Atheists & Agnostics

AlbertCat

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5. He can stupidly interpret it to fit his Bronze Age holy book all he wants to

Thu May 28, 2015, 06:26 PM

May 2015

Or at least pretend to... so he has standing in the society he (inexplicably) associates with.

I think many people do this: believe hard when asked.... don't think twice about it when not asked. It's only important when it effects his social standing among fellow autophobes.

That "belief in belief" thing Daniel Dennet talks about.

He wouldn't have been so aware of the possible significance at the time he discovered them....to call a paleontologist.... if he was as ignorant as he pretends (even to himself) to be.

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What a bizarre thing marym625 May 2015 #1

I really do hate that this guy found that fossil.. mountain grammy May 2015 #2

Naw. Or rather, Gnaw. ChairmanAgnostic May 2015 #3

Yeah, I think he's feeling the gnaw.. mountain grammy May 2015 #8

He wasn't stupid enough to destroy it immediately Warpy May 2015 #4

He can stupidly interpret it to fit his Bronze Age holy book all he wants to AlbertCat May 2015 #5

Exactly, which is why I'll cut this guy a lot of slack Warpy May 2015 #6

That crossed my mind too.. and it's a good point. mountain grammy May 2015 #7

Reminds me of that lotto commercial when the numbers keep turning up on the Baitball Blogger May 2015 #11

I've heard right here that we should consider his interpretation just as valid as any other. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #9

A fossil put there by Satan! progressoid May 2015 #10

This proves Cartoonist May 2015 #12

I heard a guy say the Grand Canyon was proof of a young earth and flood. Yorktown May 2015 #13