Walter Bright wrote:
BCS wrote:
And it's not just in theology that I find this a problem; take a look
at the (not unbiased) documetery Expelled
(http://www.expelledthemovie.com), people are getting ostrosized for
questionig the party line on evolution. Some of these people aren't
even getting past "maybe" without getting shot down.
This is hardly limited to religious beliefs. It happens with political
correctness, too. Look at the recent slashdot article where Dyson dares
to question global warming:
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/28/1558225
I'm waiting to see him publish on the subject. Until then, it's only a
matter of his personal opinion, and not sufficient for debate.
My own theory is that the shriller a person cries to suppress "wrong"
beliefs, the more that person fears their own beliefs might be the ones
that are wrong.
Also the more assiduously one tries to convert others to their belief.
