Opinion of internet atheists

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Yes, Blake is fantastic.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Yes, I suppose the arts do have limits. Didn't produce zyklon-b or thalidomide, for instance.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Point missed entirely, but that's to be expected.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Though the nature of the missing of the point is quite instructive as to why this kind of discussion is so frequently lamentably unproductive in almost all possible respects.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The point isn't "science can do bad things," it's that "scientific 'progress' is not inherently good, but its advocates take it to be as such and make little effort to philosophically justify that contention."

This is exactly so.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Know what? I think this bears repeating:

Though the nature of the missing of the point is quite instructive as to why this kind of discussion is so frequently lamentably unproductive in almost all possible respects.

Important bit highlighted.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Ah, but in what context did I mention zyklon-b and thalidomide? And what were the responses?