This short debate between Michael Shermer and Steven C. Meyer is rather interesting
HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE FOR ME:
I will openly admit there are too many mysteries about our reality, ESPECIALLY THAT OF THE ROLE CONSCIOUSNESS IN OUR PERCEPTIONS, to be smugly certain I am absolutely correct in my CURRENT assumptions about the nature of reality and the Universe..
I can openly and boldly say that from my continual direct experiences with Nature I am becoming more and more convinced that there is indeed an Intelligent Designer of the Universe, but...I could be wrong.
If atheists could say they believe there is no Intelligent Designer of the Universe, but THEY could be wrong there would be no argument.
We could respect each other on the basis that we both agree that we could be wrong about a lot of things regarding the nature of the Universe.
THE PROBLEM IS the dogmatic certainty of the religiously and atheistically dogmatic believers. They are ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN about things they are NOT absolutely certain about.
The atheists I have encountered cannot say something like: We believe the theory of evolution is a fact, but we could be wrong. They just can't do this! They have to PRETEND there is no scientific evidence against the THEORY (not fact) of evolution. Just as they turn a blind eye to Victor Zammit's scientific evidence for the afterlife they turn a blind eye to all scientific evidence disproving Darwinian evolution.
THAT IS THE PROBLEM!
The dogmatically fundamentalist's absolute certainty about things they are NOT absolutely certain of. This is what puts atheists on a par with idiot fundamentalist religious believers who blindly believe THEIR WAY is the ONLY WAY!
