Here's a copy of the email I sent to the AllAboutGod.com folks. Still waiting on a response. I'm not holding my breath. While we wait I should remind you (and myself) that I don't care that these people believe in God - I just care that they pretend that bogus arguments count as real logic or real science. This undermines our society and it's a threat. If we teach our kids that you don't have to back up your arguments with anything sensible, we're going to be in real trouble...
"Hi. Thank you for your website. I share many of your values. In particular I believe that the pursuit of truth is the highest calling of humanity. It is because of this that I am so disappointed when your website has content designed to obfuscate rather than clarify the truth. I refer to the page headed "Scientific proof of God." You state honestly and admirably that there is no scientific proof for God’s existence, but that is where the clarity of your search for truth ends. You then follow a tortured path to claim that by your definition of science there is proof of God. You talk about criminal and civil law burdens of evidence, but you don’t ever give a definition of what you call the “old classic definition of science” probably because you know, as do I, that that “old classic” definition never really existed.
Then under the bold heading “Scientific Proof of God – the Evidence” you list a range of points, none of which is remotely scientific. (I’m assuming you agree that Intelligent Design is not scientific, but even if you don’t the other points you make in this section aren’t remotely scientific in nature).
So as an intelligent reader I’m left feeling that this page is not about a search for truth, but more about a search for a way to discredit and undermine the fact that you open with - that there is not any scientific evidence for God.
So good luck on your quest for truth. I hope that you will see that obfuscation and distortion do not strengthen your case, but weaken it. I hope that in time your eyes will be opened to a more honest, unbiased assessment of the truth that is really out there. Just keep looking."
Then under the bold heading “Scientific Proof of God – the Evidence” you list a range of points, none of which is remotely scientific. (I’m assuming you agree that Intelligent Design is not scientific, but even if you don’t the other points you make in this section aren’t remotely scientific in nature).
So as an intelligent reader I’m left feeling that this page is not about a search for truth, but more about a search for a way to discredit and undermine the fact that you open with - that there is not any scientific evidence for God.
So good luck on your quest for truth. I hope that you will see that obfuscation and distortion do not strengthen your case, but weaken it. I hope that in time your eyes will be opened to a more honest, unbiased assessment of the truth that is really out there. Just keep looking."
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