Comments on: Come protest against blatant stupidity http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/24/come_protest_against_blatant_stupidity A Blog of Atheist Thought Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:23:32 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jesin http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/24/come_protest_against_blatant_stupidity/comment-page-1#comment-57995 Jesin Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-57995 Another one? Well, can't be there. Meh. You have my support, of course. Another one? Well, can’t be there. Meh. You have my support, of course.

]]> By: phreedm http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/24/come_protest_against_blatant_stupidity/comment-page-1#comment-58006 phreedm Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-58006 Oh Boy...another rally proving how accepting and tolerant atheists REALLY are...even though there's a disclaimer (The organizers stress that they do not challenge the right of AIG to present their worldview), I guarantee you that at least one of the 6 protesters who show up will have a sign stating exactly the opposite...<br /> <br /> Once again this is going to improve your worldly image...I can't wait for the next poll...it's probably going to even be lower then Cheney's...what a bunch of maroons...<br /> <br /> I'm sure this is going to get about as much national coverage as the "National Atheist" convention did...<br /> Oh Boy…another rally proving how accepting and tolerant atheists REALLY are…even though there’s a disclaimer (The organizers stress that they do not challenge the right of AIG to present their worldview), I guarantee you that at least one of the 6 protesters who show up will have a sign stating exactly the opposite…

Once again this is going to improve your worldly image…I can’t wait for the next poll…it’s probably going to even be lower then Cheney’s…what a bunch of maroons…

I’m sure this is going to get about as much national coverage as the “National Atheist” convention did…

]]> By: RayCeeYa http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/24/come_protest_against_blatant_stupidity/comment-page-1#comment-58007 RayCeeYa Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-58007 Wasn't the guy who was building that museum indicted by the IRS for tax evasion? Wasn’t the guy who was building that museum indicted by the IRS for tax evasion?

]]> By: phreedm http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/24/come_protest_against_blatant_stupidity/comment-page-1#comment-58008 phreedm Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-58008 Hmmm...no, he was the guy who interviewed Dave on the pod cast... Hmmm…no, he was the guy who interviewed Dave on the pod cast…

]]> By: reason http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/24/come_protest_against_blatant_stupidity/comment-page-1#comment-58010 reason Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-58010 dave this guy is just trying to earn a living shearing sheep.people who buy in to this want to live in denial.man i think you have good intent but you can't help people who don't want help.go ahead an protest but the crowd thats in to this likes thinking everyone else is going to hell. dave this guy is just trying to earn a living shearing sheep.people who buy in to this want to live in denial.man i think you have good intent but you can’t help people who don’t want help.go ahead an protest but the crowd thats in to this likes thinking everyone else is going to hell.

]]> By: phreedm http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/24/come_protest_against_blatant_stupidity/comment-page-1#comment-58012 phreedm Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-58012 Here's a great example of how speculation is reported and then taught as fact...<br /> <br /> <blockquote>Found: The New Earth</blockquote><br /> <br /> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=450467&in_page_id=1965<br /> <br /> How many non-believers, who can't understand what faith is about, will place their faith in a couple of astromomers having water cooler talk, dreaming about a distant world...?<br /> <br /> Along these same lines...can anyone point to any event in the universe that was truly random?<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Here’s a great example of how speculation is reported and then taught as fact…

Found: The New Earth

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=450467&in_page_id=1965

How many non-believers, who can’t understand what faith is about, will place their faith in a couple of astromomers having water cooler talk, dreaming about a distant world…?

Along these same lines…can anyone point to any event in the universe that was truly random?

]]> By: alexatheist http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/24/come_protest_against_blatant_stupidity/comment-page-1#comment-58013 alexatheist Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-58013 Actually this "museum" is hardly as rural as Dave makes it sound. It is ten minutes from the Cinncinati Airport so I would urge all atheists in southern OH to show up.<br /> <br /> Actually this “museum” is hardly as rural as Dave makes it sound. It is ten minutes from the Cinncinati Airport so I would urge all atheists in southern OH to show up.

]]> By: Apple_Christmas http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/24/come_protest_against_blatant_stupidity/comment-page-1#comment-58014 Apple_Christmas Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-58014 phreedm:<br /> <blockquote>How many non-believers, who can't understand what faith is about, will place their faith in a couple of astronomers having water cooler talk, dreaming about a distant world...?</blockquote><br /> I do think phreedm has a point here. What I think he means to say, and I agree, is that some atheists can be just as credulous as religious people, especially when they want very much to believe that there are other planets out there with beings a least a little like us. It's a fulfillment of their childhood science fiction fantasies (and maybe their <i>adult</i> science fiction fantasies!).<br /> <br /> The truth is there is zero evidence for life outside our planet, and all the talk of the likelihood of sun-like stars and earth-like planets doesn't amount to much. The basis of belief should be <i>evidence</i>.<br /> <br /> And how's this for likelihoods: even if there is life outside our solar system, it seems <i>extremely</i> unlikely that we will ever be able to actually find out. phreedm:

How many non-believers, who can’t understand what faith is about, will place their faith in a couple of astronomers having water cooler talk, dreaming about a distant world…?

I do think phreedm has a point here. What I think he means to say, and I agree, is that some atheists can be just as credulous as religious people, especially when they want very much to believe that there are other planets out there with beings a least a little like us. It’s a fulfillment of their childhood science fiction fantasies (and maybe their adult science fiction fantasies!).

The truth is there is zero evidence for life outside our planet, and all the talk of the likelihood of sun-like stars and earth-like planets doesn’t amount to much. The basis of belief should be evidence.

And how’s this for likelihoods: even if there is life outside our solar system, it seems extremely unlikely that we will ever be able to actually find out.

]]> By: dsilverman http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/24/come_protest_against_blatant_stupidity/comment-page-1#comment-58016 dsilverman Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-58016 Well, actually, I kinda chuckled at the article on the new Earth. In fact. I'll blog that.<br /> <br /> Well, actually, I kinda chuckled at the article on the new Earth. In fact. I’ll blog that.

]]> By: alexatheist http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/24/come_protest_against_blatant_stupidity/comment-page-1#comment-58018 alexatheist Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-58018 Actually the scientists are not claiming to have found a new Earth with life, they have found an Earthlike rocky planet which could possibly support life. The biggest difference between believing that there is probably intelligent life on other planets and believing in a god is that science supports the evolution of extrterrestrial life and does not support the god hypothesis. in a universe with an estimated 300 billion planets statistically there is a probability approaching certainty that we are not alone. Actually the scientists are not claiming to have found a new Earth with life, they have found an Earthlike rocky planet which could possibly support life. The biggest difference between believing that there is probably intelligent life on other planets and believing in a god is that science supports the evolution of extrterrestrial life and does not support the god hypothesis. in a universe with an estimated 300 billion planets statistically there is a probability approaching certainty that we are not alone.

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