Re: Americans and the Origins of Man
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 1:58 am
A friend of mine, knows Ken Ham personally somewhat. His daughter takes piano lessons from I believe it was Ham's daughter, He lives right down the road from "The Museum of Ignorance" as I have come to refer to it, Ham, and a large portion of the museum people live in newer subdivisions near it. My friend says they don't come across as full time nutjobs in unrelated everyday life. My friend said he doesn't attempt to push any of that crap on him (though I don't think I'd be comfortable leaving my child there, even for something like piano lessons). He says that the guy's bookshelf is a sight to see...definitely more than a bit crazy.
I apply my favorite Yogi Berra quote to evolution, though that's not the original subject it was applied to. "You can see a lot, just by looking."
Having death right up in my face for quite a while now has not changed my POV on the subject of God, Religion, and an afterlife. I have a fear of dying, but not being dead. I could care less what becomes of my dead body, though if I had my druthers, I'd be left on the forest floor, to let nature deal with it same as any other animal. I believe another plane of existence, or reincarnation, are remote possibilities, but no fear of any religious visions of afterlife...not even Buddhist or Hindu versions of reincarnation
I won't initiate discussion on the subject, unless it is pushnstaned upon me, or already being discussed. For instance a Chaplain stops by in the hospital where I am spending far too much time (15 days in Oct., and back again today), I was asked if I am OK with them "praying for me" and my answer was that's fine, but don't try to get me to do so, or we'll have a problem.
We are not "descended from apes," we are a type of ape, the way I see it. I think intelligence, and independent, critical thinking have much more to do with your beliefs, than education. If you're not a thinker, you will stick with whatever you were told first as a child, regardless of all the reason, and evidence the world can provide. I was an atheist, before I started school, or knew the word. My mom was a catholic schoolgirl with an Italian mother, and my Italian great grandparents were living nearby as well, but it was religion was never pushed upon me, or ridiculed either during my early years.
I apply my favorite Yogi Berra quote to evolution, though that's not the original subject it was applied to. "You can see a lot, just by looking."
Having death right up in my face for quite a while now has not changed my POV on the subject of God, Religion, and an afterlife. I have a fear of dying, but not being dead. I could care less what becomes of my dead body, though if I had my druthers, I'd be left on the forest floor, to let nature deal with it same as any other animal. I believe another plane of existence, or reincarnation, are remote possibilities, but no fear of any religious visions of afterlife...not even Buddhist or Hindu versions of reincarnation
I won't initiate discussion on the subject, unless it is pushnstaned upon me, or already being discussed. For instance a Chaplain stops by in the hospital where I am spending far too much time (15 days in Oct., and back again today), I was asked if I am OK with them "praying for me" and my answer was that's fine, but don't try to get me to do so, or we'll have a problem.
We are not "descended from apes," we are a type of ape, the way I see it. I think intelligence, and independent, critical thinking have much more to do with your beliefs, than education. If you're not a thinker, you will stick with whatever you were told first as a child, regardless of all the reason, and evidence the world can provide. I was an atheist, before I started school, or knew the word. My mom was a catholic schoolgirl with an Italian mother, and my Italian great grandparents were living nearby as well, but it was religion was never pushed upon me, or ridiculed either during my early years.
