Simone Weil's weird take on religious belief

Simone Weil's weird take on religious belief May 4, 2019 23:46:46 GMT

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Post by goz on May 4, 2019 23:46:46 GMT

May 4, 2019 17:12:26 GMT Arlon10 said:

May 3, 2019 23:47:47 GMT general313 said:

I'll repeat what I said in a reply to you (replying to Goz about not being a scientist): It's like saying that one can't understand sports or politics unless one is an athlete or politician.

Your suggestion that there's no middle ground between being a scientist and being completely ignorant of science is utterly ridiculous. I don't need to have personally conducted experiments in relativity to understand the many experiments that have been done to confirm the theory. I have been an avid reader of science journals for most of my life and have read many articles and books concerning Einstein's theories, and understand quite well why classical physics was supplanted by relativity. You on the other hand have repeatedly displayed an ignorance of science by making such claims that it is questionable that heart transplants have been performed or that GPS systems don't need to take relativity into account to achieve the accuracy that they do.

   I really do not care what you believe about relativity. There is no good reason I should. How you waste your time is your business. Even if it's true it will never do you any good. I enjoy science fiction, but only for relaxation. Before I leave this topic though I would like to highlight a comparison you might not have considered. Atheists are often annoyed that people of faith try to impose beliefs on others. Have you ever noticed that? Of course it is true there are people of "faith" who can be especially annoying that way, especially novices. I'm sorry about that. It is not how people advanced in faith generally operate though. They tend to persuade rather than coerce. You can often tell how well a person understands his arguments himself by how persuasive or coercive he is. Coercive people are usually stupid.

   You are obviously not prepared to persuade anyone of science. That is all well so long as you do not expect anyone to be persuaded. If you do not expect me to agree with you on science, then you're fine. If you expect me to agree with you then please notice how you are just like those fundamentalists who annoy people with their lack of "logic." Isn't that funny? How some people are like that? And they don't see how they're being the same way as people they disparage?

...except that accepting the vast compendium of human scientific knowledge ( which your modern life depends on)

...is NOT a belief in science like your 'belief' in religion.

It is a matter of knowledge, logic and a clear understanding of how the world works.