- 20 May 2019 17:13
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Knowing the recent history of 'creationism' in America, along with religious penetration of legal or other areas of political life there, the deliberation that 'Atheism' has been stipulated to be a 'religion' by the Supreme Court surprises no one.
It would be 'interesting' to read the 'deliberation' of the Supreme Court(I'm sure there is a joke in that title somewhere), perhaps accompanied by the divulgence of the religious & political interest of it's members.
As an outsider, I would reasonably speculate that the majority were\are of the 'bible-thumping' variety.
I think that I will stick to the certainty that science offers, rather than the falsity of all things religious.
I think I am correct in my observations through life, that 'science' opens one's eyes & 'faith' closes them'.
For that reason, the likes of Einstein, Darwin,along with many others, are the true heroes of the world of our experience.
When 'faith' determines the fate of non-believers of any particular 'faith', with such punishment's, as burning 'witches' or men, alive at the stake, imprisonment, mass slaughter, 'ex-communication', a myriad of inhuman tortures to make them comply for the purpose of simply controlling people, it's time to question just what 'faith' is about.
Some would say that that, as ISIS demonstrates, it reveals that the zealots actually believe in nothing, for no matter how many 'faiths' or 'religions' there are in the world, the one common component in them, is the absolute absence of substance & the complete presence of zilch.
The fact that there are mutations within all living things that eventually manifest themselves is evidence of evolution, because it is an agent of change over time, whether beneficial or not.
As an example,explain 'blue' eyes through the eyes(pun intended) of 'faith' Mr 'Wonderful'?
MrWonderful wrote:Right on, Hindsite, my Friend.
There is a lovely graph showing the percentage of various faiths and their retention rates.
At the bottom of the list is atheism, 30% retention. Atheism has been stipulated to be a religion by the Supreme Court. This is something that makes atheists gnash their teeth in fury.
heh heh
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2012/07/religious-retention-rates/
Knowing the recent history of 'creationism' in America, along with religious penetration of legal or other areas of political life there, the deliberation that 'Atheism' has been stipulated to be a 'religion' by the Supreme Court surprises no one.
It would be 'interesting' to read the 'deliberation' of the Supreme Court(I'm sure there is a joke in that title somewhere), perhaps accompanied by the divulgence of the religious & political interest of it's members.
As an outsider, I would reasonably speculate that the majority were\are of the 'bible-thumping' variety.
I think that I will stick to the certainty that science offers, rather than the falsity of all things religious.
I think I am correct in my observations through life, that 'science' opens one's eyes & 'faith' closes them'.
For that reason, the likes of Einstein, Darwin,along with many others, are the true heroes of the world of our experience.
When 'faith' determines the fate of non-believers of any particular 'faith', with such punishment's, as burning 'witches' or men, alive at the stake, imprisonment, mass slaughter, 'ex-communication', a myriad of inhuman tortures to make them comply for the purpose of simply controlling people, it's time to question just what 'faith' is about.
Some would say that that, as ISIS demonstrates, it reveals that the zealots actually believe in nothing, for no matter how many 'faiths' or 'religions' there are in the world, the one common component in them, is the absolute absence of substance & the complete presence of zilch.
The fact that there are mutations within all living things that eventually manifest themselves is evidence of evolution, because it is an agent of change over time, whether beneficial or not.
As an example,explain 'blue' eyes through the eyes(pun intended) of 'faith' Mr 'Wonderful'?
Andre PREVIN : "Your playing all the 'wrong' notes" .
Eric MORECOMBE ; "I'm playing all the 'right' notes,but, not necessarily in the 'right' order".
Eric MORECOMBE ; "I'm playing all the 'right' notes,but, not necessarily in the 'right' order".