My "Beef" With Atheists

I must just point out that your reading comprehension seems to be a particularly big failing - is English not your first language? You have repeatedly asked Rahvin to answer a question, that he has already clearly answered. You even quoted the beginning of his paragraph where he clearly answered, yet you failed to keep reading, or failed to understand tbe words that he wrote. Also, you suggested that Catholic Scientist should start keeping score, when it was blatently evident that he had in fact already started keeping score, and even provided that score for us to see. My wife is an English scholar and charges very reasonable rates for remedial English studies. Just a suggestion...Edited by cavediver, : No reason given.

Again, I think this comes down to a lack of reading comprehension. His answer could not be more clear. If you can only handle a pure binary yes/no answer, then I'm sorry - perhaps if you acknowledge Rahvin's excellent answer, and then politely ask if is able to summarise that to a yes or no, you may get your wish. Worth a try, at least... As a scientist, I just follow the evidence... I guess I'm just following the author of the OP - he seems to be the master of such attributes Edited by cavediver, : No reason given.

Absolutely not! Yes, ok, I will answer - there is nothing in anything I have seen in this Universe to suggest intelligence, other than that we see in ourselves (and that I see as originating naturally via the laws of physics, chemistry and bioilogy.) I cannot see how you phrased your question originally, but take this as a definite yes/no answer, whichever appropriately conveys what I have just said.

Absolutely, most definitely, not. No. Not a chance.

Well, before your inevitable suspension, perhaps you could fight your way through the conundrum I have just presented - I am not an atheist and I answered with a most definite 'no'. I'm an ex-phsyicist/cosmologist/mathematician so, at least on paper, I'm reasonably smart, and I have had the chance to look at most places in the Universe for this supposed evidence of intelligence. I have seen none. Perhaps you can enlighten me?