(January 15, 2013 at 2:29 pm)AthianGuildmaster Wrote: So far, the results have been fascinating. For though a majority of you chose option 2, the percentage who chose option 1 is certainly magnitudes higher than the population at large. Scientists or aspiring scientists certainly do not make up anywhere near that portion of the population. This may not be a scientific poll, but I think it has, in whatever limited way, shed some light on atheism-related internet trends.
I once had some fundie asshole ( okay - that's redundant ) claim that my acceptance of the Big Bang Theory was faith based because I did not have a degree in astrophysics. Now, two things on this. One even without a degree a man like Neil De Grasse Tyson can explain his position and the evidence in such a way as it make a convincing argument...whereas some of these creatards can only mumble on about fucking god or jesus or some such other shit.
The second thing is that I know were I not too lazy I could get off my ass and go back to a university to get a degree which would enable me to evaluate the Big Bang without having to rely on evidence supplied by other scholars. Now, I could also get off my ass and get a theology degree which would enable me to study an ancient book of iron age superstitions and pretend that there are answers to actual questions therein.
I choose not to waste my time with either but that does not degrade Tyson's evidence to the point where the bible becomes any less of a pile of total shit.
