Do we have to worry what people belive in? Belief is accepting something without proof, so it is just uneducated opinion. In contrast, science is based on facts, it does not accept anything without proof.

If only a few million people on Earth are educated enough to know where fundamental laws of nature mathematically come from, and the rest are believers in various versions of supernatural explanation just because they don't know natural laws - so what?

Should we say that just because 99% of people on Earth are uneducated or undereducated in math/physics, their belief is true because they are majority? Should we VOTE for truth?

What do we have educational institutions for then?

• Yunus - yunus - April 8, 2001 - 16:48 UTC
  • That's not what atheism really is - stormcrow - April 8, 2001 - 20:02 UTC
    • Then what is 'belief'? - yunus - April 8, 2001 - 21:06 UTC
      • Narrow vs. Broad definitions - stormcrow - April 8, 2001 - 21:55 UTC
        • definitive evidence - isaiaha41 - April 9, 2001 - 01:57 UTC
          • Science - stormcrow - April 9, 2001 - 02:12 UTC
            • Science is not up to that task - yanniru - April 9, 2001 - 11:15 UTC
              • Be careful yanniru - isaiaha41 - April 9, 2001 - 15:16 UTC
                • We scientists have to recognize our limits - yanniru - April 10, 2001 - 11:15 UTC
                  • Science is the only reliable source of truth. - johnpowell - April 10, 2001 - 15:38 UTC
                    • When science can prove - yanniru - April 10, 2001 - 20:16 UTC
                      • Consciouseness is just a state of activity of cortex cells. - alexander - April 11, 2001 - 17:40 UTC
                        • Stupid me - yanniru - April 12, 2001 - 03:50 UTC
                          • Well, he has a point - stormcrow - April 13, 2001 - 00:29 UTC
                            • Yes. - alexander - April 18, 2001 - 18:42 UTC
              • Science asks and answers the questions. - johnpowell - April 9, 2001 - 18:15 UTC
              • Yes, it is. - stormcrow - April 9, 2001 - 19:56 UTC
                • Science is flawed for not covering up. - johnpowell - April 9, 2001 - 20:18 UTC
                  • Maybe Kolob are protons :) - stormcrow - April 9, 2001 - 20:26 UTC
                    • Kolob is nearest to God's home - johnpowell - April 9, 2001 - 22:30 UTC
            • logic lapse - isaiaha41 - April 9, 2001 - 15:07 UTC
              • Your interpretation of the Bible is not the definitive answer - johnpowell - April 9, 2001 - 18:09 UTC
                • Incomprehensible things - yanniru - April 10, 2001 - 20:35 UTC
          • How it would be if there were a God. - johnpowell - April 9, 2001 - 17:58 UTC
    • All blessed, Atheists acceptable to God, People better than God - johnpowell - April 9, 2001 - 17:41 UTC
      • Doublethink - stormcrow - April 9, 2001 - 20:19 UTC
        • Christians have to face the equality of other religions - johnpowell - April 9, 2001 - 22:25 UTC
          • truth - isaiaha41 - April 10, 2001 - 11:40 UTC
            • Suppose absolute truth exists - paulm - April 10, 2001 - 15:15 UTC
              • "I am" ? - johnpowell - April 10, 2001 - 15:24 UTC
                • Descartes - yanniru - April 10, 2001 - 20:04 UTC
                  • "I am" comes before "I think". - johnpowell - April 12, 2001 - 20:19 UTC
                • "I am" is ambiguous - paulm - April 13, 2001 - 00:03 UTC
                  • We have a truth! - doctordick - April 13, 2001 - 13:26 UTC
                    • You could blame Jesus, or - paulm - April 13, 2001 - 14:31 UTC
                    • You could blame Jesus, or - paulm - April 13, 2001 - 14:32 UTC
              • Absolute truth! - doctordick - April 11, 2001 - 19:32 UTC
            • Atheist logical basis is not circular. - johnpowell - April 10, 2001 - 15:18 UTC
              • unbelief as evidence - isaiaha41 - April 10, 2001 - 17:30 UTC
                • Absolute truth not necessarily God - johnpowell - April 10, 2001 - 17:56 UTC
      • Theists can be logical and scientific - hmancu - April 10, 2001 - 00:14 UTC
• What do we have educational institutions for then? - jhuggins - April 8, 2001 - 17:27 UTC
  • Humanist indoctorination? - isaiaha41 - April 9, 2001 - 11:50 UTC
  • No, I think my main point was should the truth be voted? - alexander - April 9, 2001 - 23:16 UTC