...*read* the post, Steve...key word, "anecdotal"...I have no reason to lie, the people I run with are not, on average, theists..., and I don't search out the other POV. I think that is the case with most people, "birds of a feather" and all that...it's easy to spout statistics on a newsgroup (where *feelings* run rampant); it's harder to consciously question one's sources...more like work.
Tom, does the science teacher mention anything about my belief that the Universe is a computer?
Seriously, it deserves a mention...
If you doubt my seriousness, you might find Ed Fredkin interesting reading, assuming you are intelligent enough to read complex digital philosophy, and young enough to stay awake through a well written, long article. I read it 22 years ago when I was sitting at my desk at work, wasting time instead of working... I ain't reading it again, can't stay awake, but I wonder how it's stood the test of time... Computers and the digital highway have proliferated and broadened a bit some since 1988...
If nothing else, after reading it, you can usually get interesting affects when you interrupt god/no god arguments with your believe that god is a computer.... The only thing I remember about the article though is that the Universe is a computer... 22 years can do that...
Then chalk my remarks as 'anecdotal." No big deal -- merely pointing out that I have had real face-to-face communications with said believers.
I recognize a creation myth when I stumble over it, and dont' find any contradiction in believing in both a God (or godhead) and evolution. In fact a god who can be amused by setting things in motion and seeing what happens later is a whole lot more interesting than a god who says "BAM!" and walks away, satified.
The "Creationism" people buck science by using "faith" as proof. I guess you don't have to believe in radioisotopes. Like it or not, the earth is about 4.5 billion years old.
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