Celestrians point seemed to be, that if someone said to you that:
"String Theory G-d is nutty cult crap for physicists believers. I don't buy it."
That it wouldn't be constitute a very good argument.
Score++ for you. This is the main thrust, but it also goes beyond that which I'll cover in your secondary point.
And that non believers in this thread generally haven't just said "religion is stupid/for stupid people", but have actually tried to engage the religious beliefs with a bit of depth and understanding.
And that it would be nice if it worked both ways.
You touch the other point here, and part of it the response the such a statement from the non-religious would receive. The typical response to "G-d is wacky crap," is generally one of (understandable) anger and indignation for the
Ad Hominem based [counter]argument.
My point was that these statements seem to be the very kinds of arguments that I have often heard rejected by the religious as overtly pernicious and off-point, and were the positions reversed - the individuals making these statements might not take too kindly to them.
Saying that,
You're right that its not proven, but it doesn't mean that it can't be, and that there isn't interesting work being done in String theory.
Although I'm not sure Celestrian was making a point beyond this.
Nope - like my position on God, I make no statements of fact concerning the validity of String Theory, merely was used to point out another potential viewpoint held by some, that "another brick" in their wall of faith was the fact that despite all of the things/processes that science claims to have solved, there are still "gaps" in our understanding (ex. pre-big bang) - hence the "God of the Gaps" position.
For the record, as a Strong Agnostic, my position is
I have no position, but will gladly follow anyone down the path of exploration to determine what my position might be.
There was theory for black holes long before any physical evidence.
Absolutely, and this does touch an interesting consequent; there is an ultimate, factual answering the existence or lack thereof of God; either He/She/It exists or He/She/It doesn't.