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 Politics › Re: 2face And His Innocence by akintom(op): 10:32am On Feb 03, 2017 |
jaybanfa:The ability to analyze and understand the indices, that defines good political economy in process, requires above average formal education. Anyone who is a failure by choice, will see government policy that demand him to take personal responsibility for his life, as bad policy. jaybanfa:Can you put the "wood" in measurable context? and let's analyze it one after the other. |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Abrahamism: The Flat Earth Society by akintom(m): 9:38am On Feb 03, 2017 |
joyContraMundum:intelligence and honesty are alien to the folks of the Bible and Koran. This character is an unmistakable sign of grand delusion, which is secondary to religious junkysm. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: 2face And His Innocence by akintom(op): 9:31am On Feb 03, 2017 |
1acre:When you add sense to your comment, then i shall straighten you out. |
| Politics › 2face And His Innocence by akintom(op): 9:16am On Feb 03, 2017 |
2FACE AND HIS INNOCENCE Idibia is a guy i love for his innocent look (am addicted to the looks and voices that have outward harmlessness. They remind of me of need to go rational and easy with life), and i have equally listened to him talk during different interviews on air and paper. Based on the level of his formal education (and its implications on being able grasp the analysis of leadership and governance), Idibia is no star in this sphere. His recent craving of anti-government protest is just an opportunistic escapade, presumably suggested to him, by those who have mastery at the act of infantile mischievous tantrums. Whatever Idibia might have put out there as his personal grievances with this government, are scripted lamentation of the persons that are not above his song writers, in observation, perception and thinking. Spoilers are poor and malicious thinkers. Whatever anyone thinks of Nigeria's challenges, the creation of the mess took decades to construct. And the messiah that will deconstruct the mess, will require time, which will tick with pain (the intensity of which will depend on where you're on the mess scale). Those who subscribe to the illusion of miracle can wail on and join in the futility of anti-good-government protest - innocence in ignorance. 1 Like |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Testimony: How God Used Me To Heal My Mother by akintom(m): 10:49am On Feb 02, 2017 |
ACKCITY:Hmmmm....do you now claim that miracle is real? |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Is This The Height Of Religious Delusion? by akintom(m): 10:41am On Feb 02, 2017 |
UncleSnr:these apologists are chronically pathetic. The whole crap about god and Bible that they romance, has no iota of evidential truism. Yet they fool around by demanding for evidences, that are obvious to the blind and dumb folks. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Is This The Height Of Religious Delusion? by akintom(m): 9:44pm On Feb 01, 2017 |
hahn:I can see evidential delusionist here, asking for the authenticity of the OP's screenshot. From the very mouth of Pst Adeboye, he claimed to have driven a car for kilometers without fuel. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Why Is God Such A Pervert? by akintom(m): 9:04pm On Feb 01, 2017 |
Belthazor:Yahweh isn't just a pervert, it's extremely bereft of the normal physiological processes in humans, that Yahweh had to legislate on wet dreams: Deuteronomy 23:10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chances him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp: Deuteronomy 23:11 But it shall be, when evening comes on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. Deuteronomy 23:12 You shall have a place also without the camp, where you shall go forth abroad: |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Richard Dawkins On Marble by akintom(op): 9:30pm On Jan 31, 2017 |
“ Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that. Richard Dawkins “ If you're an atheist, you know, you believe, this is the only life you're going to get. It's a precious life. It's a beautiful life. Its something we should live to the full, to the end of our days. Where if you're religious and you believe in another life somehow, that means you don't live this life to the full because you think you're going to get another one. That's an awfully negative way to live a life. Being a atheist frees you up to live this life properly, happily and fully Richard Dawkins “ You could give Aristotle a tutorial. And you could thrill him to the core of his being. Aristotle was an encyclopedic polymath, an all time intellect. Yet not only can you know more than him about the world. You also can have a deeper understanding of how everything works. Such is the privilege of living after Newton, Darwin , Einstein, Planck , Watson , Crick and their colleagues. I'm not saying you're more intelligent than Aristotle, or wiser. For all I know, Aristotle 's the cleverest person who ever lived. That's not the point. The point is only that science is cumulative, and we live later. Richard Dawkins “ Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority. But a good first step would be to build up a critical mass of those willing to 'come out,' thereby encouraging others to do so. Even if they can't be herded, cats in sufficient numbers can make a lot of noise and they cannot be ignored. