| SSJGohan3972 said: I think the 'problem' may have something to do with how its presented. Things like: 'which contradicts...well, the 0 evidence on the other side.' or 'So what's the problem folks? ' belittle people and make them immediately defensive. Also you have to keep in mind that for a lot of people (I'd venture to say the majority) their parents, teachers, coaches, preachers, etc. are the largest guiding influences in their lives and it is perfectly understandable for people to give what those people believe heavy weight when considering their own beliefs. I grew up in a christian home, but it was never forced down my throat. As I grew and learned (a little at least) about things like evolution, etc. I began to realize that the church's views were narrow minded for my tastes and adopted a view that there most likely is some sort of higher being who created and/or influenced the universe into being (I'm starting to suspect that universes are simply unspeakably massive organisms and our universe was simply birthed from another one) but that since that time it has pretty much evolved as is. I found out later that is basically creationism (kinda). That's a personal view of mine that I don't attempt to force on anyone and am not hurting anyone with. What I don't understand is those that have decided that all spiritualism and/or religion is bad and something to be crusaded against. Yes organized religion can be bad and does bad things sometimes, those should be fought against, but Joe Schmoe down the street believing in God isn't hurting you. |
Ah, well that type of argument is entirely fatuous. My forum posts have no impact upon school.
It's isn't like the teachers are going up to their students and calling them stupid for being religious. They simply lay out the science for them (which, IMO evolution in school was glazed over entirely - at least for me).
It's a complex topic, so I understand why not much time is spent on it and there is a lot of hand waving.
Yep, I agree with people trusting their parents or whoever. It makes sense, they see other adults believing it so it's easy to nod your head when you haven't yet had education on the matter, which leads you to a skewed perception on the world.
I suppose it depends upon what you mean by spiritual - meditation, music, art are all very spiritual concepts from my view.
But if you mean psychics, mediums, religion, it's very insulting to me that good people are duped by philistines and charlatans. You need good evidence to have any good reason for believing something, otherwise you're being intellectually dishonest to yourself.
