You know how those in the Religious Right are constantly directing God to strike down those they don’t like? Isn’t what’s good for one, also good for the other then? Actually, God didn’t strike down the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez or the pro-Roe v Wade Justices. But a couple of years ago he did strike down all the Republican districts in Florida with several hurricanes and then came yesterday.The Washington Post reports that 44 persons died yesterday in storms that swept throughout the South, mostly in the states of Tennessee and Arkansas just hours after those states finished voting for Mike Huckabee to be the Republican candidate for President.I would quit invoking the name of God like the Religious Right keeps doing if I was them. God did say, don’t use his name in vain. Good for us, bad for them if they keep refusing to learn their own lessons. I’ll be okay since I was never going to vote for Huckabee anyways. But if I was a Christian, I’d think twice before pressing that little button for Mike in the future primaries.Peter Nuhn
Which Christian ?college? did you graduate from?
No it doesn’t. You twist what you know about science to fit your religious world view. Which of course is in direct contrast with what science attempts to do.
There’s an atheist movement like there’s a “we don’t believe in unicorns” movement.
Yup. Just as I thought. Crazy.
Stop projecting. The truth of the matter is that YOU don’t know…and YOU?RE the one who’s afraid.
Our “reactionary” stance is simply the default position. If there is utterly no evidence for, or proof of, something existing, one has no reason to believe in its existence ? whether it’s your particular God or not.
Besides, you?re an atheist as well. You’ve decided there is no evidence for any of the Gods humans have invented throughout our history, except one. Which makes you an atheist with regards to those Gods. We atheists simply believe in one less God than you.
LOGICAL FALLACY ALERT! And you call yourself a physicist?
By the way, I don?t know many highly educated scientists (such as yourself) that would misspell the word ?privilege?. Just an observation.
Yup. This is definitely the post of a crazy person, not a physicist. Maybe it?s time to take your meds.
doc,
One other thing…maybe before posting, you should check the subject of the thread.
Doc, I suggest we continue this conversation on the “Debate with Theists!” thread.
Or “Religious Hypocrisy”. That would work, too.
I do. He should ’start’ taking meds. I promise the voices will stop wispering in your head (I wouldn’t know; I never was ‘that’ crazy).
Doc
I’m a physicist as well. What’s your operational definition of “gawd”? What’s your operational definition of “exist”?
For the record there is nothing in what you wrote above that would lead me to think you are actually a physicist – far from it. In fact your preaching is indistinguishable from that of any other xian yet you claim that physics some how supports your gawd assertion. OK. Then tell us how.
doc
And then tell us why you claim to understand the “atheist movement”? Are you also a historian or sociologist? Your post sure sounds like someone who doesn’t know the first thing about atheists. You can’t even imagine someone who really doesn’t believe that your god exists. How can I be afraid of something that isn’t real? Looks like you’ve got some explaining to do.
Union University in Jackson, TN, which was so badly damaged in Tuesday’s tornado is a BAPTIST school. It was also targeted when the last tornado ripped through Jackson several years ago. Even though all the students and others are mouthing the “prayer saved me” crap, I’m kind of thinking gawd has something against Baptists.
KIP,
Ha!
Doc,
How can you be certain that “God” doesn’t actually hate those with blind faith and doesn’t reward those who think for themselves?
I don’t believe that either. I no fear none of this since I understand that there are limits to my own understanding. You have forgotten this important fact.
Any being that may or may not exist who chooses to punish me for accepting my own limits is free to do so. Assholes don’t deserve worship.
Look up the definition of “atheist” again, you got it wrong.
Strong atheism != atheism
And if you ever catch me using the word “ain’t”, please put me down. That word is a sure sign of cretinism unless used in jest.
And are therefore not at all in line with ANY scientific theories about the nature of the universe.
For some reason the words “empty rhetoric” spring to mind.
Oooh, a combination logical fallacy. 2 for 1: jumping to conclusions coupled with a side order of the argument from ignorance.
I think you can get that for $4.25 at Mc Christians. Delicious.
DVanWechel
McChristian’s. Is that the fast food restaurant I saw advertised on TV where the meal was accompanied by a “loss of self-esteem”? The girl at the counter asks if she can get it without that, but the man behind the counter yells “No special orders!”
alatham, I understand your point that the use of “ain’t” is today an indication of ignorance. But it wasn’t always so. A form of the old “an’t” that was once quite respectable.
Also, as Mark Twain said, “Faith is believing what you know ain’t so”.
Doc,i too am a physicist,i am also a biologist,physical therapist,botanist,fatalist,and a radical feminist.I am also considered one of the leading experts in the field of recto-physical flambescence.It is my study in the field of recto-physical flambescense,(which i admire most),that enabled me to come to the conclusion,aided by my expertise in the field of recto-physical flambescence,that you,sir,with all due respect,(because, we who study recto-physical flambescence are nothing if not cordial) have the intelligence quotient of the average bowl of soup.and not alphabet soup,neither.Thank you,oh and also,if you ask for some sort of proof for my conclusions,well,hell,i will not offer them because,well,i clearly stated my numerous qualifications,and if that isnt convincing enough,the fact that i asserted them with superiority and authority should be enough.
Karen,
I think that’s the one.