It's not bad to be ignorant per se, but to be willfully ignorant really is a bad thing, especially with the availability of information via the internet.
Note: These are actors reciting messages from Christian message boards.
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Showing posts with label atheism. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Creationist Spout Opinions about Evolution -- Hilarious
Have you ever wondered why people who believe in the literal creation of the Earth by God as depicted in the Hebrew Bible get little respect from the atheist and scientific communities? Well, watch the following video and see where you think the problem lies.
It's not bad to be ignorant per se, but to be willfully ignorant really is a bad thing, especially with the availability of information via the internet.
Note: These are actors reciting messages from Christian message boards.
It's not bad to be ignorant per se, but to be willfully ignorant really is a bad thing, especially with the availability of information via the internet.
Note: These are actors reciting messages from Christian message boards.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Exclusive: Richard Dawkins Converts to Christianity (or not)
Watch this incredible video of Richard Dawkins (or someone who sounds a lot like him) calls the Atheist Experience, a television show from Texas where atheists argue with religious people, and talks about his conversion to Christianity ... among other things.
Yes, I think that Faith Hill shouldn't be part of the conversation at all. I think that her and her songs have nothing to do with it.
Yes, I think that Faith Hill shouldn't be part of the conversation at all. I think that her and her songs have nothing to do with it.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
I'm an atheist, and so are you.
Yep, that's what I'm claiming. Don't believe me? Well, watch the video.
So, it's true, isn't it? Is there even one believer that Thor is an actual god that has viewed this video? How about a believer in Amon Ra? Anyone care to leave a comment explaining their deep religious faith in Zeus?
Well, if nobody believes in those gods, why do they then believe in Yahweh and Elohim?
The God Delusion
So, it's true, isn't it? Is there even one believer that Thor is an actual god that has viewed this video? How about a believer in Amon Ra? Anyone care to leave a comment explaining their deep religious faith in Zeus?
Well, if nobody believes in those gods, why do they then believe in Yahweh and Elohim?
The God Delusion
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Effects of Religion on Scientific Advancement
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeWhile I do enjoy this video and generally agree with the conclusion that faith stifles scientific inquiry (at least on average), I would criticize Dr. Tyson on a few points. First, the arguments in this video are made in a pretty ad hoc fashion. One data point (the medieval Muslim world) does not make a convincing argument. I would have liked to see Tyson incorporate more of a discussion to seeming counterexamples of this principle, including the protestant reformation in Europe, where a religious revolution was concurrent with a scientific one.
I would have also liked to have seen a better definition of the type of religion and God Tyson was addressing in his arguments. The traditional and easily debunked gods of, says, traditional Christianity or Islam are far different than the New Age spiritualism movements of Deepak Chopra and others, and I think that each would affect science to a greater or lesser degree.Still, I concede that the talk was good, considering the time constraints probably present for a talk at the prestigious NAS. So, all in all, good job by Dr. Tyson.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Neil DeGrass Tyson @ BYU - are you religious?
One of the things that I love about Neil DeGrass Tyson is that he is one cool cat when it comes to helping people accept controversial science. Instead of taking a more aggressive approach to the question of science versus religion (like Christopher Hitchens), he actually manages to help people understand and accept things like evolution and the Big Bang without alienating them from the start.
Here is a great example of his style from when he spoke at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. For a little background, BYU is a religious university for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons). The Mormons are part of the group in America that believes in a sola scriptora view of the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and a few other sacred texts that they have (at least on a leadership level -- some of the members are more liberal). This means that the leaders of the church routinely speak of things like Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel, etc. like they're actual events in history, not metaphors. Normally, this would raise the ire of most scientists, mainly because the fact that such events did not occur in the Earth's history is provable scientifically, at least up to the point where eveything starts becoming a miracle where the laws of nature have been suspended (think Santa Clause).
Despite this, Dr. Tyson still has enough class to answer the inquisitive young girl in this clip gently when she asks him if he's religious. The answer is no, but he tells her that in a nice way.
I am sure he's one cool cat in real life.
Here is a great example of his style from when he spoke at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. For a little background, BYU is a religious university for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons). The Mormons are part of the group in America that believes in a sola scriptora view of the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and a few other sacred texts that they have (at least on a leadership level -- some of the members are more liberal). This means that the leaders of the church routinely speak of things like Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel, etc. like they're actual events in history, not metaphors. Normally, this would raise the ire of most scientists, mainly because the fact that such events did not occur in the Earth's history is provable scientifically, at least up to the point where eveything starts becoming a miracle where the laws of nature have been suspended (think Santa Clause).
Despite this, Dr. Tyson still has enough class to answer the inquisitive young girl in this clip gently when she asks him if he's religious. The answer is no, but he tells her that in a nice way.
I am sure he's one cool cat in real life.
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