At PZ's blog one of PZ's minions answered the question Why I am an atheist:
"Because I believe in a natural world not a supernatural world."
That was it. In just one sentence he showed why being normal, also known as atheist, also known as accepting reality and only reality, is the only logical choice.
The alternative, supernatural magic, also known as the god fairy, is too childish, too nutty, too impossible, too insane, and too ridiculous to take seriously.
"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
Saturday, September 8, 2012
For why god fairies are not real, the most simple explanations are the best explanations.
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