tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post7169987221092710063..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: The Biology of Faith and ReligionLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-74967508693375240762014-01-24T23:16:55.926-05:002014-01-24T23:16:55.926-05:00Do you even have an 8 year old?Do you even have an 8 year old?John Harshmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705501480675917237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-76360319781562757032014-01-24T23:16:16.697-05:002014-01-24T23:16:16.697-05:00You seem to be implying equivalence for those two ...You seem to be implying equivalence for those two questions. God is supposed to be an enormously powerful and complex entity; it makes perfect sense to ask about the origins of such things. Natural selection, on the other hand, is just something that inevitably happens given certain simple conditions. Nobody has to design it. Who designed rain? Who designed rocks?John Harshmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705501480675917237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-84174993803328013452014-01-24T20:42:12.860-05:002014-01-24T20:42:12.860-05:00"Who or what designed natural selection?"..."Who or what designed natural selection?" I was recently asked by my 8 year old.... He had also asked me earlier who created God.... So... It seems even for both sides....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-12251350134307594702014-01-23T14:44:51.064-05:002014-01-23T14:44:51.064-05:00Here's the picture for you since you've qu...Here's the picture for you since you've quoted it :-)<br /><br />http://www.demotivationalposters.org/image/demotivational-poster/0906/christians-christians-atheism-evolution-science-demotivational-poster-1246395400.jpgSean Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14488615727581444079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-29922252590923848042014-01-23T14:27:11.179-05:002014-01-23T14:27:11.179-05:00Colnago:
Atheist climate science:
Climate is cha...Colnago:<br /><br />Atheist climate science:<br /><br />Climate is changing, but it's happening for no reason. mregnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-2562066398152992122014-01-23T13:41:28.389-05:002014-01-23T13:41:28.389-05:00Considering that IDiot Egnor is also a climate cha...Considering that IDiot Egnor is also a climate change denier, he's often even worse. It's always amusing when folks like him who don't know their nether orifice from an excavation in tierra firma pontificate on subjects on which they have no competence.colnago80https://www.blogger.com/profile/02640567775340860582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-69101294056067499372014-01-23T12:28:24.780-05:002014-01-23T12:28:24.780-05:00Is he always like this?Is he always like this?John Harshmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705501480675917237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-35478949288946396572014-01-23T12:00:09.412-05:002014-01-23T12:00:09.412-05:00Wish I were at the meeting.
Me too. I'd like ...<i>Wish I were at the meeting.</i><br /><br />Me too. I'd like to see if you are real.<br />Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-23521176125674110062014-01-23T11:22:23.072-05:002014-01-23T11:22:23.072-05:00This would be a great definition for discussion:
...This would be a great definition for discussion:<br /><br />Atheism (n): "the belief that there was nothing and nothing happened to nothing and then nothing magically exploded for no reason, creating everything and then a bunch of everything magically reearranged itself for no reason whatsoever into self-replicating bits which then turned into dinosaurs." <br /><br />I doubt it'll come up. mregnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-13514083520529748202014-01-23T11:18:02.487-05:002014-01-23T11:18:02.487-05:00"Why does atheism lead to resistance in the f..."Why does atheism lead to resistance in the face of logic and scientific evidence?" <br /><br />Why are atheist metaphysics that constrain evolutionary biology and cosmology still not acknowledged among atheist scientists, while disciplines such chemistry and physiology that are not beholden to atheist metaphysics are so much more successful as science?<br /><br /> What are the implications of atheism in scientific progress? Why would atheist scientists seek understanding of natural laws when they deny the possiblity of a source for natural laws?<br /><br />Wish I were at the meeting. mregnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.com