http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/ Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-62058 Jeff Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:39:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-62058 I stumbled upon this blog looking for a picture of earth. I am none of the above. I can honestly say, I am not 100% sure. So, I decline to state. What I will say is, both sides are guilty of not being willing to be open minded about these subjects. I am not going to try to tell you I am as intelligent as any of you either. I am a simple farmer who is quite content. I take classes on occasion at my local community college, only to keep my mind fresh. I recently listened to a lecture in geography, and questioned the lecturer, "Is Earth growing?". Based upon what the lecturer had been saying the obvious answer would have been, it might be. But instead received an unsure, "Of course not!". The answer didn't satisfy my curiosity. I went home made a cutout of the continents then put them together. They fit on every side well enough for me to think that maybe science is wrong. After all science once agreed with religion that the world was flat. I stumbled upon this blog looking for a picture of earth. I am none of the above. I can honestly say, I am not 100% sure. So, I decline to state. What I will say is, both sides are guilty of not being willing to be open minded about these subjects. I am not going to try to tell you I am as intelligent as any of you either. I am a simple farmer who is quite content. I take classes on occasion at my local community college, only to keep my mind fresh. I recently listened to a lecture in geography, and questioned the lecturer, “Is Earth growing?”. Based upon what the lecturer had been saying the obvious answer would have been, it might be. But instead received an unsure, “Of course not!”. The answer didn’t satisfy my curiosity. I went home made a cutout of the continents then put them together. They fit on every side well enough for me to think that maybe science is wrong. After all science once agreed with religion that the world was flat.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-25105 crowepps Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:31:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-25105 "Religion is a very private matter... After all, they are not trying to force it on anybody else." Well, yeah, actually, they are trying to get their own personal religiously based views of science taught to everyone else's children in the schools, they ignore the fact that the vast majority of parents want comprehensive sex education taught and insist on 'abstinence education' because it fits their religious view, they want their Bible verses and their Jesus prayers inflicted on all the children in the schools, they want the civil laws of the country to reflect their views about sexuality and medical care and premarital sex and all kinds of other issues, so actually, yeah, they ARE trying to force it on EVERYONE else, which is why everyone -- not just athiests -- but everyone is getting really irritated with them. If it was PRIVATE none of us would even know what their opinion is, would we? “Religion is a very private matter… After all, they are not trying to force it on anybody else.” Well, yeah, actually, they are trying to get their own personal religiously based views of science taught to everyone else’s children in the schools, they ignore the fact that the vast majority of parents want comprehensive sex education taught and insist on ‘abstinence education’ because it fits their religious view, they want their Bible verses and their Jesus prayers inflicted on all the children in the schools, they want the civil laws of the country to reflect their views about sexuality and medical care and premarital sex and all kinds of other issues, so actually, yeah, they ARE trying to force it on EVERYONE else, which is why everyone — not just athiests — but everyone is getting really irritated with them. If it was PRIVATE none of us would even know what their opinion is, would we?

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-23921 CyberLizard’s Collection » Can’t we all just get along? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:55:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-23921 [...] by “get along”, Mooney et al. mean “do things the way we think they should be [...] [...] by “get along”, Mooney et al. mean “do things the way we think they should be [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-23873 Lousy Canuck » Two boats tethered together on a lake Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:52:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-23873 [...] Chris Mooney of The Intersection wrote an article that raised my hackles, and crystallized my thoughts on this matter, when he suggested that we who [...] [...] Chris Mooney of The Intersection wrote an article that raised my hackles, and crystallized my thoughts on this matter, when he suggested that we who [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-23172 Jesus and Mo on apophatic theology « Why Evolution Is True Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:18:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-23172 [...] Oh, wait, maybe I should like this kind of theology because it tells believers to SHUT UP. [...] [...] Oh, wait, maybe I should like this kind of theology because it tells believers to SHUT UP. [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-23099 Declaring Your Views Off-Limits To Criticism « Camels With Hammers Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:39:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-23099 [...] Your Views Off-Limits To Criticism St. Gasoline rightly objects to a recent blog post by Chris Mooney which tries to equate vigorous philosophical challenge to religious beliefs by atheists with a lack [...] [...] Your Views Off-Limits To Criticism St. Gasoline rightly objects to a recent blog post by Chris Mooney which tries to equate vigorous philosophical challenge to religious beliefs by atheists with a lack [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-21536 Accommodationism: onward and downward « Why Evolution Is True Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:03:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-21536 [...] defending his own substantive position in a consolidated way, he prefers to write posts in which he tells other atheists to shut up . . [...] [...] defending his own substantive position in a consolidated way, he prefers to write posts in which he tells other atheists to shut up . . [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-20840 Science, Religion, Humanity and other unknowns « Hypertiling Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:12:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-20840 [...] writing them, but who are these people? As often happens, with a couple of notable exceptions–Chris Mooney’s one and Russell Blackford’s one–all the other interventions are from people [...] [...] writing them, but who are these people? As often happens, with a couple of notable exceptions–Chris Mooney’s one and Russell Blackford’s one–all the other interventions are from people [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-20544 Science and Religion are Not Compatible | Marriage Blog Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:42:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-20544 [...] believers can be more comfortable accepting the truth of evolution and other scientific ideas. Chris Mooney and others have taken up the other side, while Russell Blackford and others have supported Coyne, [...] [...] believers can be more comfortable accepting the truth of evolution and other scientific ideas. Chris Mooney and others have taken up the other side, while Russell Blackford and others have supported Coyne, [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-20537 Science and Religion are Not Compatible | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:01:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/31/civility-and-the-new-atheists/#comment-20537 [...] believers can be more comfortable accepting the truth of evolution and other scientific ideas. Chris Mooney and others have taken up the other side, while Russell Blackford and others have supported Coyne, [...] [...] believers can be more comfortable accepting the truth of evolution and other scientific ideas. Chris Mooney and others have taken up the other side, while Russell Blackford and others have supported Coyne, [...]

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