20th March 2014, 06:25 PM
Right on PP.
If all ideas were equally valid we would still be living up in the trees.
The ability to reason what is the more likely cause of say, heart disease...........is it magic faery curses or bad diet and bad lifestyle............has enabled the saving of millions of lives.
Whereas praying for heart disease to just go away, or sprinkling of salt around to keep the faeries away hasn't saved a single one
Creationist ideas along with other made up nonsense has no value in finding out how things work.
But, they (and other nutjobs) have, and should have, the right to state/believe whatever they want.
But, But, what we teach our children is another matter. Ask yourself, who do you want looking after you and your country in your old age? Religious nutters or cultists who think waving reprints of old texts at you will cure your ills or doctors backed up by years of scientific evidence?
However, I would say the two branches of thought are both needed in a society.............I hark back to that great work of philosophy by Rush, Hemispheres...........
'....with the heart and mind united in a solid....perfect....sphere.'
If all ideas were equally valid we would still be living up in the trees.
The ability to reason what is the more likely cause of say, heart disease...........is it magic faery curses or bad diet and bad lifestyle............has enabled the saving of millions of lives.
Whereas praying for heart disease to just go away, or sprinkling of salt around to keep the faeries away hasn't saved a single one
Creationist ideas along with other made up nonsense has no value in finding out how things work.
But, they (and other nutjobs) have, and should have, the right to state/believe whatever they want.
But, But, what we teach our children is another matter. Ask yourself, who do you want looking after you and your country in your old age? Religious nutters or cultists who think waving reprints of old texts at you will cure your ills or doctors backed up by years of scientific evidence?
However, I would say the two branches of thought are both needed in a society.............I hark back to that great work of philosophy by Rush, Hemispheres...........
'....with the heart and mind united in a solid....perfect....sphere.'