I guess we have some atheists who don’t get the joke. It reminds me of the old bit…
Q: How many feminists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: That’s not funny…
The methodology of science does NOT EQUAL the dogma of atheism. We have far too many people equating the two and attempting to use the former to dictate the latter in mocking, irrational, and often illogical terms. From here, we get to what G K Chesterton said on the issue – “The man who does not believe in God will not believe in nothing – he will believe in anything.” I’d love to go to a group and say “stand up if you are an atheist” then systematically toss out “sit down if you believe in…” and fill in the blank, magic, UFOs, various conspiracy theories, and so on.
Richard Dawkins did much to propagate the atheism=arrogance model of behavior. It is interesting to note that his “science” career began with his “selfish gene” philosophy-marketed-as-science, which he repackaged from his college mentor and marketed successfully until it was pointed out that the evidence he rooted it within could just as easily be used to come to the opposite conclusion. Then along came Memetics, which he stole, repackaged as Memes, and sold at a profit until that, too, became exposed. Throughout this time he made arguments against religion. Those same arguments were directed at Selfish Gene and Memes until he was forced to either give up the rationale for his attacks on religion, or give up the philosophy-posing-as-science of his two main claims to fame. So now he just markets atheism. I’m sure he’ll steal another idea someday, but in the meantime, there you go.
