"Trevor Wilson" wrote in message
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: "paul packer" wrote in message
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: On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 21:35:25 GMT, "Trevor Wilson"
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: **Indeed. However, IMO, superstition is no replacement for understanding.
: Education is the real answer to people's problems. They may not enjoy
: those
: answers at a given time, but for humanity as a whole, true understanding
: of
: the nature of this universe is the ONLY answer. Superstition and
: gobbledegook merely leads to more superstition and gobbledegook.
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: So what are you telling us, Trevor? That there are no educated and
: intelligent Christians?
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: **No. Clearly, some Christians (and Muslims, Jews, Hindus, et al. I amke no
: distictions between religious groups) are intelligent. They do, however,
: suffer a 'blind spot' WRT critical thinking.
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: If there are, then there's a contradiction in
: your argument.
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: **No. Sufficient education routs superstitious beliefs.
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that sounds so borg - like, Trev :-)

materialism, one of those legs science rest on,
could just as easily be added to your "superstitious beliefs"
as proving or disproving it by scientific standards is a
rather circular affair :-)

Agree with the education, do hope for room for discussion;-)
a society of absolutes,
not my cuppa ;-)

Rudy


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