Response to "Atheistic Style"

Here I am responding to Atheistic Style on Conservapedia.

Conservapedia is the play toy of Andy Schlafly.[1]  Note that the atheists I know hold a naturalistic worldview and generally accept the findings of science.  Quite often in his article Andy makes claims about what atheists believe or how they act where the argument seems more likely to apply to scientists.  I do not intend to equate atheists with scientists or the other way around, however, when the argument Andy presents relates to science, I will use scientists as the examples for my response.

More after the break:

H1N1

Let's not give anyone anymore vaccines. Rather, let's return to the days of polio, wide-spread mumps, measles, and whooping cough. It is so obvious this is what so many Americans want. I mean, if Health-Care workers in New York think it is wiser to risk getting the flu and giving it to the people they care for than to risk not getting sick, who are we to argue.

If the flu vaccine causes this much concern we obviously shouldn't use any more serious vaccines either. We should also give up medicines, too. Big Pharma is behind aspirin and penicillin as well as vaccines.

Finally, we must abandon all surgeries too. Doctors make money from such activities and we should all be suspicious of anyone that makes money from anything.

These are the conclusions l come to following the "logic" of the Anti-vaxers.

Carl Sagan

Today is the 75th anniversary of Dr. Sagan's birth. We fans of his are celebrating his life today. Thinking about what he taught us, how he influence us, and writing these thoughts in our blogs.

I first discovered Carl Sagan in the PBS television series "Cosmos." "Cosmos" woke up a spirit in me that still lives, a spirit of awe at the universe, of discovery, of learning. This is the closest I've ever been to a real religious experience; realizing we are, all of us, Star Stuff.

I now have that television series on DVD. I watch it now and again when I need to reconnect to that feeling. It's wonderful. I have the book that went along with the show, too - also wonderful.

I include in my essential library several of his books. "A Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark" leads this list, followed quickly by "Cosmos," "The Varieties of Scientific Experience" and the fictional novel, "Contact." I have several more I need: "A Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space," "Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium," "The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence," and "Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science."

I watched Carl on the "Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson. Carl had an easy way of talking to people, about anything, but especially about science. How could anyone listen to him and not be influenced? He made science real, interesting, and fun.

I never met him personally, but I miss him dearly.

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