(March 13, 2012 at 5:09 pm)Ziploc Surprise Wrote: Do you think it's safe to say that religious people are (knowingly or unknowingly) oversimplifying the problem to confirm their own bias?
I think it's say that people of all stripes with an agenda can fall victim to (or intentionally employ) oversimplification and confirmation bias - as well as manipulate any factoid that appears to support whatever agenda they are pushing.
In this particular case, I'd say yes to all of the above. Whether it's intentional or not is left as an exercise for the reader.
