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> Roy Schestowitz stated in post 13806576.2yBJDM9G5Y@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 7/1/11
> 4:41 PM:
>
> ...
>>>> I know what he meant by "militant", but few people whom I know actually
>>>> are. I am not an atheist, in fact that I do not define myself by something
>>>> I am not (is there a word for Santa deniers and Thor sceptics? How about
>>>> Non-Stamp Collectors?), I just judge things by evidence and correct people
>>>> if they make claims they cannot back, be these Bilk's claims about 9/11,
>>>> some people's claims about climate 'fraud', or hypothetically, even the
>>>> "miracle" that -- let is say for the matter of example -- saved their kids'
>>>> life when in fact these were highly trained doctors and medication that did
>>>> the job, based on the measurable evidence.
>>>>
>>> My take on similar ideas about belief in a deity is that everyone is an
>>> atheist - we *all* disbelieve in at least some gods. I just happen to not
>>> believe in one more god than many of my neighbors.
>>>
>> This is a good video on the subject:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0A4_bwCaX0
>
> Excellent! And such a darn militant atheist he is!
>
>>>> I had a long argument with a relative in Florida yesterday. She still
>>>> wishes to insult those whose opinions are not comfortable for her to
>>>> embrace, even if these are hinged on evidence. What I generally find is, in
>>>> a theistic country with a biased education system, people are becoming
>>>> resistant to facts and adherent to faith. This is not good. People are
>>>> actually commended for embracing belief without evidence. Tony Blair did a
>>>> lot of damage in some aspects relating to this.
>>>>
>>> I think there are some things worth taking on faith: including some of the
>>> tenants of the scientific method. But we should minimize such things and,
>>> when we do, base those things on what most people would see as common sense.
>>> Yes, it is faith to believe that what has been will continue to be in terms
>>> of natural laws (or will mot change in easy to perceive ways) and the like,
>>> but it is pretty hard to function without such "faith". :)
>>>
>>> Such "faith" is also very far from believing that there not only is some
>>> intelligent being who created the universe but then to place all sorts of
>>> beliefs on this being: all knowing, all understanding, all seeing, etc. That
>>> is clearly myth and should not be taught in a science class. The fact
>>> there are those who debate against this in a "modern" society is pretty
>>> absurd - it is akin to teaching kids man never made it to the moon and that
>>> man cannot and is not changing the climate.
>>>
>> It's profitable for some rich people to teach this.
>
> And not just in finances.
Power <> finance <> power
See how Gates uses his wealth to gain more power over schools and push an agenda for his investments
in dubious patents on food and life. 'Donating' "access" to patents is not a donation, it
is robbery followed by a sale of the loot, just as MPAA/RIAA use DRM to take our rights
away and then sell these back to us, for a fee.
- --
~~ Best of wishes
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