Posted by Mike on August 30, 1998 at 19:07:17:
In Reply to: E-GadS posted by Bob 2 on August 29, 1998 at 00:22:40:
You probably expected vitriolic attacks from believers for that comment and maybe this was your intent. As non-believers though, you and I cannot pretend that we are anything but a tiny minority in the USA (if that's where you are too) and probably in the world at large, and labeling billions of people as nuts and losers doesn't help your argument. Actually I feel this whole debate is going nowhere. Believers don't require science, or rationality, so you are wasting your time. I suggest this whole BB could take a turn for the better by discussing not who believes what and why, but rather discussing how we can fight the forces of creeping theocracy - not by trying to change their beliefs but by making sure their various attacks on our school systems and our courts don't succeed.
As the other Eagles' song goes "They can stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast".
Your knife is a little dull.