where THEY stand.
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I think I am just a little bit dumber for just reading that. seriously. You should spend your time becoming better educated. once you have a pHd, then I will read your foolish questions. \n\nAnd about my belief in God...it still remains.
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i would hope that sinead, has the good sense to be agnostic, i can't believe she has gone totally atheist. to much disgust, and pain with the whole pope issue not to believe at all. and if you are a journalist w.t.f. are you doing here? didn't you read that silly little disclaimer, you know the one that yahoo accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of information obtained.  now, your going reinforce my disgust for the crap you read from supposed professionals
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I think it's so funny that so-called scholars believe in evolution.  I say let them believe, that just shows how stupid they are.  If evolution were true, I ask who caused it to start, I would still give God the credit.  If there was a "big bang", then it was God that caused it.
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Interesting website, but I'm a Hindu and this website is definately just a "Christianity is wrong" website. It's concept of God is limited in its perspective and it doesn't seem to bother to look further into the vast landscape of religious, philosophical, theological, and spiritual diversity that exists. The site seems to be aimed at trying to convince Christians that what they believe is wrong (which seems very similar to how many Christians try to convert people by trying to convince them what what they believe is right). So, for me, the website wasn't of any real interest.\n\nI do have a complaint about the website. It loads its pages too slow (and I'm on DSL!). Not sure why it was moving so slow, but it took me a while to even read through the website. Whoever maintains the website should look into this or contact their host. \n\nOther than that I am sure that the website is of interest to those who would already agree with it. Otherwise I seriously doubt many Christians would take it very seriously and the website isn't speaking to people of other religions (it seems not to even acknowledge the larger more diverse concepts of God, religion, etc). \n\nThanks for sharing the website.\n\nPeace be with you.