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God disappears in a poof of logic.

Well this seems pretty flawless logic to me. If anyone has spotted any logical fallacies, please leave a comment.

The Argument from Evolution, by Kyle J. Gerkin in his article ‘A Counterclockwise Paley’,

  1. Organized complexity is the product of conscious design or natural selection.
  2. Intelligence is an example of organized complexity.
  3. Thus, intelligence is the product of conscious design or natural selection.
  4. Intelligent beings are capable of designing intelligence (i.e. computer artificial intelligence programmed by humans).
  5. However, only one mechanism has been discovered that can produce intelligence without requiring the existence of a prior intelligence. That mechanism is evolution through natural selection.
  6. Thus, the first intelligence evolved.
  7. Evolution requires:
    1. Self replication (heredity) with slightly imperfect copying fidelity (mutation).
    2. An environment that can favor one replicator over another (competition).
    3. Time for (a) and (b) to manifest themselves.
  8. None of the conditions in (7) were present before the existence of the universe.
  9. Thus, intelligence did not exist prior to the universe.
  10. Therefore, the universe did not have an intelligent creator.

God disappears in a poof of logic.

Well this seems pretty flawless logic to me. If anyone has spotted any logical fallacies, please leave a comment.

The Argument from Evolution, by Kyle J. Gerkin in his article ‘A Counterclockwise Paley’,

  1. Organized complexity is the product of conscious design or natural selection.
  2. Intelligence is an example of organized complexity.
  3. Thus, intelligence is the product of conscious design or natural selection.
  4. Intelligent beings are capable of designing intelligence (i.e. computer artificial intelligence programmed by humans).
  5. However, only one mechanism has been discovered that can produce intelligence without requiring the existence of a prior intelligence. That mechanism is evolution through natural selection.
  6. Thus, the first intelligence evolved.
  7. Evolution requires:
    1. Self replication (heredity) with slightly imperfect copying fidelity (mutation).
    2. An environment that can favor one replicator over another (competition).
    3. Time for (a) and (b) to manifest themselves.
  8. None of the conditions in (7) were present before the existence of the universe.
  9. Thus, intelligence did not exist prior to the universe.
  10. Therefore, the universe did not have an intelligent creator.

Atheist-bashing in US newspaper.

Alice Shannon you are a Moron!

Your crazy delusions have clearly rotted your brain, perhaps you should look at the facts.

You say that atheists are the reason that crime is rampant, then how do you explain that atheists make up 10% of the US population, however only 0.2% of the US prison population.

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Atheist-bashing in US newspaper.

Alice Shannon you are a Moron!

Your crazy delusions have clearly rotted your brain, perhaps you should look at the facts.

You say that atheists are the reason that crime is rampant, then how do you explain that atheists make up 10% of the US population, however only 0.2% of the US prison population.

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Sunday Inspiration – Pale Blue Dot

I’m going to try to make Sunday Inspiration a regular feature.

I’ll post an inspirational video, picture or article from an atheistic viewpoint every Sunday.

Guaranteed to be more inspiring than any church sermon or your money back.

This week – Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan 1934-1996.

Sunday Inspiration – Pale Blue Dot

I’m going to try to make Sunday Inspiration a regular feature.

I’ll post an inspirational video, picture or article from an atheistic viewpoint every Sunday.

Guaranteed to be more inspiring than any church sermon or your money back.

This week – Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan 1934-1996.

Prayer is just an illusion – The Milk Jug Proof.


A great vid from godisimaginary.com, lets hope the chrisitans watching this get the point and don’t all start worshipping milk instead of becoming atheists.

There are plenty of other great vids at their site and on youtube (link) I’ll undoubtedly post a few more of them here in the coming weeks.

Prayer is just an illusion – The Milk Jug Proof.


A great vid from godisimaginary.com, lets hope the chrisitans watching this get the point and don’t all start worshipping milk instead of becoming atheists.

There are plenty of other great vids at their site and on youtube (link) I’ll undoubtedly post a few more of them here in the coming weeks.

How long before some idiot ruins it?



The atheist revolution is gathering momentum, that is not in doubt.

We have the big names of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens we have groups such as RDF, FFRF, The Rational Response Squad, The Brights and many others employing a variety of strategies to put the atheist agenda forward.

There have been a number of best selling books in the last 12 months and the mass media has taken notice and started giving coverage to atheists.

The atheists are coming out of the closet and we are making progress. There is opposition but we are winning the arguments, we have logic, science and rational thought on our side whereas the opposition only have circular reasoning, ancient mythology and idle threats of eternal damnation to offer.

We have only one thing to fear, only one thing which would reverse the tide and put us back to a worse position than before the atheist movement first took off.

As the supporters of our cause grow in number, it is increasingly likely that an individual or a small group of extremists will emerge. It would just take one nutcase to decide that words and peaceful methods are not enough, one idiot to decide that a bomb or bullet would be quicker.

If just one lunatic decides to shoot an evangelist leader or blow up a church in the name of atheism, all the good work that has been done so far will be wasted. Every religious group and evangelist would sieze this opportunity to condemn the entire atheist movement. They would say that they were right all along and atheists are evil. They would take every chance to tar all atheists with the same brush and condemn all the atheist groups as terrorists.

This is my greatest fear and I really hope that it will never happen but I feel that we must all be ready to condemn any such action in the name of atheism as loudly and to as many people as possible if it ever does.

Anyway, Sorry to start my new blog with such a depressing and downbeat post, it’s just something that’s been on my mind for a while and I feel that I need to get off my chest.

How long before some idiot ruins it?



The atheist revolution is gathering momentum, that is not in doubt.

We have the big names of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens we have groups such as RDF, FFRF, The Rational Response Squad, The Brights and many others employing a variety of strategies to put the atheist agenda forward.

There have been a number of best selling books in the last 12 months and the mass media has taken notice and started giving coverage to atheists.

The atheists are coming out of the closet and we are making progress. There is opposition but we are winning the arguments, we have logic, science and rational thought on our side whereas the opposition only have circular reasoning, ancient mythology and idle threats of eternal damnation to offer.

We have only one thing to fear, only one thing which would reverse the tide and put us back to a worse position than before the atheist movement first took off.

As the supporters of our cause grow in number, it is increasingly likely that an individual or a small group of extremists will emerge. It would just take one nutcase to decide that words and peaceful methods are not enough, one idiot to decide that a bomb or bullet would be quicker.

If just one lunatic decides to shoot an evangelist leader or blow up a church in the name of atheism, all the good work that has been done so far will be wasted. Every religious group and evangelist would sieze this opportunity to condemn the entire atheist movement. They would say that they were right all along and atheists are evil. They would take every chance to tar all atheists with the same brush and condemn all the atheist groups as terrorists.

This is my greatest fear and I really hope that it will never happen but I feel that we must all be ready to condemn any such action in the name of atheism as loudly and to as many people as possible if it ever does.

Anyway, Sorry to start my new blog with such a depressing and downbeat post, it’s just something that’s been on my mind for a while and I feel that I need to get off my chest.