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Rhiannon Dellacorte
Azure Industrial Technologies
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Posted - 2012.09.10 03:11:00 -
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I've been looking over some of these recent posts and I have to ask:
Are we all experiencing the same universe here?
Because in the universe I inhabit and experience, I honestly can't name a modern-day religion that is genuinely at odds with science or even reason. Do you realize the Amarr were the first ones to space? Do you seriously think that would have happened if their religion was at all as anti-reason as you all keep pretending it is? The Amarr view scientific discovery as a gift from God, that the pursuit of science and knowledge are themselves a joy and privilege.
And now you're all acting and arguing as if their beliefs make it impossible to think logically. So what universe are you inhabiting? Because it sure as anything isn't this one. |
Rhiannon Dellacorte
Azure Industrial Technologies
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Posted - 2012.09.10 13:27:00 -
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Stitcher wrote:Then again, given that outspoken atheism is all but suicidal in Amarrian society, and means effectively writing yourself a one-way ticket to the slave pens, I'm not at all surprised by the news that 100% of the Empire's scientific community proudly proclaim their faith. I suspect that a significant proportion of them do so because they are not stupid.
Wow. Are you completely delusional? Science = Atheism? Are you stupid? Again I have to ask if we're living in the same universe, because that kind of comparison almost never applies to this one. And I'm not talking about just the Amarr, I'm talking about everybody. Are you trying to say that every scientist in the cluster is a Secret Atheist? Because that actually says more about you than it does about them. |
Rhiannon Dellacorte
Azure Industrial Technologies
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Posted - 2012.09.10 13:33:00 -
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Stitcher wrote:Rhiannon Dellacorte wrote:And now you're all acting and arguing as if their beliefs make it impossible to think logically. They extol them not to think logically, certainly. And maintaining those beliefs absolutely does require a pronounced suspension of disbelief and a willingness to make arbitrary exceptions to some of the most basic principles of logical thought.
It must be very nice to live in a pretend world where you and all your like-minded 'atheist' buddies are the only Real True Sane ones, but that's not this world. In this world, most people believe in something. And that something is not even not in conflict with their view of the natural world, it tends to be complimentary. As in it enhances their study, motivates them, makes them more curious and more willing to question their preconceived notions and their findings. I invite you to join me in a world where science is not an enemy of religion, regardless of what religion it is.
And then we can get back to shooting each other. You know, like civilized people. |
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