I wonder how Neanderthals fit into the Creationist scheme of things.

Actually, Alex FCD, I've actually seen it speculated that neuropsychology and neuroscience will be the 21st century's version of evolution: i.e., the form of science that hard-core Christian fundamentalists go after most vociferously.

I guess that it's not surprising then that Sam Harris is a neuroscientist.

The other two revolutions that Greta notes, the heliocentric solar system and evolution, speak in direct contradiction to what's written in the Bible and, so, Bible literalists at least have citations to quote to back their claims. Where will the religious go in the Bible to support their refutation of the newest findings in the neurosciences? I don't think that they're addressed. This issue stands to be even uglier than the first two revolutions because now consciousness (and the soul, I presume) can be attributed to something other than divine intervention. Saving souls is what Xianity is all about.

Let's let whoever has committed no sin throw the first stone here, shall we? Look at all the religious leaders and believers who demonize atheists as the moral equivalent of mad dogs. Like waving around Psalms 14:1.

It doesn't help that we have some (bad) scientists. Rick Strassman, for example, did a lot of research concerning DMT and the pineal gland, after which he concluded that DMT is the "spirit molecule." He offers his research as evidence, conjures some unfalsifiable opinions, and then states that we shouldn't reject ideas until we disprove them (and he's a researcher?).

A theist looking for a good dose of confirmation bias may look at Strassman's research and think their position is perfectly validated!

I can't tell you how many theists I've debated with who cite Strassman, rattle off debunked hypotheses concerning irreducibly complex organelles, and conclude that there must be "something more than just blind chance."

I agree, I haven't personally been treated poorly or unfairly in the few posts I've made. This, as a general rule, is one of the most respectful sites where comments rely on intellectual argument. I was refering to the comments such as "hypocrites and liars" "god neeeding to take a leak".... etc. We need to learn to discuss without resorting to such comments......regardless of whether one is an athiest or Christian. Lord knows I've seen enough comments from "Christians" on other sites that are not from the Biblical perspective of loving our neighbors.

I'm as conservative a Christian as you can find, and from Texas to boot. I've yet to be treated poorly or unfairly here in over a year.