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Originally posted by RougeUnderoos@Apr 6 2005, 01:54 PM
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@Apr 6 2005, 01:43 PM
What is stupid is not Day's belief that the world is 10,000 years old as his belief in the literal meaning of the Bible leads him to believe but people slamming him for that belief. You can pull out all the science "facts" (which in the end are just proposals that fit observations) you want but ultimately that intense belief is going to trump all for a large percentage of the population....especially the Christian population.
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So let me get this straight -- believing the world is 10 thousand years old is not stupid, but saying it's stupid is stupid? Interesting.
That intense belief is not going to trump all for a large percentage of the population because a large percentage of the population doesn't believe it. A large percentage of the Christian population doesn't even believe it.
Do you think he gets ridiculed and mocked for his belief because most people agree with him?
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Since when did you become "most people"? [/b][/quote]
Ernie said "a large percentage of the population" agree with Stockwell. I pointed out that Stockwell's beliefs were widely mocked and generally snickered at. If a large percentage of the population, or "most people" agreed with Stockwell's beliefs, do you think those beliefs would be publicly mocked and snickered at? I don't.
I suppose I made a bit of a leap when I translated "a large percentage of the population" to mean "most people".