(September 7, 2011 at 8:03 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Well yes, it matters what you make your ultimate authority. Although the point is that even though the atheist does not make scripture his ultimate authority he has to borrow concepts from it in order to argue against it.
Example?
Also, I am quite surprised that no one has pointed out yet that the inability to present an alternative theory says nothing of the validity of your own.
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