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Well It Had To Happen, The World Is Becoming More Intelligent!
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well that’s one person’s view......when I see my neighbour clean his upstairs windows by standing on the sloping extension roof, closing the bathroom window on a piece of thin rope and hold onto the rope with one hand while cleaning with the other thus hanging most of his his body weight off the window, I do wonder.....
I believe that most faiths were formed in a world where life was hard, scary, brutal and short.
Coupled with a subconscious need for security against the fear of death, most mainstream religions offer an afterlife as a reward for good works.
As humanity has evolved, religion has singularly failed to keep track and develop - and this particularly applies to the Christian faith where its regressive secretive archaic practices are increasingly irrelevant to a modern society.
The exception is the Muslim faith, but that thrives because it tenets are far more a part of daily life than the bolted-on attitudes of Christianity for most of its believers.
I have no sympathy for the Christian church which continues to work its seedy scary nasty fear/guilt based misogyny on its followers. dwindling as they are, and its arrogance and refusal to modernise will see its demise within a matter of a couple of centuries - its loss will not be mourned.
Coupled with a subconscious need for security against the fear of death, most mainstream religions offer an afterlife as a reward for good works.
As humanity has evolved, religion has singularly failed to keep track and develop - and this particularly applies to the Christian faith where its regressive secretive archaic practices are increasingly irrelevant to a modern society.
The exception is the Muslim faith, but that thrives because it tenets are far more a part of daily life than the bolted-on attitudes of Christianity for most of its believers.
I have no sympathy for the Christian church which continues to work its seedy scary nasty fear/guilt based misogyny on its followers. dwindling as they are, and its arrogance and refusal to modernise will see its demise within a matter of a couple of centuries - its loss will not be mourned.
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oh god poor guy - my brain has turned to mush faster than it wold have if I hadnt read it
he has obviously spent a lot of time on a thesis/idea which is riven by illogicalities and non sequiturs
can you be religious and tell an inquirer you arent ? yes easily
if you say you are religious - does that mean you are ?
think Bishop bell who is currently doing time for abusing curates
[ you were closer to God if you prayed without any clothes on and the curates believed him ] was he religious or not
He would say he is and was
we would say he couldnt be
and no the world ISNT becoming more intelligent
which is the header that made me read this awful crap
There is something called - regression towards the mean
https:/
thick parents tend to have brighter children
and bright parents tend to have less bright
which is regression towards the mean
( the mean stays the same )
non sequiturs start at the headline ......
oh god poor guy - my brain has turned to mush faster than it wold have if I hadnt read it
he has obviously spent a lot of time on a thesis/idea which is riven by illogicalities and non sequiturs
can you be religious and tell an inquirer you arent ? yes easily
if you say you are religious - does that mean you are ?
think Bishop bell who is currently doing time for abusing curates
[ you were closer to God if you prayed without any clothes on and the curates believed him ] was he religious or not
He would say he is and was
we would say he couldnt be
and no the world ISNT becoming more intelligent
which is the header that made me read this awful crap
There is something called - regression towards the mean
https:/
thick parents tend to have brighter children
and bright parents tend to have less bright
which is regression towards the mean
( the mean stays the same )
non sequiturs start at the headline ......
// I believe that most faiths were formed in a world where life was hard, scary, brutal and short. //
o god this is a day for non sequiturs
two counter examples
The Roman religion clearly wasnt - roman archeological strata are always far thicker than anyone other reflecting the astounding affluence of its society
and the egyptian pharaonic religion
again astoundingly rich ....
oh well - I think it is me .....
o god this is a day for non sequiturs
two counter examples
The Roman religion clearly wasnt - roman archeological strata are always far thicker than anyone other reflecting the astounding affluence of its society
and the egyptian pharaonic religion
again astoundingly rich ....
oh well - I think it is me .....
andy-hughes’ bizarre criticism of Christianity better describes Islam. All religion is “increasingly irrelevant to a modern society”, but Islam’s “regressive secretive archaic practices” are without a shadow of doubt far more damaging than any other to a modern society.
As for the claim that atheists are more intelligent than religionists, that depends upon the definition of ‘intelligence’. Rationality, not academic achievement, defines true intelligence. The assumption that the two necessarily have something in common is a fallacy. They don’t.
As for the claim that atheists are more intelligent than religionists, that depends upon the definition of ‘intelligence’. Rationality, not academic achievement, defines true intelligence. The assumption that the two necessarily have something in common is a fallacy. They don’t.
"As humanity has evolved, religion has singularly failed to keep track and develop...
the exception is the Muslim faith, but that thrives because it tenets are far more a part of daily life".
I certainly agree that Islam's tenets are part of daily life, not only that of Muslims, but, increasingly, that of many many Europeans, Andy.
Your task today is to explain in any way that is convincing how your observation equates to any civilised definition of "development".
the exception is the Muslim faith, but that thrives because it tenets are far more a part of daily life".
I certainly agree that Islam's tenets are part of daily life, not only that of Muslims, but, increasingly, that of many many Europeans, Andy.
Your task today is to explain in any way that is convincing how your observation equates to any civilised definition of "development".
Very good prog. last night BBC 2; Episode 1, 'The Story of China', by Michael Wood, it bit muddled in the editing dept. but excellent otherwise. Religion was stamped out under the so-called Cultural Revolution, but Confucianism, now thriving better than ever, with it's emphasis on morality, ritual and reverence to ancestors. Worth thinking about, and it will be repeated tonight BBC2, 11:02 - 12:05.
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