Re: How much have we learned?
- From: cactus <bm1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:11:20 GMT
TomS wrote:
"On 10 Apr 2006 22:28:28 -0700, in article
<1144733308.855123.259200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Gerard stated..."
Over two thousand years ago, dumb apostle Paul wrote about the[...snip...]
elemental spirits of the universe, and today physicists call them
elementary particles. Then they go on with a vast array of theories
I have heard of this sort of claim from a wide range of
religions - that the ancient writings of X religion show
knowledge of Y, which scientists have only recently discovered.
That the ancient Hindu scriptures talk of nuclear weapons, for
example.
One more thing common to many religions - falling for the post hoc ergo
propter hoc fallacy.
If it's a meme, it's a meme like the Kuru prion, spreading insidiously
By the way, this is the second time recently in which a
poster has mistakenly said that the Christian Bible is older
than 2000 years. Is this a meme spreading among some Christian
groups?
and causing dementia. What is it about fundamentalists that causes them
to reject truth?
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