http://blogs.parkplatz.net/steve/ The blog of Steve en Steve Zara Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:42 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://blogs.parkplatz.net/steve/2010/03/09/1268172300000.html#comment1268179242992 That's really interesting.  Do you have a link to the "brouhaha"? Steve http://blogs.parkplatz.net/steve/2010/03/09/1268172300000.html#comments http://blogs.parkplatz.net/steve/2010/03/09/1268172300000.html#comment1268179242992 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:42 GMT http://blogs.parkplatz.net/steve/2010/03/09/1268172300000.html#comment1268178439198 A few do get picked up though. There has been a huge brouhaha over at Jerry Coyne's http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com and several of the people expressed how there formerly were creationists. I don't think many are converted from one talk or blog but seeds seem to get planted. NewEnglandBob http://blogs.parkplatz.net/steve/2010/03/09/1268172300000.html#comments http://blogs.parkplatz.net/steve/2010/03/09/1268172300000.html#comment1268178439198 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:47:19 GMT http://blogs.parkplatz.net/steve/2010/03/09/1268172300000.html#comment1268174124978 I have a feeling that this fear of getting the central tenets of faith drawn out from under their feet is what drives even the most moderate believers to tell atheists to keep quiet please, or shut up altogether. It's not so much a fear of not believing, it's a fear of admitting that years, often decades of holding a world view were misguided. The fear of leaving a comfort zone is much greater than the fear of stepping on new ground, of entering new realms of thought. Felix Hoefert http://blogs.parkplatz.net/steve/2010/03/09/1268172300000.html#comments http://blogs.parkplatz.net/steve/2010/03/09/1268172300000.html#comment1268174124978 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:35:24 GMT