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OfflineRipVanWinkle
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Re: What do you trust? [Re: Broooodward]
    #8052365 - 02/21/08 03:29 PM (16 years, 30 days ago)

In some ways science IS a religion as far as I'm concerned.

"This study published in blahblah shows this, so suchnsuch MUST be true!"
"The bible says Jesus is the son of God, so it MUST be true!"


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Re: What do you trust? [Re: Broooodward]
    #8052406 - 02/21/08 03:40 PM (16 years, 30 days ago)

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Broooodward said:
you trust science as much as religion? Those two couldn't be farther from each other.
PLease explain How is science in the same boat as religion?




because both are polar opposites, just look at the theory of
relativity and theory of evolution, both theories still but
both being touted as the gospel by followers of science

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Re: What do you trust? [Re: RipVanWinkle]
    #8052409 - 02/21/08 03:40 PM (16 years, 30 days ago)

That's not the way science is meant to be taken, though. "Believing" in science is contradictory to everything scientific. I trust in the scientific method as a good way of determining fact, but I don't "believe" in it. Belief implies faith, which implies (at least to me) ignorance of fact.

Anyways, I think I've figured out what I trust, and I'm not sure if that's a good thing. I've always been pretty naive and I've always tried to assume the best of people, but lately I've been getting less and less trusting. For example, I don't trust my friends (despite few of them ever doing anything to break that trust), I rarely trust mainstream news/studies/opinions/etc, and I don't trust anyone to make decisions for me (although the latter two are probably good things). I don't think I trust anything 100%, as much as I'd like to sometimes. I don't even trust myself totally, and that's a problem.

I do trust that my dad and my dogs will love me no matter what. I'd like to think that of my boyfriend, too, but how can I be sure?
:sad:


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Re: What do you trust? [Re: mayfly]
    #8052424 - 02/21/08 03:46 PM (16 years, 30 days ago)

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mayfly said:
That's not the way science is meant to be taken, though. "Believing" in science is contradictory to everything scientific. I trust in the scientific method as a good way of determining fact, but I don't "believe" in it. Belief implies faith, which implies (at least to me) ignorance of fact.

Anyways, I think I've figured out what I trust, and I'm not sure if that's a good thing. I've always been pretty naive and I've always tried to assume the best of people, but lately I've been getting less and less trusting. For example, I don't trust my friends (despite few of them ever doing anything to break that trust), I rarely trust mainstream news/studies/opinions/etc, and I don't trust anyone to make decisions for me (although the latter two are probably good things). I don't think I trust anything 100%, as much as I'd like to sometimes. I don't even trust myself totally, and that's a problem.

I do trust that my dad and my dogs will love me no matter what. I'd like to think that of my boyfriend, too, but how can I be sure?
:sad:



I think we both have the trust thing in common. It was a shock to realize that myself.


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My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness."-Dalai Lama

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Re: What do you trust? [Re: mayfly]
    #8052429 - 02/21/08 03:48 PM (16 years, 30 days ago)

Oh yeah, I trust my dogs too for the most part.

And I don't trust the scientific method either, as I'm a pretty firm believer that anything is possible, which is one reason I don't really trust anything.

I "trust" my dogs, but who knows, they could get rabies someday and attack me.  :shrug:


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Re: What do you trust? [Re: Kada]
    #8052432 - 02/21/08 03:48 PM (16 years, 30 days ago)

Yeah, it's really not something I think about on a regular basis. I don't know if I should try to work on changing it or accepting it or what? Maybe it's better just to go on being oblivious and ignorant? :shrug: I don't like that idea though.

edited repeatedly for stupid grammatical mistakes.


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Edited by mayfly (02/21/08 03:53 PM)

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Re: What do you trust? [Re: bradmassive]
    #8052441 - 02/21/08 03:51 PM (16 years, 30 days ago)

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bradmassive said:
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aDoS said:
I trust my penis




You're an idiot.




no you are


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Re: What do you trust? [Re: aDoS]
    #8052463 - 02/21/08 03:56 PM (16 years, 30 days ago)

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aDoS said:
Quote:

bradmassive said:
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aDoS said:
I trust my penis




You're an idiot.




no you are




Thanks a bunch.


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