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ It has become almost a cliché to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. Richard Dawkins “ It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, but I'd rather not consider that). Richard Dawkins “ The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear. Richard Dawkins “ Why would an all-powerful creator decide to plant his carefully crafted species on islands and continents in exactly the appropriate pattern to suggest, irresistibly, that they had evolved and dispersed from the site of their evolution? Richard Dawkins , The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution “ We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes. Richard Dawkins , A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love “ The only watchmaker is the blind forces of physics. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ I mean it as a compliment when I say that you could almost define a philosopher as someone who won't take common sense for an answer. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, distinctly heard the voice of Jesus telling him to kill women, and he was locked up for life. George W. Bush says that God told him to invade Iraq (a pity God didn't vouchsafe him a revelation that there were no weapons of mass destruction). Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ Isaac Asimov's remark about the infantilism of pseudoscience is just as applicable to religion: 'Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket, a thumb to suck, a skirt to hold.' It is astonishing, moreover, how many people are unable to understand that 'X is comforting' does not imply 'X is true'. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment. Richard Dawkins , The Selfish Gene “ It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have. I merely give robust expression to views about the cosmos and morality with which you happen to disagree. You interpret that as ‘intolerance’ because of the weirdly privileged status of religion, which expects to get a free ride and not have to defend itself. If I wrote a book called The Socialist Delusion or The Monetarist Delusion, you would never use a word like intolerance. But The God Delusion sounds automatically intolerant. Why? What’s the difference? I have a (you might say fanatical) desire for people to use their own minds and make their own choices, based upon publicly available evidence. Religious fanatics want people to switch off their own minds, ignore the evidence, and blindly follow a holy book based upon private ‘revelation’. There is a huge difference. Richard Dawkins “ The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry. Richard Dawkins , The Selfish Gene “ [God is] a vindictive bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser , a misogynistic, homophobic racist, an infanticidal, genocidal, phillicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out. Richard Dawkins “ If all the evidence in the universe turned in favour of creationism, I would be the first to admit it, and I would immediately change my mind. As things stand, however, all available evidence (and there is a vast amount of it) favours evolution. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ [I]sn't it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you were born? Who, with such a thought, would not spring from bed, eager to resume discovering the world and rejoicing to be part of it? Richard Dawkins , Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder “ It is often said, mainly by the 'no-contests', that although there is no positive evidence for the existence of God, nor is there evidence against his existence. So it is best to keep an open mind and be agnostic. At first sight that seems an unassailable position, at least in the weak sense of Pascal's wager. But on second thoughts it seems a cop-out, because the same could be said of Father Christmas and tooth fairies. There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove that there aren't any, so shouldn't we be agnostic with respect to fairies? Richard Dawkins “ American political opportunities are loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest. Richard Dawkins “ Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence. Richard Dawkins “ Even if it were true that evolution, or the teaching of evolution, encouraged immorality that would not imply that the theory of evolution was false. Richard Dawkins , The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution “ Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ Even those who do not, or cannot, avail themselves of a scientific education, choose to benefit from the technology that is made possible by the scientific education of others. Richard Dawkins , A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love “ Let us remind ourselves of the terminology. A theist believes in a supernatural intelligence who, in addition to his main work of creating the universe in the first place, is still around to oversee and influence the subsequent fate of his initial creation. In many theistic belief systems, the deity is intimately involved in human affairs. He answers prayers; forgives or punishes sins; intervenes