Truth...

Debating With Pigeons

Before having a "debate" with a bird, consider the following first:

Faith?

It's science, bitch

I find it hilarious when Christians present a lot of so-called links from Creationists sites like The Discovery Institute and quotes of so-called creationist "scientists" like William Dembski, or Michael Behe as proof of their god. Or when they "mine quote" palaeontologist like Michael Benton and re-phrase them to sound like it approves their mythlogy.

Oh please...

Remember that science is falsifiable.

All those links and blah-blah-blah are useless if I will accept them as infallible proof. All it just say is that Benton or Behe thinks that this and that and whatever… That they have seen, or discovered proof (while ignoring legitimate scientific findings)that will "scientifically" prove god.

Then what?

Then it all boils down to, "My god magically created life. Accept it or go to hell." No evidence of this god presented. Just a tons of word play, a lot of apologetics and some 5-cent philosophy ( or may I just say excuses.)

Accident?

In the Christian world-view, there are only two choices: Created or an accident. Well, if you don't believe that a god created you, then automatically you believe that you are just an accident.

Hey! When my Mom married my Dad, that's not an accident.

OK… enough of tasteless jokes.

So why an accident? Well, that's because god-believers think that there's a cause for everything. An accident is defined as an event that happens by chance or that is without apparent or deliberate cause. If you don't believe that a god (which is claimed to be the first cause) created you then VIOLA! You're an accident - A meaningless lifeforms without a purpose. A "thing" that just came from some random event. Sounds bleak.

Fortunately (and unfortunately to Christian belief) Nature both has nonrandom and random components. That doesn't really sound like an accident, does it? Nature is a complex combination of random events and natural process which are not mere chance. Heavier rocks doesn't sink by sheer luck. A combination of physical laws: Gravity, buoyancy… will make a heavier rock settle under finer sand. Genetic mutation and natural selection are not petty fluke.

Does science says life is just chance? No it doesn't. Chance are just random episodes. We don't study physics, biology and chemistry to learn some chance driven events that happen by freak luck. That's a waste of time and energy - and funds. Random accidents cannot be falsified. I think it's the Christians "historical science" which cannot be falsified, but not science. Nature has a process. Life has a process.

But process doesn't mean a "grand purpose." A hammer is a machine, it's a lever. Being a lever is its process - a hammer can hit nails because of the manner how it is use (as a lever)but that doesn't mean that a hammer cannot be use (purpose) in other ways. A hammer may have a purpose because it was designed and manufactured to perform a certain function, but that is not significant from the viewpoint of the hammer. Same as how a mousetrap can be constructed using only 3 parts or a flagellum's tail that can be use other than swimming.

So, was it Ramesses II?

My take on a certain Victor Villanueva (Part 1)

Opium

"We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's hand book, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they were being overloaded, a mere book to keep the poor in order." - Charles Kingsley, Leaders Of The Church 1800-1900 (1907), pp. 65-6

Why the Rants?

I've noticed that some Christians are more into blustering rather than giving a good argument. No, not that I'm expecting them to give a good one, but? Ok. So these Christians think that non-believers enjoy mocking them. It's nothing personal. Sometimes, a good discussion becomes unruly if there's nothing to discuss in the first place. Christians always use same arguments- how many times such arguments have been deflated but do these Christians really read or study those counter-arguments? I don't think so.

There's a big difference between proselytizing and looking for the truth. In proselytizing, there's really no reason to look for facts, new discoveries, or to know the truth. It's just about trying to convince someone to believe what you believed. It has nothing to do whatsoever with an intellectual discourse.

Arguing about faith is a futile activity. Religious faith, as we all know has no evidence to present. It is a conviction, a personal belief unbaked by proof. It cannot be falsified. That's why Christians are always saying the same rant. They don't change. They don't upgrade - it is the same thing, over, and over, and over since what? AD 325? 

The real world is all about reason, facts, evidences and these things change over time. New findings are discover, analyzed. It is so big that there are a lot of things out there still waiting to be explored, unlike the fantastic yet small, insignificant world of the theistic god… A miserable, static universe where everything just goes round, and round and round like a broken down Merry-Go-Round.