(June 11, 2011 at 5:19 am)tackattack Wrote: I understand exactly what a poe is. The characterized fundamentalist stereo type the average atheist poe poster creates never falls anywhere near current mainstream Christian beliefs, hence my comment, which is still valid.
I don't think this was intended to be a mockery of mainstream Christianity. I think the point of this was to show that it's hard to tell actual creationist arguments from the jokes. I was always under the assumption that creationism was not mainstream Christianity. Am I wrong?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell