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I think that the increasing number of faithless religions and generaly increased emphasis on scientific rationalism seen in many areas is indicative of where we are going, but I highly doubt that superstition will vanish, this generation or ever.

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True...but if Norway and Sweden are any indicators.....

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I wish.

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Don't wish...make it happen.

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Isn't science just another form of superstition, which is easier to convince the modern mindset of?

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Perhaps hypothetical theory is.  If you drive a car, fly on airplanes or take medicines when you are ill, then the 'superstition' must have some veracity.

Why do theist hate science so?

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Perhaps hypothetical theory is. If you drive a car, fly on airplanes or take medicines when you are ill, then the 'superstition' must have some veracity.

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As much as praying when you're ill gives religion veracity, no?

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We aren't gonna die. We can't die. You know why?Because
we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.

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Superstition is a product of an agrarian society as farmers try to propitiate gods in hopes of avoiding the capricious destructive nature of the weather and elements. But here we are in 2008, almost 2009. We have science and we are industrial...will this generation unleash itself from the ignorance and bigotry of ancient thinkers and strive towards egalitarianism? I can only hope.

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Quote: from LogicandReason at 2:45 pm on Dec. 29, 2008

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Superstition is a product of an agrarian society as farmers try to propitiate gods in hopes of avoiding the capricious destructive nature of the weather and elements.  But here we are in 2008, almost 2009.  We have science and we are industrial...will this generation unleash itself from the ignorance and bigotry of ancient thinkers and strive towards egalitarianism?  I can only hope.

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Here here!
Insted of beleving that everything had to come from something,lets ignore scientific fact!
Anything as long as there isint a god that can say what we're doing is wrong!

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Yours created god to judge our actions as wrong.  Prohibitions and privations in society were created in order for us to coexist, not propitiate delusional myths.


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Superstition is a product of an agrarian society as farmers try to propitiate gods in hopes of avoiding the capricious destructive nature of the weather and elements. But here we are in 2008, almost 2009. We have science and we are industrial...will this generation unleash itself from the ignorance and bigotry of ancient thinkers and strive towards egalitarianism? I can only hope.

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Fail.

Humans started out as hunter-gatherers, not farmers. Religion or superstition almost certainly predates agriculture.

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Quote: from LogicandReason at 2:45 pm on Dec. 29, 2008

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Superstition is a product of an agrarian society as farmers try to propitiate gods in hopes of avoiding the capricious destructive nature of the weather and elements.  But here we are in 2008, almost 2009.  We have science and we are industrial...will this generation unleash itself from the ignorance and bigotry of ancient thinkers and strive towards egalitarianism?  I can only hope.

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Fail.

Humans started out as hunter-gatherers, not farmers. Religion or superstition almost certainly predates agriculture.

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I agree...but the organized religions flourished in agrarian societies as the weather cycle is much more devastating to the farmer than the hunter.

Just a FYI, the Adam and Eve story is originally from Babylon and many scholars say that it reenacts man move from hunting and gathering yp agriculture...according to theory, women, who wished to nest, pressured men to give up the nomad life and settle to become farmers.  Thus leaving paradise (the freedom to roam) for the first version of the burbs.

Excellent post Demon.

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Quote: from LogicandReason at 5:24 pm on Dec. 29, 2008

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 Perhaps hypothetical theory is.  If you drive a car, fly on airplanes or take medicines when you are ill, then the 'superstition' must have some veracity.  

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As much as praying when you're ill gives religion veracity, no?

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Science is observable and measurable.

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  Perhaps hypothetical theory is. If you drive a car, fly on airplanes or take medicines when you are ill, then the 'superstition' must have some veracity.
 

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 As much as praying when you're ill gives religion veracity, no?

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Science is observable and measurable.

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I don't think that is a fair comparison.  When we drive a car, fly in an airplane or take medicine for a diagnosed condition, we, for the most part. can predict the outcome.  Can the same be said about prayer?

While it is arguable that prayer offers psychological comfort and other benefits, the result is capricious.  Theist thank god when the 'prayer is answered.'  People offer that is is 'god's will' when the request goes unanswered.  The truth is, some things we hope for will work out and others will not.  Our scientific accomplishments offer predictable results.  As your signature quote says: "Science is observable and measurable."

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