Creationism
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; He railed against the arrogance of a scientist claiming to know that there is no god. I felt like saying that that arrogance pales in comparison with the ubiquitous, overbearing hubris of claiming to not only know that there is a god, but that one knows exactly what kinds of sexual behaviors that god enjoys, and that one has this certainty in spite of the fact that there is no independent evidence of any kind that this supreme being even exists. | ; He railed against the arrogance of a scientist claiming to know that there is no god. I felt like saying that that arrogance pales in comparison with the ubiquitous, overbearing hubris of claiming to not only know that there is a god, but that one knows exactly what kinds of sexual behaviors that god enjoys, and that one has this certainty in spite of the fact that there is no independent evidence of any kind that this supreme being even exists. | ||
: [https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/09/18/mystical-experiences-death/ P.Z. Meyers] | : [https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/09/18/mystical-experiences-death/ P.Z. Meyers] | ||
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| + | Creationists don't tend to distinguish between cosmogeny, abiogenesis, and evolution. Most lay people are unaware that these are separate sciences. | ||
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| + | The "tornado in a junkyard" description of life's origin as a bacterial cell is actually a psychological projection by creationists: it's what their god supposedly did. Nobody actually believes life originated as a bacterial cell: they're attacking a straw man. | ||
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| + | ID is simply the latest retreat of the god of the gaps. | ||
