(May 11, 2015 at 10:51 am)Rhythm Wrote:(May 10, 2015 at 1:18 am)Cephus Wrote: No, but 1000 years ago they had no information that demonstrated it was unreasonable. Today, that is not the case. A person 1000 years ago might have gotten away with all manner of irrational positions. They cannot get away with it today. There is a difference.-of course they had information that demonstrated it was unreasonable............nevertheless, people will still get away with all manner of irrational shit.
(people often imagine that our ancestors were drooling idiots incapable of making the same observations - with their damned eyes- that we are capable of making today...lol, it's infuriating...people.... 1000's of years ago...so far as we can tell, -did not- think that the world was flat. You'll find flat earth stories to be an aberration, globally and temporally, if you go off looking.)
No, they had no information at all, they didn't know about quantum mechanics or anything about physics, they knew no details about the brain or much of anything else. They also were clueless regarding the finer points of logic and reason because most of them had virtually no formal education. That doesn't make them stupid, it does make them ignorant, which is defined as the lack of facts on particular subjects. We're all ignorant of things today that our ancestors will learn. Today, we know these things and anyone with an interest and Google can find out all they need to know. There are people who believe things because they want to believe them, because they are reacting emotionally and not intellectually.
Depending on where you look, flat earth beliefs were either commonplace or uncommon. The ancient Greeks knew that the Earth was spherical. Places like the Middle East had no clue.
There is nothing demonstrably true that religion can provide mankind that cannot be achieved as well or better through secular means.
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