smack them with a board to their face, and then tell them that they don't have to believe that they're in pain. |
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We hired 2 new cashiers this week and neither of them believe in the Theory of Evolution (I know, odd conversation starter, but it breaks the ice quite well). I figured I'd give them a few months before telling them all the evidence for it, but I'm not sure it will do much good. |
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Originally Posted by Photolysis
smack them with a board to their face, and then tell them that they don't have to believe that they're in pain. |
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Last edited by sephiroth clock; 06-04-2008 at 04:24 AM.
Oohhumm
I had a co-worker who believed the world was really going to end on december 2012. She believes she and everyone else she knows will die this year, if not, suffer and suffer beyond reason. |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1eP84n-Lvw
Ich brauche keine Waffe.
Ich ermittle ausschließlich mit dem Gehirn!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1eP84n-Lvw
There's a really big difference between 'respecting' someones particular brand of sky-wizard, and someone who doesn't grasp one of the most basic (and FOUNDING) principles of modern biology. |
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Exactly. And I wasn't saying that it affected the way I treat them, I meant, how should I go about de-brainwashing them. It's one thing to brainwash a kid with religion, it's another to teach them that science is wrong and scientists are evil godless people out to destroy everything christians hold dear. |
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Originally Posted by Photolysis
So because someone is different you should approach them differently? The belief or disbelief in a scientific theory does not determine or immensely influence one's personality. I don't see how you can judge someone, or treat someone with consternation in social relations just because of their religious or scientific beliefs. |
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Ignorance bugs me |
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Originally Posted by Photolysis
Evolution and creationism can co-exist. We could have been created out of matter into life, and then evolved to what we are now. I believe in evolution, but I don't believe in the current evolution theory, for me it's hard to believe such complicated beings came to existence through the process of natural selection, which is basicly a process of extinction. Also how would you explain the sudden lapses between species? There's got to be more to evolution than just natural selection. Besides, you can't explain evolution from matter to life through natural selection. That's the missing key! How did first DNA get created? How did the first single celled organism get created? |
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"Reject common sense to make the impossible possible." -Kamina
Redrum. And your doing it for nothing, it wont bring back your crops. |
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That's actually how the mind works. It filters out inconvenient things that don't match its own beliefs, no matter how obvious. |
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The Bible Belt is horrible. I'm from Texas, so I'm surrounded by that. |
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