Rational vs. irrational (att. ekrubtap)

SicPreFix · Sergeant Joined: Feb 21, 2004 Posts: 121 Location: Canada

ekrubtap, I think you might like this sweet little aphoristic analogy for simplistic religionists - it should find a comfy home here me thinks.

Shocked

The scientist looks at the unknown and says "I am afraid of the dark. So, I will turn on my flashlight, probe the dark and try to uncover its secrets, discover what it is, why it is, and how it came to be, so that I may expand my knowledge and change the world around me."

The religionist looks at the unknown and says "I am afraid of the dark. So, I will attribute it to God, give it improbable powers and properties beyond rational description, assume it is beyond my ability to comprehend, cower from its unfamiliarity, and plead with it to leave me unchanged."

MrsHoppes · Sergeant Joined: Feb 08, 2004 Posts: 122 Location: USA

Those in Christ are never in the dark. There is no reason to be afraid.
Oh, and for power outages... physical darkness... we do know how to use a flashlight.

TMOV · Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 2:51 pm Post subject:

TMOV · Last edited by TMOV on Fri Apr 09, 2004 4:49 pm, edited 1 time in total

TMOV · Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 2:58 pm Post subject:

SicPreFix · Sergeant Joined: Feb 21, 2004 Posts: 121 Location: Canada

edit: Okay, it's not fair of me to just laugh at you. You didn't laugh at me, and for all I know you're actually older than the seven year age your posts might suggest.

No, I'm not "scaredof something" [sic] as you put it. To outline my position I will point you to this link:

http://www.randi.org/jr/072503.html

That goes to the James Randi site and opens up a short essay on Randi's position regarding religion. His position is much like mine, but I point you to him because he is much more eloquent than I am in stating his views viz-a-viz religion and other pieces of quackery.

I suspect you won't bother to go to the link, but if you do you will not remain uninformed and incorrect about who I am or what I believe, as you currently are.

Cheers. Have a nice apocalypse.

MrsHoppes · Sergeant Joined: Feb 08, 2004 Posts: 122 Location: USA

I scanned the article. What I saw was "I, I, I... me, me, me" and not much else.
He mentions astrology, psychics, etc. God clearly speaks against those things.
He mentions Adam and Eve only having 2 children. Apparently, he never read the Bible. They had way more than 2. We only know the names of 2, but the others are mentioned. And, yes, incest happened. Cain did marry his sister. But guess what? Adam married his rib.
Incest was not an issue at that time.

This gentleman needs to open up the bible and know what it says before he can speak out against it.

TMOV · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:49 pm Post subject:

Jamming · Colonel Premium Member Joined: Jun 22, 2002 Posts: 1874

I want to remind folks here that, it is OK to be passionate about your position. However, please respect the discussion by not smacking each other around to much. Point and Counterpoint are OK but personal attacks are right out. Personal Attacks are not about positions held, but things which belittle the other person. Please consider this the only warning you will have in this thread.

SicPreFix · Sergeant Joined: Feb 21, 2004 Posts: 121 Location: Canada

Now I am indeed laughing.

ekrubtap

The Painter's Repentance

There was a Scottish tradesman, a painter called Jack, who was very interested in making a pound where he could. So he often would thin down his paint to make it go a wee bit further. As it happened, he got away with this for some time.

Eventually the Presbyterian Church decided to do a big restoration job on one of their biggest churches. Jack put in a painting bid and because his price was so competitive, he got the job. And so he set to, with a right good will, erecting the trestles, putting up the planks, buying the paint and...yes, we're sorry to say, thinning it down with the turpentine.

Well, Jack was up on the scaffolding, painting away, the job nearly done, when suddenly there was a horrendous clap of thunder. The sky opened and the rain poured down, washing the thin paint from all over the church and knocking Jack fair off the scaffold to land on the lawn.

Now, Jack was no fool. He knew this was a judgement from the Almighty, so he fell on his knees and cried, "Oh, God! Forgive me! What should I do?"

And from the thunder, a mighty Voice spoke, "Repaint! Repaint! And thin no more!"

found on the internet: Jackie's Fortnightly Joke Bin

TMOV · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 6:37 pm Post subject:

MrsHoppes · Sergeant Joined: Feb 08, 2004 Posts: 122 Location: USA

TY! I needed a laugh.


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