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RE: Physicist creationist
April 30, 2015 at 4:09 pm
(April 30, 2015 at 4:06 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: (April 30, 2015 at 3:46 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I have a hard time believing this. Call me a cynic.
You should get out more. It is really, really easy to believe. I have met all kinds of people, who believe all sorts of batshit crazy things.
I've been on this forum for a little while and interacted with plenty of religious people personally. I'm well aware of the absurdity of the beliefs they can hold. That's not why I'm skeptical of this story.
Quote:What often happens is, people compartmentalize their knowledge and beliefs, such that they pretend that one area of knowledge (one subject, if you will), has no significance for any other area of knowledge. So they end up with all sorts of contradictory beliefs, without realizing it.
There is a fashion these days to pretend that religion and science are about different things, and can coexist without contradiction. Of course, that is absurd, but it is something that many people believe. You can read about it at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-overlapping_magisteria
Of course, some people advocate such an approach for pragmatic reasons, without actually believing the nonsense themselves. But, of course, they must pretend and say they believe it, otherwise others will not take it seriously.
I am well aware of NOMA and cognitive dissonance, and again that's got nothing to do with what I mean.
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RE: Physicist creationist
April 30, 2015 at 4:10 pm
(April 30, 2015 at 4:06 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_slang#FUBAR
Yes, a wise man named google informed me about that
I'll just wait for Alex to get my joke
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RE: Physicist creationist
April 30, 2015 at 4:23 pm
Technically creationism means god created the universe and that can be the tale of creation in 6 days or god setting in motion the events that lead to the big bang. If a god was proven to exist, it would absolutely be the latter option, and I don't think it is inconsistent for a physicist to believe a supernatural force "created" the big bang, but of course I disagree.
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RE: Physicist creationist
April 30, 2015 at 4:24 pm
She might have said that to avoid an incident with a Christian parent.
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RE: Physicist creationist
April 30, 2015 at 4:36 pm
That is an odd combination.
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RE: Physicist creationist
April 30, 2015 at 4:49 pm
(April 30, 2015 at 4:10 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: (April 30, 2015 at 4:06 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_slang#FUBAR
Yes, a wise man named google informed me about that
I'll just wait for Alex to get my joke
You'll have to wait for him to look it up online.
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RE: Physicist creationist
April 30, 2015 at 6:09 pm
I'd say it's a case of SNAFU...
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RE: Physicist creationist
April 30, 2015 at 6:18 pm
Piter, have you asked your mum to take you out of that place? It will do you no good to remain there.
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RE: Physicist creationist
April 30, 2015 at 6:29 pm
But seriously, it seems like she explained the science, and who cares what she otherwise *believes
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RE: Physicist creationist
April 30, 2015 at 6:34 pm
(April 30, 2015 at 6:29 pm)Alex K Wrote: But seriously, it seems like she explained the science, and who cares what she otherwise *believes
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Right. If we demanded that every teacher were right about every belief, we would not be able to have any teachers at all. It is enough if they know the subject that they teach, and keep to that as much as reasonably possible.
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