in the world by performing miracles; frets about good and bad deeds, and knows when we do them (or even think about doing them). A deist, too, believes in a supernatural intelligence, but one whose activities were confined to setting up the laws that govern the universe in the first place. The deist God never intervenes thereafter, and certainly has no specific interest in human affairs. Pantheists don't believe in a supernatural God at all, but use the word God as a non-supernatural synonym for Nature, or for the Universe, or for the lawfulness that governs its workings. Deists differ from theists in that their God does not answer prayers, is not interested in sins or confessions, does not read our thoughts and does not intervene with capricious miracles. Deists differ from pantheists in that the deist God is some kind of cosmic intelligence, rather than the pantheist's metaphoric or poetic synonym for the laws of the universe. Pantheism is sexed-up atheism. Deism is watered-down theism. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ There is an anaesthetic of familiarity, a sedative of ordinariness which dulls the senses and hides the wonder of existence. For those of us not gifted in poetry, it is at least worth while from time to time making an effort to shake off the anaesthetic. What is the best way of countering the sluggish habitutation brought about by our gradual crawl from babyhood? We can't actually fly to another planet. But we can recapture that sense of having just tumbled out to life on a new world by looking at our own world in unfamiliar ways. Richard Dawkins , Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder “ The human psyche has two great sicknesses: the urge to carry vendetta across generations, and the tendency to fasten group labels on people rather than see them as individuals. Abrahamic religion mixes explosively with (and gives strong sanction to) both. Only the willfully blind could fail to implicate the divisive force of religion in most, if not all, of the violent enmities in the world today. Without a doubt it is the prime aggravator of the Middle East. Those of us who have for years politely concealed our contempt for the dangerous collective delusion of religion need to stand up and speak out. Things are different now. ‘All is changed, changed utterly. Richard Dawkins , A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, “ Why would anybody be intimidated by mere words? I mean, neither I nor any other athiest that I know ever threatens violence. We never threaten to fly planes into skyscrapers. We never threaten suicide bombs. We are very gentle people. All we do is use words to talk about things like the cosmos, the origin of the universe, evolution, the origin of life. What's there to be frightened of? It's just an opinion. 1 Like |
| Christianity Etc › Re: The Parable Of Jesus And Apostle Suleiman! by akintom(op): 12:09pm On Jan 31, 2017 |
petra1:am wrong? OK, can you reconcile the very instruction of Jesus in the thread? |
| Christianity Etc › Re: When Will We Have The First Organised Theist/Atheist physical Debate In Nigeria? by akintom(m): 12:06pm On Jan 31, 2017*. Modified: 5:59pm On Jan 31, 2017 |
Zoharariel:wole soyinka isn't an atheist, as long as he subscribed to beliefs in gods. Besides, why do you think there's some sense in entertaining reality of "fortification" by some herbalist or witch doctors? 2 Likes |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Atheistic Threads: A Rehab Therapy For Victims Of Religion by akintom(op): 11:35am On Jan 31, 2017 |
oaroloye:Much as your ambiguous comment are obvious, it's impossible for me to appropriately straighten you up. Since i don't know the premise from which your speak. |
| Christianity Etc › The Parable Of Jesus And Apostle Suleiman! by akintom(op): 11:18am On Jan 31, 2017 |
There's a nazarene, called Jesus. On a particular day, after series of persecution from the Jews, especially the pharisees. Out of anger and vexation, Jesus said to his followers: Matthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. Matthew 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. By the above outburst of Jesus, his followers became confused and disoriented. This affliction of the followers came from the earlier instructions to them: Matthew 5:38 You have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: Matthew 5:39 But I say to you, That you resist not evil: but whoever shall smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. Because of this confusing act and inconsistencies of Jesus, his followers became permanently inconsistent and deceitful since that day till today. To prove the principles of the revelational knowledge, on which bible was concocted, the later revelation takes over the former revelation, as far as obedience is concerned. Therefore, the followers used their sword here: Mark 14:47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. Matthew 26:52 Then said Jesus to him, Put up again your sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. In that same spirit of inconsistencies, appeared a certain apostle called Suleiman, he repeated what Jesus did. But unlike Jesus, this apostle denied ever asking his followers to sword the herdsmen. Jesus attracted the wrath of Jews and Roman government. Subsequently, Jesus was taken out. Since the introduction of sword into human relationships, by the nazarene (aka Jesus), any home, community or nation you find religion (eg Christianity), you will find strife, enmity, quarreling, assault, battery and murder. |
