Chapter 4: Nature VS. God
This chapter offers good examples of the absurdities that are written in the bible regarding the weather, animals, and the planet itself. The online version also includes a link to Jack Chick's website and this track touts the argument that rain comes from above and below in the firmament:
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/5001/5001_01.asp
I also learned, after reading this verse from Nahum 1:3
…the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
What this preacher in New Orleans was wailing about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF4WpVSf8RY
So my question is to everybody, why do people, even in this day of scientific knowledge and breakthroughs, still believe these superstitions and ancient tales written by people who had no knowledge of nature?
I wanted to add one more thing. Check out the video I posted in Blasphamy Bazarre about Benny Hinn. This goes along with the bible's ignorance about healing sickness and disease by casting out demons. Hinn is today's modern version of that. I really don't think Hinn is sincere but just a clever businessman who has figured out a great way to make a buck. The jokes on the one's he supposedly heals.
I know one personal story told to me by a co-worker. I was relaying to him a funny story about looking for something to watch on tv and found "Benny Hinn" thinking it was "Benny Hill" with a typo. I asked the co-worker if he had ever heard of Benny Hinn and to my surprise he said he had. His late sister-in-law died of breast cancer after she recieved "healing" from Hinn.
Re: So my question is to everybody, why do people, even in this day of scientific knowledge and breakthroughs, still believe these superstitions and ancient tales written by people who had no knowledge of nature?
I read the book "Don't Think of an Elephant" by George Lakeoff (A Professor of Linguistics at the University of California). Mr Lakeoff said that when the facts don't fit a person's beliefs they simply throw the facts out. I would say that that pretty much sums it up.
What this preacher in New Orleans was wailing about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF4WpVSf8RY
Haha. Isn't it funny how some people seem to think that if they yell and dance around, it somehow proves their position?
I read the book "Don't Think of an Elephant" by George Lakeoff (A Professor of Linguistics at the University of California). Mr Lakeoff said that when the facts don't fit a person's beliefs they simply throw the facts out. I would say that that pretty much sums it up.
That, or they contort the facts to try to rationalize them into their preconceived beliefs. At least a lot of people seem to do both of those. Not everyone, though. I'm living proof that some religious people can see through the phoniness of religion when certain things are brought to light.
I read Lakeoff's book too. We've seen in politics how the religious right frames issues that appeals to those who feel secure in a authoritarian father society. Instead of banning gay marriage for example, they want to "protect" marriage.