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Bradical79

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61. The phyisical world discovered throuh scientific method

Sun Jan 5, 2014, 08:00 PM

Jan 2014

requires a an incredibly flexible mind to comprehend. It's more often belief in religion and magic that traps people in a narrow minded bubble of ignorance. Fantasy often applies very simple rules to our world that simply don't exist in reality. I know how that is comforting as a former evangelical, but it's probably better for you to educate yourself with an open mind rather than lash out with hatred and anger when reality begins intruding on the fantasy world you have created for yourself.

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Believing in dull, barren, soul-dead Scientific Materialism is everyone's right, but [View all] Berlum Jan 2014 OP

Science is dull! zappaman Jan 2014 #1

No. Try reading the OP Berlum Jan 2014 #3

Look out! zappaman Jan 2014 #4

'Tis the Web of Doom! HappyMe Jan 2014 #7

Fuck me, you think you're actually putting forward a properly constructed argument in the OP? muriel_volestrangler Jan 2014 #52

What OP? It's just a picture of bad graffiti seveneyes Jan 2014 #58

EVERYONE agrees...have you taken a 6 billion plus person poll? angstlessk Jan 2014 #2

I could be wrong, but I suspect that this may be a push-poll pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #34

I like the font. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #5

That font is called Sinistrous Jan 2014 #71

It definitely dances to the nightingale's tune. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #73

The delusions of the magical thinkers grow less accepted every year. There is no magic. Codeine Jan 2014 #6

really? zappaman Jan 2014 #10

Planet Bacardi has spoken! Codeine Jan 2014 #16

Cuba Libre! HappyMe Jan 2014 #19

Wheat goes up, wheat goes down... you can't explain that! Scootaloo Jan 2014 #49

No dancing fairies? I'm disappointed. Cleita Jan 2014 #12

And you've arrived at your opinion how? Indi Guy Jan 2014 #14

Out of curiosity whatchamacallit Jan 2014 #22

It's mumbo jumbo Shivering Jemmy Jan 2014 #56

thank you God! nt G_j Jan 2014 #28

And what is even more amazing is that mutation can rule... Tikki Jan 2014 #57

No magic? How sad. I think everything is magic. I guess it depends on what your 1monster Jan 2014 #70

Exactly. If there were not people who could think outside Cleita Jan 2014 #8

I've noticed most of DU's "science lovers" whatchamacallit Jan 2014 #9

+1 Matariki Jan 2014 #48

+10! zazen Jan 2014 #54

Post removed Post removed Jan 2014 #69

I think you mean soul-dead Materialism. Science is not a philosophy. It's a process. haele Jan 2014 #11

No, he means Scientific Materialism mathematic Jan 2014 #46

Glad we have to tell us what we agree on. n/t X_Digger Jan 2014 #13

Which is why Noah banned scientists from the ark. sufrommich Jan 2014 #15

There were two scientists on the Ark, Codeine Jan 2014 #17

"But apart from indoor plumbing, modern medicine, travel, communication, and knowledge..." Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #23

I got this nifty dead and barren soul! nt Codeine Jan 2014 #25

How much does it weigh? Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #27

That sort of measurement is a classic trap set by the Scientific Materialist Claque. Codeine Jan 2014 #35

I have an itchy red rash Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #36

And fish derby378 Jan 2014 #18

I'm sorry, i just cant take that font seriously. Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #20

I save my scientific denialism for books and movies. ProgressSaves Jan 2014 #21

Ha, good shirt! n/t whatchamacallit Jan 2014 #24

Dragons are real, candy is healthier than vegetables, and the moon is made of cream cheese frosting Dash87 Jan 2014 #26

That was why NASA bombed it. Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #29

It's just another attempt by the government to deny us delicious cake Dash87 Jan 2014 #32

I read that as "cream cheese fisting." Codeine Jan 2014 #37

Well, that's a mental image... Scootaloo Jan 2014 #50

Science is boring! Vashta Nerada Jan 2014 #30

. pintobean Jan 2014 #40

I'm afraid you lost me at "Believing in...." mike_c Jan 2014 #31

I'm with you, Mike. We have to learn to survive. Science is necessary and certainly fascinating. The Wielding Truth Jan 2014 #39

+1 LadyHawkAZ Jan 2014 #47

busted, ghost busted bench scientist Jan 2014 #33

Souls? carla Jan 2014 #38

"...as everyone agrees" cthulu2016 Jan 2014 #41

And you'll hardly find any REAL scientists that think that way either! Matariki Jan 2014 #42

The 50's, when the medical and scientific communities agreed that being gay was a disease Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #55

Thats what happens when religious belief interferes Bradical79 Jan 2014 #64

You know what is funny nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #43

Scientific materialism is surfing the WWW on a new iMac from a warm office, with a good latte. Coyotl Jan 2014 #44

Well, here's this week's DU chair throwing argument. longship Jan 2014 #45

And believing in chemtrails will get you tombstoned... SidDithers Jan 2014 #51

So Sid, back in the 70's, did you agree with the 'science' that gay people had a disease? Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #59

Bad science is supplanted by better science... SidDithers Jan 2014 #60

First, you did not answer the question. Second, what 'science' was the 'disease' theory based on? Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #66

That doesn't make any sense Bradical79 Jan 2014 #62

Also, you're describing religion Bradical79 Jan 2014 #63

science didn't "believe" that "back in the 70s gay people had a disease" cali Jan 2014 #67

Absolute balderdash intaglio Jan 2014 #53

The phyisical world discovered throuh scientific method Bradical79 Jan 2014 #61

Noam Chomsky destroyed BF Skinner and his behaviorism decades ago MindPilot Jan 2014 #65

... SidDithers Jan 2014 #68

In all of this chatter about woo Orrex Jan 2014 #72