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zipplewrath

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9. But it does put a kink in the supposed "link"

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #7)

Thu Jul 11, 2019, 10:06 AM

Jul 2019

The OP was about some supposed "link" between ignorance and belief. I'm dubious there is a link. Too many very intelligent scientists over history that had strong religious beliefs of one sort or another. Correlation is not causation.

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Study: Religious beliefs linked to poor understanding of physical world [View all] NeoGreen Jul 2019 OP

Absolutely!!! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2019 #1

Faith means suspension of disbelief insofar as you can't believe or replace belief in no_hypocrisy Jul 2019 #2

If you believe in God, you don't have to learn physics. MineralMan Jul 2019 #3

Jesuits might disagree zipplewrath Jul 2019 #4

Outliers... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #6

I get that this is a thing. But when you suppress science with one hand, and then allow a select few AtheistCrusader Jul 2019 #7

But it does put a kink in the supposed "link" zipplewrath Jul 2019 #9

Dysrationalia NeoGreen Jul 2019 #10

Did you read the paper?... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #11

Link zipplewrath Jul 2019 #13

Still not 'causation' as you erroneously discounted in your failed attempt of a Strawman... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #15

From a known thesaurus muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 #20

Difficult to say, without restoring from backup and trying something else. AtheistCrusader Jul 2019 #14

Plus, the jesuits are often asscociated with creating... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #8

Jesuit studies Cartoonist Jul 2019 #12

Anecdotes might make the best waffles. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2019 #17

Luckily jesuits are well trained in maths Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #18

I'm sure there are some communist atheists somwhere we can blame for this. AtheistCrusader Jul 2019 #5

😅 Duppers Jul 2019 #16

You were doing fine until you disparaged Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #19