Tens Of Millions Of Drongos
Roger Scott
From: Roger Scott (Australia)
To: Positive Athesim <editor@positiveatheism.org>
Subject: creationists
Date: Thursday, October 01, 1998 3:12 AM
Hi Cliff
I have just been checking out some of the negative mail you receive. It is pretty depressing stuff. Emotional immaturity of the highest level seems to be one characteristic they have in common.
I recently ran into a review of an anti-evolution book (by Michael Denton). I think the reviewer may have been Mark Vuletic.
Anyway, he mentioned something that struck me as being right on the button, namely that creationists demand perfect evidence for evolution, but do not expect the same standards for their own position. Personally I cannot see any convincing evidence for the existence of any god. So my version of Vuletic's comment is that creationists demand perfect evidence from evolutionists but can present NO evidence in support of their own position.
Thanks for putting up the good fight in the face of tens of millions of drongos (Australian for tiny-brained types who are unable to think).
regards
Roger
Cliff responds:
This is excellent!
I've been working on my own emotional immaturaty as well.
From: "Roger Scott"
To: Positive Athesim <editor@positiveatheism.org>
Subject: just a thought
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 20:49:19 +1000
Hi Cliff
Roger Scott again
You may be interested in this question, which I have posed in quite a few e-mails to christians. I have yet to receive a single reply.
As part of a thought experiment, suppose that god totally ceased to exist tomorrow. In what way or ways would the world around us change? It seems to be too challenging, awkward or something for them to cope with
Roger
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