Worshiping Science
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_Sethbag
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Re: Worshiping Science
White noise.
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_The Dude
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Re: Worshiping Science
This is where we always end up. Believers want religion to be just as awesome as science - they sense that science is worthy of praise. When it sinks in that religion is not as awesome as science, they have to show that science is also lacking in some ways: it makes atomic bombs (evil), and wrong ideas like eugenics (empowering to Nazis) and it's really another form of faith anyway (no, it's not). So there: neener neener! Now religion and science are equal again.
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_asbestosman
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Re: Worshiping Science
Sethbag wrote:White noise.
Pink noise
Err, what?
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_ludwigm
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Re: Worshiping Science
Sethbag wrote:White noise.
Are You a radar expert, like me?
Apparently abman is not...
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_asbestosman
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Re: Worshiping Science
ludwigm wrote:Are You a radar expert, like me?
Apparently abman is not...
True, I am not a radar expert. However, I did major in Computer Engineering and did take an electromagnetics course including some microwave board construction. I know what white noise is. In fact, I took 3 undergrad signal processing classes as well as a graduate level Stochastic processes class. I'm just not sure what Sethbag is trying to do with his comment.
Pink noise, by the way, is a real phenomena.
That's General Leo. He could be my friend if he weren't my enemy.
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_Nightlion
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Re: Worshiping Science
The Dude wrote:This is where we always end up. Believers want religion to be just as awesome as science - they sense that science is worthy of praise. When it sinks in that religion is not as awesome as science, they have to show that science is also lacking in some ways: it makes atomic bombs (evil), and wrong ideas like eugenics (empowering to Nazis) and it's really another form of faith anyway (no, it's not). So there: neener neener! Now religion and science are equal again.
Oh, yeah, i forgot, if you bring it to science with the put downs their devout will cat call at you like scipologists. DING.
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_Ceeboo
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Re: Worshiping Science
Hey Buffalo,
Jesus Christ?
Peace,
Ceeboo
Buffalo wrote:
However, what, in all the history of humanity, would be more deserving of worship than science,
Jesus Christ?
Peace,
Ceeboo
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_Drifting
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Ceeboo wrote:Hey Buffalo,Buffalo wrote:
However, what, in all the history of humanity, would be more deserving of worship than science,
Jesus Christ?
Peace,
Ceeboo
How does the worship of Christ influence you for the better?
What I mean is, what do you do conciously do differently specifically because of your knowledge of Christ, that you wouldn't do if you were an atheist?
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_Ceeboo
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Buffalo wrote:Anti-science folks often accuse atheists and other rational people
There are "other rational people" who are not atheists?
Do tell?
Peace,
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_Franktalk
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Drifting wrote:How does the worship of Christ influence you for the better?
What I mean is, what do you do conciously do differently specifically because of your knowledge of Christ, that you wouldn't do if you were an atheist?
This is a good question. For me I see people with depth. So the surface behavior I deal with but I love the spirit within. I do not think an atheist does this.