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...a few things bothered me, most notably the [[Atheism and arrogance|air of self-congratulation]] (which I excused on the grounds of enthusiastic people finding like-minded folks for the first time), the “fanboyness” directed at some of the famous atheists (they hardly let poor [[Richard Dawkins' cult of personality|Richard]] alone, and I’m not sure he liked that!), and the lameness of quite a few of the talks. Again, how much new can you say about atheism?<ref>[https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/are-there-too-many-atheist-meetings/ Are there too many atheist meetings?] by Jerry Coyne</ref>}} | ...a few things bothered me, most notably the [[Atheism and arrogance|air of self-congratulation]] (which I excused on the grounds of enthusiastic people finding like-minded folks for the first time), the “fanboyness” directed at some of the famous atheists (they hardly let poor [[Richard Dawkins' cult of personality|Richard]] alone, and I’m not sure he liked that!), and the lameness of quite a few of the talks. Again, how much new can you say about atheism?<ref>[https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/are-there-too-many-atheist-meetings/ Are there too many atheist meetings?] by Jerry Coyne</ref>}} | ||
| − | However, in 2013, Jerry Coyne spoke at a 2013 atheist meeting | + | However, in 2013, Jerry Coyne spoke at a 2013 atheist meeting with the self-congratulatory title of "The Amazing Meeting".<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jerry_Coyne_at_The_Amazing_Meeting_2013-2.jpg Photograph of Jerry Coyne speaking at the atheist meeting entitled The Amazing Meeting]</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:24, January 8, 2016
In 2011, Coyne said about atheist meetings which he attended that they had an air of self-congratulation.[1] He also indicated about atheist meetings: "But to me the speakers and talks have often seemed repetitive: the same crew of jet-set skeptics giving the same talks."[2]
Jerry Allen Coyne (born on December 30, 1949) is an American professor of biology at the University of Chicago in the Department of Ecology and Evolution.
He is an outspoken evolutionist and atheist who is known for his commentary on intelligent design theory. Since World War II a majority of the most prominent and vocal defenders of the evolutionary position which employs methodological naturalism have been atheists and agnostics.[3]
Coyne's anti-religiousness
See also: Rebuttals to atheist arguments and Atheism and arrogance
Ross Douthat wrote in The New York Times about Coyne's unreasonable attacks against religious belief:
| “ | One of the problems with belonging to a faction that’s convinced it’s on the winning side of intellectual history is that it becomes easy to persuade oneself that one’s own worldview has no weak points whatsoever, no internal contradictions or ragged edges, no cracks through which a critic’s wedge could end up driven. …right now its vices are often found in a certain type of atheistic polemicist, and in a style of anti-religious argument that’s characterized by a peculiar, almost-willed ignorance of why reasonable people might doubt the scientific-materialist worldview.
...Coyne is a prominent evangelist, suggesting that its view of the cosmos — a purposeless, purely physical universe, in which human life is accidental, human history directionless, and human consciousness probably an illusion — is at odds with its general political and moral posture (liberal, egalitarian, right-based, progressive) in ways that make the entire world-picture ripe for reassessment or renovation. ...For a man who believes in ‘a physical and purposeless universe’ with no room for teleology, Coyne seems remarkably confident about what direction human history is going in, and where it will end up. … I can’t imagine a permanent intellectual victory for a worldview as ill-served by its popularizers as atheism is by Jerry Coyne.”[4] |
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Coyne's book Why Evolution is True
Throughout his book Why Evolution is True, Coyne abuses the term evolution, defining it in multiple ways and equivocating it. (See also: Atheism and the fallacy of equivocation)[5] In addition, he shows a poor understanding of the creationist/creation science position.[6]
Coyne and his view that the universe is meaninglessness
See also: Atheism and meaninglessness and Atheism is uninspiring
Coyne admits the meaninglessness of the universe as an implication of an atheistic evolutionary worldview, but then insists that we can create our own subjective meaning and marvel at the intricacies of nature (see also: Atheism and meaninglessness).[7]
Coyne's commentary on atheist meetings within the atheist movement
See also: Atheist hypocrisy
Dr. J. Gordon Melton said about the atheist movement (organized atheism) that atheism is not a movement which tends to create community, but in the last few years there has been some growth of organized atheism.[9]
In 2011, in a blog post entitled Are there too many atheist meetings?, Coyne said about atheist meetings which he attended:
| “ | But to me the speakers and talks have often seemed repetitive: the same crew of jet-set skeptics giving the same talks.
...a few things bothered me, most notably the air of self-congratulation (which I excused on the grounds of enthusiastic people finding like-minded folks for the first time), the “fanboyness” directed at some of the famous atheists (they hardly let poor Richard alone, and I’m not sure he liked that!), and the lameness of quite a few of the talks. Again, how much new can you say about atheism?[10] |
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However, in 2013, Jerry Coyne spoke at a 2013 atheist meeting with the self-congratulatory title of "The Amazing Meeting".[11]
External links
- Jerry Coyne - University of Chicago
- Jerry Coyne's Twisted History of Science and Religion by Alex Berezow
References
- ↑ Are there too many atheist meetings? by Jerry Coyne
- ↑ Are there too many atheist meetings? by Jerry Coyne
- ↑
- Dr. Don Batten, A Who’s Who of evolutionists Creation 20(1):32, December 1997.
- Jonathan Sarfati, Ph.D.,F.M., Refuting Evolution, Chapter 1, Facts and Bias
- ↑ The Confidence of Jerry Coyne by Ross Douthat, The New York Times, January 6, 2014
- ↑ Jerry Coyne and the “Fact” of Evolution by Kyle Butt, Apologetics Press
- ↑ Why evolution need not be true: A review of Why Evolution is True by Jerry A. Coyne Viking Penguin, New York, 2009, reviewed by John Woodmorappe
- ↑ Why evolution need not be true: A review of Why Evolution is True by Jerry A. Coyne Viking Penguin, New York, 2009, reviewed by John Woodmorappe
- ↑ Are there too many atheist meetings? by Jerry Coyne
- ↑ Baylor ISR- J. Gordon Melton - End of Religion? (May 5, 2015)
- ↑ Are there too many atheist meetings? by Jerry Coyne
- ↑ Photograph of Jerry Coyne speaking at the atheist meeting entitled The Amazing Meeting
