The Bible says, seek and you shall find. The problem is most people aren't interested in knowing the truth because it's much easier to believe (and tell) lies especially when it's been passed down from your parent's parents.
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"The Bible says, seek and you shall find..."
It certainly does - so why is the average fundie content to uncritically accept the bizarre pseudo-knowledge that is spoonfed to them from within their own circle, rather than actively seeking out real knowledge?
"The problem is most people aren't interested in knowing the truth because it's much easier to believe (and tell) lies especially when it's been passed down from your parent's parents."
Too right it is - until your version of "the truth" receives wider exposure, at which point it is invariably (and rapidly) proven utterly untenable. The difficulty then begins to mount, as the fundie resorts to increasingly outlandish or fallacious arguments in an attempt to "prove" their beliefs factually correct.
Fortunately, my Irony meter is well-shielded, after I kept losing them to other posts. Even so, it barely survived.
Third the Death by Irony Overdose.
<<< The Bible says, seek and you shall find. >>>
Yes, you shall find ... whether there is anything to find or not. Our mind's wired to see patterns, whether they are intentional or just coincidence.
<<< The problem is most people aren't interested in knowing the truth because it's much easier to believe (and tell) lies especially when it's been passed down from your parent's parents. >>>
I haven't seen such a spike on my irony meter in weeks. Flirted with 40 for a moment there.
For those of you who are having trouble with overloads, I'd recommend shielding and a high-irony inductive divider on the sensor - you have to use precision parts, but if you do it right you can set it up so the meter sees only 10% of the load (and obviously, you multiply the reading by 10). I have to thank the folks over at LogicIlls for the suggestion, when I told them the level of irony I was trying to measure they said making meters rated to over 30 was extremely difficult and expensive. With the new setup, though, I should be able to get good readings up to at least 250.
My Spinal Tap amp/irony meter went all the way to to eleven on this one.
"The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board. Eleven, eleven, eleven."
"Oh, I see, and mostly, the amps go up to ten?"
"Exactly."
"Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder?"
"Well, it's one louder, isn't it?"
"One louder."
"Why don't you just make ten louder, and make ten be the top number, and make that a little louder?"
"These go to eleven."
...yet another reason why, in social studies, there should be basic, elective Comparative Religions courses offered in schools...so that children and teens can learn of different cultures, societies, and belief systems...
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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