Rob didn't keep the link to the article, but the comments were both intense and very funny. the best had to be the atheist saying he was "sure as hell..." I don't think that should mean to him what he thought it means. Someone else posted this sign:
I'm not trying to argue atheism vs. Christianity here, just using this to point out that, from a logical, rational standpoint, both sides are on the same ground. At some point, the empirical method breaks down. It all comes down to belief.
BTW, Rob and I spent the past 3 days working like faith-filled maniacs on Infinite Space, Infinite God II. We hope to submit it to Twilight Times in early January--we are running our poor contributors through the editorial wringer this time. It's going to be a an awesome book.
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Note that the sign seems to be from a Young Earth Creationist -- I recognize the buzzwords.
"I'm not trying to argue atheism vs. Christianity here, just using this to point out that, from a logical, rational standpoint, both sides are on the same ground. At some point, the empirical method breaks down. It all comes down to belief. "
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouFailLogicForever
Note that the emperical method does NOT break down- see the large super colliders scientists are building. We will figure out how the universe started... or jump start the events of Half Life. At which point only Gordon Freeman can save us all.
For the poster itself, it doesn't attack atheism as much as the fields of:
Cosmology
Astrophysics
Geology
Biology
Chemistry
Palentology
I probably missed some.
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