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Reply #90 - February 19, 2016, 02:53 PM

https://youtu.be/KUy6tykNR38
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Reply #91 - February 19, 2016, 05:16 PM

I have a question for Dr Brown.... just before the 9 min mark on the video, he gives his reason for joining Islam in his youth. I've seen it elsewhere too...

He says something to the effect (not his exact words) that it is lucky he converted then, as he is not sure if he would do it at this age, because of the disruptions it would create in his life.

Q: So, Dr Brown, after spending years of studying, teaching and defending your chosen religion, you don't think a mature Dr Brown would find compelling reasons to convert? Hardly a ringing endorsement! An unkind person might say, Dr Brown is just staying in, because it is too inconvenient to leave at this age.

No point in my watching the video any further, though from the title, I doubt the subject is new to the members of this board.

Peace

PS. the title of the video, is:
"Science proves Belief In GOD is Natural Atheism is UNNATURAL"
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Reply #92 - February 19, 2016, 08:05 PM

That videos makes horrible conclusions.

Being predisposed to belief in design does not make the designer true. Humans are also predisposed to flight or fight responses but this does not mean there is a predator in the bushes every time it is triggered. The same is true for our cognitive thinking. Your video are a series of non-sequiturs making conclusion none of the quotes even support. An alternative conclusion is that belief in superstition are natural but still false. However it requires education to counter these superstitions beliefs.

http://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~ara/Manuscripts/Gervais_etal-RELIGION.pdf

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/3512686/Children-are-born-believers-in-God-academic-claims.html

Do take note the same author also shows that people are predisposed to believe in creationism and not evolution. Since evolution has merit and creationism doesn't this shows that how we think does not always make what we think true.

Brown's personal experiences are his own. None of it is evidence of God.
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Reply #93 - February 20, 2016, 03:02 AM

I can vouch for the whole ¨fight or flight responses prove nothing¨. If there is a shooting I will drop and crawl for the door, but god forbid you drop a box of cookies! I will have a heart attack when it hits the floor. So useless.

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Reply #94 - February 20, 2016, 04:10 AM

Being predisposed to belief of design doesn't really prove much because it's also personal...

Some people don't even care.
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