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Atheists & Agnostics

AlbertCat

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16. Besides

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 8, 2015, 03:40 PM

Dec 2015

Religion claims authority....as in the way you should behave.

Paranormal stuff does not really do this. Ghost Hunters do not tell you what to wear or eat. Paranormal investigators do not insist you marry certain people or come to a lecture very week. There are no rituals with serious consequences.

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You know what the "Interfaith"-concept reminds me of? Conspiracy-theorists. [View all] DetlefK Dec 2015 OP

You have a world of bad ideas. nt valerief Dec 2015 #1

Well, a religion is an explanation. Right? DetlefK Dec 2015 #3

Magic thinking is not an explanation. Without science, nothing about religion is reasonable. valerief Dec 2015 #4

The thing that you are missing Curmudgeoness Dec 2015 #9

I see. Birds of feather crazy. nt valerief Dec 2015 #11

Well, science evolved from magic, which in turn evolved from religion: DetlefK Dec 2015 #17

But Christianity wasn't the only religion in the world at that time and science wasn't held captive valerief Dec 2015 #18

Of course, experimental trial-and-error preceded that. But science also concerns theoretical models. DetlefK Dec 2015 #19

Besides AlbertCat Dec 2015 #16

I think that's an apt comparison. trotsky Dec 2015 #2

That last sentence nails it. Goblinmonger Dec 2015 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Dec 2015 #7

It's been a common pattern skepticscott Dec 2015 #5

Two caveats: Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #8

Nailed it: trotsky Dec 2015 #10

Nah, conspiracy theorists sometimes seem quite rational. mr blur Dec 2015 #12

I said before that Thou shalt not diss another's woo should be part of the woo woo credo. beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #13

The parallel doesn't take into account the shared heritage of abrahamic religions Yorktown Dec 2015 #14

They don't attack each other until... onager Dec 2015 #15