(your name here) :

Just occured to me that I don't know your name, back to basics, my name is Keane, you are? anyway, in no way was my message to you intended to condescend and insult you, and I apologize if it came off that way. Readdressing your points, maybe in a little different order :

1) I did take the time to go through your site, it was under comments where you rebutted to common points of conversation I guess you have heard alot. The responses im assuming (though I apparently assume wrong alot) were not serious and were not intelligent or insightful. I did read some of the blogs, which to your defense was intelligent.

2) Let me rephrase my questions for you: How do you believe the universe was formed? The "Big Bang" theory is most commonly accepted but what do you believe? I know evolution doesn't have to do with the formation of the universe, my points were unclear and jumbled.

3) Rephrasing yet again: Most atheists I have met mainly in person believe in the natural process of evolution. Do you?

4) Id like to focus on one thing at a time, right now I just want to understand what you believe, but my comment on evolution was that yes animals are genetically similar as well as appearance wise, but they have no been 100% DNA linked. I accept the theory of evolution on a more user friendly basis, I believe evolution occurs within species to help them adapt, but not that man evolved from gorilla's.

5) I just want to keep note of this, there are some real "theological" topics we could discuss, but thats for later.

6) Yes, I simplified it down alot, but then again thats what you get for not paying attention in highschool biology. Would you like to clarify for me from your point of view on this?

7) The bible comment was a joke, I guess somethings are only funny to the writer. Anyway I'm saying that the big bang producing over time a suitable place to live is coincidence (correct me if im wrong) and that the chances of that production are very slim.

8) The tilt of the earth's axis comment was to show the incredible odds of chance creating earth. The tilt of the earth is always the same, something like 23.5 but the earth changes in relation to the sun, not its axis. Again thats highschool biology for me.

I'm surprised by the fact that you responded in kind and I thank you for that. Most people on the internet now-a-days like to come back with insults. My comments to you were not arguements or for that matter challenges, they were comments and questions in which I wanted to understand your point of view on the formation of the universe, God and evolution. We could sit here and debate evolution forever to no result; its still a theory and one that hasn't been proven. So no, the purpose of my letter was not to challenge you with one liner arguements but to understand where you are coming from. Again I do apologize if my letter offended you, that was no its purpose what so ever. "The gross ignorance that they reflect," my kindergarten teacher used to say, "never judge a book by its cover", maybe that will apply here and you will realize im not as ignorant as you have assumed.

carpe aeternitas

1) You're right that the responses page is not meant to be intelligent or insightful. It's a joke.

2) Some version of the Big Bang seems to make the most sense, based on our current knowledge.

3) Evolution also makes sense to me. We still have a lot to learn about the details, though.

4) I'm not sure what you mean when you say that animals "have not been 100% DNA linked." We've found quite a bit of similarity in the DNA of humans and chimps, for example. It sounds to me like you believe in micro evolution but not macro evolution. Would that be correct?

6) I think we have a lot more options to explore before we have to resort to invoking the supernatural. To me, the supernatural should be a last resort.

7) The Big Bang producing a place like Earth is, in a sense, a coincidence and mathematically unlikely. It is possible that the chances of the Big Bang resulting in at least one place were life could form may be very high, though. I don't think we know enough at this point to answer the question.

I'm happy to discuss topics like these at great length, whether or not we solve anything.

As an aside, statements like "evolution is a theory that hasn't been proven" bug me a bit. Scientific theories, pretty much by definition, are never proven, but evolution is one of the best-substantiated theories we have.

Glad to hear you aren't as ignorant as I assumed <G>.