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[–] [email protected] 98 points 3 months ago (16 children)

I feel like there's a lot of these, where someone says "how do you explain [extremely basic, everyday thing] without [religion]?", it's kinda weird. Like being a certain level of religious makes you immune to all common sense.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 3 months ago (6 children)

In my experience of these zealot types, it's that they don't want to know the answer, and won't accept any answer that isn't literally bulletproof all the way back to the beginning of time - no matter what you tell them, God did it.

It's like playing a pigeon at chess. It'll shit on the board and then strut around like it won.

[–] jaden 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well that's a fairly consistent pov. "God of the Gaps" is what it's called. Ostensibly, that sort of person accepts new evidence for things, so it's probably not one of the worst ways to think

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

No, it's not "god of the gaps" to deny elementary school education.

This post is specifically selecting for the complete morons who won't even listen to a basic explanation of refraction...

If you say, "well a lot of religious people will say that!" then yes. Yes, religious people are morons.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, I'm aware of the "God of the Gaps" idea.

But that's not what I'm talking about, nor are those the types of people I'm talking about - people willing to take in new ideas are a much friendlier bunch.

The zealot types, the self-proclaimed "sceptics" don't just avoid learning about science, they actively oppose it. They ask questions like those @[email protected] said not because they want to know the answer, but because they're trying to sow seeds of doubt into those who see them.

Those questions aren't made for you or I to answer - and if you do try, they'll shout you down or sandbag you until you give up.

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