Comments on: The Atheist Test http://www.apathysketchpad.com/blog/2004/02/16/col-atheisttest/ Floccinaucinihilipilificating antidisestablishmentarianism since 2001. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:55:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Isabel http://www.apathysketchpad.com/blog/2004/02/16/col-atheisttest/#comment-4989 Isabel Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:17:21 +0000 #comment-4989 Nice article. I saw a leaflet named "the atheist test" in a public restroom and picked it up cos I thought it might be funny (I'm a die hard atheist). However, it didn't make me laugh, it just made me annoyed. I've read a few of the popular pro-atheist books (particularly Richard Dawkins, who is a bit of a jerk, but still makes some good arguments), but I think a 5 year old could debunk some of these: "Hey, 5 year old, what are the chances of 50 oranges being dropped and lining up into 5 rows of 10?" "uhhh, not possible?" "Alright, what if I drop billions and billion and billions of oranges?" "hmm, quite likely". Completely ignoring the irritation I feel when religious nuts try to dismiss natural selection as "chance". Yes, I do obviously believe that the human eye popped up out of nowhere fully formed. *groan*. Nice article. I saw a leaflet named “the atheist test” in a public restroom and picked it up cos I thought it might be funny (I’m a die hard atheist).

However, it didn’t make me laugh, it just made me annoyed. I’ve read a few of the popular pro-atheist books (particularly Richard Dawkins, who is a bit of a jerk, but still makes some good arguments), but I think a 5 year old could debunk some of these:

“Hey, 5 year old, what are the chances of 50 oranges being dropped and lining up into 5 rows of 10?” “uhhh, not possible?” “Alright, what if I drop billions and billion and billions of oranges?” “hmm, quite likely”. Completely ignoring the irritation I feel when religious nuts try to dismiss natural selection as “chance”. Yes, I do obviously believe that the human eye popped up out of nowhere fully formed. *groan*.

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