[extropy-chat] Religion: A discussion

Mike Lorrey mlorrey at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 11 15:27:35 UTC 2004


--- Brent Neal <brentn at freeshell.org> wrote:
>  (2/11/04 14:33) Amara Graps <amara at amara.com> wrote:
> 
> >Brent Neal:
> >>I can reassure you that they really are that scientifically
> illiterate
> >
> >Hardly.
> >
> >The Vatican Observatory and their world-class astronomy research:
> >http://clavius.as.arizona.edu/vo/index.html
> 
> 
> Last time I checked, Creationists existed in more places than just
> the Catholic church.  And before you go off on how great the Catholic
> church's record on science is, I suggest you read the transcript of
> the BBC documentary entitled "Sex and the Holy City,"[1] in which we
> are treated to such "scientifically literate" positions as the Church
> claiming that HIV could "pass through pores in latex condoms, making
> condoms unsafe for use" and that 9 year old girls could safely give
> birth to children.  Yeah. That's scientifically literate. 

Exactly WHAT latex condoms are they talking about?

While there may be some who are superstition or filled with nonsense
opinions, there are plenty of others who are highly educated and quite
scientific. Of course, some of the most highly educated are not beyond
holding idiotic opinions as well. I know a number of priests who are
quite liberally left wing. A few of them have gotten exasperated with
debating with me, saying I argue like a Jesuit. What a NICE compliment!

> 
> 
> The point: Scientific literacy isn't an action, its an attitude as
> well as a thought process. No Christian church, Catholic or
> Protestant, has it. 

That is a rather unscientific jump to conclusions to reach. Have you
interviewed them all?

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Mike Lorrey
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