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Thread #87395 Message #1631481
Posted By: Little Hawk
20-Dec-05 - 12:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: 45% of Americans Abandon Reason
Subject: RE: BS: 45% of Americans Abandon Reason
I believe in Angels, Pied Piper. Why? Direct experience. I also believe in science. No problem with science. I'm all for it. I do not regard the Bible as superceding science (or anything else), and if the Bible says something that contradicts science, I would be inclined to think that either the Bible is incorrect or...the passage in question is symbolic or allegorical, not literal in meaning.
Sorry if that screws up your day. ;-)
Actually, it sounds like a really dumb poll question in the first place to me. It's manipulative. It does not ecourage real thought, but only a knee-jerk reaction. (as suggested by several posters just above)
It isn't worth wasting bandwidth on. We all know that religious fanatics (and not just Christian ones) are unrealistic. Big deal. The poll question was crafted to elicite certain responses...kind of like a loaded dice. The people who dream up such polls in the first place are messing with people's heads, in my opinion, and encouraging blind reaction and counter-reaction rather than promoting constructive thought about anything.