Lots of cases of elites and masses being wrong
Lots of cases of elites being right and masses being wrong
Are there any cases of elites being wrong and masses being right?
If not, it would be unprecedented if Intelligent Design turned out to be true and Evolution not.
Think about it!
2006-09-16 01:23:25 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Something just over half of the American public believes Evolution not to be proven - and that stat is heavily skewed to the less educated. SO, I am suggesting IDers should wonder aloud whether it's likely that they are right and the educated folks are wrong.
2006-09-16 01:33:46 · update #1
The masses -- guided by their religious leaders -- were certain that anesthesia was evil, until Queen Victoria used it in childbirth. Then it was okay, because after all, if the pious Queen had used it, then it HAD to be okay.
Anybody can get anything wrong, anytime. But ill-informed and poorly-led masses are 99.99% certain to get it wrong, and for all the wrong reasons.
2006-09-16 01:30:25 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How do you figure that the masses believe in Intelligent Design? Not believing in evolution does not automatically make one a believer in Intelligent Design.
Here's one for you:
The elite said eggs were bad for you, the masses said, "eat up, there's nothing wrong with them in moderation!" The elite later said eggs were good for you.
Just because your brain can't think of an example of something, it doesn't necessarily logically follow that it's never happened. Unless you've got proof to back up that you're omniscient.
2006-09-16 01:26:22 · answer #2 · answered by KDdid 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here's the history where honest people reported their findings (which disputed the masses' understanding: 1. Galileo (earth revolves around sun); 2. Quantum physics (it's still not understood by most); 3. relativity (still not understood by most); 4. Evolution; 5. World as a globe (not flat). The list goes on. It's important not to disparage these honest and agenda-less people with the word, 'elite'.
2006-09-16 01:34:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The so-called "intelligent design" is anything but. It's a fraud and a lie, it's creationism under another name. Any proponent of "intelligent design" is breaking a commandment...so much for "following god's laws".
What you're inferring about "the masses being right" is not about facts but about strength in numbers. Powerful majorities have dictated throughout history (christinanity, Nazism, communism, islam now, etc.), but they've never been right.
2006-09-16 01:29:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The "masses" aren't the people who believe in 'Intelligent Design' It's the uneducated religious.
Evolution IS true. It's not up for debate. It has been proven, unless you're one of those zeealots who believes scientists actually planted all the ruins and bones and ancient technologies they then dug up and discovered.
2006-09-16 01:27:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well usually... people that are considered elite are pretty cautious about saying stupid **** (especially today, because it means their career if they are wrong and terribly wrong).
As far as Evolution being true.... the shear fact that there are now drug resistant strains of certain virus and bacteria proves the concept of evolution is true. Those that can survive in their environment live and pass on those genes.
2006-09-16 01:26:55 · answer #6 · answered by Allen G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-12 09:21:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is a thought my friend....... The masses you speak of infer large groups of people...... You can have large groups of people believing in one thing..... You can have at the same time a large group of people believing in something different..... Ultimately, there is only one opinion that counts..... That opinion will be God's opinion........
For people who do not believe in God..... Then they do not have faith that God created the world through Jesus Christ his Son....
Just because a scientist does not believe that God created man and created the world does not change the truth....
The early scientists believed the earth was the center of the universe.......
The early scientists believed the world was flat......
Today's greatest aerodynamic scientists when applying all known principles state that it is not possible for a humming bird to fly........but I saw one the other day flying.... God knows the reason a humming bird can fly...because God designed the humming bird to fly...
Just because a Christian can not explain everything about creation......does not change the fact that God made the world... and God made man.....
God made man with freedom of choice..... God wants man to believe in him by faith.......
2006-09-16 02:01:13 · answer #8 · answered by AlanElaine 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the greatest case where the elites were wrong and the commoners were right is when they sentenced our devine saviour jesus christ to death the ultimate denial that man controls his own destiny u have contol over situation not final outcome their is at best alot of wild ideas about creation just because man cant deal with the fact there is a greater unseen power that controls this world we are not supreme mans biggest hang up is that we are alone and are a superior species wrong answer you cant see god but you cant see the air we breathe but its real
2006-09-16 01:32:49 · answer #9 · answered by badboysdoitbetter2000 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I don't think the masses hold much stock in the elites. So, what would it matter?
2006-09-16 01:29:46 · answer #10 · answered by luvwinz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