We’re in the 21st century, and the vast majority of us still believe in an utterly and obviously fictional creator deity. Plenty of people, even in developed countries with decent educational systems, still believe in ghosts or magic (e.g. voodoo). And I–an atheist and a skeptic–am told I need to respect these patently false beliefs as cultural traditions.

Fuck that. They’re bad cultural traditions, undeserving of respect. Child-proofing society for these intellectually stunted people doesn’t help them; it is in fact a disservice to them to pretend it’s okay to go through life believing these things. We should demand that people contend with reality on a factual basis by the time they reach adulthood (even earlier, if I’m being completely honest). We shouldn’t be coddling people who profess beliefs that are demonstrably false, simply because their feelings might get hurt.

  • @folkrav@lemmy.world
    3•1 year ago

    One can’t prove Evolution, despite it being the most complete explanation for the observations. Thus it is a Theory despite being accepted as the explanation by the vast majority of Scientists who study it.

    This is not what “scientific theory” means, and I’m so fucking tired of this argument being tossed around

    Edit: People in this thread are either uneducated or being dense on purpose. The word “theory” when it comes to science has a specific meaning. Read a book. Hell, type the words “scientific theory” on Google, if you’re too lazy for the former.

    • TigrisMorte
      1•1 year ago

      Yes it is. It means that it is not proven. That is the very definition of theory. Once it is proven it is no longer a theory. Acceptance of it means nothing much like how tired you are of People pointing out you’ve not a leg to stand upon.