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Originally Posted by pan6467
Your vision sounds to me like wanting everyone to think like you, to act like you and to not look for answers and explore what is around them.
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I think you've completely misinterpreted what he's saying. The whole point of thinking scientifically is to find answers by showing reproducible results.
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I think it may be safe for me to assume from previous posts in other threads and this that you wish to believe in only what you can see, hear, touch, and physically feel. Cool, that's you man and God bless ya. (Wait God doesn't fall into any of those categories for you, as I believe you are an admitted atheist... so bless yourself.)
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Once again, I think you're looking at it too narrowly. I have no problem with believing in something that is not proven, but it's disingenuous to claim that something exists or is real when evidence cannot be provided in its support, and even more so when evidence can be provided against it.
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And again, as long as one doesn't preach to know what belief is best for others.... I don't care what others want to believe.
It's like I tell Jehovah's Witnesses.... I believe in my reality, you believe in yours... our realities may touch but I promise I won't force mine on you so long as you don't force yours on mine.
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The problem with this is that believing in something despite contrary evidence hinders rational thought and progress. There is only one reality; we all live in it and we're all subject to the same mechanisms and forces that act on everyone and everything equally. In the end, there is only one right answer, whether we find it or not. The only reason to try to avoid finding that answer is fear that it won't be what we want to hear.