Comments on: A small thought about Atheists

By: Juke

Juke — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:55:21 +0000

An atheist is someone who does not believe in the existence of gods, nothing more. Clearly, one would expect atheists to tend towards science rather than the supernatural for explanations, but it does not follow that they accept scientific explanations blindly. Indeed, science is all about questioning and re-examination.

The atheists I know are very much interested in the questions of life and what you call ‘universal truth’ (a theoretical physicist might call this M-theory) – but they, and I, do not accept that a supernatural being was the origin of all things or is the answer to everything.

Perhaps the atheists you have engaged with are dull-witted individuals who do not question their existence. Such people exist in every faith and in every walk of life. It’s just the way things are.

By: Matthew McCullough

Matthew McCullough — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:52:20 +0000

It’s one thing to test these theories, but it’s another to accept them as fact and to live your life as such. I think a scientist can say they are logical, but that they are also incomplete, and must continue to research them in order to obtain the universal truth.

Of course, if you’ve read my other posts about religion, I’ve already explained how mankind will never obtain the universal truth.

I’m just sick of atheists because they accept the work as completely random. Like they don’t even want to be bothered by the questions of life, and universal truth.

By: Juke

Juke — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:39:49 +0000

“In science, a theory is a mathematical or logical explanation, or a testable model of the manner of interaction of a set of natural phenomena, capable of predicting future occurrences or observations of the same kind, and capable of being tested through experiment or otherwise falsified through empirical observation.” (Wikipedia)

The theory that a supernatural being pre-existed and created the universe and therefore everything is ‘intelligently designed’, does not conform to the definition above.

Biological science is an ongoing debate, creation ‘science’ is not.

By: Luke Maciak

Luke Maciak — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:53:03 +0000

Sigh… I’m sick and tired of people bickering over big band and evolution. I thought we got past this hurdle like a 100 years ago or so, and using science was no longer considered a sin…

Thank God I’m a Catholic so I don’t have to worry about this stuff. I can actually have a degree in a scientific field and totally support big bang and evolution, ruthlessly bash the anti-intellectual evolutionists for being backwards and silly, and still consider myself somewhat religious person.

Fortunately my religion doesn’t get hung up on literal interpretation of the scripture, or mixing theology and science. So I’m in the clear.