either you did not read the article and are only commenting on the comments or you truly have an issue with reading comprehension. as your comments did not relate directly to any aspect of the article other than giving your personal opinion of what you think of non-believers. in other words you completely missed the point of the article.

"no atheist I've met (and certainly no biologist) thinks that humans evolved from monkeys."

Well, it depends upon how you define "monkey". If by "monkey" you mean any living species of the Simiiformes (excluding apes and humans), then obviously humans did not evolve from any living species of monkey. However, if by "monkey" you include extinct members of the Simiiformes, then humans can trace their ancestry to (and beyond) such a "monkey" species.

By determining wheter or not the ramifications that follow the proposition of God's work through nature are verified. If the universe shows itself to be inherently chaotic, we have no reason to believe that that proposition could be true. But if we find inherent intelligibility within it, having an ordered universe that function under a group of physical laws that seem to be working on a consistent basis, then I think that proposition is tenable. It does in fact solve a lot of metaphysical problems that come with accepting the "order-ness" and intelligibility of the universe, with which an atheistic worldview has more trouble in solving.

It isn't exactly a falsifiable hypothesis, but it isn't supposed to be scientific proposition either. But if it's a tenable proposition (based on what I've said until now), I believe it deserves to be alongside competing thesis on the same field when discussing it.

Have you looked at the follow up article by Trent that was just posted? I don't know whether or not I was trying too hard, but from where I'm sitting I turned out to be right!

I thought it was clear that Trent was trying to represent an unfair attitude that Theists may have towards Atheists. He wasn't saying that atheists believe that we come from monkeys, but he was criticizing theists who make such an inaccurate accusation.

I think you are trying too hard to find some negative "semi-secret heart" of the article. I for one appreciate that Trent is pointing out bad attitudes that Theists may have toward atheists. To me it's a step in the right direction.

By investigating whether the universe has a purpose which denotes design. Previously we believed that the conditions for complex life on earth were so narrow, so unique, that its occurrence was a freak event in an otherwise hostile universe.The universe just was as it was, cold and indifferent, with no particular purpose or meaning.

Now, however, a kind of revolution is going on. We notice that the galaxy is full of organic compounds - the leftovers of stars - and contains billions of planets, many of which could be hospitable to life. Suddenly, we are aware that the universe has a purpose. It is no longer a meaningless void but a dynamic cosmic factory for the creation of life.

"God creates by acting through nature instead of intervening directly within it." how could we falsify that?

Bad Theist Attitude #5--Assuming that the actions of Atheists is a result of their Atheism. Some Catholics have claimed that the Church was not responsible for religious persecutions because it was the state, not the CC, that actually carried out the actions. If this is the standard then the Stalinist Soviet Union purging intellectuals or Christians is not the actions of atheism but of the state purging perceived threats to the state's power.

Bad Theist Attitude #6--Being surprised that Atheists and Agnostics are going to call so-called "Christians" on their hypocrisy(Leviticus 11:10 no, Leviticus 18:22 yes), double standards (gay boycott bad, One Million Moms boycott good), and lies in defense of their religion. Pointing out a lie made in support of religion is not anti-religion--it is anti-lie. (Adoption agencies were not forced to close by governments. That is a lie. They were given a choice of either allowing adoptions by LGBT couples or not getting public funding. They chose to close. Don't lie.)

Bad Theist Attitude #7--Complaining that religious voices are being silenced in the public square. When we can go through an election cycle without EVERY candidate having to explain their relationship with God you can tell me about American civil life turning its back on religion.

Bad Theist Attitude #8--Claiming "persecution" where none exists. Being expected to follow the same anti-discrimination laws as everyone else isn't persecution. Being denied employment, housing, or equal civil rights is. Being held accountable for your actions isn't persecution. If you want to donate a group aiming to strip some tax paying citizens of equal rights you may be held accountable for that decision.

(I've been gay bashed. I have friends who have been gay bashed. You want to claim persecution? Tell me about it when you can produce the hospital records. In the case of Christians being jailed or tortured or killed for their beliefs--that is indeed persecution.)

Bad Theist Attitude #9--Claiming words don't matter. When you repeat "abomination" and "intrinsically disordered" over and over, when you claim that gays recruit children, when you claim being gay is a choice, when Theists have children sing "ain't no homos in heaven", when Theist ministers tell their flocks to "punch the gay out of your son" or "break the limp wrist" then you can't claim surprise when "Christian" parents throw their own gay kids to the sidewalk. You can't claim surprise when a church goer bashes a gay man or torches the lawn of the lesbians who moved in next door. You can't claim "no true Christian would....." when you are preaching it every Sunday.