Over at Federal Way Conservative Jonathan Gardner has written what I suppose he thinks is and unassailable critique of atheism, which he calls, “How to Think Like an Atheist.”

Here is what appears to be the nut of his argument:

The heart of religion is simply this. God exists, He speaks to us in our hearts, and that’s it. You don’t need to bring logic or reason into it, except maybe at the fringes in those areas where God invites you to bring your logic and reasoning into it (with the correct understanding that you’ll likely arrive at the wrong answer at least 57 times before arriving at the right answer, and even then you won’t recognize it as being right.) But the heart of my religion, and I believe the religion of everyone who holds their religion dear, is free from human frailties such as reason and logic.

And he sums up in this way:

To summarize, Atheists put a lot of stock in logic and reasoning, while religionists such as myself understand that human logic and reasoning is flawed at best.

And I can only presume that he thinks this is worthy of posting on the internet.

I left a comment on his blog (the same as the title of this posting) but he apparently declined to approve it. So no big deal, I have a blog too.

I think the funniest part of his post is this, from the second paragraph, in which he is talking about, of all things, Bertrand Russell’s “Why I Am Not a Christian”:

First, take an argument that proves the existence and nature of God. Then, misstate it.

Oh? An argument which proves the existence and nature of God? Which Bertrand Russell has the temerity to “misstate?” How interesting. I’ve never heard of this proof of God. Eagerly, I read the rest of Mr. Gardner’s post, hoping he would lay out this proof of God for all us heathens.

No such luck, as you must have surmised from my opening paragraphs. Nothing but idiocy from Mr. Gardner, nothing but assertions, with no argument whatsoever to be found, not even a bad argument.

He says that human reasoning and logic is flawed, but never gets around\ to explaining how his thinking regarding his religious views are somehow exempt from these flaws. How does he know he isn’t wrong? He never says.

In the comments he makes a few “arguments” which are (that favorite of Christians everywhere) nothing but a series of logical fallacies knownas “appeal to consequences.”

You suck at this game, Mr. Gardner.

Eminim bu blog’u ziyaret eden birçok kişi bu ismi ilk benden duyuyor ama aslında “hacking” dünyasında çok bilinen birisidir retrogod.Özellikle PHP kodlamada üzerine adam tanımam.Muhtemelen php yi oluşturanlara- onun tozunu yutar.Küçücük ve bundan bir bok yapılamaz denilen açıklara yazdığı exploitler ile benim sürekli dibimi düşürmüştür kendisi.Web sitesi hala aktif durumda…Buradan erişebilirsiniz

Allah rahmet eyler mi bilmiyom valla.Hepimiz yancaz da bari cehennemde dizüstü ya da Mac falan verseler

Un omaggio a uno dei grandi dell’underground italiano. Questa scomparsa improvvisa e prematura mi ha spiazzato molto, è davvero triste.

Non ho mai conosciuto retrogod di persona ma solo di fama. Sicuramente un mito che vale la pena di ricordare.

Spero che la sua anima sia in un mondo migliore. Rgod sei in tutti noi!!!

Oggi, la notizia è arrivata anche nel web retrogod è morto due giorni fa, a causa di una rara malattia al midollo osseo.
Sulla rete era conosciuto come esperto informatico, di alto livello, forse il migliore in italia.
Ricordo ancora la prima volta che lessi qualcosa scritto dalla sua mano.
E ora non c’è più.
Non vedremo mai più la sua firma e le frasi del generale Sun Tzu che inseriva dappertutto.
Forse non dovrei esser io a parlare, ma chi l’ha conosciuto davvero nella vita reale,
ma non posso starmene zitto come se fossi impassibile di fronte agli eventi accaduti.

RetroGod io come di certo altri, abbiamo imparato tantissimo da te, ci mancherai davvero.

// The:Paradox 25/04/2008

Non possiamo modificare l’accaduto, però possiamo ricordare chi era RetroGod, una persona dalle grandi capacità informatiche, dai suoi Exploit ho appreso molto ed è una persona che si è sempre fatta gli affari suoi, senza rovinare il Web. È una persona da ammirare ed uno dei meglio ora nn c’è più… rGod, mi sarebbe piaciuto conoscerti e sentire in diretta una delle mitiche frasi che citi in giro… Addio.

// Dante90

I am not rgod. I’m a friend of his named Daniel. rgod died two days ago at that hospital in Catania. It was a surprise and a shock… to all of us who knew him. rgod was suffering of a rare bony marrow disease, leading to paralysis during his last days. It just took me a while to figure out how to have access to rgod’s website, searching the key on his laptop (with permission from those close to him) to post this… I don’t know what the future of this site will involve but I’d sure like to see these posts, and some of the others about rgod posted across the Internet, preserved on the web indefinitely. Just so that when folks google the name of rgod in years to come, they’ll be able to read it all.

http://rgod.altervista.org/

http://retrogod.altervista.org/