Quote from vhehn:
why do you think most anti science people are more religious? why do you think most scientists are not religious.
Personally I think your making some self serving ego stroking broad assumptions here. Not everyone who practices a religion is necesarily anti science. In fact there are plenty of things scientist, religious or not, don't know or agree on. So whose to say which way the average Joe is supposed to lean in those cases?
if you are religious you most likely believe:
1. evolution is not true.
2. the earth warming is not true.
3. an unseen deity in the sky made man out of dirt.
4. a great flood once covered the earth to the highest montian depth.
5. praying will heal you.
6. almost 50% of americans believe this statement:God created man pretty much in his present form at one time within the last 10,000 years.
1. I'm not practicing any religion and yet I have serious doubts about evolution, at least as it's presented.
I have no doubt some evolution of orgasms takes place over time.
But when I look at the so called fossil record showing one species supposedly morphing into another that in no way resembles the prior one with absolutely no "record" of anything in between. I naturally have to be a little skeptical. I mean is there no limit to the guessing and unfounded speculation "science" is willing to make to fill in the blanks they don't have evidence or answers for?
2.I know you've been busy defending the honor of science and all, but have you heard of Climate Gate? Apparently a bunch of so called men of science were cooking the books so to speak to support their agenda. BTW does that sound like something a real scientist would do to you?
3.I can't say as I've personally seen this deity and I certainly wasn't around when the alleged creation took place.
But given that according to YOU the, mostly religious, masses have dirt for brains. Is it really that implausible?
4. If I'm not mistaken there is evidence of one or more very large floods in ancient times. Given their limited knowledge of the world at the time it's only natural that they thought the whole world was under water and that that would be the story passed down to later generations.
5. Well it never healed me, fortunately for me I don't get sick often. I have heard and read of "miracles". Seems to me even the most skeptical science oriented guy would at least have to pause to consider all the possibilities.
Can you claim to be open minded and objective otherwise?
6.Again I wasn't around 10,000 years ago. (Although sometimes it feels like I was) If I had to guess, I'd go with the truth being somewhere in between 10K and 5 billion years ago. But that's just me and frankly at the end of the day. It doesn't seem to affect me much one way or the other.
how else do you explain the fundamental lack of understanding that the religious have than it is something to do with their indoctrination?
One mans education is another mans indoctrination. If one agrees with you there educated, if not they're indoctrinated.
Reminds me of a joke.
"Ever notice how everyone driving faster than you is a manic, and everyone driving slower than you is an idiot?"
