(July 20, 2009 at 5:11 pm)Faith Tester Wrote: I have asked this question to a lot of people. Why do we see tonnes of intellectuals (scientists, philosophers, doctors) who are all perfectly sane fall for ideas like birth without sex, paradise, angels, demons etc..... What are you all's view on this? Thank you
The reason why we see in tones of intellectual people, they all have differnet beliefs, and they have varing degrees of intelligence.
Scientists are thoroughly trained in science. Meaning they use
Quote: controlled methods, scientists collect observable evidence of natural or social phenomena, record measurable data relating to the observations, and analyze this information to construct theoretical explanations of how things work.This is from wikipedia [url] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science[/url]
Philophers are people who
Quote:study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, law, justice, validity, mind, and language.This is from wikipedia [url] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophers[/url]
Doctors or
Quote: a physician, medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury.This is from wikipedia [url] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician[/url]
And I believe that all practitioners of medicine have to follow the hippocratic oath, meaning they do no harm.
I believe that birth without sex isn't possible for humans.
Paradise in fairy tales aren't real. But tropical islands are a paradise in and of itself.
Angels may or may not exists.
Demons aren't real.

I want to believe this but some people have inner demons that play tricks on their minds.

Amp