tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308923185697655557.post784687099399768818..comments2023-07-06T03:24:58.768-04:00Comments on Your Big Girl Pants: Between The Rock and a Cold, Hard Place: Religious Discussion in AmericaEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713092722965430212noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308923185697655557.post-17932537515818840412012-12-06T22:50:25.686-05:002012-12-06T22:50:25.686-05:00It can be taken to a ludicrous extreme, too. Last...It can be taken to a ludicrous extreme, too. Last summer, when the polygenic view of human evolution got some new evidence in its favor, and lots of atheists proclaimed this the death knell for Christianity, some Catholic apologists pointed out that the polygenic theory does not contradict the Church's teachings on humanity, Adam and Eve, and Original Sin. The prominent atheist/scientist Coyne ended up arguing vehemently that 1) Catholics were wrong in not interpreting Genesis strictly literally, and 2) we need to stop lying and admit we think the world was created 6,000 years ago. Then, of course, we need to admit that God doesn't exist at all.beadgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04545183481263349646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308923185697655557.post-39892335515980274952012-12-05T16:08:41.299-05:002012-12-05T16:08:41.299-05:00It's an odd kind of prejudice, not one I spend...It's an odd kind of prejudice, not one I spend much time thinking about, but on the left there is definitely a dominant atheist or agnostic ethos. It honestly makes me way less likely to talk about religion. It's easy to agree with mocking ridiculous notions like the War on Christmas, but the underlying tone is often that the understanding is that only fools would believe in a religion. <br /><br />And I find the back and forth NDGT has done interesting. He claims to be agnostic, which makes sense. But his statements often seem to mock anybody who would have the temerity to believe - and that runs counter to his stated mission to bring more people on board the science train. It's also arrogant in its own way, because who is anybody to say definitively one way or another? Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713092722965430212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308923185697655557.post-56924994896281775132012-12-05T13:39:45.081-05:002012-12-05T13:39:45.081-05:00"That kind of dismissal only feeds the anti-s..."That kind of dismissal only feeds the anti-science beast, atheist friends."<br /><br />I must admit I lost a teeny tiny bit of respect when I read a couple of comments Neil DeGrasse Tyson made about Christians. I'm damn tired of being lumped in with fundamentalists and young-Earthers.<br /><br />I always liked how one Catholic writer explained the idea of who goes to Heaven -- the rules God has given us (in the RCC) apply to us (all humans) and we must follow them, but God Himself is not bound by them. If he wants to let into Heaven a bunch of atheists, Hindus, Jews, pagans, etc., who are we to tell him "no"?beadgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04545183481263349646noreply@blogger.com