Hi, Dr. Sing.
I also agree that ICANT's message doesn't deserve such a poor rating. The good news is that sympathetic atheists (and now, 1 theisti evolutionist) have managed to bump the rating of that message up to a 4.2!
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Dr. Sing writes:
The poster gives some sound advice. Furthermore, this situation is a perfect example to demonstrate that evolution is incapable of providing one with practical wisdom for life. Which you get only from religion. So instead of being appreciative of it, people rate it a 1?
I don't think you can honestly say that ICANT provided any "practical wisdom for life" from his religion in that post. In fact, his argument seemed to be to not let religion get in the way of the practicality of saving one's marriage.
You're going to have to count me as one vote against the idea that "practical wisdom for life" only comes from religion. I personally feel like I derive practical wisdom for my life from a number of different sources, including my religion, other peoples' religions, science, mundane conversations with friends and colleagues, etc.
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Also, I think Percy has plans to replace the current rating system with something better sometime in the future, so I wouldn't get too worked up over it.
Aside from this site, I also post on a Mormon forum, and their rating system just counts how many people thank you for your good post, or laugh at your clever jokes. I only ever get thanked when I say an atheist is using a logical fallacy, and nobody there thinks I'm funny, either.
I think the ratings you get here are much more honest and objective then you'll find anywhere else. Sure, the system isn't perfect, and you'll still find considerable biases, but it's better than you'll find elsewhere.
-Bluejay (a.k.a. Mantis, Thylacosmilus)
Darwin loves you.