tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20385137.post2581546402405717528..comments2023-11-02T04:21:10.340-04:00Comments on The way the Ball bounces: Quote of the Day: "I Turned My Back On One Faith And Embraced Another"BallBounceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776039024486455199noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20385137.post-55890771581175765422010-08-16T12:57:23.007-04:002010-08-16T12:57:23.007-04:00Joe,
The next logical step in Strawman Argument i...Joe,<br /><br />The next logical step in Strawman Argument is to invent a new word (Scientism) and spout off against that, while making it look like you are spouting off against the actual subject (Science). I’m not sure what you are caricaturing in your “Scientism”, but that doesn’t describe any kind of science I know. To start with: science doesn’t have an opinion about God(s).<br /><br />Of course your feeble description of “science” actually sounds much more like engineering or applied science. But it was Einstein’s blackboard full of math that made GPS navigation possible. The division between “pseudo-intellectuals” and engineers is rather blurred. <br /><br />I’m not going to touch on the irony of using the internet to spout off about the uselessness of science.P@Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04224139690760183921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20385137.post-33720772955034298782010-08-15T11:29:21.896-04:002010-08-15T11:29:21.896-04:00It must be clearly noted that there is a vast diff...It must be clearly noted that there is a vast difference between science and scientism. Scientism is an extremely rigid religion that allows only one god to exist. That god is the accumulated writings of assorted pseudo-intellectuals that infest(ed) our educational establishments all claiming causeless causation and something from nothing (materialism). It has the delusion that all things get better over time yet screams at any 'artificial' interference in said change. Despite its 'learned' leaders it is intellectually and factually dishonest and provides the intellectual satisfaction of chewing on sand. It simply denies the existence of that which it can not understand. <br /><br />Science on the other hand which is the testing of all things both to see if they are true and how they work is encouraged in Christianity to the extent that we Christians are told to test to see if Christianity is true. Unlike the closed loop of scientism, Christianity actually steps outside of itself to prove its veracity.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314193532768891832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20385137.post-18056393129635046812010-08-15T10:00:01.856-04:002010-08-15T10:00:01.856-04:00I like Dance's way of thinking. You can still ...I like Dance's way of thinking. You can still be curious about the world but comfortable with not knowing.<br /><br />(In other words you're not a fanatic).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20385137.post-67980854659483703272010-08-15T06:41:29.587-04:002010-08-15T06:41:29.587-04:00I agree religion and science are compatible.I agree religion and science are compatible.BallBounceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776039024486455199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20385137.post-48615760178565964522010-08-15T04:12:38.120-04:002010-08-15T04:12:38.120-04:00Religion and Science are compatible regardless of ...Religion and Science are compatible regardless of what you might think.<br />Scientists of yore sought God.<br />They felt that by embracing Science that they could get closer.<br /><br />Atheists bother me because they have Nothing.<br />The tribalism of organized religion bothers me, too.<br /><br />So, I choose to be comfortable with that which I know, and comfortable with that which I don't.Dance...dance to the radiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688681743093469863noreply@blogger.com