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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 08:33 PM Original message |
Science is just one gene away from defeating religion - Colin Blakemore |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because Christianity is the only religion in the world. nt |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. All religion is bunk.- Thomas Edison (nt) |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. What does that have to do with the article? nt |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 06:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. What did your reply #1 have to do with the article? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Science and religion operate in different spheres. Neither can defeat the other. nt |
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NOW tense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Agreed. n/t |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Sorry, but that's ridiculous. The more we learn, the less religion makes sense. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Pagans are still around. nt |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Paganism Isn't a Religion |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. It doesn't help the discussion when you don't know what the words "pagan" or "paganism" mean. |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. As a linguist |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #35 |
73. I have to disagree with this |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Non-fundamentalist religion doesn't make statements that can be proved or disproved by science. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Oh? |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 06:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Our priest will vehemently tell us that he changes wine into Christ's blood during mass. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. That test has already been done on the host |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
71. About December 25th |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Are you implying that Catholics |
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veganlush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
58. non-fundamentalist religion isn't really religion......n/t |
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veganlush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
57. I'm with you Ladyhawk... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Science uses the scientific method to constantly reexamine every theory. Religion is based on |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 07:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
34. I think it was Mark Twain that said "Faith is what you call it |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. "Faith is believing what you know ain't so," is the way I heard it. |
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BobTheSubgenius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:19 AM Response to Reply #39 |
59. My favourite definition of "faith" is..... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. "Sometimes dead people can be resurrected" |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. That was only a metaphor. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. But observation and DNA evidence suggests we're continually resurrected. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
61. Science is continually defeating religion. |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Both have creation issues |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. That's why I stated the only possible existence of God... |
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AyanEva (428 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. I agree with the cyclical model too |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. I'm not a big fan of string theory |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. that's too optimistic |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Yep. Mark Twain was all over that one... |
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pauliedangerously (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
30. So how do you account for this... |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 06:52 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Oh that Dinosaurs and jesus thing kills me...LOL! |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. papa joe's power depends on people going along with his superstitions nt |
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Submariner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. You can't defeat the ever great Papa Maoi |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. Science defeated it many years ago, |
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adnelson60087 (661 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Yes, science defeated superstition long ago |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. I hope one day the Pope |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I hope one day you overcome your hatred. nt |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Maybe when the pope overcomes |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. Just here to spoil it for you: I'll never overcome mine. And I'll never try. |
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Frisbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Amen, brother! n/t |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. I don't; I hope they give him the help. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
18. "Knowledge is the end of deism and deism is the end of knowledge." |
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greymattermom (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
21. Colin Blakemore |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
22. The UFO's are Gawd! |
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wuvuj (874 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Magical thinking... |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
38. "Magical thinking" |
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wuvuj (874 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Complex in what sense? |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. How do you observe a thought? |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #22 |
52. lol |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
31. religion is crap nonsence.. |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
37. What is science |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Science is a process |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. And as for the other methods |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. As for the other methods, who cares? |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 02:17 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Those care who know other methods |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 05:51 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Then it should be simple |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 07:58 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Well, to begin with |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Only one possible response to that |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #37 |
68. Why would the view that the capital of Japan is Tokyo be preferable to the view that it is Hoboken? |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
41. I enraged a very religious acquaintance one time by logically providing reasons why Noah's Ark |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. "It seems when you question their faith...they become violent" |
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wuvuj (874 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Reminds me of a soldier.... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #41 |
63. You understand, of course, that biblical literalism is not the only religious mode of interpretation |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
60. Perhaps we could have some peer-reviewed evidence for Blakemore's claim that |
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BirminghamExaminer (943 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 02:15 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Ehrm, what? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. There are certainly mechanisms that can account for "superstition" -- but the term has |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
67. Not too fond of this particular Pope. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. It'll be awhile. The tarot deck has been stacked, and not in progressive favor. |
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