RE: Neil Degrasse Tyson, Agnostic
July 9, 2012 at 7:09 am
(This post was last modified: July 9, 2012 at 7:11 am by Norfolk And Chance.)
He's making fun of atheists a little there and trivialising the effect of religion..."do we have a word for those that don't play golf? do we have a word for those that don't ski? Do they have meetings about how they are non skiers?".
Hang on a minute Mr Tyson, do skiers go around claiming knowledge without supporting evidence? do skiers start wars with skaters? are policies made based on the belief in skiing? Do skiers infest every facet of life? No. That's why there are no "skiing opposition groups" That's why there are no "agolfers".
"Atheists are active, in your face, they want to change policies"...saying it like its a negative thing. He's entitled to his opinion of course, and maybe he is annoyed at being "claimed" by a group that he says he doesn't belong to, so I can understand that, but I don't agree with the points I've highlighted here.
Hang on a minute Mr Tyson, do skiers go around claiming knowledge without supporting evidence? do skiers start wars with skaters? are policies made based on the belief in skiing? Do skiers infest every facet of life? No. That's why there are no "skiing opposition groups" That's why there are no "agolfers".
"Atheists are active, in your face, they want to change policies"...saying it like its a negative thing. He's entitled to his opinion of course, and maybe he is annoyed at being "claimed" by a group that he says he doesn't belong to, so I can understand that, but I don't agree with the points I've highlighted here.
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
