He doesn't
He seems to have a problem with the 'militant atheists' who go as loony as the 'militant theists' when the subject of religion is brought up.

I create universes on my PC all the time. They start with a big bang (turn the power on) and the characters I have created from dust (1s and 0s) live their lives based on the rules I have created for their universe. Does that make me God? Probably in their eyes (assuming they have such a concept).

If someone tries to make a religion based on my creation of the universe and slip some laws in with a number of misquotes along the way, that doesn't suddenly mean that I don't exist. It just means someone has tried to explain things and (possibly) tweaked things to their own ends.

Fundamentally, outside the universe, we have no idea really. A few theories and some educated guesses based on a few calculations based on some observations made within this universe but that's it really.

One has a decent (albeit slightly flawed) approach to the answer. The other is more philosophical in approach.

My guess is that they're all wrong. We're all on the back of a giant turtle that's swimming through some cosmic ether between universes. ;)
( betpet is the fun in dysfunctional, Tue 18 Jan 2011, 16:04, 1 reply)

I don't really know what a militant atheist is
How do they differ from regular atheists? Do they not believe in God more?
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 18 Jan 2011, 16:18, closed)

No, they're just more militant in their views
like militant feminists are.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 18 Jan 2011, 18:08, closed)