To quote Bertrand Russell:
"I never know whether I should say "Agnostic" or whether I should say "Atheist". It is a very difficult question and I daresay that some of you have been troubled by it. As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should say that I ought to describe myself as an Agnostic, because I do not think that there is a conclusive argument by which one prove that there is not a God.
On the other hand, if I am to convey the right impression to the ordinary man in the street I think I ought to say that I am an Atheist, because when I say that I cannot prove that there is not a God, I ought to add equally that I cannot prove that there are not the Homeric gods."
Would it really matter? I think so. You indicate you are a Christian so I would assume that you have received most of your teaching about Christ from the bible. If we can determine that Genesis is not too be taken literally, that it is metaphorical, then why do we accept the other books of the bible, from Exodus through Revelation, as literal and not metaphorical. If the primary holy text for the Christian religion, contains a misleading, metaphorical, poorly communicated story that has confused millions of people, then I think that might be a problem...Actually, maybe we could apply this thought elsewhere outside of Genesis...
Not a flame...I would like to know which part(s) of geology or chemistry that you take as entirely non-theoretical and empirical as opposed to evolution which you indicate is entirely theoretical. Many biologist would argue that evolution is entirely empirical...
I'm just curious...
From the article (the second paragraph pretty much explains it):
"People in the United States are much less likely to accept Darwin's idea that humans and apes share a common ancestor than adults in other Western nations, a number of surveys show.
A new study of those surveys suggests that the main reason for this lies in a unique confluence of religion, politics, and the public understanding of biological science in the United States."
This type of thing will continue in the U.S. as long as parents have this type of power over public education.
Sounds like God got a "Scratch'N'Dent" special...Sometimes those are guaranteed for a couple of thousand years so maybe he can return it...wait...nevermind...
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On the other hand, if I am to convey the right impression to the ordinary man in the street I think I ought to say that I am an Atheist, because when I say that I cannot prove that there is not a God, I ought to add equally that I cannot prove that there are not the Homeric gods."
Windows 3.1 also had issues with long filenames. Maybe there is a curse on that version number -- we should skip 3.1 and go directly to version 95.
Would it really matter? I think so. You indicate you are a Christian so I would assume that you have received most of your teaching about Christ from the bible. If we can determine that Genesis is not too be taken literally, that it is metaphorical, then why do we accept the other books of the bible, from Exodus through Revelation, as literal and not metaphorical. If the primary holy text for the Christian religion, contains a misleading, metaphorical, poorly communicated story that has confused millions of people, then I think that might be a problem...Actually, maybe we could apply this thought elsewhere outside of Genesis...
Not a flame...I would like to know which part(s) of geology or chemistry that you take as entirely non-theoretical and empirical as opposed to evolution which you indicate is entirely theoretical. Many biologist would argue that evolution is entirely empirical... I'm just curious...
This not surprising considering the number of studies that have shown that people in the U.S. are not as accepting of evolution as in other Western countries. Check out this article: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060810-evolution.html.
From the article (the second paragraph pretty much explains it):
"People in the United States are much less likely to accept Darwin's idea that humans and apes share a common ancestor than adults in other Western nations, a number of surveys show. A new study of those surveys suggests that the main reason for this lies in a unique confluence of religion, politics, and the public understanding of biological science in the United States."
This type of thing will continue in the U.S. as long as parents have this type of power over public education.
Sounds like God got a "Scratch'N'Dent" special...Sometimes those are guaranteed for a couple of thousand years so maybe he can return it...wait...nevermind...
So, is this near Uranus? Come on...someone had to ask...
How many dead pixels before I can return this thing? I hope it's more than 8...