Stem cell research is bad? A mass of cells is a life? Does that mean I shouldn’t flush the toilet every time I use it? What about that massive booger I just fished out of my nose?
I direct the pope to my most recent post about stem cell research, and how negative religious views of science can hinder progress in our world.
Do people really believe that this man has magic powers? That he communicates with inter-dimensional omnipotent creators?
I have to laugh at the blatant shamanism at work here. Inherent in being religious is the lack of the ability to be critical. If you aren’t critical than anything can be anything, and an old man can be considered pious.
I don’t hate the pope! Some people really need a leader to guide their moral principles. I always applaud a leader who advocates peace and non-violence. But I always have to question the intelligence of a person who believes that a Jew literally walked on a water and resurrected himself, and that an Abrahamic God created our universe.
So many people are convinced of so many silly things. Look at scientologists and mormons! Where was their critical thinking skills? I can understand that 150 years ago our scientific instruments were not sharp nor robustly conclusive, but in a day and age where we can count electrons on an single atom… do we really need to continue to believe in magic and mystics?
The pope came here because he knows that there are many people left in this nation who lack critical thinking skills, and he can use that to his advantage. Bush sure did. Believing things without question is a weakness, and it is that which makes America so fragile. I was able to bring a set of screw drivers, needle nose pliers, wire cutters and a hammer onto a domestic airplane flight, but they would be DAMNED if they let me keep my tooth paste! Ignorance comes from remaining silent when you should ask questions, and that is what most leaders in America are counting on.
Think of how many times you have been taken advantage of because you didn’t know something.
Does the pope take advantage of you? Anyone who uses your uncritical faith in something to further an agenda or get votes is taking advantage of you.
Embryos are not human. People suffering from ALS are human. Life does not begin at conception, a man never walked on water, our universe was not created by a deity that listens to prayers and came to Moses in the form of a burning bush. I know these things because I have critical thinking skills and I know that there isn’t any evidence to support them. I have the advantage because I am knowledgeable, and if I wanted, I could use that against others for my own gain. But unlike Bush, or perhaps the pope, I’d rather direct people to research and evidence that bring reality to light and make life better for everyone on this planet. The Vatican may know the truth about Christianity, they may know that Jesus most likely never existed and that the Exodus is a myth. But why on Earth would they let on to something like that? They would lose their control over all the believers.
A world full of people believing in a shaman and his powers is not somewhere we should be right now.
Enjoy.
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