Atheism weak and strong

Yes I know it's too early in week for a Thursday rant, but Penn and Teller are two of my gods. Hooray for their clear thinking, if slightly foul mouthed, humanity. They were even on West Wing on cable last night making a well-needed point about liberty!

The Vatican seems, for the most part, to be peopled by intelligent types trying to balance their beliefs with the, increasingly uncomfortable, idea that everything their eyes tell them seems to contradict at least several of those beliefs.

So the Intelligent Design camp (amongst other religions) has collectively said "stuff that" and, instead, has taken up the position that their beliefs are paramount and anything that contradicts them must be wrong. Barking mad obviously, but such unshakable self-belief makes them very dangerous indeed!

If the ID'ers *really* want equality Throgmorton has the answer: Strong Atheism should be given equal time in religious ed. classes in all schools... tee hee :-)

"Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around.

... Believing there is no God means the suffering I've seen in my family, and indeed all the suffering in the world, isn't caused by an omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent force that isn't bothered to help or is just testing us, but rather something we all may be able to help others with in the future.

No God means the possibility of less suffering in the future." - Penn Jillette

Update

Christian fundamentalists are suing the University of California for having a pro-evolution website. Good grief!!!