> I wouldn't go as far as call it sophisticated. Sophisticated would be seeing the bronze age ramblings for bullshit that it is and devoting your life to learning what we actually do know of the universe we live in.
I don't know about you super_mario, but it looks like Tim is doing a pretty good job with respect to learning about the universe we live in. On the face of it, certainly better than me.
Also, I don't have a dog in this fight, but it may not be a matter of 'knowing better than their god'. It may be that his interpretation of whatever holy books he has read has given him whatever his beliefs are, like every other Christian. Those beliefs however, may well not be at odds with what you assume. We can't say his beliefs are bronze age bullshit - we don't know what they are so we're particularly badly placed to judge, even if judging in this situation was somehow valuable. We would just be adding another belief to the stack which helps no-one.
When ever I hear people speak of god doing something for them, I immediately lose respect for the person. I always hope that perhaps one day they will grow up to the full stature of our species and use the very thing that makes us human, our reason instead of relying on now debunked lies our ancestor apes 2 chromosomes away from chimpanzee invented for themselves to appease, control and understand nature they feared.
I don't know about you super_mario, but it looks like Tim is doing a pretty good job with respect to learning about the universe we live in. On the face of it, certainly better than me.
Also, I don't have a dog in this fight, but it may not be a matter of 'knowing better than their god'. It may be that his interpretation of whatever holy books he has read has given him whatever his beliefs are, like every other Christian. Those beliefs however, may well not be at odds with what you assume. We can't say his beliefs are bronze age bullshit - we don't know what they are so we're particularly badly placed to judge, even if judging in this situation was somehow valuable. We would just be adding another belief to the stack which helps no-one.