| Christianity Etc › Re: If God Created The Sun On The Fourth Day ...... by akintom(m): 7:47am On Jan 31, 2017 |
UyiIredia:the question is, can you determine day and night on Earth, without the sun? |
| Christianity Etc › Re: When Will We Have The First Organised Theist/Atheist physical Debate In Nigeria? by akintom(m): 7:37am On Jan 31, 2017 |
Zoharariel:well, this is the type of fear that binds folks to religion. An atheist, worth that name have no regard for irrational fears. Prof douglas anele, of the unilag, has been on for years publicly, through his atheistic articles in newspapers, been pain in the neck of theists. Nothing do am. 5 Likes |
| Christianity Etc › Re: When Will We Have The First Organised Theist/Atheist physical Debate In Nigeria? by akintom(m): 7:27am On Jan 31, 2017 |
hopefulLandlord:Our society isn't that that yet value or consider intellectual debate, as a cardinal factor in pushing the frontier of knowledge and understanding. Even in our universities, forum for regular intellectual debate is scarce. Atheists/theists debate on air will become regular with time, how soon will depend on how soon the theists will become VERY angry at the onslaught of atheists on their faith. The theists will be the challenger. |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Atheistic Threads: A Rehab Therapy For Victims Of Religion by akintom(op): 9:17pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
oaroloye:Are you a deist or theist? |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Atheistic Threads: A Rehab Therapy For Victims Of Religion by akintom(op): 9:17pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
oaroloye: |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Apostle Suleman To Appear Before DSS With 30 Lawyers by akintom(m): 4:37pm On Jan 29, 2017 |
snowden9:The mysterious works of Yahweh is needed by Suleiman now..... Will Jewish Idol ever show up? 1 Like |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Apostle Suleman To Appear Before DSS With 30 Lawyers by akintom(m): 11:52am On Jan 29, 2017 |
higherpower:the preachermen and the sheepmaniacs don't read or believe the Bible. They know that it's mere collection of fables. They derive inspiration from Africa magic Yoruba and Igbo, 48 laws of power, and night of a thousand laff. 1 Like |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Apostle Suleman To Appear Before DSS With 30 Lawyers by akintom(m): 11:16am On Jan 29, 2017 |
Scalord:Thanks for mentioning Elijah. Suleiman is bald headed like Elijah too. Suleiman can call out lions to chew the DSS guys for breakfast (just like it was done to Elijah's teasers). |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Apostle Suleman To Appear Before DSS With 30 Lawyers by akintom(m): 10:44am On Jan 29, 2017 |
Why 30 lawyers? All that Suleiman need to do is match to the DSS gate on Monday. At the gate, Suleiman should activate the bible verses that says 1000 shall fall on his right hand and 10000 on his left hand. In my estimation, there can't be 1000 DSS in that Abuja office. So, it's a walkover for Suleiman. Suleiman should go with one of his video man, and cover the "supernatural encounter" of the DSS folks falling down like the wall of Jericho. Yahweh can't be messed with! 4 Likes |
| Christianity Etc › Richard Dawkins On Marble by akintom(op): 11:39am On Jan 28, 2017 |
“ We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world. Richard Dawkins “ The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your life meaning and point… The truly adult view, by contrast, is that our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia. Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton. We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA so massively exceeds the set of actual people. In the teeth of these stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here.We privileged few, who won the lottery of birth against all odds, how dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior state from which the vast majority have never stirred? Richard Dawkins , Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder “ More generally, as I shall repeat in Chapter 8, one of the truly bad effects of religion is that it teaches us that it is a virtue to be satisfied with not understanding. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ Science is interesting, and if you don't agree you can Bleep off. Note: Dawkins was quoting a former editor of New Scientist Magazine, who is as yet unidentified (possibly Jeremy Webb) Richard Dawkins “ A child is not a Christian child, not a Muslim child, but a child of Christian parents or a child of Muslim parents. This latter nomenclature, by the way, would be an excellent piece of consciousness-raising for the children themselves. A child who is told she is a 'child of Muslim parents' will immediately realize that religion is something for her to choose -or reject- when she becomes old enough to do so. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ Let children learn about different faiths, let them notice their incompatibility, and let them draw their own conclusions about the consequences of that incompatibility. As for whether they are ‘valid,’ let them make up their own minds when they are old enough to do so. