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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The great Carl Sagan completely debunks Creationism using something they call "science."
I love it!
My favorite part is that he explains the facts so eloquently and casually that it leaves little room for disagreement.
Billions, and billions, and billions... I will be forever grateful for Carl Sagan opening my eyes to science. He always explained difficult subjects so eloquently that even I could understand.
AH, so you are saying that god was in my parent's bedroom pushing my father's pecker into my mother?
The article is not saying that god doesn't exist. It is clearly stating that the crap put out by creationists is just that - crap.
Comprehension is critical to reading and understanding a discussion. Merely trying to derail a discussion by trying to redirect it is NOT a technique which works against those who CAN read and comprehend.
And for your information, even if you ARE correct about god having given Sagan his brain, it STILL doesn't help if those who say that are those who refuse to accept FACTS.
In other words, what good is a brain if there are idiots who won't accept what is figured out by that brain?
No, it was the sun god Ra who created earth and all its inhabitants, and he also gave people a brain to make up a judeo-christian God who supposedly created earth, and all its inhabitants.
Creationists are funny, really. They can't believe that life can just appear out of nowhere and evolve, but they have no problem believing that an omnipotent being can appear from nowhere and create the universe and life.
If we didn't have the 'dark' we might not appreciate the 'light', if we didn't have 'cold days' we probably wouldn't miss 'warmer days', if we didn't have Creationists we might skip looking for more rational and logical answers to the origins of species and to the beginnings of the universe. I'd like to believe that religious people are just another piece in the puzzle of our social and educational eco-system.
Very interesting perspective, Gra*ma and one that for a brief moment might actually engage some of us.
However, history has proven that what you are trying to state isn't quite accurate. There are far too many scientific discoveries that have been made not BECAUSE of religion, or even in spite of it. Or even without its presence.
Man was learning about things long before actual organized religion, as we currently see it, was even a dream in someone's fevered brain.
All the medicinal knowledge that Neanderthal shamans had (before they became priests) was discovered before it. Far too many things happened without the presence of religion. The person(s) who made the first real boat (and I am not talking about a log floating down stream!) probably didn't know the first thing about water displacement, for instance.
Take, for example, mathematics. Islam was in control of the middle east for the most part (and were extremely tolerant of other's beliefs to boot) when the Arab world developed the concept of zero. Islam didn't slam them for advancing the field.
The seven basic machines were discovered long before religion became a controlling actor in the lives of the majority of Man.
Sorry, on the surface it is a good idea, but it doesn't really hold water. The search for knowledge or the answer to "Why?" is part and parcel of Man's curiosity and intelligence and is totally free of any connection (usually) with religion.
And to narrow it down even further, the pains in the ass Creationists as we know them today weren't even a factor for the majority of Man's history.
The rest of what you are saying? About light/dark and ugly/beauty is an age-old thought.
SMACK!
ReplyDeleteAt this point, any moronically intelligent person would back off of their crappy beliefs about the age of the earth - INCLUDING Rubio....
...But they won't.
Billions, and billions, and billions...
ReplyDeleteI will be forever grateful for Carl Sagan opening my eyes to science. He always explained difficult subjects so eloquently that even I could understand.
God created earth, and all its inhabitants, and HE also gave Carl the brain to question it.
ReplyDeleteAH, so you are saying that god was in my parent's bedroom pushing my father's pecker into my mother?
DeleteThe article is not saying that god doesn't exist. It is clearly stating that the crap put out by creationists is just that - crap.
Comprehension is critical to reading and understanding a discussion. Merely trying to derail a discussion by trying to redirect it is NOT a technique which works against those who CAN read and comprehend.
And for your information, even if you ARE correct about god having given Sagan his brain, it STILL doesn't help if those who say that are those who refuse to accept FACTS.
In other words, what good is a brain if there are idiots who won't accept what is figured out by that brain?
I'm sorry, but you sound like a child.
DeleteNo, it was the sun god Ra who created earth and all its inhabitants, and he also gave people a brain to make up a judeo-christian God who supposedly created earth, and all its inhabitants.
DeleteProve me wrong.
Creationists are funny, really. They can't believe that life can just appear out of nowhere and evolve, but they have no problem believing that an omnipotent being can appear from nowhere and create the universe and life.
ReplyDeleteIf we didn't have the 'dark' we might not appreciate the 'light', if we didn't have 'cold days' we probably wouldn't miss 'warmer days', if we didn't have Creationists we might skip looking for more rational and logical answers to the origins of species and to the beginnings of the universe. I'd like to believe that religious people are just another piece in the puzzle of our social and educational eco-system.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting perspective, Gra*ma and one that for a brief moment might actually engage some of us.
DeleteHowever, history has proven that what you are trying to state isn't quite accurate. There are far too many scientific discoveries that have been made not BECAUSE of religion, or even in spite of it. Or even without its presence.
Man was learning about things long before actual organized religion, as we currently see it, was even a dream in someone's fevered brain.
All the medicinal knowledge that Neanderthal shamans had (before they became priests) was discovered before it. Far too many things happened without the presence of religion. The person(s) who made the first real boat (and I am not talking about a log floating down stream!) probably didn't know the first thing about water displacement, for instance.
Take, for example, mathematics. Islam was in control of the middle east for the most part (and were extremely tolerant of other's beliefs to boot) when the Arab world developed the concept of zero. Islam didn't slam them for advancing the field.
The seven basic machines were discovered long before religion became a controlling actor in the lives of the majority of Man.
Sorry, on the surface it is a good idea, but it doesn't really hold water. The search for knowledge or the answer to "Why?" is part and parcel of Man's curiosity and intelligence and is totally free of any connection (usually) with religion.
And to narrow it down even further, the pains in the ass Creationists as we know them today weren't even a factor for the majority of Man's history.
The rest of what you are saying? About light/dark and ugly/beauty is an age-old thought.
I was told once that Christians are raised to be able to swallow three different impossible things before breakfast!
ReplyDeletevery good! once again highlighting the very unscientific aspects of monotheism...
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