Obama Intends to Nominate Francis Collins to Lead NIH

virtualmethod »

Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:48 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

He is a great choice as long as he does not let his religion get mixed in with his science. The best way to know this is to look at his record.

Can We Be Good Without God?

virtualmethod »

Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:55 am Agree: 9   Disagree: 7

I think that if you (personally) want to say "Merry Christmas" go for it. Just don't entangle that with the government. Fred Edwards never said agnostics and atheists get lonely this time of year, you made that up sir. What do you have against rational thought? Oh yeah, people thinking for themselves don't contribute to your religious cartel. So what if morality and human nature are resultant from evolution, it does not make life less meaningful. Meaning comes about from experience. If you think God imbued your life with meaning, who imbued God's life with meaning? I don't need to derive my meaning from ancient books. Eating children is not in human nature precisely because of evolution, even though it might be in guppy nature (or some spiders and praying mantis, etc). Don't dare attempt to link many of the atrocities of the 20th century to atheism, that has been debunked countless times but you are ignoring that. Immoral actions of mortgage lenders. Are most mortgage lenders atheists? I think not; you failed to make any point with that one. Speaking of immorality, what about the immorality of draining ten percent of incomes from tithing, only to have those assets lavishly wasted on the pompous lifestyles of the leaders of the megachurches. Marketing to the sick and poor with godly self-help manuals and modern day revelations that are pure drivel is immoral. You, sir, as a mouthpiece for this kind of thinking are a spoilsport for free thought. Just be good for goodness sake.