"Atheists do , but it doesn & # 8217 ; t necessarily mean that they represent science . You haven & # 8217 ; t gotten in over your head & # 8211 ; most who post here don & # 8217 ; t know much about science . TQ doesn & # 8217 ; t , and of course he & # 8217 ; ll tell you that I don & # 8217 ; t. There & # 8217 ; s a big difference between science , and the creation/ evolution controversy . Many atheists who seem to be interested in science are actually only interested in it to the point that it helps them feel & # 8220 ; intellectually fulfilled & # 8221 ; , to discredit religion . Some of the best reading on the creation/evolution controversy isn & # 8217 ; t written by scientists , but by philosophers who have done just enough scientific homework on the subject to keep a clear focus on the controversy , without confusing it with too much detail . Michael Ruse and Bradley Monten are two excellent atheist authors on the subject . Religious authors , practically too many to name . William Dembski , David Berlinski , Phillip Johnson , Cornelius Hunter , many others . You would do well to read anything by any of these people . Far too many young people seem to make the mistake of getting most all of their information from rabid atheists who are also degreed biologists , like Richard Dawkins . He & # 8217 ; s become a celebrity , and most degreed biologists who are not rabid atheists are a little to timid to take him on in a very direct way , without fear of discrimination , academic or otherwise . Michael Behe is one of the few who has been somewhat successful at it , not in avoiding discrimination , but in his ability to make a comfortable living in spite of it . Read & # 8220 ; The Edge of Evolution & # 8221 ; , or & # 8220 ; Darwin & # 8217 ; s Black Box & # 8221 ; sometime ."
"Oh yes , Mr Behe makes a comfortable living out of selling to the ignorant . His newest book is just a rehash of his old book , and has the very same flaws that have been destroyed over and over again . As for your 'religious authors ' being respected .. they are respected perhaps by the fundamentalists that do not understand what science is about ."
"who are not rabid atheists are a little to timid"
"As for your 'religious authors ' being respected"