First of allits not an argument from ignorance, its funny how you pick and choose what you respond to. What I mean by my posts is that is enough rational evidence for belief in Christianity then there is for atheism (i know , inkw, atheism isnt a belief system, please dont also use that tired old argument to make excuses for being intellectually lazy), and again your what u mean by solid evidence is the good ole tired scientism argument.
I once read a book on statistics and tests done on atheists, I didnt know what asperger
syndrome was so it didnt make much sense to me. it basically said that atheists score extremely high on the asperger syndrom quotient test and the symptons for that disorder is inability to get along socially, irrationally skeptical among other things.
Plus my post about a miracle that happened to my grandfather that was predicted by his aunt 2 days before it happened to him is pretty strong evidence (maybe not for a scientism adherent like you but for most people yes). Again scientism is the proof that only the science is good enough to prove that something is true. If everyone followed your philosophy my friend than science in the west would not have exploded over the east the way it did. This was almost exclusively due to the christian worldview.
Needham was an atheist that studied this area exstensively and (against his own worldview) came tothe conclusion that because they had the christian world view that was why the west past the east in scientific discoveries.
To say that the 2 dont mix means you havent really done your homework my friend. We believe in a God that is love, but alsoin one that with reason and rationale as well.
Vox Popoli: Atheism and Asperger's syndrome
Monday, July 27, 2009
Atheism and Asperger's syndrome
This English study of people with Asperger's syndrome practically describes Sam Harris's Reason Project:
The suggestion is that people with Asperger's syndrome do have difficulties with theory of mind: unlike those of us with neurotypical brains, they lack the ability to jump straight to the right decision, almost as a matter of instinct. What they seem to do instead is to work out other people's beliefs and intentions by means of logical reasoning. As Professor Frith told me, this could easily explain some of the social awkwardness of people with Asperger's.
Now, there's nothing wrong with either logic or people with Asperger's syndrome. But this study does help explain the exasperating inability of atheists, particularly militant atheists such as the New Atheists, to understand the beliefs and intentions of the neurotypical religious majority of the people on the planet.
The fact that a scientific non-entity such as Harris
would think to publicly question the ability of a scientist, whose scientific credentials are impeccable, to direct the National Institutes of Health on the sole basis of his unexceptional religious beliefs suggests the real possibility of a link between his atheism and a material brain handicap. Ironically, the theory of atheism as the manifestation of a physical phenomenon fits very well with Harris's own neuroscientific perspective.
It also helps explain the observable gap between the average atheist's reliance on logic and his ability to make competent use of it.
Again your disneyland statement had nothing to do with my father analogy.
Nomarga, thank you very much for saying that your post was not meant to be an insult, that is very courtious of you. My answer to your post is also not meant to be an insult, but these kinds of studies do shine a nice light on why alot of atheists are the way they are
.Its almost like the words infinite regression of arguing is a part of their life.
God bless
