United states and God in the last month

[Gandahar]

This

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/08/20/are-sola...

and then this

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/28/us/harvey-fire-s...

Come rain or shine (not shine) .....

Edited by Gandahar on Wednesday 30th August 01:04

[SystemParanoia]

there needs to be a cull

[kowalski655]

Most Americans are drooling idiots when it comes to god. I mean, a stone statue survives a fire,who could have predicted THAT!
I guess as the bloke in the 2nd story was called Jesus Rojas, he would have had special treatment from his dad...shame dad burnt his houses down

[Eric Mc]

kowalski655 said:

Most Americans are drooling idiots when it comes to god.

That's a fairly sweeping statement. Have you met "most Americans"?

[CAPP0]

They interviewed some poor woman after the initial Harvey hit/fallout a couple of days ago, and she just said, completely sincerely, that they had "sat and praised god" all night and that was why they were allowed to survive (or something like that).


Er, no.

[Simpo Two]

kowalski655 said:

Most Americans are drooling idiots when it comes to god.

Don't forget the Middle East and environs; they're pretty obsessed with religion too...

[shakotan]

Eric Mc said:

kowalski655 said:

Most Americans are drooling idiots when it comes to god.

That's a fairly sweeping statement. Have you met "most Americans"?

Statistically speaking, most people on the planet are drooling idiots when it comes to deities, so applying that logic to just North America isn't really that sweeping, especially when polls show over 70% of the US population identifies itself as Christian.

[Eric Mc]

I think it's just arrogant generalisation by someone who thinks they are intellectually superior.

And an unusual topic to post in the "Science Forum".

[Simpo Two]

Guardian reader I expect. I can never understand why they thrive on undermining their own side.

[mko9]

Eric Mc said:

I think it's just arrogant generalisation by someone who thinks they are intellectually superior.

And an unusual topic to post in the "Science Forum".

That is the only reason I am in this thread. I looked at the title and thought: "I can't wait to see how this is Science, maybe I will learn something." Nope, turns out morons.

[Sylvaforever]

mko9 said:

Eric Mc said:

I think it's just arrogant generalisation by someone who thinks they are intellectually superior.

And an unusual topic to post in the "Science Forum".

That is the only reason I am in this thread. I looked at the title and thought: "I can't wait to see how this is Science, maybe I will learn something." Nope, turns out morons.

The Echo chamber is here >>

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Beati Dogu]

Isn't it just.

[Atomic12C]

Eric Mc said:

I think it's just arrogant generalisation by someone who thinks they are intellectually superior.

And an unusual topic to post in the "Science Forum".

Just playing devil's advocate (appropriate in this thread ), but wouldn't it be a logical position to be intellectually superior if one followed science rather than blind leaps of faith in believing in a deity figure?

I know some say there are 'leaps of faith' made in science, but this is then always backed up by an evidence and method procedure before it is then 'accepted'.


(Just putting the spoon in the pot and giving it a stir)

[CrutyRammers]

Atomic12C said:

Just playing devil's advocate (appropriate in this thread ), but wouldn't it be a logical position to be intellectually superior if one followed science rather than blind leaps of faith in believing in a deity figure?

I know some say there are 'leaps of faith' made in science, but this is then always backed up by an evidence and method procedure before it is then 'accepted'.


(Just putting the spoon in the pot and giving it a stir)

Yes, but someone who is genuinely intellectually superior wouldn't have made the original sweeping statement without some evidence

[Atomic12C]

CrutyRammers said:

Yes, but someone who is genuinely intellectually superior wouldn't have made the original sweeping statement without some evidence

Polls suggest that most americand believe in a god (or the christian version of a god that is).
http://www.gallup.com/poll/193271/americans-believ...

Although belief in a god in america is in decline over recent years - maybe as social media questions a position about nearly everything?

But yes I agree, the sweeping statement should probably have had some back up, but I thought it was generally accepted that America had this high percentage of believers?

[TwigtheWonderkid]

It's hard to believe that it's a surprise to anyone who gives it any thought that the multiples of the sun's size compared to the moon's must be a similar to the multiple of the distance between the sun and the moon from the Earth. How else do you explain their similar size in the sky? Ffs.


I knew this at about 8 years old, and was about 10 when I read that the multiple was around 400.