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Without getting sidetracked on the merits or demerits of AGW, the history of science is not linear. There are zigs and zags. But over time, progress is made. I defy you to point to anything concrete in theism that can match the progress made by science and the benefits to humanity. Go...

No, by not postulating a Creator, science bypasses the conundrum. Not being able to answer on your time schedule (or mine) what caused and/or preceded the Big Bang is hardly the same as producing a "who created the Creator" paradox, which most theisms do. A nonanswer is not the same as a...

You say science is creating something (the universe) out of nothing when in fact it is you and your fellow theists who create something (the Creator) out of nothing. Science says nothing about the state of the universe before the Big Bang. It certainly doesn't say first there was nothing...

+10 "Dog-whistle racism." That summarizes so much here in ET. Gracias!

LOL See Lucrum try to craw his way out of a trap of his own making. ROTFL! First there's the analogy between the behavior of a particular human being with the behavior of a wild unchangeable animal, then there's the completely contradictory claim that it was precisely the change in...

So what was the jungle reference all about? Perhaps if you explained what "jungle" Tiger Woods is from, it would clear up any misunderstanding.

+1 It's all part of the Roman circus atmosphere fostered by TPTB. Why else would functionally illiterate athletes get paid obscene amounts of money while people who perform vital services (teachers, nurses, cops, etc.) have to scrounge for every penny? America has bred a gladiator class...

Naw it's because YOU said some crap about taking the tiger out of the jungle. You should be more like Pabst, he's proud of his racism. Why deny yours? Cowardice?

You don't understand science. Get over it.

For those theists who berate science for not having all the answers about Origins, there's the age-old question: "Do you want it quick or do you want it right?" Religion says: "We get it for you quick!" Science says: "We'll get it for you right."

Actually it's more than pretty stupid to think there has to be a Creator without postulating where the Creator came from. Who or what created the Creator? And who or what created the Creator's Creator? And who or what created the Creator's Creator's Creator? Ad infinitum, ad ridiculo. "It's...

And not a bit of it is sourced. How convenient. BTW there is no such thing as a pure vacuum in nature. And a vacuum is not free of energy "by definition", it is free of matter by definition. The coldest temperature in nature is the 3 degrees above absolute zero CMB (Cosmic microwave...

The same way you falsify any other testable hypothesis: by finding evidence that contradicts it. Depends on what you mean by "God". Some gods are readily falsifiable (and already have been falsified); others may not be falsifiable. Different theists have different concepts of gods. Let...

Why should I answer your questions when you refuse to answer mine? This conversation has become pointless.

Ask an astrophysicist. And I don't know of any atheist, myself included, who'd lose it if the Big Bang theory was falsified. But I know plenty of theists who'd lose it if their God was falsified. So what exactly is your point?

Every scientific theory is falsifiable, including the Big Bang theory. Your claim that atheists make a "religion" out of cosmology makes no sense. What is it, the lack of exactness that bothers you? Most sciences are inexact in some area of study. Only mathematics is always exact.

That's your comeback to all I wrote? Pity. I expected more. "One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It is...

In a courtroom, the burden of proof is "beyond a reasonable doubt". Not beyond a shadow of a doubt, just beyond a reasonable doubt. In other words, a person would have to be unreasonable to argue for a position against the evidence. The Big Bang theory survives because it is supported by all...

Now we're beginning to communicate. Yes there is more than one type of atheist. Somebody wrote a book describing "strong atheism" and "weak atheism". I reject those designations but I would fall into the "weak atheism" category: I don't believe in any gods, but possessing finite knowledge...

I made no such assumption about you, but you're clearly making assumptions about me. Why do you think I asked you to define God? If I assumed you were a typical Judeo-Christian, I wouldn't have asked that. I used to be a typical Christian so I'm fully aware of what Christians mean when they...