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__________________ You will do me the justice to remember, that I have always strenuously supported the Right of every Man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it.
Well, that was illuminating. I wonder if Gamespotter (or indeed anyone) can explain the correlation between atheism and evolutionism. That is, why are atheists much more likely to be evolutionists, and vice versa?
My personal theory is that they are related via a third property: education. Those who are more educated (i.e., who have got further up the education ladder) are more likely to be both atheistic and subscribers to evolutionary theory. This correlation can be explained causally: an education gives one a logical, critical, and above all scepticle frame of mind. This naturally engenders one to the atheistic worldview (or lack thereof). This also exposes one to the details of evolutionary theory: it's simplicity and mathematical elegance, it's underpinning of the entire of biology... it is hard to miss.
Anyway, I've ranted long enough.
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A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, -- a mere heart of stone.
- Charles Darwin
"I am a scientist... when I find evidence that my theories are wrong, it is as exciting as if the evidence proved them right."
- Stargate: SG1
What can be asserted without reason, can be denied without reason.
- Anon
"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Last edited by Wiccan_Child; 14th December 2007 at 03:20 PM.
Well, that was illuminating. I wonder if Gamespotter (or indeed anyone) can explain the correlation between atheism and evolutionism. That is, why are atheists much more likely to be evolutionists, and vice versa?
My personal theory is that they are related via a third property: education. Those who are more educated (i.e., who have got further up the education ladder) are more likely to be both atheistic and subscribers to evolutionary theory. This correlation can be explained causally: an education gives one a logical, critical, and above all scepticle frame of mind. This naturally engenders one to the atheistic worldview (or lack thereof). This also exposes one to the details of evolutionary theory: it's simplicity and mathematical elegance, it's underpinning of the entire of biology... it is hard to miss.
Anyway, I've ranted long enough.
It's too bad that all those atheists are superior to me.
__________________ You will do me the justice to remember, that I have always strenuously supported the Right of every Man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it.
Don't worry, Richard, nobody is expecting PhDs from you at this age. It's enough if you do some critical thinking from time to time
__________________ "There is much we do not understand about the history of life, and the same will be true of our grandchildren. But, then, if we knew all there was to know, scientific interest would cease. Textbooks may portray science as a codification of facts, but it is really a disciplined way of asking about the unknown." - A.H. Knoll, Life on a Young Planet
"Come on, put your bloody thinking caps on!" - Dr Tony Prave, geology lecture
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