Can you spot the pattern?
May 19, 2014 at 11:01 pm
(This post was last modified: May 19, 2014 at 11:12 pm by Rampant.A.I..)
(May 19, 2014 at 10:05 pm)A Theist Wrote:(May 19, 2014 at 8:02 pm)Rampant.A.I. Wrote: Oh, so it's a No True Scotsman. They're all atheists, but accomplished nothing "For Athilos, God of Atheism," therefore their contributions are meaningless.
Oh, so you're distorting my reply. Where did I say their accomplishments were meaningless? That's not what I said. I said they accomplished things for science and technology, and that atheism wasn't the inspiration for their acheivements.
No one is distorting replies but you. Science and Technology are by definition atheistic: They do not assume <God Exists> or use <Because God> to explain anything.
The only reason science and technology have advanced is because people realized <GodDidIt> is not a sufficient answer.
Only those "Christian" scientists, doing science "for God" (God is apparently not very good at it, judging by the bible) only those who questioned what was presented as "Truth" in the bible advanced science.
(May 19, 2014 at 4:05 pm)A Theist Wrote:(May 19, 2014 at 3:45 pm)Kitanetos Wrote: What little good Christianity has done is irrelevant in comparison to all the violence and suffering it has and continues to perpetrate.
Oh yeah, Mother Teresa was a real terrorist....and the atheist physicist, Robert Oppenheimer did the world a great service.
And actually, you apparently don't know the first thing about Oppenheimer:
Quote:After the war he became a chief advisor to the newly created United States Atomic Energy Commission and used that position to lobby for international control of nuclear power to avert nuclear proliferation and an arms race with the Soviet Union. After provoking the ire of many politicians with his outspoken opinions during the Second Red Scare, he had his security clearance revoked in a much-publicized hearing in 1954, and was effectively stripped of his direct political influence; he continued to lecture, write and work in physics. Nine years later President John F. Kennedy awarded (and Lyndon B. Johnson presented) him with the Enrico Fermi Award as a gesture of political rehabilitation.
Oppenheimer's notable achievements in physics include the Born–Oppenheimer approximation for molecular wavefunctions, work on the theory of electrons and positrons, the Oppenheimer–Phillips process in nuclear fusion, and the first prediction of quantum tunneling. With his students he also made important contributions to the modern theory of neutron stars and black holes, as well as to quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, and the interactions of cosmic rays. As a teacher and promoter of science, he is remembered as a founding father of the American school of theoretical physics that gained world prominence in the 1930s. After World War II, he became director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
So basically, you're claiming the guy who helped build the first atomic bomb to fight the devout catholic Hitler who had caused the deaths of 60 Million People, and here you are sniveling "Oh, look at Oppenheimer. What a monster!"