Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 65 (9162 total)
4 online now:
Newest Member: popoi
Post Volume: Total: 915,817 Year: 3,074/9,624 Month: 919/1,588 Week: 102/223 Day: 13/17 Hour: 0/1


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   God Or Science? A Belief In One Weakens Positive Feelings For The Other
Blue Jay
Member (Idle past 2698 days)
Posts: 2843
From: You couldn't pronounce it with your mouthparts
Joined: 02-04-2008


Message 1 of 4 (491688)
12-19-2008 2:06 PM


God Or Science? A Belief In One Weakens Positive Feelings For The Other
The above is a news articles about an interesting psychological study showing that initial exposure to either religion or science influences how readily a person will accept the other.
It's quite amazing to me:
  • people who read positive messages about a scientific theory or religious idea were less able to recognize negative words when they were subliminally influenced to associate those words with that scientific theory or religious idea.
  • people who read negative messages about a scientific theory or religious idea were less able to recognize positive words when they were subliminally influenced to associate those words with that scientific theory or religious idea.
This reminds me of Star Wars:
"Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny."
Apparently, it works for any path, not just the dark path.

-Bluejay
Darwin loves you.

Replies to this message:
 Message 2 by bluescat48, posted 12-19-2008 5:13 PM Blue Jay has replied

  
bluescat48
Member (Idle past 4189 days)
Posts: 2347
From: United States
Joined: 10-06-2007


Message 2 of 4 (491697)
12-19-2008 5:13 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Blue Jay
12-19-2008 2:06 PM


Makes sense.
The most obvious implication of the research is that "to be compatible, science and religion need to stick to their own territories, their own explanatory space," Preston said. "However, religion and science have never been able to do that, so to me this suggests that the debate is going to go on. It's never going to be settled."
Particularly the above statement from the article.
Edited by bluescat48, : qs goof

There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002
Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969

This message is a reply to:
 Message 1 by Blue Jay, posted 12-19-2008 2:06 PM Blue Jay has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 3 by Blue Jay, posted 12-20-2008 11:37 AM bluescat48 has not replied

  
Blue Jay
Member (Idle past 2698 days)
Posts: 2843
From: You couldn't pronounce it with your mouthparts
Joined: 02-04-2008


Message 3 of 4 (491725)
12-20-2008 11:37 AM
Reply to: Message 2 by bluescat48
12-19-2008 5:13 PM


Hi, Cat.
It seems like such an obvious study, somebody should have done it a long time ago. Also, it's what people have been saying here on this forum for a long time.
-----
quote:
The most obvious implication of the research is that "to be compatible, science and religion need to stick to their own territories, their own explanatory space," Preston said. "However, religion and science have never been able to do that, so to me this suggests that the debate is going to go on. It's never going to be settled."
If we're being honest, how many of us really believe that both science and religion have rights to some "explanatory space"? Most science-minded people think religion doesn't actually explain anything. And, most religious people think that science is unreliable. So, very few people actually accept that both have their "explanatory space."

-Bluejay
Darwin loves you.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 2 by bluescat48, posted 12-19-2008 5:13 PM bluescat48 has not replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 4 by Granny Magda, posted 12-20-2008 12:45 PM Blue Jay has not replied

  
Granny Magda
Member
Posts: 2462
From: UK
Joined: 11-12-2007
Member Rating: 4.0


Message 4 of 4 (491732)
12-20-2008 12:45 PM
Reply to: Message 3 by Blue Jay
12-20-2008 11:37 AM


Explanatory Spaces
OK, this is the second time this week I've answered serious points with links to other people's comedy. What can I say? Sometimes comedians and cartoonists are the people who say it best.
Spot on.
The only explanatory power religion has is in the realm of entirely subjective "truths", an area better served by literature in my opinion.
Mutate and Survive

"The Bible is like a person, and if you torture it long enough, you can get it to say almost anything you'd like it to say." -- Rev. Dr. Francis H. Wade

This message is a reply to:
 Message 3 by Blue Jay, posted 12-20-2008 11:37 AM Blue Jay has not replied

  
Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024