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2:10 HIV is a retrovirus – it uses RNA to store it’s genetic code
@TooferMan: True, nor unfry an egg.
Ironically it’s a bit like the whole ‘New Heart’ thing that Jesus witters on about; once you see the World through Atheism, then the ‘voice’ of God goes mysteriously silent, never 2 return…
@TDP1909… no, you cannot put the toothpaste back into the tube.
Is there any information in the book about the case (it seems common in my area) of people growing up with little to no religion and living some what troubled lives. Then as young adults (20-30) “finding” god as a cure for all there problems? AAs christian themes ect.?
Some psychology is good research psychology can be good but its mostly just an application of anthropology on modern culture so i guess its not really psychology.
I do agree this guy is stretching its a nice metaphor but this guy takes it too far with not enough data I feel, but then again I’m trying to be a physicist so I feel that way about most research
It uses “shocking” “controversial” language to sell. Nothing more. But i still think the metaphore still can be intresting as internally in the atheist community to understand religions though
key metaphors my ass.
this is extremely unscientific. i hope this guy doesn’t get public, ii don’t want to be accused of his mistakes and obvious lack of research.
psychology isn’t really good science, and he sux
I agree! If they have been deluded for that many decades, can you imagine what a mental blow it would be to find out they were wrong? They would totally ignore any solid proof as it would totally devastate them and I mean totally! o.O So yeah, let them live their delusion!
peace to you.
Pascals wager is stupid. But think about someone that has wasted theire whole life on a lie. It takes a lot to accept it. And maybe it´s not the best for somone of that age. Let them live in theire delusion.
My father-in law has said to me “what will you do without the hope of the lord etc, etc, etc, etc. lol. I know that many old people pull the Pascal’s Wager routine as I guess they figure “what the hell have I got to lose” I was just wondering if you might go down that path upon death-I wonder if I will. Anyway, who really knows as that’s in the future.
Peace
My father-in-law(age 73) was all but dancing around my living room yesterday saying in a voice loud enough to make sure I heard it that a long time non-believer who had 2 strokes, was hospitalized and in I think critical cond. “gave his heart to the lord!” cont:
Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise. ~Rorschach
@99minerkc: As long as I’m not senile or insane then I think the wishful thinking is resistible.
Besides, Death isn’t that scary – as one of the speakers says on ‘Dark Side of the Moon’:
“…And I’m not frightened of dying. Why should I be? There’s no reason for it.”
My Old Man is falling for the lame-arsed logic of Pascal’s Wager, but its only himself he’s fooling…
@tdp1909, The question is, when your old and your heal is failing(on your death bed so to speak)will you still be able to deflect the virus or will you succumb to it’s powerful tug of wishful thinking?
Agreed.
I find my old religion still gives the odd tug & sometimes I wish it were true…
However once the bubble has burst it cannot be remade & every pillar I rebuild crumbles with a couple of broadsides of reason.
Although the truth is tough, I’d take it over comforting lies any day.
Matt has a nice head.
@theshadeofwify:
Lets hope so!
Great clip!
@deauvillimus I dont think you can get reinfected, you got an immune shot of atheism.
This is nothing but the theory of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins. Just as biological data is propagated through the passing on of genes, cultural data is passed through memes. Religion is a meme, and the variations of religion are alleles of the meme. Just as genes are selfish (another Dawkins-ism) and seek to propagate even if it causes harm to its carrier, so too are memes selfish.
Yeh…you could even say all the pastor boys had a keyhole…that they could inject their DNA into…lol.
I would expect that it is more likely unless they find elsewhere the things that religion does provide… like a sense of comfort and community. These things are available elsewhere, but they’re readily available through church.
If someone really needs that comfort when a family member dies or something I could see that resurgence is more likely than in someone who was raised atheist and know where to get that from outside of church.
classic
Sounds like this guy took Snow Crash too literally… but still, interesting…