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one. Richard Dawkins “ Do you really mean to tell me the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward, or to avoid his disapproval and punishment? That's not morality, that's just sucking up, apple-polishing, looking over your shoulder at the great surveillance camera in the sky, or the still small wiretap inside your head, monitoring your every move, even your every base though. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ To be fair, much of the Bible is not systematically evil but just plain weird, as you would expect of a chaotically cobbled-together anthology of disjointed documents, composed, revised, translated, distorted and 'improved' by hundreds of anonymous authors, editors and copyists, unknown to us and mostly unknown to each other, spanning nine centuries Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease. It must be so. If there ever is a time of plenty, this very fact will automatically lead to an increase in the population until the natural state of starvation and misery is restored. In a universe of electrons and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won't find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice. The universe that we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference. Richard Dawkins , River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life “ Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time. Richard Dawkins “ ...when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong. Richard Dawkins “ Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is the belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence. Richard Dawkins “ Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked—as I am surprisingly often—why I bother to get up in the mornings. Richard Dawkins “ It's been suggested that if the super-naturalists really had the powers they claim, they'd win the lottery every week. I prefer to point out that they could also win a Nobel Prize for discovering fundamental physical forces hitherto unknown to science. Either way, why are they wasting their talents doing party turns on television? By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out. Richard Dawkins “ There's real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality Richard Dawkins “ I am thrilled to be alive at time when humanity is pushing against the limits of understanding. Even better, we may eventually discover that there are no limits. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ Bush and bin Laden are really on the same side: the side of faith and violence against the side of reason and discussion. Both have implacable faith that they are right and the other is evil. Each believes that when he dies he is going to heaven. Each believes that if he could kill the other, his path to paradise in the next world would be even swifter. The delusional "next world" is welcome to both of them. This world would be a much better place without either of them. Richard Dawkins “ THE MAJORITY of children born into the world tend to inherit the beliefs of their parents, and that to me is one of the most regrettable facts of them all Richard Dawkins “ Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do. Richard Dawkins , The Selfish Gene “ The chicken is only an egg’s way for making another egg. Richard Dawkins Tags: evolution “ So it is best to keep an open mind and be agnostic. At first sight that seems an unassailable position, at least in the weak sense of Pascal's wager. But on second thoughts it seems a cop-out, because the same could be said of Father Christmas and tooth fairies. There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove that there aren't any, so shouldn't we be agnostic with respect to fairies? Richard Dawkins “ The feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable. It is a deep aesthetic passion to rank with the finest that music and poetry can deliver. It is truly one of the things that make life worth living and it does so, if anything, more effectively if it convinces us that the time we have for living is quite finite. Richard Dawkins , Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder “ The take-home message is that we should blame religion itself, not religious extremism - as though that were some kind of terrible perversion of real, decent religion. Voltaire got it right long ago: 'Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.' So did Bertrand Russell: 'Many people would sooner die than think. In fact they do. Richard Dawkins , The God Delusion “ Evolution could so easily be disproved if just a single fossil turned up in the wrong date order. Evolution has passed this test with flying colours. Richard Dawkins , The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: Governor Fayose Shall Bury PDP by akintom(op): 9:04pm On Jan 27, 2017*. Modified: 9:35pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
Iamwrath:Sorry, Jesus is weeping already on this one. |
| Politics › Governor Fayose Shall Bury PDP by akintom(op): 8:59pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
