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When asked about his personal spiritual views Carl Sagan once said: "My view is that if there is no evidence for it, then forget about it," "An agnostic is somebody who doesn't believe in something until there is evidence for it, so I'm agnostic."

I would be offended if you tried to sugar coat it.

Faith: Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence. "Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile."...

when they think they can actually sow doubt in peoples minds to get them to convert ;)

Maybe he's really an atheist at heart, he just has to get past the DENIAL phase!

its actually frightenly easy and all too comon. its called DENIAL!

unfortunately the implications for the USA are serious.

I wanted to clarify my previous post. I did NOT mean that ALL christians were attacking church/state separation. As someone who was raised Roman Catholic but does not beleive in the Nicean Creed, I do recognize the altruistic teachings and acts of Christian churches around the world. My...

Christianity has been guilty of the same kind of atrocities we see in the middle east. Yes, maybe mainstream christianity has gone through reforms that islam has not, but without proper separation of church and state it leaves things wide open to abuse. And we do have religious freaks of the...

I know what your saying, but I think its good for the troops on leave to see it.

My parents came to the USA from Cuba and Im grateful for the border that keeps Fidel Castro out.

the Bible is full of contradictions and absurdities. how anyone can take it seriously is beyond me. people beleive in this stuff for cultural reasons and put Reason behind their emotional need for social acceptance.

I still feel like a geek :D At least now its kinda cool. Support organizations like Americans United for Separation of Church and State

i donate money to Americans United for Separation of Church and State. they are very active and a better alternative than the ACLU.

All i can say about the OP is that it just shows that we have our own Taliban right here in the USA. Fortunately the wall between church and state is alot thicker here than in Afghanistan but its being chipped at every day.

isnt Ad Hominem Eminem's brother or something? i know his sister's name is Enema.

evolution does not address the issue of there being/not being a creator! the Catholic church accepts evolution as guided by the hand of God. if im not mistaken, most mainstream christian churches do as well. how anyone can insist on a literal interpretation of the Bible or the Koran these days...

Ah, but they added the ability to evolve your character and a "dispell ignorance" spell that can be used to cause serious mental damage against all classes of Fundamentalists.

are you saying maybe the flood waters werent high enough to cover their leaves and their roots could survive innundation for a prolonged period?

Galileo was afraid of getting burned like Bruno did.