<p>I sort of question the accountability of dreams. "Dream predictions" seem to follow a "sometimes right, never wrong" train of motion. We have had countless dreams that we dismiss as, simply, just dreams; but when a dream comes true, it becomes a "prediction".</p>
<p>Now, recurring, analogous, and explicit dreams are pretty weird.</p>
<p>I hate it when people start talking about dreams. I very rarely even remember mine. The ones I do remember are pretty spacey, though. One night, I kept a dream journal. Those were some pretty weird ones. My dreams are usually me in some familiar environment, but with an odd situation.</p>
<p>the only reason so many people question the "theory" of evolution any more than atomic theory or the theory of relativity is because it conflicts with their mythological, superstitious beliefs.</p>
<p>and seriously, "legitimate anecdotes"??? so if i said i saw a leprechaun riding a unicorn with 8 legs and enough people thought i was right, would that make it a legitimate anecdote??</p>
<p>let's be reasonable, people. please.</p>
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No one questioned Newton either... until Einstein. You're not 100% right, neither am I. Build a bridge...
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<p>You're overly defensive.</p>
<p>That too, but I was trying to put it nicely. Lol.</p>
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You're overly defensive.
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The only reason so many people question the "theory" of evolution any more than atomic theory or the theory of relativity is because it conflicts with their mythological, superstitious [sic] beliefs.
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<p>What an insightful and unbiased post. I really liked the way you didn't insult other people and didn't implicitly imply your view points while maintaining a superficial air of neutrality. </p>
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^Nah, he just doesn't understand what science is about. Typical [redacted] HS kid:)
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<p>It is easy to hide behind the certainty of this wonderfully unbiased thing called science. We all know that a theory should be blindly accepted. Of all the intelligent people who have had their religious differences, one would hope that they did not result to immature name calling [much :)]. The church claimed they were right for x reason and scientists for y. I'm not an axiologist but it seems to me this entire issue is moot outside of a unbiased view--which is all but impossible to achieve. </p>
<p>This is why I try to avoid these kind of threads. I shall quit this thread, but I'll make no promises. ;)</p>
<p>What was wrong with "superstitious"?</p>
<p>Telling someone to "build a bridge" when they didn't even get on your case is very mature...</p>
<p>i'm not insulting anybody. </p>
<p>how is belief in the bible any less mythological or superstitious (that IS how you spell it, FYI) than belief in the gods mentioned in Homer's Iliad or, say, leprechauns who ride 8-legged unicorns? just because millions of people speak of naturally impossible scenarios doesn't make them scientifically valid at all.</p>
<p>agiahioasdfuafho, it's quite obvious that science isn't about blindly accepting theories. L2argument.</p>
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<p>Really? Most of the atheists/agnostics I know, and this includes most of my friends, are that way because they're 1) too realistic to believe in something without proof and 2) because it makes them feel vaguely superior intellectually to religious ppl. But mostly the first, and the second is a side effect. Cuz if you "hated God," you'd have to acknowledge his/her existence and then you wouldn't be an atheist would you?</p>
<p>^ excellently put.</p>
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<p>They believe in no god without proof, no? </p>
<p>The truly realistic people simply admit that they do not know, but tend to have an idea or "think" something as opposed to "believe" it.</p>
<p>Yeah. That's why it's better to be agnostic. Which is basically "I don't know and I don't care." :)</p>
<p>I'm more of an "I don't know, I do care, and I think, but do not know, that there could possibly be a god."</p>
<p>^I smell ya on that.</p>
<p>I'm like "I don't know, but I think I do care, and I suspect there's no God but if there is one I'm worried. So I hope he's just a universal spirit; they're nicer"</p>
<p>I guess I could say I'm God. We both accept that everyone and everything else is inferior. :) :) :) :) >_></p>
<p>Lol. If there is a god I doubt he's anything like the one in Christians potray.</p>
<p>i don't even like the label "god" as that kinda connotes something to be worshipped or ruled by. i'm more partial to the Deist "watchmaker" perspective.</p>
<p>more specifically, i'm of the militant agnostic viewpoint: i don't know and you don't either. lol.</p>