Faith and Reason

[BigElCat]

Originally Posted by Oasis

A more informative book
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Delusion

Propaganda for the stupid.

When the seventh string runs out, this reality turns into a blazing lake of fire.

And you can't leave.

[Oasis]

This is why you can't reason with some people, they start with a belief and then look for ways to support that belief.
It's the Anti-Science Method.

Everything else is propaganda.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Oasis

This is why you can't reason with some people, they start with a belief and then look for ways to support that belief.
It's the Anti-Science Method.

Everything else is propaganda.

Well it's true it's hard to argue with people's ideology. One of the properties of ideology is it never changes (unless the very top authority so decrees). Likewise one of the features of public debate is you lose big points if you back down. All this can get relaxed in friendly discussion, but that's a more rare and wonderful thing.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by BigElCat

Propaganda for the stupid.

When the seventh string runs out, this reality turns into a blazing lake of fire.

And you can't leave.

Typically the IQ of non believers far exceeds those which do.
So who are the stupid?

[Rajoo]

Concepts of faith and belief are entirely different, yet used interchangeably. If someone were to ask me if I believe in God, my honest answer will be I do not know. But for our universe to exist, there must be a higher power or so I believe. But who that is is beyond me and I leave it at that.

[init4fun]

Originally Posted by BigElCat

Propaganda for the stupid.

When the seventh string runs out, this reality turns into a blazing lake of fire.

And you can't leave.

Originally Posted by Rajoo

Typically the IQ of non believers far exceeds those which do.
So who are the stupid?

Hi Rajoo,

don't forget that guys like Cat ain't motivated by their love of a benevolent creator, instead they are motivated by their fear of a fictional vengeful despot, exactly as the MEN who wrote that nonsense called "The Bible" wanted it to be. Hence the never ending mentions of things like "blazing lakes of fire" and such.

[BigElCat]

Originally Posted by Oasis

This is why you can't reason with some people, they start with a belief and then look for ways to support that belief.
It's the Anti-Science Method.

Everything else is propaganda.

Ever hear of Quantum Physics ?

[donquixote99]

Quantum physics seems to demonstrate that the universe is stranger than we can imagine. Religion people love anything that doesn't make obvious sense about nature and the universe. They feel free to fit God into the gaps. But absence of evidence is not evidence of presence.

[BigElCat]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

Typically the IQ of non believers far exceeds those which do.
So who are the stupid?

Know anything about the history of measuring human intelligence ?

I'm not asking about military HumInt, that's a whole different thing.

IQ tests are part of a 'world' system designed to enslave people. There's a certain amount of truth to it, scientifically sound.

[BigElCat]

Originally Posted by init4fun

Hi Rajoo,

don't forget that guys like Cat ain't motivated by their love of a benevolent creator, instead they are motivated by their fear of a fictional vengeful despot, exactly as the MEN who wrote that nonsense called "The Bible" wanted it to be. Hence the never ending mentions of things like "blazing lakes of fire" and such.

Guys like you ganged up on me when I was child, long before I became a 'believer'. Everyone respects bullies. Not.

(and you're an alter ego of the Major. Nice try.)