First, I want to thank the wonderful people of the Atheists, Agnostics, Skeptics, Freethinkers, Secular Humanists and the Non-Religious group from Kiva, which is a great site to do some good in the world. A few of the people from the group followed my link and provided excellent conversation on the last post.
While I’m happy to have a few readers now, I certainly want to get more and even some opposing views. This afternoon I started my new hobby, which was a blast.
I took to the tubes and searched for recent blog posts containing any of the terms: intelligent design, atheism, or evolutionist. I then picked a few posts and replied. I’ve gotten a mixed bag so far.
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On The Forerunner I made an argument for special pleading in regards to how it’s just fine for God to exist before the beginning of what we call time, but it’s not OK for the universe to have existed also. This turned into several replies, which has been quite fun because I hadn’t actually heard the argument rephrased the way he did. I doubt it’s over either, but that’s fine by me
- On God Entranced I responded that he hadn’t hit the nail on the head with one of his only arguments that partially applied to me. His claim is essentially that atheists replace faith in god with faith in science.
- On Eye of Polyphemus he likens “evangelical atheism” to a cult, and I reply point by point showing why his arguments are flawed. He replies, “Denial isn’t just a river in Egypt.” Clearly this wasn’t going anywhere. *Edit: He has replied on a new post*
- On Willed Induction he puts forth how the flagellum is irreducibly complex and shows intelligent design. I pointed him to The Flagellum Unspun which thoroughly debunks that myth. My comment at the time of writing this hasn’t been approved out of moderation. Edit: he has replied.
I figured that was enough for tonight. Overall, I’ve had fun tonight, and I’m anxious to hear the replies.
I am curious if anyone else has ever taken this on as a hobby?
Tags: atheism, intelligent design, science
