religion

[iruinedyourday]

what the fuck is going on in this thread I wonder.

[Glenzig]

Originally Posted by iruinedyourday [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

what the fuck is going on in this thread I wonder.

Doesn't matter anymore. We hit 100 pages so I win.

[iruinedyourday]

oh its about people that play eq that think they are smarter than Charles Darwin. I get it now, cool bro's.

[paulgiamatti]

I can tell Robot and Glenzig have at least taken into consideration the other side of the argument, but that doesn't excuse the absurdity of confusing evolutionary studies with religious theology and atheism with belief. No one needs to point out the fundamentally flawed thinking that leads to this, it's so painfully obvious that it warrants no further speculation or comment from anyone with even the faintest whiff of rationality.

[Glenzig]

Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I can tell Robot and Glenzig have at least taken into consideration the other side of the argument, but that doesn't excuse the absurdity of confusing evolutionary studies with religious theology and atheism with belief. No one needs to point out the fundamentally flawed thinking that leads to this, it's so painfully obvious that it warrants no further speculation or comment from anyone with even the faintest whiff of rationality.

Research the origins of the theory and what drove the thinking behind it. You'll see.

[Eliseus]

Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I can tell Robot and Glenzig have at least taken into consideration the other side of the argument, but that doesn't excuse the absurdity of confusing evolutionary studies with religious theology and atheism with belief. No one needs to point out the fundamentally flawed thinking that leads to this, it's so painfully obvious that it warrants no further speculation or comment from anyone with even the faintest whiff of rationality.

You have no idea what I have or haven't read. You make this claim based off you not liking me at all. Don't make yourself look like a tool as much as you already have.

[leewong]

Originally Posted by Eliseus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You have no idea what I have or haven't read. You make this claim based off you not liking me at all. Don't make yourself look like a tool as much as you already have.

It is pretty obvious you arent well read. You cant even pay attention for one paragraph here let alone a book with a few hundred pages in it.

[Eliseus]

Originally Posted by leewong [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It is pretty obvious you arent well read. You cant even pay attention for one paragraph here let alone a book with a few hundred pages in it.

You make this basis off what? Me quoting

"Evolution is the change in the inherited characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins."

Does this somehow make your vagina bleed?

[leewong]

Originally Posted by Eliseus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You make this basis off what? Me quoting

"Evolution is the change in the inherited characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins."

Does this somehow make your vagina bleed?

No, I make that assumption off of every post I have seen you make. I have no qualms with you quoting me. I do have a problem when you dont understand what I said and reply with nonsense.

[RobotElvis]

Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I can tell Robot and Glenzig have at least taken into consideration the other side of the argument, but that doesn't excuse the absurdity of confusing evolutionary studies with religious theology and atheism with belief. No one needs to point out the fundamentally flawed thinking that leads to this, it's so painfully obvious that it warrants no further speculation or comment from anyone with even the faintest whiff of rationality.

As the ruling elite’s religious institutions began to lose credibility with the masses, it became apparent that the oligarchs would have to adopt a more secular system of control. The result of this transformation was the emergence of what Aldous Huxley called a “scientific dictatorship.” Huxley explains:


The older dictators fell because they could never supply their subjects with enough bread, enough circuses, enough miracles, and mysteries.

Under a scientific dictatorship, education will really work with the result that most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution. There seems to be no good reason why a thoroughly scientific dictatorship should ever be overthrown. (Brave New World Revisited 116)

In essence, the scientific dictatorship is merely a theocracy premised upon the religion of scientism. Scientism is epistemological imperialism. It stipulates the ecumenical imposition of science upon all fields of study. No doubt, a majority of contemporary thinkers would regard this universal extrapolation of science as desirable. After all, science has contributed to the technological advancement of human society. It harnessed electricity through the light bulb, cured illnesses through inoculations, and traversed space through rockets. Surely, such a force could equally enhance the human condition if applied to questions of history, morality, and governance.

However, the contemporary mind, blinded as it is by its own chronocentricism, has failed to recognize a significant shortcoming in the investigational methods of science. Michael Hoffman reveals this shortcoming:

The reason that science is a bad master and dangerous servant and ought not to be worshipped is that science is not objective. Science is fundamentally about the uses of measurement. What does not fit the yardstick of the scientist is discarded. Scientific determinism has repeatedly excluded some data from its measurement and fudged other data, such as Piltdown Man, in order to support the self-fulfilling nature of its own agenda, be it Darwinism or “cut, burn and poison” methods of cancer “treatment.” (49)