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Originally Posted by Eternal Paradox
Why do I care about the Creationist Museum? Its because its not good science, what would happen to the future of science and academia, if less and less people don't have a good understanding of science.
What would happen to the future of humanity in general, if more and more people have a distrust of science and medicine. Or if they believe prayer is much more beneficial than medicine.
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I don't think science has anything to really worry about. The people who go to that museum usually have already bought into the ridiculous ideas. It's up to them to pull themselves out. Only the fringe believers will be converted from their path. And even that path is no path different than ours. That leads to a discussion about reality and ignorance.
Christianity, for example, has numbers that are falling, and only the scarce few would go so far as to do that anymore, concerning your example. And ignorance is their armor, and they wear it around their heart. That's why they see it as so important. Reason doesn't work there. Therefore, force is required and these discussions still bear little fruit. When a tree is barren, we cut it down and make fertilizer.
And science is still important. Whether people like it or not, 99% of all schools teach that which has been observed through evidence (Evolution and other sciences) as facts. While facts are important to know in most cases, they aren't sentient. People are. I think that, if the arguments aren't fruitful, they are probably wasting energy by eroding more and more a definitive line between believers and non. For example, I think the sigs I see so often with Christian symbolism or Bible verses would be a lot less prevalent if there WASN'T always a big religious controversy in the SB...and wise ones know people have argued over religion since the most ancient of times. Disputing it hasn't gotten us that far, you know that. I feel they need to take their own paths, and so they can change harmoniously to complement each other as humanity becomes more and more intelligent.
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Originally Posted by E.P.
Hey Shade, you seem knowledgeable on the subject. Do you know of any good websites that help explain Taoism? I've found an online translation of the Tao Te Ching, but, that book isn't the easiest to understand.
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