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Posted by sgt_doom]]> Thu, 05 Jul 2012 11:08:24 -0700 The Stranger
So given the supposition that the broad categories of rationalists v. spiritualists encompass a little too much of all of human experience to really say one is better than the other, couldn't we stop being assholes to each other? I hate the way atheists are treated in this country, but the self-righteousness and unwillingness to find a common language with people who essentially agree with you on everything else that I read on these threads is something I'd expect more from a "Christian."

And as atheists, wouldn't it serve you better to try to find a way to talk with theists, rather than being patronizing and sullen? I mean, you have most of human history and sheer numbers actively working against you. This "shit or get off the pot" b.s. presupposes that people actually want to try to translate their experience of God or the divine into the scientific method, that the argument with you is that important to them. But if you experience the world intuitively, why would you want to do all of the work of making the conversation comprehensible to the other party?

I've experienced things I would call miracles. Not water-into-wine, but small things that a spiritualist view of the world explains in a more satisfying and conclusive way than a rationalist view. Those things are so essential to how I experience the world, how can I possibly make an atheist understand their importance by trying to frame a spiritual experience rationally?
Posted by Delishuss]]> Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:30:34 -0700 The Stranger Posted by OuterCow]]> Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:19:59 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Catherwood]]> Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:42:59 -0700 The Stranger
Perhaps Denverblues?
Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Thu, 05 Jul 2012 07:31:04 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Christampa]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:56:09 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Seattle14]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:31:26 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Sandiai]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:15:29 -0700 The Stranger Posted by erly]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:35:07 -0700 The Stranger Posted by VelhoSorriso]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:44:45 -0700 The Stranger
Cool! You just made the "you're stupid" argument! Always a sure-fire winner!
Posted by LEE.]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:27:27 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 17:49:59 -0700 The Stranger Gallup poll on the subject: 46% of Americans believe God created humans in their present form; 32% believe humans evolved with God guiding the process; and only 15% believe that humans evolved but that God had no part in the process. On the plus side, that's 47% who believe in some form of evolution (divinely directed or otherwise) versus 46% who don't. On the minus side, 78% still think God calls the shots and pure creationism is supposedly up 6%, from 40% in 2010. Or, put another way, 78% of Americans believe in something for which there is no evidence, and 46% are immune to overwhelming evidence that refutes their beliefs. Enjoy your 4th of July.
Posted by PCM]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:39:03 -0700 The Stranger
Confluence @1 for the very clear win.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:18:06 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:53:40 -0700 The Stranger
I guess we can't discover *all* the subatomic articles(*).

(*) Actually, the Tevatron did find evidence of the Higgs before the LHC, but not with the 5 sigma statistical standard demanded.
Posted by madcap]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:51:21 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Sandiai]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:19:29 -0700 The Stranger
This should be the last word on the subject...
Posted by COMTE]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:07:50 -0700 The Stranger The Higgs boson explained by PhD Comics -- from a few years ago
Posted by VelhoSorriso]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:54:04 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Karlheinz Arschbomber]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:51:38 -0700 The Stranger
Also @10 High Five!
Posted by ItsAllOverNow]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:48:16 -0700 The Stranger
PS, I must be pretty "uppity" too I guess.
Posted by Sandiai]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:45:28 -0700 The Stranger
Man, I don't think anything has ever had such a contrast between name and nature as the Standard Model. It sounds so incredibly drab, and yet it is a breathtakingly powerful summation of our (admittedly vastly incomplete) understanding of the fundamental nature of the universe at levels we can't even conceive of intuitively.

@1: The God Hypothesis has a big pile of no good evidence, propped up by a bunch of facile sophistry. You really don't understand how science works, do you? Or were you just looking for an excuse to be not-very-subtly racist? I mean, for real, you can't even get racism right, you dumb sack of shit. Humans are apes.
Posted by balderdash]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:39:57 -0700 The Stranger Posted by mr. herriman]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:14:19 -0700 The Stranger
Science: 1.32e^23 Religion: 0
Posted by Xenos]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:10:45 -0700 The Stranger