I was watching an interesting documentary on the Discovery/Documentary Channel the other day about "Stupidity".The reputable scientists spoke for a while about religion, and were saying that anything religious people are told that contradicts their belief's are automatically and subconsciously ignored by their brains.Therefore this argument is pointless, though its still a great thread to read on a rainy day for entertainment so please continue.Personally I'm liking Kill3rs posts, short and to the point
I was watching an interesting documentary on the Discovery/Documentary Channel the other day about "Stupidity".The reputable scientists spoke for a while about religion, and were saying that anything religious people are told that contradicts their belief's are automatically and subconsciously ignored by their brains.Therefore this argument is pointless, though its still a great thread to read on a rainy day for entertainment so please continue.
so true, im home with my gran for a week, just the two of us and straight away she pulls out the "god talk" card, we had a "nice" big talk and i thought i made some very valid points (many taken from this very thread). But the fact of the matter is, they have an automatic /ignore function engrained into them. Just the way it is. No arguing with them. She keeps telling me about all these miricle stories, i retort with a "how do you know they are true, and not just thrown out there to be believed by the ignorant", her response is "why would anyone make up a story like that, why would they do such a thing, there is no reason for them doing it". Least the 2 hours from aucks to whangus went by quik :bounce:
Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term which describes the uncomfortable tension that comes from holding two conflicting thoughts at the same time. More precisely, it is the perception of incompatibility between two cognitions, where "cognition" is defined as any element of knowledge, including attitude, emotion, belief, or behavior.The theory of cognitive dissonance states that contradicting cognitions serve as a driving force that compels the mind to acquire or invent new thoughts or beliefs, or to modify existing beliefs, so as to reduce the amount of dissonance (conflict) between cognitions. Experiments have attempted to quantify this hypothetical drive.
God is BS, we know that. The world was made by Aliens as an experiment to test an unknown bacteria in these conditions, it worked and us we speak we are being monitored and constantly tested while we sleep without even knowing it.Game over, thread closed.
aliens?! dont be so controversial. evolution is where the parties at.
Bahaaha, some religious lady just comes to my door.Her- "I just want to share this magazine with you, do you think religion is losing its impact in the modern age?"Me- "Yes"Her- *Laugh* *Pulls out bible* "Is it ok if I just read you a few scriptures?"Me- "No"
is it me, or did all the religious people ignore my post about human genome containing >50% viral information...
But it has happened, because we have had evolution.if you cant prove it has happened then it might not have.loss of information can create new species.no loss of information creates a new sub species (a poodle).Humans and chimpanzees http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution#Evidence_of_evolution"The development of molecular genetics, and particularly of DNA sequencing, has allowed biologists to study the record of evolution left in organisms' genetic structures. The degrees of similarity and difference in the DNA sequences of modern species allows geneticists to reconstruct their lineages. It is from DNA sequence comparisons that figures such as the 96% genotypic similarity between humans and chimpanzees are obtained."i read a review of this report this was a guess by a university lecturer and he was way of the mark.when the entirer dna chain had been looked at it was 82.5%.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution#Evidence_of_evolution"Other examples of vestigial structures include the degenerate eyes of blind cave-dwelling fish, and the presence of hip bones in whales and snakes. Such structures may exist with little or no function in a more current organism, yet have a clear function in an ancestral species. Examples of vestigial structures in humans include wisdom teeth, the coccyx and the vermiform appendix.blind cave fish is caused by a loss of information.Do you have evidence of this?I'm no mathematician, but I do know 4 billion years is a very long time.
You mean what the church says.All Jesus said was love one another, all the rest is church mumbo jumbo.To be a Christian just means that you believe Jesus was the sun of God. When it comes down to a persons morals and values and how they live their life, it's should be up to them to chose what they want to believe in, it shouldn't be forced onto them by the church.
yes sir fred hoyle (who is an evolutionist but does not believe in dawinism)when asked theodds of the simplest he reasoned that it would take 2,000 different enzymes and the chances that all these enzymes 'just happen' to appear'though natural movement ofmolecules? 1 in 10 with 40,000 zeros after it.and just so you know mathematicians regard anything with more than 50 zeros behind it impossible.
no i mean what hebrew scholars say.and no again to know that jesus was the son of god is not enough. to be a christian you have to know god and jesus and how else do youget to know god apart from reading your bible.ps if you think listerning voices in yourhead is a good idea you might want to talk to a professional.
....but you're making it up!! What context are you talking about, unless you made it up?? We're seeing evolution of the planets all the time in the world and the universe around us. Darwin's theory of evolution when applied to animals was an intelligent guess, but he was startled at the absolute acceptance given to it, he himself believed it was flawed. Since Darwin, hard core evolutionists have been desperately trying to make it all fit the theory, instead of working out what's really happening and modifying the theory when more is known. For example, I've yet to see a link between apes and men that is stronger than a wet noodle, but it's still the generally accepted theory of how we came about, not because it's been proved, but because people need something to believe. As long as it's not a creative God.
I read all kinds of information, encyclopedias, wikipedia, science magazines, and the bible.Then with this knowledge i spends ages thinking about a nature of the universe.Basing you're beliefs one just one book is a bit silly imo,I'm not saying the bible is a bad reference text, in terms of religious history it's quite a good one, but it shouldn't be the only thing you rely on.
you are basing your juggment on what you and other humans think.we only have one example of someone who was more id listern to him overother humans any day.ps how many times have you seen corrections printedand sceience books corrected all so far.the bible has never been proved wronghistoricaly or sceintificly.
The phrase "jesus will return SOON" is from the bible, and its rather well known, and not open to much interpretation. 2000 years is not soon and he hasn't returned. therefore its a lie.
I had fun last night too!!
