Comments on: A good explanation of science

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 02 May 2009 03:00:15 +0000

Why does it seem that the Christians who visit this site are always lying or dishonest abotu stuff?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:52:20 +0000

Then you have this….

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:49:50 +0000

“Rostam was a miracle baby. Within 5 days he had grown into a boy, and within weeks he had grown to the height and strength of a young man. As a child, he was the only person able to kill a white elephant that was rampaging through the palace.”

Mythology. Just like religion.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:47:35 +0000

Rostam (Persian: ????, pronounced [?ostæm],[??stæm]) is a mythical hero of Iran and son of Zal and Rudaba. In some ways, the position of Rostam in the historical tradition is curiously parallel to that of Surena, the hero of the Carrhae. His figure was endowed with many features of the historical personality of Rostam. The latter was always represented as the mightiest of Iranian paladins, and the atmosphere of the episodes in which he features is strongly reminiscent of the Arsacid period. He was immortalized by the 10th century poet Ferdowsi of Tus in the Shahnameh or Epic of Kings, which contain pre-Islamic folklore and history.

By: Lou

Lou — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:27:47 +0000

I apologize for my unintentional mistake. Rostam will you do the same?

By: Lou's other brother

Lou's other brother — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:19:47 +0000

“Spirituality”–at least in terms of that study–has nothing to do with religion or gods. That much is obvious, since portions of the atheist and agnostic respondents claimed to be spiritual.

I remember when that survey came out. Many people were dishonest in how they represented the results. Lou and Rostam are being equally dishonest. Quit being dishonest, guys. Gern is right. It seems sort of scummy to do that.

I can understand why you’d want to think that most scientists are religious like you, but, sorry, it’s just not reality.

By: Gern Blansten

Gern Blansten — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:03:40 +0000

And Lou continues with his scumbaggery.

By: Lou

Lou — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:32:21 +0000

“When asked “to what extent do you consider yourself a spiritual person?” about 66 percent of
natural scientists and about 69 percent of the social scientists describe themselves as spiritual.
This means there is a population of scientists who say they have no religious affiliation but who
see spirituality as important. Indeed, about 39 percent of those without a current religious
affiliation still consider themselves spiritual. In addition, over 22 percent of the scientists who
atheists are spiritual. And over 27 percent of the scientists who are agnostic are spiritual.”

Directly from the research Rostam which is significantly more up to date than Gern’s. I practice at a University hospital and can attest this is probably the case. I am one of the ones with no religious affiliation. A spiritual atheist is an interesting dichotomy….

Rostam you are correct. In the university system there is an underlying pressure to keep your religion quiet and not obvious. Admitting such can be harmful to your career. It is more a PC understanding than for the cause of atheism.

Have a great w/e.

By: Gern Blansten

Gern Blansten — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:05:44 +0000

Here’s the real story about that study, for people who care about reality and truth:

https://www.msu.edu/user/bice/articles/articles/scientist_faith.pdf

By: Gern Blansten

Gern Blansten — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:03:28 +0000

And some more:

For an expose of the hoax by someone who actually bothered to speak with Ecklund, see http://www.statenews.com/op_article.phtml?pk=35422 .