tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post114670334148227374..comments2023-12-01T18:05:24.875-05:00Comments on Debunking Christianity: The Sad State of Science...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-1147424694467160312006-05-12T05:04:00.000-04:002006-05-12T05:04:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-1146707284084053802006-05-03T21:48:00.000-04:002006-05-03T21:48:00.000-04:00Prof James Strauss has documented that whenever th...Prof James Strauss has documented that whenever there is a crisis in the dominant metaphysical belief system of a western culture then people will gravitate towards the occult, and all kinds of superstitious beliefs looking for answers. We are in such a crisis now. The antidote is a better understanding of science, but we are too busy <I>Amusing Ourselves To Death</I> according to Neil Postman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-1146705799583920132006-05-03T21:23:00.000-04:002006-05-03T21:23:00.000-04:00I've always thought that in addition to teaching t...I've always thought that in addition to teaching the hard sciences, every student ought to be required to take a class in critical thinking skills.<BR/><BR/>Also, I think every child (and many adults) should read Dawkins letter to his daughter (Good and Bad Reasons for Believing) in the last chapter of his book A Devil's Chaplain.<BR/><BR/>It may be easy to write off these results, after all "What harm does it do if someone doesn't understand continental drift?" Well, if they haven't learned about continental drift, there is a good chance they don't know the earth is over 4 billion years old, and if they don't know that then there is a good chance they don't understand the Big Bang and the evolution of our Universe and life on this planet.<BR/><BR/>And if they don't know these basic scientific facts, then they are all the more vulnerable to the influence of superstitious thinking.<BR/><BR/>And seriously, 30% of Americans don't know that the earth revolves around the sun? I can at least understand why people refuse to acknowledge evolution, but I think they've at least heard of it and have some very rudimentary concept of what it is. But where are they learning something other than the earth revolves around the sun? Is it possible to go through life without ever being exposed to the fact that the earth revolves around the sun? Apparently.<BR/><BR/>P.S. To be honest, I had forgotten that it was the father's gene that determined sex, so I would have had a 50/50 on that one. But I did know that it is genes that control such things!Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11338993634025153018noreply@blogger.com