I put this onto Facebook:

Christopher Hitchens (Hitch-22) quotes, with approval, John Maynard Keynes:

‘When the facts change, I change my mind. And you sir?’

Class: apply that to

* climate change (96% qualified scientists affirm a significant human component);

* the aetiology of homosexuality (98% – genetic);

* and evolution (99% of qualified, peer-reviewed scientists) etc.

Avagoodday!

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And among some very responses got these:

* Atheists are 100% fools

* “I think the idea that 100% of atheists are fools is debatable. This is not to contest the Bible, but to think again about what it means.

The Psalmist is not thinking about modern intellectual atheism which, wrong though it be, is possible as a rational analysis of data. He is thinking about people who think they can justify doing evil by deciding that God will not see and that there will be no judgment to follow.

I would feel justified in calling such a person a fool on the basis of God’s Word, in that, knowing that God actually does exist and will judge, he still chooses to deny him in order to achieve his own ends. However, in light of Jesus’ injunction not to call anyone a fool, I would never extend that judgment to a person who has set unrealistically narrow criteria and finds that God can’t be found within those terms.

On the other hand, followers of Richard Dawkins and his kin might be tempted to call me a fool for believing in God, but that can be on their own heads.”

* “The Bible says “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.'” It does not say, “Every atheist is a fool.” The two statements are different. The first is a wisdom saying, the second is a universal truth claim. The first is simply a statement about the kind of thought a fool might have. Atheists are not fools. They hold a position that I find intellectually unconvincing (agnosticism makes a humbler and more respectable claim), but they are not idiots. ”

* “No one said they are idiots. But inly a fool could see the evidence of creation and deny the existence of a creator. And for the record, God’s truth claims are wise. ;)”

* “fool = idiot doesn’t it? ”