(April 18, 2015 at 3:29 pm)superAtheistnut Wrote: I'm curious to find out if most atheists hate the 'ancient alien' theory because it goes against "evolution" dogma of Atheism.
I'm pretty sure you're a sock puppet of someone else that we're going to have to deal with sooner or later, but just in case you're ignorant, rather than dishonest: evolution and atheism are not interconnected. Many atheists accept the theory of evolution because they value evidence and support in their worldview, and evolution has plenty of both, but that doesn't mean the one is an integral part of the other. So long as you don't believe in any gods, you can believe in any other thing and still be an atheist. It's a position on a single subject, not a wholly integrated belief system.
Quote:Here's my issue: and why I think 21st century Atheism is no different than 14th century Catholicism dictatorship. In the 14th century if you said the earth might not be the centre of the universe "you'd be hanged on the stake". In the 21st century if you say the universe might of been created by intelligent design 'you're career is over and you'd be labelled as a quack".
Francis Collins is an evangelical christian and once headed the Human Genome Project, simultaneously. The reason one's career takes a hit if they advocate intelligent design has nothing to do with advocating intelligent design, and everything to do with advocating for something that has absolutely no evidence or capacity for falsifiability. You'd be taking the hit for doing bad science, not for accepting intelligent design; the moment you quit pretending that intelligent design is remotely supported by evidence, this becomes a really obvious answer.
Quote:Meanwhile, in the 14th century. Hidden from public attention a small group of mathmatecians and scientist were secretley trying to figure out how the universe worked and prayed that they didn't get caught trying to do something blasphemous like going against the 'status quo". Same thing in the 21st century "theist scientists and even agnostic scientists" must surely be secretley be in the closet trying to figure out "the status quo tells me 'Do not look there, there is nothing to see there", but I feel they are wrong".
Francis Collins. Your claim is falsified.
Quote:Today, as a scientist. If you so dare go against the 'status quo' of Atheism you lose your job.
Francis Collins is currently the director of the National Institute of Health. Your claim is falsified.
Quote:Do you feel - Atheism is slowly going to become corrupt like religions? Scientists will not be permitted to look into 'supernatural' or 'mistisism' and try to find a scientific reasoning - as it would be deemed blasphemy and heretic as an Atheist society.
Scientists would need evidence of the supernatural, before they should look into it. It's not our problem that the things you'd like to be true, don't pass rudimentary scrutiny, and inventing this ridiculous conspiracy to avoid even considering the possibility that you might just be wrong is profoundly childish.
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