Many in the Gaaawd Squad claim that faith in religion is equal to faith in science.
Just that very concept as stunning in it's ignorance goes to the core of the problem with the thinking process of religists.
Most of the scientific theories can be tested against real evidence. NONE of the religious faith can be verified. There is no emperical evidence with which to substantiate religious faith.
The desire to equate the two worlds is completely one sided.
I have yet to see where it is written that a scientist or one that follows scientific methods desires that faith in science be equated to faith in religion, god, Jesus or any religious study.
There is no "argument or discussion" on this. It takes two to maintain a discussion or an argument and it is ONLY those of religious interest that maintain there is or should be equality of faith in the two worlds.
What it boils down to is basic ability to think clearly. AKA intelligence. A person that has a higher ability to process information can understand what it is like to NOT be able to use their mind well. This happens when an intelligent person is drunk or impaired by medication. A person that has a brain that is less able to process information can NEVER know what it feels like to be an exceptionally intelligent person. On that person's best day they may still not get it.
Someone like PC WANTS to believe that we are all playing on the same even field intellectually. We are not. It is really THAT simple. As much as she would LIKE to believe that her thinking process is on par with everyone else it is just not true.
Stubbornness and persistence is not the path to clearer thinking. It may help build muscles that help her perform some physical tasks better but it will not help make her brain give her better solutions.
Unfortunately some people really MUST take others "word for it" when they struggle to find what others find obvious. Equally unfortunate is that some people that have a difficult time finding the best answers on their own choose the wrong source for information. They simply just do not know any better. These people have put their trust in bad information.
Personally I find the number of people that make it through respectable colleges with degrees amusing, simply by repeating information back to their professors and getting good grades in that fashion. That is not saying that these individuals did not work hard and learn and take notes well to get these good grades. It still often is assumed by these gifted "note takers" that they are smart. Often that is not the case.
Just that very concept as stunning in it's ignorance goes to the core of the problem with the thinking process of religists.
Most of the scientific theories can be tested against real evidence. NONE of the religious faith can be verified. There is no emperical evidence with which to substantiate religious faith.
The desire to equate the two worlds is completely one sided.
I have yet to see where it is written that a scientist or one that follows scientific methods desires that faith in science be equated to faith in religion, god, Jesus or any religious study.
There is no "argument or discussion" on this. It takes two to maintain a discussion or an argument and it is ONLY those of religious interest that maintain there is or should be equality of faith in the two worlds.
What it boils down to is basic ability to think clearly. AKA intelligence. A person that has a higher ability to process information can understand what it is like to NOT be able to use their mind well. This happens when an intelligent person is drunk or impaired by medication. A person that has a brain that is less able to process information can NEVER know what it feels like to be an exceptionally intelligent person. On that person's best day they may still not get it.
Someone like PC WANTS to believe that we are all playing on the same even field intellectually. We are not. It is really THAT simple. As much as she would LIKE to believe that her thinking process is on par with everyone else it is just not true.
Stubbornness and persistence is not the path to clearer thinking. It may help build muscles that help her perform some physical tasks better but it will not help make her brain give her better solutions.
Unfortunately some people really MUST take others "word for it" when they struggle to find what others find obvious. Equally unfortunate is that some people that have a difficult time finding the best answers on their own choose the wrong source for information. They simply just do not know any better. These people have put their trust in bad information.
Personally I find the number of people that make it through respectable colleges with degrees amusing, simply by repeating information back to their professors and getting good grades in that fashion. That is not saying that these individuals did not work hard and learn and take notes well to get these good grades. It still often is assumed by these gifted "note takers" that they are smart. Often that is not the case.
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