1. The 2015 election that saw PDP uprooted from the central government, was the blow that sent PDP into coma. 2. The appointment of Alimodu Sheriff as national Chairman of PDP, pulled off the oxygen pipe from the comatose PDP. 3. The latest election of Gov Fayose as the Chairman of the PDP governors forum, is the embalmment of PDP. 4. Before 2018, when the race to the government house in Ekiti state shall begin, Gov Fayose shall DEFECT to APC. Then, PDP shall be BURIED finally. Gov Fayose takes delight in court jesting. |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Proved: Atheists More Intelligent Than Religious People by akintom(op): 11:30am On Jan 27, 2017 |
johnydon22:Atheists are better adapted to life than theists. The ability to be rationally adapted to existence is founded on above average intelligence. 1 Like |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Proved: Atheists More Intelligent Than Religious People by akintom(op): 11:28am On Jan 27, 2017 |
johnydon22 post=:All these characteristics are grossly lacking, in chronically religious minds. As far as the realistic perception of human existence is concerned. Remember that in this study, the intelligence rating was assessed on specific domains. It's on this basis that rejection of the conclusion of this study can be based. |
| Christianity Etc › Proved: Atheists More Intelligent Than Religious People by akintom(op): 9:59am On Jan 27, 2017 |
SCIENCE/TECH Proved: Atheists More Intelligent Than Religious People Aug 19, 2013 01:28 PMBy Matthew Mientka A review of scientific studies finds that people who hold a more naturalistic view of the world are generally smarter than those who believe in god. In an analysis of 63 studies conducted since 1928, a researcher at the University of Rochester found “a reliable negative relation between intelligence and religiosity” in 53 of the studies. While 10 of the studies showed a positive correlation, only two of them showed a significant link. Thirty-five of the studies, however, showed a significantly negative correlation between intelligence and religiosity, according to researcher Miron Zuckerman. "Most extant explanations [of a negative relation] share one central theme —the premise that religious beliefs are irrational, not anchored in science, not testable and, therefore, unappealing to intelligent people who 'know better,’” Zuckerman wrote in a paper published this month. Zuckerman and two other psychologists reviewing the literature defined intelligence as the “ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly, and learn experience.” Religiosity is defined by psychologists as participation in some facets of worship, which might range from passive attendance at weekly services to the sort of messianic fervor depicted in Robert Duvall’s 1997 film The Apostle. Other factors such as sex or education made no difference in the correlation between intelligence and religiosity, although some variance was seen with age. The association of lower intelligence with religiousness was weakest among teenagers in the “pre-college population,” however. Yet, a lifelong association between higher intelligence and atheism, or naturalistic worldview, remains constant in a continuing study — begun in 1928 — of 1,500 gifted children with intelligence quotients (IQs) over 135. Even in extreme old age and closer to death (and some would say God), these children remained steady in their beliefs, or non-belief. The higher intelligence of non-believers was attributed by researchers to a greater propensity to seek education and higher employment, when available, thus assuming more personal control over their direction in life. "Intelligent people typically spend more time in school — a form of self-regulation that may yield long-term benefits," Zuckerman wrote. "More intelligent people get higher level jobs and better employment may lead to higher self-esteem, and encourage personal control beliefs." Defenders of religious belief contend the psychologists define intelligence too narrowly as analytical ability, omitting such aptitudes as emotional and creative intelligence among other aspects of multiple intelligence theory — and certainly wisdom remains an ineffable quality, slipping just out of grasp. Although many evangelical Americans might be surprised to learn of a more deist tradition among the Founding Fathers, the nation’s religious may cite at least one notable exception to the study’s conclusion: Albert Einstein. Source: Zuckerman M. The Relationship Between Intelligence And Religiosity: A Meta-Analysis And Some Proposed Explanations. Personality And Social Psychology Review. 2013. 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Health › Re: Let's Talk Mental Health Here! by akintom(m): 8:08am On Jan 27, 2017 |
RxH8:It's because of the dominant influence of both cultural and religious beliefs. 1 Like |
| Christianity Etc › Re: The Shocking Jesuit Oath by akintom(m): 7:53am On Jan 27, 2017 |
DoctorAlien:If you're this full of hate, distrust, and contempt towards your fellow Christians, a lesser dose can't be expected from your "holiness DoctorAlien", towards atheists. DoctorAlien:it will also be OK, to suspect that you DoctorAlien is a Jesuit. 4 Likes 2 Shares |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Specially For Seun by akintom(m): 8:46pm On Jan 26, 2017 |
Yahweh preexist - Time
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- material Source: Buy-bull |
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