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Tangle
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Message 7 of 119 (706314)
09-09-2013 2:05 PM


I still think it's mostly a Poe.
But I do find it really interesting how the likes of Mindspawn and Faith can continually create alternative realities to fit their beliefs then justify them with fragments of disjointed facts, science and invention. Simultaneously being both rational and hopelessly irrational.
These people aren't stupid - which you'd expect from people with such screwed up ideas - in fact they are pretty damn smart. Deluded isn't really a big enough word for what they are.
Not so long ago I had a 3 year debate with a guy that didn't believe in evolution. He had a PhD in astro physics, but he was totally irrational when it came to evolution. He eventually accepted it, but it wasn't as a result of the argument, it was because he visited Cambridge University (UK) and got to speak to a few high end biologists that were also Christians.
They explained that his position was scientifically untenable but also that it wasn't a problem for his other beliefs.
He wasn't persuaded by argument, he was persuaded by peer pressure. An interesting phenomenon.

Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android

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Tangle
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Message 105 of 119 (819472)
09-11-2017 1:36 PM
Reply to: Message 104 by Pressie
09-11-2017 6:50 AM


Re: Do the Math!
3. Are elephants and tapirs the same kind?
4. Why are pigs a seperate kind to dogs?
Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Another off-topic banner.

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"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
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