(October 30, 2015 at 11:33 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote:(October 30, 2015 at 11:27 pm)Evie Wrote: Don't worry there's more to humanity than her ignorance of scientific matters or any matter of education. She can still be a nice person that's the main thing.
I could never lose faith in someone for their ignorance, I know far too many ignorant people who are still lovely human beings.
I'm pretty ignorant too of most things... mainly because I'm lazy... although I try not to be.
I understand natural selection and the basics... I understand enough to know evolution makes massive sense. I was taught the basics as a child and Dawkins taught me most of the other parts pretty much
Main thing is she's not forcing her beliefs on others and her theistic beliefs seem pretty harmless.
To be clear---I will never fault someone for being ignorant. There are many topics I am ignorant about.
One thing you'll never catch me doing, however, is proudly remaining willfully ignorant.
For that, a person can earn my deepest disdain.
yes but the more i know about nature the stronger my belief in God will inevitably be i know from experience this is true my faith just increases . i can learn more but it will just result in increased faith in God and therefore increased dwindling for you are you sure you really want that ?
Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you will join us And the world will be as one - John Lennon
The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also - Mark Twain
The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also - Mark Twain