10 curses of the analytical thinker ~
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What are the 10 curses of a Bible Thumper he certainly does not have the blessings of an analytical thinker One curse for a Bible Thumper >>>>> Believes in things that have no basis in Reality Walking on Water Parting Seas Rising from the Dead Flying all the species on earth to an ark that is built in a part of the world that has no lumber.. walking in the desert for 40 years where there are no fast food joints virgin births
You're a fan of an article describing the trouble with people that make decisions based on facts.......SHOCKER!
Got anything about the benefits of believing in talking snakes?
Where is the data to support any of his assertions? :0corn
Butt seriously, how can you say something as vague as (for example),
"Most people see only one side of a controversial issue. Not the analytical thinker."
and not back it up with any statistics/studies that confirm this?
And on and on:
"Most people see only one side of a controversial issue. Not the analytical thinker."
"It can be hard to for analyticals to break their habits. They prefer the predictable, daily routine and are resistant to change"
Analyticals take matters literally -- too literally.
If you are going to say shit like this, prove it, or shut up. Terrible anecdotal drivel.
Some of it, is probably true, in a broken clock is right twice a day, way.
:mj12: List journalism.
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What's your problem with a guy who believes in a Higher Power. I'll tell you what it is. You are scared shitless he is right. Good luck when you assume room temperature you'll need it That is reality.
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It's 2015. The world is evolving and people are moving away from religion. He's not scared shitless, he's a realist.
Gary,
I disagree. I believe the world is devolving and will continue to do so until the Law of Entropy has reached its maximum condition (total collapse).
"As entropy increases, disorder increases, and the availability of the system's energy to do useful work decreases."
Law Dictionary: What is ENTROPY? definition of ENTROPY (Black's Law Dictionary)
Buddy: When we were growing up, we had 3 channels. Those channels devoted a couple hours per date for News coverage, and a nice chunk was always for weather. Now, there are 24 hour news channels, websites, and social media outlets bringing everything to you. With all that extra info, it is easy to think things are worse, but things are getting better.
Perceptions of Crime Still Detached From Reality
With a handful of exceptions, government statistics show serious crime has decreased nearly every year from 1994 through 2010. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, the overall violent crime rate for rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault and simple assault fell from 80 victimizations per 1,000 persons in 1994 to 19 per 1,000 in 2010. In the first decade of that trend, public opinion followed, with the percentage perceiving crime was up falling from 87% in 1993 to 41% in 2001. But this shot up to 62% in 2002 -- around the time of the Washington, D.C.-area sniper shootings -- and has remained fairly high ever since.
Though serious crime did increase in 2011 and 2012, Americans' perceptions of crime did not grow in subsequent polls, underscoring that federal crime statistics have not been highly relevant to the public's crime perceptions in recent years.
Bottom Line
For more than a decade, Gallup has found the majority of Americans believing crime is up, although actual crime statistics have largely shown the crime rate continuing to come down from the highs in the 1990s and earlier.
SOURCE: http://www.gallup.com/poll/179546/a...utm_content=morelink&utm_campaign=syndication
I realize crime isn't the only thing we are talking about, but it is the best indicator I can think of. If you want to talk about morals, take a look at how people have changed their minds with regards to race and sexuality. If being more open minded and accepting is bad, then we are worse off, but I don't share that viewpoint.
I think this is the stumbling block.
To me, being open-minded begs the question of a standard and, as I understand its meaning, a standard implies rules and guidelines within a given context. It is a reference point from which other things can be evaluated. I have accepted the Holy bible as my standard. In other words, this is my model of authority.
For me, I will bend and stretch as much as I am able to consider anothers point of view, BUT there are some things where I WILL NOT BUDGE AN INCH. These are my principles. These are the things I've accepted as truths and are the basis of my reasoning and conduct.
Some say, "What's right for you may not be right for me." Okay, I'll agree. But, the fact of the matter is that one of us is wrong. If I say the moon is made of green cheese and you disagree, one of us is mistaken. It makes no difference what we believe, the truth still remains.
Like you, I'm well aware of the "explosion of knowledge" and the advances in modern technology. In this regard, one might say the world is evolving. Smart phones, robotics, gamma knife technology, etc. are all wonderful and marvelous, but not everything in our society, like crime statistics, can be measured. "Evolving" technological improvements do little, if anything at all, to combat the effects of greed, anger, stupidity, poverty, oppression and immorality.
Imo, the human condition, facing problems like obesity and illiteracy as examples, is in serious decline and that's why I believe the world is "devolving".
You have to realize that this is the fundamental argument the two of us have when it comes to religion.
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Of course I do. I can't prove to you that Jesus is "The way, the truth and the life."
A leap of "faith" is required.
On my mothers side of our family is a genealogy of scientists. My uncle was the chief scientist for the Dept. Of the Interior, another uncle was a botanist for the Center Of Disease Control, other PHD's with lesser titles, not to mention an executive for a large pharmaceutical company.
I've heard more than my share of family arguments against religion and against Christianity. I've heard Jesus called "The Great Placebo". What I've been entangled with on this forum pales in comparison to some of those discussions. Bottom line was that if it could not be proven scientifically, it was myth. Not one of my relatives that I ever talked with was "open minded" enough to consider the possibility of a Supreme Being who is invisible, never had a beginning, will never have an end, is all powerful, all knowing, created us for His pleasure and is no respecter of persons. He does whatever pleases Him without explanation. Personally, I tremble at the thought. I embrace the idea that there is someone who is greater than anything I could ever possibly imagine, someone who is beyond any mortals ability of comprehension or understanding, someone who thoughts are above my thoughts and whose ways are unsearchable. Someone who is loving, kind, merciful, gracious, long suffering and whose "judgments are true and righteous altogether." Someone who hides himself in a thick darkness from the wise and prudent of this world, yet will reveal Himself to those who take the "leap of faith."
"See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand." ~ Deuteronomy 32:39
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LOL! (Wanna' talk science?)
Here's a facebook quote from one of my relatives, "The top quark is almost as heavy as an atom of gold, yet it's only a point with no spatial extent."
Blessed be the name of Jesus.
Here's a facebook quote from one of my relatives, "The top quark is almost as heavy as an atom of gold, yet it's only a point with no spatial extent."
Blessed be the name of Jesus.
