Genocide in the Old Testament

[John V]

But it's NOT a comic book!

There are no pictures.

Of course it's not a comic book. If it were, you might actually have read it.

[Jackalope]

No you wont, and that is the problem right there. You'd rather fill that gap with an ancient comic book which is not a science text book. But don't feel bad, all religions do this.

But it's NOT a comic book!

There are no pictures.

Oh yeah? Then where did these pictures come from, Mr. Smarty Pants?

[max-greece]

2 brilliant lines in succession from different posters:

"If only religion stopped there. Unfortunately it's a leech, a flea, parasitically feeding off all the benefits that society and science has to offer, while giving nothing in return save rancorous threats any time its position is challenged."

and:

"So how about you tell us, Nostradumbass?"

Sometimes I fuckin' love this place!

Kudos to you both.

[Beta Ray Bill]

But it's NOT a comic book!

There are no pictures.

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Of course it's not a comic book. If it were, you might actually have read it.

But I did read it. A couple of times.

That's why I'm an atheist!

A for those pictures, they are so cool! I knew Jesus didn't ride in on a donkey (or a colt)! I could read a bible like that!

[Minimalist]

Where fundies got their idea of "jesus" from.

[Lion IRC]

Glad you acknowledge there are gaps.
I won't hold my breath waiting for science to fill them.

Those particular ones or any gaps. Surely you are not stupid enough to doubt science will fill innumerable gaps as time progresses, whilst religion lounges in its slumbers.

Science is discovering newer, bigger gaps all the time.
The horizon of possible answers to lifes existential questions keeps getting further and further away.
We in the year 2013 STILL have physicists like Lawrence Krauss talking woo about quantum spookiness and gobbledy gook jargon that is frankly metaphysics.
And physicist Brian Cox lamenting the biggest "most important" question facing humanity - where did we come from?

If the universe/megaverse/multiverse has always existed - why are these guys playing amateur, navel-gazing philosophy games?
At least the Neanderthal caveman didn't know how little he knew.
Science isn't adding to our enlightenment. It is adding to our uncertainty.
Every time I hear an atheist rant about "God-of-the-gaps" I say,
...right back at ya pal!

[Silver]

Every time I hear an atheist rant about "God-of-the-gaps" I say,
...right back at ya pal!

The difference is that science seeks the answers rather than resorting to the unreasonable and intellectually lazy goddidit.

[Beta Ray Bill]

Science isn't adding to our enlightenment. It is adding to our uncertainty.

Funny. Did you know that I have Epilepsy? In the time of Jesus, I would have been killed for having been possessed by demons. Now I take pills and have an electronic device implanted in my chest.

Science has certainly enlightened my life experience.

*written from my computer*

[Lion IRC]

Every time I hear an atheist rant about "God-of-the-gaps" I say,
...right back at ya pal!

The difference is that science seeks the answers rather than resorting to the unreasonable and intellectually lazy goddidit.

Science (masquerading as atheism) seems committed to accepting any hypothesis BUT theism.
These are some of the "gaps" science still can't fathom.
* Abiogenesis
* The nature of reality.
* Consciousness/mind/ free will.
* Whether anything/everything is contingent on a cause
* Objective right/wrong morality.

[Silver]

Science (masquerading as atheism)

False. Science is secular. Only creatards attempt to make science religious.

These are some of the "gaps" science still can't fathom.
* Abiogenesis
* The nature of reality.
* Consciousness/mind/ free will.
* Whether anything/everything is contingent on a cause
* Objective right/wrong morality.

It is better to be honest in not knowing about something and strive to understand it than to state with certainty that one has the answer, especially when there is no verifiable proof to support that answer.