It is difficult to explain complicated scientific concepts to a person indoctrinated by religion, just as advanced

math cannot be understood by those who haven't mastered the basics--and thanks to religion few have. I find
this sad, because science, like math, is a great tool for understanding, advancing knowledge, making
predictions and solving problems.
Francis rick, in his book !"he #stonishing $ypothesis!, pointed out that there is no such thing as a soul. %es,
it feels like we have a !soul! but it also seems like the world is flat and unmoving. $umans are so easily made
stupid by believing they have a soul--it opens up the door for ridiculous claims about how one is going to
suffer eternally unless one believes the right way. "he fact is no one can suffer without a brain. &ot
understanding something does not make it !magic!. If something is too complex for you to understand,
attributing it to god, fairies, demons, etc. is utterly childish.
I find creationists and the like scary. "hese faith based beliefs are the same beliefs that allow some leader,
warmonger, fear mongers, etc. to define something as !evil!. "he sheep dash behind this leader in a 'uest to
eradicate this !evil!. It is the notion behind every war--where concrete live are destroyed for an abstraction.
(eligion makes people stupid and it builds a brain not amenable to science )often afraid of knowledge*.
"ruth is not afraid to be challenged, explored, 'uestioned, dissected, etc. #nd if you find evololutionists
arrogant or not understanding of a creationist viewpoint, perhaps you ought to consider the flipside.
+volutionists usually have far more knowledge and information regarding this subject on their side, but they
can't begin to get a religious person to understand because that person has been indoctrinated and is afraid to
bite from the !tree of knowledge!. ,oreover, religious people spawn more children who are likely to be just
as ignorant as their parents. #nd religious people want to influence what my child learns in school.
I was once a religious person with all the same beliefs. I wasn't stupid...it just never occurred to me that my
leaders could be wrong. I was trusting. I had been indoctrinated well by my parents who had the best of
intentions no doubt. -ut by reading and asking the right 'uestions and letting the evidence tell the story--I
found a far more wondrous and satisfying understanding of this world and this life--the only one I'm going to
have. #nd I am grateful for a brain which allows me to understand, share, and add to the latest scientific
discoveries. #ll things that we have in our life that generations past would find !miraculous! are things
brought to us by science--./0, computers, airplanes, etc.
Few neurologists or biologists of any note believe in the soul. It is well documented that feelings of both
ecstasy and agony and experiences take place in the brain. 1ithout a functioning brain, there are no feelings--
no consciousness. 1e know this, because we can actually see it on brain scans and influence it with shocking
the brain, chemical substances, and the use of strong magnets )persinger helmet*. ,oreover, much has been
learned from those who experience sei2ures and those who have brain damage. "here is nothing which can
experience hellfire, 34 virgins, or endless bliss--without a brain, a person doesn't exist. #nd it would be the
burden of any person making such a claim to show some smattering of evidence to prove otherwise.
1e cannot prove god or souls don't exist, because you can't prove a negative. 1e can also never prove that
fairies, and pixie dust doesn't exist, )thought I'm certain trolls exist in cyberspace5-6*.
1e also can't disprove 0cientology or the beliefs of ,oonies...but that doesn't mean they are any less likely to
be true than what any other religion is claiming.
%our own thinking must evolve before you can understand evolution. I couldn't explain the internet to
someone who doesn't have at least some general understanding about computers and digital transmission of
data, right6 -ut that doesn't make it !magic!.
#ngela
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