Comments on: How Christianity encourages stupidity, and in the process hurts us all

By: Hermes

Hermes — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:20:37 +0000

Don’t care. Blogs get my lazy stuff. Go to the forums .. a reply awaits.

By: SteveK

SteveK — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:57:13 +0000

And the logical fallacies continue…as if any of this has anything to do with the myth that the church discouraged scientific inquiry in the time of Galileo.

By: Hermes

Hermes — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:45:10 +0000

So, you think it’s OK that books were banned and that the Vatican didn’t execute Galileo? Oh mercy me! Thanka massa! I don’ts wants no whippens today! I can talk about the weather all I wants? Praise Jesus!

Yep. Enlightened.

As for the rest, that’s what the forum is for. See you there!

By: SteveK

SteveK — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:36:30 +0000

While I'm in the mythbusting mood, I wonder how many 'skeptics' have fallen for the modern-day myth that early Christianity, generally speaking, most definitely believed in a flat earth. Raise your hand if you fell for this one too. Hermes?

By: SteveK

SteveK — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:44:26 +0000

Re: humor

Serious discussion in the front, sense of humor in the back – kinda like a mullet. ;)

By: Red O'Brien

Red O'Brien — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:32:11 +0000

Uh, delusions, perhaps? Just a thought.

But I am glad you’re finally showing a sense of humor. From what I understand, God created that, too.

By: SteveK

SteveK — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:26:44 +0000

You gotta wonder…why is it that the ‘irrational’ Christian has to repeatedly correct ‘rationalist’ thinking here? In this one post alone I’ve had to correct the Galileo myth and one of many Johnsonisms, er, I mean logical fallacies. This is getting to be a full time job. ;)

By: SteveK

SteveK — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:20:32 +0000

Yes, Johnson, you shouldâ€™ve said, â€œChristianity almost always discourages rational and scientific thinking.â€

Yet another gaffe.

Christianity the denomination, whether it be Baptist, Catholic, etc. doesn’t discourage rational and scientific thinking so your ‘almost always’ comment is way, way off if you look at the numbers. What you probably meant to say is “Many/Some/Several Christians discourage…”. That I can agree with.

By: Red O'Brien

Red O'Brien — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:34:41 +0000

Another Christian bites the dust:

From CNN:
Calagna told detectives months later that John Erwin Kolbeck, an alleged enforcer for jailed evangelist Tony Alamo, paused after 20 strikes to order another ministry member to pull off the 17-year-old’s pants and thermals. Kolbeck slammed the wooden board against the teen’s underwear and bare skin until the board finally broke, according to a police report.

Get the full story here:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/25/alamo.enforcer.ap/index.html

By: Red O'Brien

Red O'Brien — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:31:23 +0000

Yes, Johnson, you should’ve said, “Christianity almost always discourages rational and scientific thinking.” Give yourself an out for that one Christian in untold thousands who can hold a rational discussion on religion.