A Momentary Taste of Being

"In contrast, scientists don't kill each other over matters such as continental drift. We have better ways to settle our differences. There is no Catholic science, no Hindu science, no Muslim science — just science, a multicultural search for truth." At best disingenuous, at worst an out-and-out lie.  Science has its camps that could be considered outposts--Catholic science and Hindu science.  The methods are supposed to be the same--but I will just say Lysenko--and we can understand that science is not a monolithic entity that stands outside of the society in which it operates and therefore science is subject to those same pressures with much the same results--science differs based on the politics, agenda, and personalities of the scientist.  It isn't just one great big multicultural love-fest.  I have been in the belly of the beast and know the truth of what it is--it is neither more nor less than a human institution and subject to all of the foibles thereof....

Of some of the first of these , I'm concerned that the arguments may degenerate into ad hominem and cease to have credibility or validity.  We'll have to see.  Regardless, we must regard atheism as a system of belief--a religion (it's claims are no more "provable" than those of religion) and as a system of belief subject to the same abuses and delusional behaviors one sees in some of the fringe elements of any religion.  One must attack the inconsistency in thought and argument--never the person. atheistdelusion.net Investigating Atheism Science and Religion Aren't Friends Walls of Mush: Science and Religion Aren't Friends:rebuttal