(June 22, 2015 at 8:15 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote:(June 22, 2015 at 8:09 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: That's pretty funny. And one more reason to be Protestant, I suppose!
Let me put this in different terms to see if it makes more sense. Suppose you were a student at a major university, and you were studying some topic under a truly brilliant professor. In fact, the entire department is internationally recognized as being the best of the best. So, one day, your professor is chatting with you and a group of students about some research he has been doing, and he makes a statement that surprises you because it's counter to what you have been assuming about the topic.
Do you think, "Wow...Dr. Brightlight is the world's leading expert on this. But I can't trust what he says without verifying it for myself...even though I have no lab, no funding, no real expertise..."?
Or do you adjust your own thinking?
I myself question Dr. Brightlight, and try to verify what he taught; if I can't verify, then I continue with "I don't know" and "hopefully one day I can find out". That's what everyone should do. Thinking critically is one of the awesome things about being human, as Jenny pointed out. It's too bad you and your ilk don't practice it as much as you should.
"Ilk"? I have "ilk"?
becca, it would be great, I suppose, if we all re-examined everything we learn in life, but as anyone who has ever sat through even a freshman year of college can attest, no, what we're really doing is accepting what the professors tell us because they are the professors: iow, they are knowledgable and reliable.
Same with the Catholic Church. (Yes, it is.)
