RE: The curious case of Sarah Salviander.
December 26, 2016 at 7:30 pm
(This post was last modified: December 26, 2016 at 7:33 pm by Jehanne.)
(December 26, 2016 at 6:37 pm)operator Wrote: I think even highly intelligent people are susceptible to believing in certain things if they allow themselves to be convinced to think of certain things in a certain way. Even the most hard nosed skeptic, if following a false line of evidence or false line of thinking that they believe to be true, can end up believing in a complete falsehood.
Especially if someone allows another person to convince them to think of something the way they think of it... If it's like one person in your life constantly trying to get you to see something a certain way and you kind of want to see their point it can be easy to be deceived.
It is very interesting but I think the explanation is simpler than some might assume.
If you read her website some more, she says that she was heavily influenced by Dr. Gerald Schroeder, a PhD graduate in physics from MIT (whom Professor Antony Flew was also heavily influenced by). In one of his books (The Science of God...), Dr. Schroeder says that kinetic energy is proportional to an object's velocity and also equivocates mass with weight:
https://pandasthumb.org/archives/2005/11...-with.html
For any individual with any degree in physics (even an AS) to make the above claim that kinetic energy is proportional to an object's velocity is beyond absurd.
(December 26, 2016 at 7:18 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Why is it a curious case for an attractive, intelligent, successful person to be a theist? I know plenty of them.
I don't see why it's so hard to fathom that someone else may believe differently than yourself without being dumb and ugly lol.
She's not ugly, far from it. There's nothing wrong with her physical appearance. As far as her clothing goes, she was wearing a long feminine blouse with a long feminine skirt, completely in line with her conservative religious views. Also, considering the fact that she lives in Texas (a conservative state, both politically and religiously), her appearance would be typical of many women in that state, the majority of whom do not wear pants to work, church, etc.
