I would venture that most of the religious people in here don't have a subscription to Scientific American.
2007-05-13 07:35:46 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't have a subscription to Scientific American, but the director of the lab I formerly worked in does. Are you suggesting that religious practitioners don't study science? Or that I, as a Christian, am unqualified to teach science, despite academic training? I'm Roman Catholic, and have done research with several other Catholics, a Jew, a Muslim, a Mormon, a Hindu and more, and those gifted researchers were hardly what I'd call "simple minded". Also, I personally know several clergy members who were scientists before going into the priesthood. Stereotyping is symptomatic of intellectual laziness.
2007-05-13 07:42:14 · answer #1 · answered by solarius 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Good (bwa ha ha ha ha ha) use of logic there- either one has a subscription to Scientific American or one is simple-minded (black or white fallacy). Most of the articles they write about I can just as easily research on the internet, so why should I waste money on a subscription?
Furthermore, even if it were true that not having a subscription was equal to being simple-minded and religionists here generally did not have one, you'd be guilty of another fallacy, hasty generalization. Such an unrepresentative sample wouldn't account for how scientists such as Allan Rex Sandage or Deon Kenyon are also Christians.
2007-05-13 14:53:45 · answer #2 · answered by Deof Movestofca 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I wasn't aware that a subscription to "Scientific American" was the sine qua non of intelligence. I guess that means my poor pathetic 155 IQ and my Master's Degree in English (straight A average, by the way) will just have to sit in the dummy's corner and blubber into their glasses of ale together.
They were always under the impression that they gave me a certain air of intelligence, but if Father Guido says that the SA is the standard, who are they are to argue?
2007-05-13 14:53:22 · answer #3 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I gave up Scientific American at the age of 19 when I started traveling the world with the military (subscriptions don't keep up very well)...
All of the info found there you can get in "peer reviewed" publications on the internet at your local library (the subscription fees are too much for most individuals)
Edit for Random: hmmm.. very intelligently thought out answer.. now you should go back and read it out loud to yourself exactly as it is written so you can see how it sounds to others.. oh.. and you may want to start reading more to build up your vocabulary of "appropriate" words to use in public speaking rather than using your normal familiar language.
2007-05-13 14:45:26 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
it depends on the how you are directing your question. What do you mean by simple minded. I know simple minded people that are very smart. I do not have a religion but do love to study the origins religion. The Buddhist religion deals with philosophy, but yet can still be simple minded. are you trying to say that religion is for the dumb. because i can assure you that there are some very wise people in religion.
2007-05-13 15:28:25 · answer #5 · answered by timothy_bledsoe 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well that's a sweeping generality...... thanks for sharing your general opinion of religious people.
The truth is always simple, it's all the lies that create complexity and science has not been applied to the study of the spirit or soul of man. It's discoveries about the nature of the physical universe have not resolved the problems of mankind or contributed to the humanites.
It dosen't really take much intelligence to observe that fact.
And what use is intelligence unless it is used for the good of humanity.
2007-05-13 16:28:46 · answer #6 · answered by thetaalways 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, a lot of very intelligent and open minded people are in religion also. It's okay that you have a low opinion about yourself but don't worry people of simple minds can come too you will not be excluded.
2007-05-13 14:42:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Close-minded is more accurate. I'm thinking of giving my next door neighbor a subscription to the American Atheist magazine. She keeps telling me I'm going to hell anyway, so I'd like to reciprocate.
2007-05-13 15:04:41 · answer #8 · answered by Resident Heretic 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It seems to me the human race is simple minded, and this bothers me because we're getting to a point where humans need to step up a notch or two.
And I have no desire to watch the possible results if you don't, my fear is for you. The human race.
2007-05-13 14:47:10 · answer #9 · answered by Sean 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will have eternity to try and laugh at how pathetically stupid and simple these words of yours are.
Just nonsense and pathetic you always give questions without substance so that goes a long way to show you the one who's words are pathetic and meaningless, Loved that Einstein one
2007-05-13 14:53:35 · answer #10 · answered by galatianwarrior 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