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Originally Posted by rubicon
What I have gathered from this thread is that whether it is a question of God or science both are based on faith as both gather their information from past history. Generally speaking the commonality among religious people is they are mostly warm and most welcoming whereas atheist are stern almost angry all the time. a primary example of what I speak is Bill Maher or the atheist organization from Wisconsin Freedom From Religion. This was noticed in the atheist community and now according to a recent WSJ article they have changed their approach to be more welcoming.
Christian believe in creation. Atheist believe in evolution some concur that a combination of intelligent design is possible. some believe that the reason scientist can't find the missing link to man is because aliens came with artificial insemmination procedures to speed up evolution. They point to those fiery chariot in the sky as space vehicles.
The problem with this exercise is that there are simply too many unknown unknowns (Donald Rumfseld)
So in my view one has to be content with their belief because it doesn't appear as of this date that anyone has an answer to this riddle
I opine I do not argue and I respect everyone's point of view
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Rubicon, I'm always skeptical of generalizations and yours is no exception. I know many atheists as well as religious people and I think your generalization that atheists are angry all the time and religious people are warm and welcoming is definitely misguided. In fact, if I were to generalize, I would say that religious people tend to be much more judgmental and angry whereas atheists are more tolerant and accepting. But again, as with all generalizations, there are many on both sides which is why I take exception with yours.
Concerning your comment that some atheists believe evolution and a combination of intelligent design, that cannot be true. By definition, atheists don't believe in God or other supernatural beings and therefore intelligent design is out of the question. After all, it's just religion dressed up as bad science. Lastly, scientists have found missing links, but they have not found them all. That does not disprove the theory. We have not proved the theory of gravity either, but I doubt you are too concerned about falling off the earth.
I too respect your point of view - I just don't agree with it.