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markchenjd

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Mark is a 25 year old guy from New York, New York, USA

I'm a law student with dreams of astrophysics. I believe that nothing can compare to the elegance of science; though poetry, art, and song can transcend the human experience, science is the melody the reverberates through the greatest of stars to the most infinitesimal of thoughts. Carl Sagan said it better than it will ever be said again, "we are star stuff contemplating star stuff." Our bodies, our minds are made of the same cosmic matter that forms each of the stars in the Starry Night. We are the universe looking back at itself, and it is beautiful.

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    Rated Apr 09 2008 • 6 reviews • atheist • rationalapologetics.com

    Thumbs up for making some good points (especially #3 and #4).

    I took exception to the first, though. Intellectual honesty does not require that we admit something is theoretically possible.
    If I claimed that the moon was made up of cheese and that all historical and scientific evidence was fabricated by a cabal of tiny elves living in my wallet, would intellectual honesty require you to say : "Well, I don't believe it, but it's theoretically possible."

    I agree that atheists need to understand that religion is deeply emotional, and that pure appeals to logic are doomed to fail, but there is absolutely no burden on atheists to admit "theoretical possibility."

    Yes, it's possible the Christian, Muslim, or Judaic god does exist. It also possible that invisible monkeys are flying above your head right now. I concede the possibility of the first with the same conviction the religious concede the possibility of the second.