In his post, Slapping Interstellarmachine around, Zerowing21 demolishes quite clearly and thoroughly the fallacy of the idea that everything must be taken on faith that cannot be observed directly. He also does a decent job of demonstrating that all ideas and beliefs are not equally valid. These are tactics the creationist and ID crowd use all the time in their specious ‘arguments’ for their ideas. All ideas are not all equally valid. Some ideas are highly unlikely and shouldn’t get as much weight as those with good evidential support. Some ideas are just stupid. Anyway, he says it much better than I do.
Category Archives: atheism
Instruction Manual for Life
Saw this over at Godless Woman. It is a powerful story and one I can relate to.
A Voice in the Chorus
I’d been thinking really hard about whether or not to jump into the blogging ‘fray’ concerning atheism, religious bigotry and the efforts of the religious fundamentalists in the United States to influence education and government with their superstitious beliefs. I’ve read countless articles on the ‘burgeoning’ of atheistic and anti-woo (as the JREF community so aptly puts it) blogs and thought that I couldn’t make that much of a difference with my opinions. Yet, upon reflection (and much reading), I’ve come to realize that while the individuals who have spoken up thus far have been eloquent and passionate in their views, they are lone voices, only showing the way and they are often drowned out by competing voices. More of us talking about atheism and the anti-science problem on this planet is what it’s going to take to be noticed. It’s the chorus that gets heard. And so, I humbly add my song.
Singing Meat 