BBF religious matrix

[PassedOut]

That's what I understood the posted claim to be, yes, that 60% of Amreicans attend church weekly, and I understood the evidence for this was the poll. If the claim is only that 60% of Americans say they attend church weekly then we have no disagreement. The number sounds right.

I read the post to say that 60% of people who attend church weekly believe the biblical creation story.

[gwnn]

How is the speed of light a theory? It's been measured. If you accept sensory input, you should also accept the speed of light as a fact.

That it's a universal constant is a theory (although a quite well documented one).

[Vampyr]

That it's a universal constant is a theory (although a quite well documented one).

 

In addition, the important part of the comment in the post was that you cannot travel faster.

[mike777]

Very interesting poll of bbo posters:

 

 

15 believe God exists

43 dont or other

[Vampyr]

Very interesting poll of bbo posters:

 

 

15 believe God exists

43 dont or other

 

And some didn't vote. It is apparently not possible to answer the first question without answering the second, but as others have noted, there is a difference between a believer who keeps his opinion to herself and one who wants laws etc to be decided in order to conform with the requirements of his religion. An answer in the middle is not at all accurate.

[barmar]

I read the post to say that 60% of people who attend church weekly believe the biblical creation story.

Correct.

 

More specifically, they believe that God created humans sometime in the past 10,000 years.

[Vampyr]

More specifically, they believe that God created humans sometime in the past 10,000 years.

 

Maybe she did, and perhaps these people just blended in with the people already living on earth. After all, Cain, a member of the first family God created, went away and settled in another town.

[mike777]

"An answer in the middle is not at all accurate."

 

 

An answer with so much wisdom beyond its words in so many areas of life as I am learning.

 

NOT THAT I WANT TO HIJACK THE THREAD!

 

so i will take 15-43 vote for active posters...a lot of votes for any thread....

 

:)

[barmar]

Maybe she did, and perhaps these people just blended in with the people already living on earth. After all, Cain, a member of the first family God created, went away and settled in another town.

Reminds me of an old Steve Wright joke: I went to a convenience store late at night, and the manager was closing up. I asked why, and pointed to the sign that said "Open 24 hours". He replied "Not in a row!"

[mike777]

Reminds me of an old Steve Wright joke: I went to a convenience store late at night, and the manager was closing up. I asked why, and pointed to the sign that said "Open 24 hours". He replied "Not in a row!"

 

Steven Wright is god..small g :)

 

 

thanks for post

 

 

 

 

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AtI9lbIqF3RkPByizyLFQzibvZx4?p=steven+wright+u+tube&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=fp-yie9

[1eyedjack]

How is the speed of light a theory? It's been measured. If you accept sensory input, you should also accept the speed of light as a fact.

That it's a universal constant is a theory (although a quite well documented one).

And not a universally accepted theory, at that:

 

http://en.wikipedia...._speed_of_light

 

 

In Newton's day, Newtonian physics was the last word based on accepted sensory input.

[Codo]

Correct.

 

More specifically, they believe that God created humans sometime in the past 10,000 years.

 

Sounds horrible.

 

Does anybody has any details- f.e. what was/were the question(s)?

[kenberg]

Reminds me of an old Steve Wright joke: I went to a convenience store late at night, and the manager was closing up. I asked why, and pointed to the sign that said "Open 24 hours". He replied "Not in a row!"

 

At the risk of wandering off topic, this reminds of a cartoon I saw many years ago Joe's coffee shop, open 24 hours a day. A very haggard looking Joe is saying "I am seriously thinking of taking on an assistant."

[Scarabin]

I voted ambivalent and supportive. Why would anyone feel strongly on a matter of belief?

 

A plea for reason and a good way to avoid upvotes? :D

[barmar]

Steven Wright is god..small g :)

 

thanks for post

 

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AtI9lbIqF3RkPByizyLFQzibvZx4?p=steven+wright+u+tube&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=fp-yie9

http://www.dead-frog.com/comedians/jokes/steven_wright

[barmar]

Sounds horrible.

 

Does anybody has any details- f.e. what was/were the question(s)?

I posted the link to the Gallup website, it has all the details.

[barmar]

At the risk of wandering off topic, this reminds of a cartoon I saw many years ago Joe's coffee shop, open 24 hours a day. A very haggard looking Joe is saying "I am seriously thinking of taking on an assistant."

Well, if the thread on Newtown can morph into a thread on religion, why can't a thread on religion turn into a thread about jokes?

 

S.W. has another one: “I saw a bank that said '24 Hour Banking,' but I didn’t have that much time.”

[mr1303]

I have an ex-girlfriend who felt sorry for me because I was going to go to hell. That might've had something to do with the fact that she is an ex-girlfriend. Worst thing about it was that she played bridge as well.

[blackshoe]

A friend of mine once asked "what's so bad about going to Hell? All my friends will be there!"

[Vampyr]

I have an ex-girlfriend who felt sorry for me because I was going to go to hell. That might've had something to do with the fact that she is an ex-girlfriend. Worst thing about it was that she played bridge as well.

 

Played bridge? Aren't playing cards the Devil's tramtickets?

[barmar]

Played bridge? Aren't playing cards the Devil's tramtickets?

Another S.W. joke is apropos: "Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died."

[Trinidad]

I have an ex-girlfriend who felt sorry for me because I was going to go to hell. That might've had something to do with the fact that she is an ex-girlfriend. Worst thing about it was that she played bridge as well.

Played bridge? Aren't playing cards the Devil's tramtickets?

So, that's the thing. He will meet her there. If that's not hell, what is?

 

;)

 

Rik

[kenberg]

I offer this story about how decisions actually get made.

 

We visited friends over the holidays, a husband and wife. We somehow got to talking about our early years. The wife had once been a Postulate. I think that is the correct word for someone studying to be a nun, She went in when she was eighteen and left after seven months.The decision to go in was her own, the decision to leave was her own. She had hoped to teach in a Catholic school. Academic training was of course provided but the life was very regimented, in particular she felt she needed more time for her studies. During the time allotted for exercise she would walk with another Postulate discussing studies. I am certain, with a minimum of 100% certainty, that the reason supplied was the actual reason for this budding relationship with a fellow student, but for whatever reason this was forbidden by the rules. There were other aspects of the training that grated on her, but this apparently was the proverbial straw.

 

Mostly, I like to see people make their own decisions as they see fit. I have never seen why other people should see things the same way that I do.

[blackshoe]

"The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort." — Robert A. Heinlein, From the Notebooks of Lazarus Long. B-)

[Fluffy]

Grandfather passed away today, and same as when my mother passed away or also someone close, I feel that somehow I am connected on this moments to some form of spiritual world where they are now. Its hard to explain, but lets just say that I feel very spiritual.

 

Atheists might laugh and explain why dealing with pain is one of the forms that originates religion and blablabla, but after telling all the atheist giberish most people already know, could you answer this question?:

-do you also produce something similar to this feeling when someone passes away?, no need to explain the rationality behind the feeling, just curious if you experience it or not.

 

 

Also want to know, when something like this happens, my first thoughts are always extremelly egocentric, IE: how does this affect me?, when I was young I was very ashamed of myself for thinking along those lines first, but althou I have kind of willed for, I haven't changed that way of thinking the least. I might feel better if people tell me everyone's first reaction is the same.