RE: Let's be honest
May 15, 2023 at 2:51 pm
(This post was last modified: May 15, 2023 at 2:59 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
A demonstrably false claim. They do compete, in every conceivable set of propositions. In any conflict, the scientific thing to do would be to choose the scientific explanation. People who strongly believe think that it's the wrong thing to do, many are so deluded they believe that pixies really are a better explanation for dew than condensation. Still the scientific thing to do.
If a person has theistic beliefs that wholly prevent them from doing the scientific thing or accepting a scientific conclusion..then no matter how many of other people's superstitions they're willing to disregard - there's clearly a line. Biology is popular. Honestly, I've always thought that was a weird one. As though, if a god "made us", it somehow had some authoritative say over us...or this effort made us special. It seems to me that arguing along those lines does serious damage to the credibility of the beliefs, and if it succeeds, would only lead to something even more objectionable to the likely target audience.
If a person has theistic beliefs that wholly prevent them from doing the scientific thing or accepting a scientific conclusion..then no matter how many of other people's superstitions they're willing to disregard - there's clearly a line. Biology is popular. Honestly, I've always thought that was a weird one. As though, if a god "made us", it somehow had some authoritative say over us...or this effort made us special. It seems to me that arguing along those lines does serious damage to the credibility of the beliefs, and if it succeeds, would only lead to something even more objectionable to the likely target audience.
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