While the debate on whether religion is a mind virus continues, one thing is not in dispute... you are more likely to get a virus from a religious site than a porn site...
Religion Has a Virus
"Psychologists at Baylor University say that people primed with Christian concepts are likely to express racial prejudice and general negative views toward African-Americans"...
Does Christianity Encourage Racism?
The journey towards ignorance continues...
Tennessee Science Bill Allowing Discussion Of Creationism In Schools Passes State Senate
I wonder if they'll let the "theory" that the world is round be questioned too?
We just moved to a new town, and it seems the active door-knockers around here are the Mormons. Suppose I better polish off some dusty books and get myself ready for some new "friends".
If someone is not willing to accept evolution as fact, supported by mountians of evidence like fossils, transitional forms, intermediate stages in descendents, homologies, common structures, developmental biology, cellular evidence, molecular evidence, strata layer and radioactive decay dating...
Growing up, I was taught how to think, not what to think.
I was encouraged to think freely and rationally for myself, without fear or giult.
I think that was the biggest influence on how I arrived at my (non) belief.
When it comes to the religion of others, it is easy to apply common sense and reason, and quickly discount their beliefs as false, and more often than not, downright ridiculous and absurd.
But when it comes to our own religious beliefs, we are somehow capable of suspecting critical thinking...
When religious beliefs undermine rational thought, lack common sense, and promote supernatural explanations for things, despite no evidence, or contradictory evidence, it is not only acceptable to mock such views (religious or otherwise), it should be encouraged. But that doesn't mean you should...
Anyone who wants a summary of the evidence for evolution should read "The Greatest Show on Earth" by Richard Dawkins.
And if after reading the book the reader still doubts that evolution is as solid a fact in science as any other, then their need and desire for evolution to be false is the...