2007-03-23 03:46:47 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not saying snopes.com is infallible, just what if there was something to check stories against? =0)
2007-03-23 03:52:52 · update #1
I don't know - - but I'll bet you I'd STILL have gotten parchment scrolls telling me that Madeline Murray O'Hair was going to try and get all Christian T.V. and radio banned.
2007-03-23 03:50:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
If myths and exaggerated stories could be shown to be false, then people may have stopped believing in religion. However, for them to understand this they would also need a scientific background to understand the proof that a miracle or religion wasn't what it seemed. So if snopes.com existed and people understood it we'd probably all be atheists or agnostics, however to do that it would be necessary to change the entire culture of the people from 2000 years ago for snopes to have its full effect.
2007-03-23 03:53:35 · answer #2 · answered by tsbski 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
There would be very little difference. Despite some people taking it as the truth (I could say the gospel truth), snopes.com is riddled with inaccuracies, unsupported opinions, fallacies and prejudice. Many of its assertions are easily disproved, except to those who prefer supposition to fact, so I see no reason it would, or will have, any lasting effect.
2007-03-23 03:55:29 · answer #3 · answered by Elizabeth Howard 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It wouldn't necessarily have helped.
How many times has "The Protocols of Zion" been debunked? But the story still circulates, and is believed. And makes it to text books in a few countries.
And myths continue to be generated in religious and other fields. Should one mention Hollywood at this point?
On YA answers there are definite urban legends about science, and religion, still going strong.
2007-03-23 03:59:39 · answer #4 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Snopes entry would read:
"The Holy Bible is the true, inspired word of God that has lasted for over 2000 years despite persecution. The Holy Bible is also the worlds best selling book ever and has been since the early days of the printing press. The Bible has never been proven wrong nor do the reliable versions contain any deliberate scriptural errors or disagreements."
2007-03-23 03:58:34 · answer #5 · answered by TG 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Pretty much the same. Unfortunately snopes is full of errors. It's a LOT more accurate than YA but still, there are many erorrs there.
At the end of the day people would still have to choose whether they put their faith in the rubbish in the religion or the rubbish at snopes or any other 'resource'.
Or think for themselves.
2007-03-23 03:49:14 · answer #6 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Maybe we'd skipped 2 Millennia of Religion Dark Ages.
2007-03-23 03:59:25 · answer #7 · answered by CiberNauta 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We'd be very advanced, as the computer and internet would also have had to exist 2,000 years ago.
2007-03-23 03:48:48 · answer #8 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The same. The religious don't read snopes.com and probably don't even know what it is.
2007-03-23 03:50:44 · answer #9 · answered by Alex 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
About the same, the majority of people don't fact check.
2007-03-23 03:51:52 · answer #10 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