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FirmhandKY -> RE: My fellow citizens scare me... (2/23/2009 2:48:52 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Hippiekinkster
"Is it more logical to be a Christian? Is religion the natural choice of a smart person familiar with more of the evidence? Not according to a broad consensus of studies on IQ and religiosity. These studies have consistently found that the lower the IQ score, the more likely a person is to be religious"
http://kspark.kaist.ac.kr/Jesus/Intelligence%20&%20religion.htm
Even worse,
"Half of all Americans believe they are protected by guardian angels, one-fifth say they've heard God speak to them, one-quarter say they have witnessed miraculous healings, 16 percent say they've received one and 8 percent say they pray in tongues, according to a survey released Thursday by Baylor University."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/19/half-of-americans-believe-in-angels/
And, to top things off:
"Dr. Miller's data reveal some yawning gaps in basic knowledge. American adults in general do not understand what molecules are (other than that they are really small). Fewer than a third can identify DNA as a key to heredity. Only about 10 percent know what radiation is. One adult American in five thinks the Sun revolves around the Earth, an idea science had abandoned by the 17th century." http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/30/science/30profile.html?_r=5
Explain to me why Conservatives think cutting funds for education is "cutting out pork"? Oh, wait, they'll gladly fund idiotic pseudo-science like "Intelligent Design" but when it comes to real knowledge, they rant about taxes and Teacher's Unions and anything other than their own anti-knowledge bias, which seems to go hand-in-hand with religious fundamentalism of the Xtian variety.
Unbelievable. Our "Golden Age" of Education came right after Sputnik.
AS said by UPSG, it's easy (and common) to manipulate information and rhetoric to slant a presentation to present your own beliefs in the most positive light, and to present what you consider an antagonistic belief system in a negative light.
Science is a belief system, that is often adversarial to religious belief (at least in the minds of many atheists of a certain political persuasion).
Depending on the religion, it may or may not be adversarial to "science". Christianity made it's peace with science centuries ago, despite some people on both sides who wish to stir up animosity and trouble (the OP for example).
The intent of the OP isn't really to shed any light on anything - it's simply to insult the people who hold religious beliefs.
Sometimes, people show their own inner hatred and prejudices when they post. I think this is the case here.
Firm
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