There are other options rather than theism and atheism,or scientism. Taoism,Buddhism are non theistic. That is a personal God is not even a relevant thing to argue.
Why? Because both Science and the Judeo Christina tradition are linear,which requires linear causation.
Taoist perspective and the Buddhist Doctrine of interdependent orgination see linear causality as an illusion derived form epistimology the limits of the perceiver. Kind of like the Quantum Enigma.Materialism has a problem with the very basic nature of its constituent parts which exhibit nonlinear,non temporal superposition,entanglement and other issues.
Strident Atheism is really a pathology not a philosophy as it puts so much emotion and energy to dispute logically that whihc it f it does exist al all is Trans logical.

Last edited by Hwayen; 06/18/08 02:38 AM.