Born2bwire
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I've been good enough to be continously employed for about 25 yrs and to have been awarded 60 US Patents. Are there better scientists than me? There are plenty. Engaging in science is humbling because it makes you realize just how much you don't know.
at what point can we start a poll to vote for ban?
k my initial response was "nothing".
now i have one objection. that it makes nerds on both sides of the debate froth at the mouth.
k my initial response was "nothing".
now i have one objection. that it makes nerds on both sides of the debate froth at the mouth.
What do you object to about Christianity?
Okay, we covered that a tenet of Christianity is that rejection of God results in eternal damination. That's a legitmate objection to Christianity.
I don't see a problem with being passionate about important topics. Non-committal "live and let live" attitudes only go so far.
Still, this has turned into a bit of a feeding frenzy. I honestly didn't intend to make personal attacks on PhineasJWhoopee, and I think it's a little distasteful to sneer at his accomplishments; so I apologize, Phineas. I just poorly expressed my surprise at hearing about your profession. I still see it as a huge conflict, but I should make no claims about the quality of your work as I am not your employer. I just hope that your disregard for science in the spiritual world does not impact important findings you provide in the professional one.
That said, I maintain great derision for the Christian faith and I think you are being fairly obtuse when it comes to responding to its overarching logical chasms.
The words of Christ are deep and beautiful. It should accordingly be a jarring shock that such a notion, eternal damnation, is associated with the vision of God held by the religion which takes his title for its name.
you just got froth all over me :/
Good, maybe you'll learn something through osmosis.
Good, maybe you'll learn something through osmosis.
60 patents? Who gives a shit. I know somebody with 2 patents for file compression and he'll be the first to admit that they're worthless because nobody would actually use those two file compression methods in the real world.
Just because you, as part of a team, have been collectively awarded 60 patents still doesn't mean you're any good.
And you know they were "collective" because? Actually I was the primary inventor on all but a couple.
Not bragging, just establishing my credentials as a scientist.
Since you are so good at putting down others, what is your area of expertise and what are your accomplishments?
So you weren't a Christian, then you were a Christian, now you're not a Christian. That's kind of what I'm getting.
Why the flip flops?
And you know they were "collective" because? Actually I was the primary inventor on all but a couple.
Not bragging, just establishing my credentials as a scientist.
Since you are so good at putting down others, what is your area of expertise and what are your accomplishments?
So you weren't a Christian, then you were a Christian, now you're not a Christian. That's kind of what I'm getting.
Why the flip flops?
I'm guessing engineer, ....maybe something of a physicist. whatever science fields would actually generate patents. I'm thinking engineer qualifies as science.
I'm guessing engineer, ....maybe something of a physicist. whatever science fields would actually generate patents. I'm thinking engineer qualifies as science.
There may be some overlap depending on the field, but technically speaking, an engineer is not a scientist nor vice versa. I would expect both to be more rational than people in many other occupations, but it behooves a scientist especially to reject unsupported beliefs through a strict process. I just can't reconcile how someone could buy into spiritual faith and also claim to be qualified to do good science in any capacity. It seems to me that one would preclude the other, but I could be wrong.
It's easy, they just don't apply Scientific principles/method to that part of their Lives.
That doesn't sound easy to me. How could a scientist willfully ignore the scientific method when applying his mind to arguably the most important claim in the history of humanity?
There may be some overlap depending on the field, but technically speaking, an engineer is not a scientist nor vice versa. I would expect both to be more rational than people in many other occupations, but it behooves a scientist especially to reject unsupported beliefs through a strict process. I just can't reconcile how someone could buy into spiritual faith and also claim to be qualified to do good science in any capacity. It seems to me that one would preclude the other, but I could be wrong.
That doesn't sound easy to me. How could a scientist willfully ignore the scientific method when applying his mind to arguably the most important claim in the history of humanity?