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nwr
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Message 10 of 124 (671063)
08-22-2012 12:54 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by marc9000
08-19-2012 7:27 PM


Scientists control science
Given this assertion:
There is also not a shred of evidence that ANYONE but atheists, with the complete approval of their "religious" allies (theistic evolutionists, Deists, etc.) make all decisions concerning publicly funded/government sponsored methods of exploration in science.
it becomes clear that by "atheist" you really mean "scientist". Accordingly, I have made that change in the thread subtitle.
That quoted statement of yours is factually wrong. Politicians make the primary decision on public funding of science. And republicans get to participate in that political process.
It is true that the politicians may make only the primary decisions, and delegate secondary decisions to scientists. However, that only happens because the politicians have decided that the scientist can generally be trusted as the most capable of making these decisions. I see it as a plus that scientists are involved in this way.
You seem to think that science is some sort of grand conspiracy to produce false descriptions of the world. But that is an utterly absurd idea.
  • Your automobile would not work if it were based on a false description;
  • Air travel would not work if it were based on a false description;
  • The Internet would not work if it were based on a false description;
  • Modern medicine would not work if it were based on a false description;
  • etc, etc, etc.
Science provides the best, most accurate, descriptions of the world that we have. If you were a true creationist, then you would believe that science accurately describes the world that your God created. Your denial of science is nothing less than a denial of creationism. You apparently believe in a false creationism that denies that the world that we can see was created by your God.

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Message 27 of 124 (671182)
08-22-2012 8:09 PM
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08-22-2012 8:03 PM


Re: Atheists? control science
my definition of atheist in this case is ...
Okay, fair enough.
Then you are saying that any true American, who loves and upholds the constitution is an atheist. The only people who are not atheists are those traitors who seek to destroy the nation by undermining its constitution.
That seems like a rather broad definition.

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Message 55 of 124 (671519)
08-26-2012 7:58 PM
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08-26-2012 6:45 PM


Re: Scientists control science
There is a new type of atheism that has organized only recently, and is quickly gaining acceptance in science. The Wall Street Journal has called it New Atheism, its definition can be found all over the net. Here is a common definition;
quote:
Militant atheist is defined as one who is militantly opposed to theism, theists, and religion. Militant atheists have an extreme hostility towards religious theism that entails a desire to see religion suppressed by force. The label militant atheist tends to be used interchangeably with fundamentalist atheist, new atheist, and anti-theist.

A more accurate definition might be:
New atheism: the same as the old atheism.
Old atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair was far more militant than most of the new atheists.
Sure, the new atheists criticize religion. But they are pussy cats, compared to the things that fundamentalist Christians are saying about atheists.
Since statistics show that only 6% of scientists are Republicans, ...
As far as I know, there is nothing preventing Republicans from enrolling in graduate study programs in science. For some odd reason, they seem to prefer to enroll in business schools.

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