Do you notice?

Question

The following about human beings,

There are fundamentalist religious people,
there are fundamentalist non-religoius people,

These fundamentalists believe there is no new knowledge that can be learned, its either all in a science book or all in the Bible or all in the Qu'ran.

There are religious people whose views will change based on new things they learn,
There are non-religious people whose views will change based on new things they learn.

They believe they can learn more through expiriments.

Answer 1

Everything & everybody changes. How pitiful the man who claims not to have changed & how more pitiful the man who sees it as a strength. It's what life's all about. Learning, adapting, changing, & evolving. Even the cells of the body are completely new after so many years.
Things don't remain the same, nothing in this entire universe is changeless, so anything or anyone claiming to be constant & changeless is simply crapping from its orifice.

Answer 2

i do not know of any scientist who would suggest that there is a single scientific text which contains the sum of human knowledge.

jl borges' 'book of sand' probably fits the bill, so might an alan turing 'oracle'. but everyone knows that these are not real books - nor even possible books.

for a real scientist the notion of 'falsifiability' is a crucial characteristic of knowledge. every scientist knows that science can never be a closed system.

fundamentalist muslims believe that the koran will yield all necessary knowledge to a sufficiently committed and devout enquiry.

fundamentalist protestants believe this to be true of the bible.

you, on the other hand, think you know it all already.

Answer 3

People are always growing and learning even those that are labeled fundamentalist. You can't count them out or think that they can not learn anything new. We don't know what their life will bring them just as you don't know what tomorrow will bring you. If you heard a voice from an unknown source would you think you were crazy or would you think it was God, Angel, Ghost, or something along those lines? I was just curious. It's odd to me how I can feel upset when I read someone attacking someone that has taught me new things about myself and the way I think.
Love & Light
Sharon
One Planet = One People

Answer 4

Let me caveat by stating that Fundamentalism (the ideology, religious or not, that holds that all truth comes from one source and vehemently rejects anything else) is not universally descriptive; some who say they are fundamentalists are not. Below I decry Fundamentalism with a capital F.

I think Moby stated it best in his liner notes on "Everything is Wrong" and again on "Play". Fundamentalism is a scary thing. It is an ideology that demands the entire world revolve around an axis and through forces that it alone dictates. It focuses on blind belief in spite of evidence, reason and logic to the contrary.

The fundamentalism in religion you speak of can be found in rejection of any talk of evolution, stem-cell research, vaccines and many forms of education.

The fundamentalism in non-religion evidences itself not in an atheism that comes through seeking, but in a militant atheism that considers any talk of religion an affront to all decency.

This is the anathama criteria inherent in fundamentalism that holds that even IDEAS are too dangerous to talk about. Fundamentalism to me will always be the 11-year-old in one of the history classes I substituted for when another child asked me "Does the Pope control all the Christian churches?" The 11-year-old shouted "I'm offended! I'm calling my mom! You can't make me believe in a church!"

There's also a sense of deep urgency and a rejection of any attempt at rationale. As a Catholic I (constantly) remind people who've never been to a Catholic Mass that Jesus is the centerpoint. They always say "No, you worship the Pope! My pastor says so!" as they stick their fingers in their ears and shout "lalalalalalalala!" It reminds me of the see-hear-speak-no-evil pose taken by the tribunal of chimpanzees while Charleton Heston is talking about history of humans in Planet of the Apes.

I personally believe that there is a supreme Truth (and personally, that Truth is Christ) and that when I learn something new that contravenes what I thought I knew to be true, it gives me a better picture of that Truth.

Thus it is not the Truth that changes, but our understanding of it.

Answer 5

You are missing another type of people: non-religious people whose views will not change based on new information. These people DO in fact exist; they're known as atheists. They take the indefensible position of saying that they know there is NO God...and there is nothing you could do to change their minds. No amount of evidence, nothing.To be intellectually honest, you are correct in your labelling of people. But to be fully honest, you must include this final type.

Answer 6

Amazing, isn't it?

I am a Christian who has learned much, and has changed and grown as a result. In the process, God has strengthened my faith.

Someone once said "I have never learned anything from someone that agreed with me." I've found this to be so very true in my own life!

Answer 7

All new knowledge that is learned supports the Bible. As a matter of fact, the Bible tells us to grow in knowledge and in wisdom.

Answer 8

Agreed

Answer 9

Yes

Answer 10

I don't really know where you got the idea that people who believe in science don't believe we will ever learn anything new. Who do you know that believes this?