Engineer, photographer, poet, atheist, antitheist, champion of creatures, mayhem maker, he/him, Gen X, INTP, space lord; Grow up and stop believing stupid shit.
Feb 4 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
Creationists are touting this video as evidence of "God's miraculous design", when in reality what they're touting is merely their credulity and ignorance. Evolution explains the flagellum "motor" cleanly. "God did it!" explains nothing while obfuscating everything. 1/17 🧵
The bacterial flagellar motor (BFM) is remarkable and deeply studied. But stylized animations and complex biological mechanisms don't equal evidence for a Designer. Nature and evolution have been at work for billions of years, giving rise to often incredible complexity. 2/17
Jan 31 • 26 tweets • 4 min read
This stylized video of DNA replication/repair is being touted by theists as evidence for an intelligent Creator who designed the universe. This thread debunks that idea and explains why this is an example of messy evolution, not marvelous design. 1/26 🧵
This viral DNA animation isn't evidence of a Designer—it’s merely evidence of a highly stylized video. You’re watching a human-made, idealized cartoon that strips away noise, imperfection, chaos, failure, and waste—leading credulous viewers to mistake polish for purpose. 2/26
Mar 19, 2023 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
As a Christian of 25+ years, I made and remade every best argument to myself for many years in a desperate attempt to keep my faith, but I ultimately de-converted b/c the claims of theism simply do not stand up to close and honest scrutiny. This is a story of that journey. 🧵1/19
I was born to loving Methodist parents who sometimes attended church during my early childhood, and who converted to a Southern Baptist church and became born again Christians when I was 6 years old. We began attending church twice every Sunday and again on Wednesday night. 2/19
