On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:
> > By the way, I wonder if you or anybody else on the list can explain >> something to me that I have never understood; why is it that in all of >> human activity religion is the one and only one that is supposed to be >> absolutely positively 100% immune from criticism, and anyone who breaks >> this social convention is a terrible person almost by definition? >> >> > For the record, I don't hold that opinion >> > I am very glad to hear that. > > but if you were to ask me why many people seem to lean toward that > disposition, I would say that it while in theory, people can change their > mind and their religion, for many others it is congenital > There may be some truth in that. A article in the July 23 1998 issue of the Journal Nature entitled "Leading scientists still reject God" reports on the religious beliefs of top scientists. The astounding thing was't that 93% didn't believe in God, the astounding thing was that 7% did. Maybe you're right, maybe it is congenital. > > and something they cannot change, and in society we frown on criticizing > people for things they cannot change and had no control over. > But maybe I am congenitally despised to challenge lame "proofs" for the existence of God or the virtue of religion and thus you should frown on those who criticize me for doing something I have no control over. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
