1. Richard Dawkins discusses Einstein's new letters

Comment #179745 by Martini on May 13, 2008 at 3:50 pm

ericross, is the following YouTube video convincing enough?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qOsDR5sZTk

"It seems more likely that he was a deist -- by saying that he did not believe in a personal god, he was implying that he did believe in some sort of a god."

You're assuming that that sort of god must be a deity. He was referring to a pantheistic sort of god, which is just calling nature "God".


"I also read in Time (in an article based on the recently published biography of Einstein) that he repeatedly denied being an atheist."


He didn't like the word, but that's what he was, by strict definition. His problem with a lot of self-described atheists was that he thought they lacked "wonder."

2. A new website addition: Debate Points

Comment #81302 by Martini on October 24, 2007 at 2:57 pm

I love this idea!

It would be nice to have a place to go when debating theists (even on other message boards) and have well structured retorts already made for common theist arguments.

One I encounter a lot:

Being an atheist takes as much faith as being a theist, or the less aggressive version: Atheism is a belief too, which sometimes dwindles down to: Atheism is not lack of belief in God, it is the belief that God doesn't exist.

Another:

Why do you atheists care so much about what others believe when it can't affect you?

Also:

How can everything on Earth being so perfect for life all just be a coincidence?

3. Panel discussion on atheism where no atheists are included

Comment #21463 by Martini on February 9, 2007 at 9:28 am

I hope the RD CNN segment wasn't purposely bumped to Monday to coincide with Darwin Day, as an underhanded way to associate Darwin as 'the Atheist god'. Hopefully the fact that it's Darwin Day isn't mentioned.